Government ownership near as 1908 issue dominates campaign
Bryan forecasts municipal control as a key issue in the 1908 campaign, predicting it will define the contest. A Beeville reader reports post oak acorns infested with weevils resembling the cotton weevil, noting heavy infestation on local trees. Hearst’s political prospects in New York spark talk of Roosevelt’s unlikely ascent. W F Reed of Harwood reports selling a car of peanuts for 731.50 to J L Mooney, shipping to St Louis, with more peanuts planned due to higher profit and boll weevil avoidance on sandy land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
H. H. Hendrix
Beeville
Blanconia
Harwood
Texas
W. F. Reed
J. L. Mooney
St. Louis
Excursions for Masons and Fairs Across Texas
Rail company lists excursion sales from Dallas Houston San Antonio and Waco with dates October through November. Includes rates 3.60 5.95 and 6.70 and special train limits 9 15 and 17, plus a $1.00 round trip for Bryan passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Free Mason
Dallas Accent
Houston
No-tsu-oh Carnival
Bryan
Waco
Co-operative
Runaway Match to Play at Grand Opera House
Advance notice for a clever comedy at the Grand Opera House features principal company members Miss Maude A. Scott Miss Grace Vinton Miss Dessie Ryan Miss Lola Modesta and actors Mr. Fred House Mr. Don Howe Mr. Edw I Schooley and Mr. Eugene Keith with Bryan on October 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
Maude A. Scott
Grace Vinton
Dessie Ryan
Lola Modesta
Fred House
Don Howe
Edw. I. Schooley
Eugene Keith
Bryan
Great International Fair at San Anannio Oct 31 to Nov LI
Announcement promotes a unique International Fair in San Anannio from October 31 to November 51. It highlights two Mexican bands and a company of Rurales with various exclusive features. Excursion rates available via I and G N agents or by writing D S Price in Palestine Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Anannio
Mexico
D. S. Price
G. P
T. A
Palestine
Texas
Ash Pond Leased by Hunting Club in Brazos Bottom
Notice shows Ash Pond owned by W. S. Mial in Brazos bottom leased by Ash Pond Hunting Club. No trespassing allowed on the property as posted by the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ash Pond
W. S. Mial
Brazos Bottom
Ash Pond Hunting Club
Unique Cherokee Cavalry Company Formed in Stillwell
In Stillwell, Cherokee nation, a distinctive cavalry unit was organized with sixty full-blood Cherokee members, fifteen mixed blood, and twenty five white men. The troop, first lieutenant led by an Indian, is officially Troop D of the First Oklahoma cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
United States
Stillwell
First
Oklahoma Cavalry
Roosevelt assigns Metcalf to probe Japanese school exclusion
President Roosevelt directs Victor H Metcalf secretary of commerce and labor to travel to San Francisco for a thorough inquiry into the exclusion of Japanese children from schools set for white children and investigate the situation.
Real Estate Buy at Fifth Avenue Corner
Felix Isman of Philadelphia paid $1,550,000 for the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Forty second Street a 78.3 by 100 foot parcel. The price equates to about 211 dollars per square foot, reflecting a high market valuation in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Felix Isman
Philadelphia
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Brother's story ties sister to Hotel Griffon tragedy
The dead woman's brother identified items believed to belong to Victoria Hampton at a police station, naming Louis G. Hampton as the man she trusted. He said he planned to marry her after his mother died, and described Victoria as a good girl who never stayed out late. Louis Hampton had a summer home in Highland Ulster County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sage Hampton
New York
Taczkow
Louis G. Hampton
Hampton
Vicetoria
Highland
Ulster County
Asylum for Negroes Proposed to Ease Overcrowding
Austin, Oct. 27. Superintendent Turner reports 1,600 inmates at North Texas Insane Asylum with room for about 200 fewer. He recommends an asylum exclusively for Negroes to free space for whites and prevent jail crowding for four years. He warns early treatment is vital as twenty five months of untreated insanity becomes incurable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Austin
North Texas Insane Asylum
Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio
Railroad Commission
del Rio
el Paso
Eleven Inmates Rescued From Palm Hotel Fire
Columbus Ohio October 27 Eleven terrified people were rescued from the Palm hotel on High street after a fire cut off escape by stairs. firemen used ladders to carry half suffocated men women and children in nightclothes to safety. Injuries included Mrs J B Bush burns to lower limbs Richard Regan fireman burns William Foster internal injuries Mary Hoover seven inhaled flames and smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Palm Hotel
High Street
J. B. Bush
Richard Regan
William Foster
Mary Hoover
Two Bombs Thrown In Botched Robbery Near St Petersburg
In St Petersburg a noon attempt to rob a cash wagon from the customs to the state treasury failed after two bombs exploded near the Ekaterinsk canal. Gendarmes escorting the wagon returned fire, killing one robber and wounding another. a third was captured and bystanders suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Customs Department
State Treasury
Ekaterinsk Canal
Treasury
Barred from School Quanah Parker’s Son Denied Entry
Cache Oklahoma October 27 The board of education warns Chief Quanah Parker that his seven year old son must not attend the public school as one third of white children have withdrawn and parents seek to apply the separate school law to Indians. Parker objects hoping for an English education. Hillsboro Texas October 27 A bridge over Hackberry Creek on the Trinity and Brazos Valley railroad near town was burned damaging about sixty feet of structure. trains detoured via Cleburne and ran on Katy tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quanah Parker
Cache
Okla
Board of Education
Oklahoma
Parker
Hillsboro
Tex
Hackberry Creek
Trinity and Brazos Valley
Cleburne
Katy
Train derailment near Shreveport injures crew
A Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific train derailed fourteen miles from Shreveport. The engine turned over. Fireman Road was badly hurt and mail clerks Wiley and Longstreet were bruised. Separate item notes Colonel A M Shannon's death in Galveston and a short pecan crop in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Vicksburg
Shreveport and Pacific
Wiley and
Longstreet
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Smith Building
City National Bank
McAllister Coal
Carnes & Wallace
Bryan, Texas
Garner
Washington
A. F. Conradi
C. E. Sanborn
Chicago
Galveston
Hill County
Commissioners’ Court
Hubbard City
London
Higgs & McCulloch
Hearst
Roosevelt
Asylum For
Levy Bros
Zemo
Harrispura
Int
BE. W. Rose Mepreie Co
Harry Harper
Treas
E. W. Rose Medicine CO
Olive Street
ST. Louis, MO
M. H. James
DR. C. F. Andrews
Jenkins’ Drug Store
T.R. Batte
Attorney At Law
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s Drug Store
Res
Bohanon Hack Line
Burt Norwood
W. C. Bohanon Proprietor
MO. A. Moore
H. H. Henry
J. W. Brogdon
R. L. Brogdon
Henry & Brogdon Bros
VIA
Iron Mountain Router
Texas & Pagibig S. & G. N
National Links OF
Mexigo
Mexico City
Terminal
Sperbad
Ruarganger
O.J. Price
Geo. D. Hunter
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