Bryan Daily Eagle Notes Regional Growth and Society News
The Bryan Texas paper reports political and social notes including Bryan leading in cotton receipts Brazos county rice prospects without irrigation and a lighthearted mention of the Duke of Roxburgh engagement to Miss May Goelet of New York It also cites Roosevelt era gossip about a proposed marriage and notes Nacogdoches securing a new lumber mill with a $15000 monthly payroll and Cotton Belt railroad link predicting 2000 population growth for the town.
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Nacogdoches
Bryan Institute Opens Sept 9 1903 for Girls and Boys
The second session of the Bryan Institute begins on Wednesday September 9 1903 serving girls and boys with primary academic and collegiate work and music. Tuition ranges monthly from 1 50 to 3 50 for different departments and music from 3 00 to 5 00. board in good families from 9 00 to 10 00 monthly. Address Rev A M Stewart J L Edge Principal Secretary 234 49 Bryan Texas.
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Bryan Academic and Collegiate Institute
A. M. Stewart
J. L. Edge
Greater Bryan and Brazos county urged for fruit boom
The Bryan Business League met at K of P hall with large turnout. Officers were re elected to the board and Sam H. Dixon urged development of 500 acres of fruit lands, tobacco potential, and a strong exhibit for the world’s fair, highlighting regional land values and transportation support.
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Business League
K.of P. Hall
Saunders
Law
Judge Board
Madisonville Road
Sanders
L. L. McInnis
W. J. Coulter
A. M. Waldrop
Sam B. Wilson
Sam H. Dixon
Houston
Bryan
Brazos County
Mr. Dixon
Dixon
A. W. Buchanan
Texas
Brazos
Nacogdoches
League
L. H. Sheffer
Shelter
Markham
Harriman
Jeff N. Miller
California
Towns urged to boost resources to attract settlers
A Texas meeting discussed adopting California style boards of trade to advertise resources. Suggestions included local canneries to reduce fruit losses, support for the Central Texas fair in Brazos County, and forming a fundraising committee led by Webb Howell to sustain the Bryan fair and boost immigration.
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California
Board of Trade
Texas
Dixon
Brazos County
Butler
Opera House
Webb Howell
Ed Hall
H. O. Boatwright
D. F. Dansby
Burt Norwood
W. T. James
Frank Clarke
League
First Meeting of Alaskan Boundary Commission in London
Alaskan boundary commissioners met in the foreign office conference room in London for their first gathering. Reginald Tower was chosen secretary, with J F E Carter and Mr Pope named assistant secretaries, and Lord Chief Justice Alverstone elected chairman. Oral arguments are to begin Sept 15 with a hoped finish by Oct 9.
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London
Foreign Office
Reginald T. Tower
Legation
Washington
Siam
J. F E. Carter
United States
Pope
Alverstone
Lord Alverstone
Army department realignment eyed by general staff
Washington reports the army general staff is studying a plan to realign departments to fit transportation changes. The Post notes potential creation of new departments including a split of the department of the east into south or gulf and a merger of Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territory with Missouri.
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Washington
General Staff
Army
Department of the East
Department of the South
Gulf
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Department of Missouri
Macedonian Committee Agent Charged With Extortion
Bucharest reports M Svetkoff, agent for the Macedonian committee, arrested for extorting by threats to collect funds for revolutionaries. Police found receipts signed by Boris Sarafoff totaling $5000. Roumanian authorities order frontier checks on Bulgarias exiting Romania to prevent return.
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Macedonian Committee
Bucharest
M. Svetkoff
Boris Sarafoff
Roumania
New York Collector Dies After Jail Cell Fall
William H. Clark of New York, a representative of a collecting agency, died in Rome after a jail cell fall. Arrested on a Rome merchants complaint over ad collections, he claimed innocence and suffered a fit before collapsing onto the stone floor, breaking a leg and dying shortly after.
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Rome
N. Y
William H. Clark
New York
Clark
May Goelet Engaged to the Duke of Roxburgh
The engagement is announced of Miss May Goelet to the Duke of Roxburgh. The duke is now the guest of Mrs. Ogden Goelet, mother of Miss May Goelet, at Newport R I.
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Lon
Miss May Goelet
Duke of
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