Social gatherings mark Bryan events with clubs and farewells
A spangled sequence of parties fills Bryan society pages. Hattie Hudson hosts officers and friends at home, Embroidery and Bachelorettes clubs meet, and Julius Caesar study and Panama canal talk pace the schedule. Farewell receptions for Mrs Waldrop and Mrs Nagle announce moves to El Paso.
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Hattie
Hudson
M. Corps
Ders
Potts
B. Hudson
Lou Hudson
Cora Garth
Gussie Buchanan
Louise Harris
Ruby
Vivian James
Alberta Adams
Allie Conway
Maggie McDougald
Bessie Gibson
A. T. Potts
Hensel
Maxwell
Cuny
Graham
Wortham
Cutter
Buchanan
Miller
Epstein
Ladies and Society of the Baptist Church
Texas Bakery Offers Fresh Bread and Cakes
Fine fresh bread and cakes of all kinds available at the Texas Bakery. Special orders taken with careful attention. Phone 86. tf Mrs. Otto Boehme.
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Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
Noted Cook Heguez Dies After Seven-Decade Career
Madame Heguez a famed New Orleans cook died Friday night at seventy five after cooking for fifty years. Her tiny restaurant seated only nine guests and required seats to be booked a week ahead in winter. The guest register included many famous names and original verses by leading American poets and authors.
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New Orleans
Madame Heguez
United States
Madame Beguez
Train Crashes Into San Jacinto River Near Humble
Passenger train No 2 on the Houston East and West Texas road bound for Shreveport derailed and plunged into the San Jacinto river a few miles beyond Humble leaving eight passengers injured.
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Houston
Houston East
West Texas Road
Shreveport
San Jacinto River
Humble
Countess of Carlisle Heads World WCTU at Boston Meeting
In Boston on October 20 Countess of Carlisle was chosen president of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Lady Henry Somerset declined re election.
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Boston
Countess of Carlisle
The
World’s Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Henry Somerset
Burrell Oates Convicted A Third Time On Death Penalty
A Dallas county jury again sentences Burrell Oates, a Black man, to death for involvement in the murder of Sol Aronoff. The Oct 20 verdict marks his third death penalty in related cases. London reports Arbuthnot & Co. in Madras suspends operations though reasons and sums are not disclosed.
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Burrell Oates
Dallas
Oates
Sol Aronoff
London
P. McFadern & Co
Arbuthnot & Co
Madras
Court transfers shuffle county cases in Texas
In Bana Texas on October 20 the first cases of Monk Gibson and Felix Powell were moved to Victoria county, while a second group was sent to DeWitt county. Other defendants Henry Howard Augusta Diggs and Bertha Reed also face transfer to Victoria county for trial.
Keith withdraws appeal in Curtis killing case
Abilene Texas October 20 Paul Keith who was convicted of killing Lee Grantham near Curtis has withdrawn his appeal saying he would rather serve a term than let his parents spend more money on the trial He was sentenced to two years.
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Abilene
Tex
Paul Keith
Lee Grantham
Curtis
Despondent Woman Seeks Death Over Lover Abandonment
Fort Worth story reports Miss Willie Redley took carbolic acid in despair after her lover abandoned her, resulting in her death. The incident occurred on October 20 as authorities investigated the tragedy.
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Fort Worth
Willie Redley
Ennis Typographical union okays eight hour scale
Ennis Texas October 20 members of the local Typographical union and employing printers have signed the eight hour scale for another year.
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Ennis, Tex
Occupation Taxes Collected in Austin Fiscal Year
Austin reports occupation taxes for the year ending August 31 totaled 966 908 68 dollars. The figure reflects total receipts from all occupational classifications collected during the period.
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Austin
Voters Must Register in First Class Cities
Ardmore October 20 voters in first class cities must register to be eligible to vote. The notice emphasizes the registration requirement for the upcoming elections.
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Ardmore
Oct
Death List Thirty Five Drowned in St Lucie Floods
Jacksonville report notes thirty five people were washed from boats and drowned when floodwaters swept the St Lucie river during the hurricane.
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Jacksonville
Fla
St. Lucie
Seven Drowned as Delta Abajo Storm Ravages Batabano
The Delta Abajo storm hit Batabano near Havans, drowning seven men and wrecking American steamers Campbell and Sara. Homes were destroyed leaving many homeless. The Batabano mayor appealed for relief while Governor Nunez and Havana province officials sent funds and food.
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Delta Abajo
Havans
Batabano
Campbell
Sara
Nunez
Havana
Pinar del Rio
No Casualties Reported From Marine Camp Action
Washington reports Brigadier General Pilcott says the marine camp sustained only slight damage with no casualties among the marines. Transports bound for Cuba with troops and supplies have been accounted for except ships Wight and Lapur sailing Oct 15 from Newport News with 600 horses for the Fifteenth cavalry under Isabella de Sagua awaiting further orders on route to the east of Havana's north coast.
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Washington
Pilcott
Havana
Cuba
Newport News
Isabella de Sagua
Monuments Dedicated at Bull Run Battlefield
Veterans from both sides attend a ceremony on Bull Run to dedicate monuments for the Fifth Tenth and Fourteenth New York Infantry regiments who fell in the First and Second Battles. The shafts were funded by the New York Landowner Regimental Monument Association. Colonel Edmund Berkley of Prince William County, commander of Ewell Camp Confederate Veterans, welcomed the New York veterans at Manassas.
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Bull Run
New York Infantry
State of
Wind Blows Down Walls In San Francisco Fire Ruins
Strong coastal wind collapses ruinous buildings left from the fire injuring several and trapping workers. Three men are reported dead as the Grand Opera House walls fail on Mission Street and four Italian laborers are buried by a collapsing wall at Sacramento and Montgomery. A steamer voyage to Havre reports a collision but sustains no injuries as Etruria sits anchored off Tompkinsville New York harbor.
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San Francisco
Grand Opera House
Mission 8
Sacramento
Montgomery Streets
Pound
New York
York
Havre
Haha
Nehaha
Tompkinsville
S. I
Anderson Withdraws. Gordon Unopposed in Tennessee Race
Memphis case notes H B Anderson Republican nominee for Congress announces withdrawal leaving General G W Gordon Democrat unopposed in the district.
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Memphis
H. B. Anderson
Congress
G. W. Gordon
Government yacht Mayflower overhaul planned in Brooklyn
The Mayflower is disassembled for overhaul at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in preparation for fitting out as a dispatch boat for service in the West Indies. New York, October 20.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
West Indies
New York
Belmont Park Rain Delays Rosebed Trial
Heavy rain soaked Belmont Park track washing out Rosebed’s trial against time leaving the pacer unable to race as scheduled.
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New York
Belmont Park
Rosebed
New Yorker President Elected by Bankers Association
St Louis Oct 20 The American Bankers association elected G B Whitson of New York as president.
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St. Louis
American Bankers’ Association
G. 8. Whitson
New York
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Willis
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s
Bryan, Texas
T. R. Batte
Gradid
DR. C. F. Andrews
Jenkins’ Drug Store
A. L. Mondrick, M. D
Steve
W. C. Fountain
Burt Ialty
Norwi D’s Store
Zemo
Hareissurg
Ill
E. W. Rost Medicine Co
Harry Harper
Treas
E. W. Rose
Medicine
Olive Street
ST. Louis, MO
Jennie Howell
Fannie Howell
Bryan
Kate Wilcox
Julius
Tyler Haswell
South
J. D. Willis
M. H. James
Cook
World’s Woman's
Christian Temperance Union
Victoria
Considerate
Keith
H. H Henry
J. W. Brogdon
R. L. Brogdon
Henry & Brogdon Bros
Mo.a. Moore
Mexico
State Department
Gulf of Mexico
Wilson Grain & Coal CO
New Yorker
Paul Jones
Prom
Bryan Street
Nat'l Bank
Monroe Edge
John Wittman
Foley
Foley & ‘Chicage
M. James
W. H. Lawrence
Eleve
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Yrave
Brazos County
Price
H. D. Evans
Hack Lind
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