Masonic News and Local Notices From Bryan
East bound schedules at 3 53 a m and 4 39 p m. Wanted a good active young man about 18. Apply at C F Moores feed store 236. Mr Sam Hill of Tyler and Miss Pearl Beard wed at the bride's parents home near Tabor. M M Moseley advertises horses and mares at Goodies stable for single or double drivers. J F Parks received a cane from Judge C C Garrett with Virginia mountains horn handle. Daughters of the Confederacy shift meeting day to Friday at 3 30. Claude D Stanley of the Second Texas Volunteer Infantry musters out at Dallas October 20. Bryan boys and Navasota boys to ride noon trains today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Moore
Sam Hill
Tyler
Miss Pearl
Beard
John Beard
Tabor
M. M. Moseley
Goodie
Daughters of the Confederacy
Claude D. Stanley
Second Texas Volunteer Infantry
Dallas
U.S
Claude
Bryan
Navasota
Local News Briefs From City and Surrounding Areas
R H Kirk traveled to Hearne and C N Williamson went to Calvert. Ward Templeman of Navasota is in the city. W D Yardley arrived from Harvey. L Tabor returned from south Texas. A F Wilson seeks to rent a good piano at once. 284 Fancy new crop sugar house molasses at Howell Bros. Luther Taylor spent a week in San Antonio. Jess L Johnson of Graham Pa as company of St Louis is in the city. Berwick Bay oysters available via Kandy Kitchen and phone 202.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Yardley
Harvey
Luther Taylor
San Antonio
Jess L. Johnson
Graham Paas Company
St. Louis
Berwick Bay
Kandy
Fire Safety Warning Flyers Urge Flue Checks
Fire notices urge residents to have flues examined and repaired to prevent fires and property loss. The warning cites a contact phone number 116 and credits J. Allen Myers, urging prompt action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Allen Myers
Ladies Aid Society to entertain at Fountain home
A correction notes the Baptist church Ladies Aid Society will entertain friends Friday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Ned Fountain instead of Mrs Nabor's as previously published. Public invitation extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Ned Fountain
Railroad Club to Meet at A and M College in April
President A 8 Grant of the Texas railroad club and KE Cushing of the Houston East and West Texas railroad plan a April meeting at A and M College. Bryan and College hosts will arrange accommodations with over 800 members expected, including 175 to 200 visitors. The event aims to boost the college’s mechanical department. local leaders accompany the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. 8. Grant
Texas Railroad Club
Houston, East & West Texas Railroad
KE. B. Cushing
Railroad Club
Bryan
College
A. and M. College
Farmers’ Congress
Cushing
Alpha Phi Fraternity
Alumni Association of the College
L. L. Foster
Cliff A. Adams
W. R. Cavitt
Grant
Mr. Gushing
Letters Remaining in Bryan Post Office Week Ending Oct 26
The list shows names of ladies and gents with letters held at the Bryan post office for the week ending October 26. A one cent charge is added for each advertised piece, and callers should say advertised when requesting their mail. Signed by Tyler Haswell, P. M.
Tommy and Sue Lead in Silent Night Lesson
A humorous vignette from Pearson's Weekly recalls little Tommy asking if a gentleman should precede a lady in single file. His mother replies the lady should lead, prompting Tommy to tell his sister Sue to go ahead, highlighting childlike etiquette. The snippet also references an office boy who supposedly improves with age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Sue
Pearson’s Weekly
Piracy Suppressed Plunder Reported After Ganges Loss
Captain Dykes testified at the Canadian wreck committee inquiry into the Thomson liner Ganges disaster. Inhabitants of the Newfoundland coast allegedly boarded the wreck, looted cargo, and hauled away valuables. Schooners with hidden names took cargo, while plunderers cut the vessel and stripped steam pipes and other gear. Firearms were used to deter identification of the stealing schooners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
H. Smith
Straits of
Belle Isle
Newfoundland
Will disinherits wife and four children in Kansas case
Lewis Rowe of Fort Scott dies leaving the entire estate to Ada Moore the nurse and his youngest daughter Carrie Rowe. Ada Moore and Carrie share equally while executor G S Warn declines. Kansas law preserves the wife’s dower. Rowe instructed friends not to notify his wife of the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Kans
Lewis Rowe
Nevada
Ada Moore
Carrie Rowe
G. S. Warn
Warn
Embarrassing District Court Docket Across Texas and France
Wharton district court stalls as Special Judge Carpenter declines pay. Judge Thompson unavailable. Carr case in Fort Bend venue change. Judge Carter to draw pay or resign. Paris cabinet talks center on Ribot as Faure eyes cabinet of republican concentration possibly reopening Dreyfus trial. In Austin, rangers ordered to Junction City amid fears of political murders. In Lockhart, Frank Houston found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to nine years. In Kobe, Japanese steamer Miyagata sinks. 60 drowned. Smithville engineer Ed Hayes dies from injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wharton
Tex
Carpenter
Thompson
Columbus
Carr
Fort Bend
Carter
Paris
M. Ribot
Elysee Palace
Faure
M. Delcasse
Foreign Office
Dreyfus
Austin
Wozencraft
San Saba
Junction City
Kimble County
Lockhart
State of Texas
Frank Houston
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Sam Sanger
H.&t. C. Tim
G.N
Hearne! West Bound
Hearne and
Hearne
Cdc
J. F. Parks
C. C. Garrett
Virginia
R. H. Kirk
Hearne Yestern
C. N. Williamson
Calvert
Sachs
Mammoth Cave
Childrens Shoes
Webb Bros
Opera House
Grand Opera House
Cole
Lulu Deason
Ada Evans
SF Edge
LC Johnson
Pearlie E Lamlin
Carry Lahman
Josefina Martin
Ida Martin
Martia Nigaus
Manda
Philadelphia Record
Ganges
Guna
District Court
Ribot
Rangers For Protection
Kobe
Japan
Miyagata
Hayes
Smithville
Ed Hayes
Letitia
Levy Bros
Beauty
Hall’s Twin Sisters
Freckala
Ball’s Drug Store
Texas
Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
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