Allen Academy Opening Day Draws Largest Attendance
The Bryan Texas Allen Academy opened with the largest attendance in its history. Rev I F Batts delivered a Psalm 119 reading and urged students to pursue Christian education and church participation. Prof J H Allen praised new students, and Supt Baptist Sunday School voiced optimism for the school’s future.
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I. F
Isles
Batts
J. H. Allen
Allen
Allen Academy
J. A. Challenner
Christian Church
F. M. Law
Supt. Baptist Sunday School
Bryanestee Allen Academy
J. M. Carnes
C D Lowery Badly Burned In Plant Blast
C D Lowery a machinist for Bryan Water Light and Power Co suffered extensive burns when a main supply pipe blew at the plant yesterday morning. He was calking a leak when the explosion occurred and was helped to the office and then home as doctors treated his injuries.
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C. D. Lowery
Bryan Water, Light & Power Co
Lowery
Ed Goens
Dr. Raysor
Preston
Raysor
Academy Opens With Record Enrollment At 125 Students
Prof. KR Allen warns attention matters as farmers’ sons reach eminence. J H White, a practical farmer with six months schooling, extols stickability. Prof and Mrs Moore join the faculty. Enrollment hits 125 on opening day, seats 131 planned.
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KR. O. Allen
J. H. White
White
Allen
H. W. South
W. J. Moyes
Moore
Dockworkers Strike Halts Galveston Southern Pacific Docks
In Galveston on Sept 11, 600 to 700 Southern Pacific Dock workers union members adjourned after voting to refuse work at the docks until a wage raise is granted. About 900 men quit, seeking a 5 cent hourly increase for straight and overtime pay, from 35 and 40 cents to 35 and 50 cents.
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Galveston
Southern Pacific Dock Workers’ Union
Southern Pacific
Unien
Suderman & Dolson
Mail Counting At Dallas Post Office Ordered
Dallas September 11 Postmaster announced a mail counting period from October 12 to October 19. All classes and sub classes of mail processed in Dallas will be recorded by class and origin, with delays expected as weighing accompanies counting. Post office asks the public to mail early during the counting week.
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Dallas
Robinson
J. G. McCleary
Siege conditions in Vancouver Chinatown amid mob unrest
Vancouver reports indicate Chinatown and nearby Japanese quarters facing severe unrest. Police halted firearm sales after a rush to buy weapons, with guards and rifles at Chinese stores and many workers summoned to the Oriental quarter. Mayor Bethmen and Governor General Gray seek order, while 100 special constables are sworn in and military action is possible.
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Vancouver
B. C
Dominion
Bethmen
Gray
Ottawa
Canada
Japan
Chintitown
Vancouver incident prompts Canadian regret pledge
The Japanese consul general in Ottawa reports Canada expresses regret over the Vancouver trouble and pledges steps to prevent further incidents. The foreign office in Tokio confirms receipt of the dispute and notes the pledge to reduce tensions.
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Tokio
Foreign Office
Ottawa
Vancouver
Western Union approves dividend and praises leaders
Chicago September 11. A New York telegram reports the Western Union Telegraph Company executive committee voted for the usual quarterly dividend and unanimously adopted a resolution praising the president and officers for handling the late operator strike and maintaining service integrity under proper control.
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Chicago
T. P. Cook
Western Union Telegraph Company
New
Love and theft stalk a New York widow
Mrs Sophie Donner, an aged widow, was betrayed by Michael Chkovsky a Baldwin Locomotive Works laborer who lived with her and her family He looted 180 saved money and a Donner watch from a trunk, then disappeared as police hunted him and Mrs Donner waged a fierce personal pursuit in rivaled frenzy
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New York
Sophie Donner
Michael G. Chkovsky
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Donner
Balldon Biographer Henry Bellyse Balldon Dies in Quarry
Henry Bellyse Balldon, biographer of Robert Louis Stevenson and lecturer at University College Dundee, was found dead at the bottom of a quarry near Dundee. A dog-guided search failed to locate him until afternoon. A wound behind the right ear raises questions about whether death came from accident or assault. He authored Life Study in Criticism of Robert Louis Stevenson and other critical works.
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Dundee
Henry Bellyse Balldon
Robert Louis Stevenson
University College, Pdundee
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Richelieu Brand
E. J. Fountain
the Daily Eagle
Bryan
Texas
Carnes & Wallace
Nathan M. College
Powell
Oboogt
Just
Linac
Buchanan
Emmel
Emmel & Maloney Druggists
Western Union Telegraph
York
Scotland
Jno. M. Lawrence & Co
CEG
A. Adams
Parkerzbuilding
Oliver Typewriter
CRAIN
E. J. Jenkins
Haswell
Stevenson Machine and Repair Works
Willis House
W. C. Fountain
Mes
Best Dollar A Day
Smith Drug Company
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