Bryan Soldier Furlough Visit Sparks Camp Life Talk
Willie Vandiver of Steep Hollow on a 30 day furlough visits Bryan from the 1st regiment A S Immantes at Galveston. Corporal HH Hutson of College also returns home on furlough. Vandiver reports camp life as he hurries back to muster with the regiment.
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Willie Vandiver
Mr. Horton
A. S. Immantes
Galveston
Bryan
Vandiver
Steep Hollow
HH. L. Hutson
College
Eagle Office
The Grand Old Party's Eternal Banner
The Beeville Picayune extols the Democratic Party as the grand old party, praising its history of liberty, conscience, and press freedom. It lauds its role in independence, governance by the people, and a future of prosperity, urging the banner to wave over victory and empire of the people.
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The
Picayune
Democ Tt
Empire
Beeville Picayune
Private School Announces English Mathematics and Music Instruction
A private school advertises instruction in English mathematics and piano with sessions starting September 12, 1898. Patronage is solicited and terms are available through Mrs Edna Minkert. Also notes applicants for teachers certificates including Miss Josie McCorquodale Bryan Miss Annie Smith Millican Prof Lon George Macy and Prof McDonald Bedias who appeared before county examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Minkert
Josie McCorquodale
Bryan
Annie Smith
Millican
Lon George
Macy
McDonald
Bedias
Board of County Examiners
Kandy
Manic Attacker Slain After Courtroom Knife Incident
In Kaufman Texas Bob Taylor charged the courtroom with a knife attacking Sheriff Jim Keller who sustained a jaw wound and a shoulder slash. Keller and Constable Montgomery fired four bullets mortally wounding Taylor. Judge Dillard faced the assault as the courtroom panicked with jurors present.
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Taylor
Dillard
Keller
Montgomery
Troops to Be Kept in Southern States
Washington reports rapid military buildup with about 70 000 troops in southern camps. Cavalry units from Montauk Point to be moved to southern stations for winter camps and potential occupation of Cuba and Porto Rico. Plans include a large force for Cuba, smaller for Porto Rico, and a healthful shift away from Camp Wikoff.
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Washington
Cuba
Porto Rico
Montauk Point
Wikoff
War Department
Multiple frontier crimes and disasters reported across states
A wide array of brief items describe hangings, murders, assaults, and accidents from Virginia to Texas. Among them are Anthony Mayfield hanged in Sussex for murdering his wife and Robert Harris, a body found in a Connecticut pond possibly Grace Perkins, and a near-conviction of forgery in Chicago. Other notes include lethal injuries in Navasota and Dallas, a seven-year sentence for Charles Adler in Groveton, a fatal clothing fire to a Dallas child, a Gainesville cotton plant shutdown, and various injuries from tools, trains, and farm equipment. An earthquake rumor in New Jersey and court martial proceedings for the Oregon’s McIltrarye are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Mayfield
Sussex
Robert Harris
Bridgeport
Conn
Grace Perkins
Middleboro
Mass
Joe Hathorn
Constable Laird
Conroe
Tex
F. B. Crofton
Klondike
Chicago
M. D. Burnett
Navasota
Charles Adler
Groveton
Wilkins
Ladd M. Waters
San Antonio
David Golman
Dallas
Gainesville
National Treasury
Dan Grounds
Texarkana
Ark
James Hardy
Terrell
Charley Haynes
Weatherford
Rose Howard
Ennis
Schulenburg
Dave Chenault
Forney
Fish
Bloomfield
N. J
Ge MclIutrye
Oregon
Denver
J. L. Lewis
Temple
Choice Flowers and Education Notes Share Spotlight
The notice urges early orders for fall flowering bulbs including hyacinths and tulips and mentions plans to offer fine plant varieties of pansies carnations and violets. A Galveston News item notes 252 students denied admission to the agricultural and mechanical college at Bryan due to limited accommodation. Sam Johnson’s bicycle accident left him unconscious briefly. A joke ponders a marriage proposal tied to salary clues, highlighting a coincidental exchange about a certain Herbert.
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Agricultural and Mechanical College
Bryan
Texas
Calveston News
Bryan Water Power Co Offers Free Wiring During 30 Day Contract Drive
The Bryan Water Light and Power Co announces a 30 day window to boost service rights. They will wire buildings with plain wiring and cord drops free of charge when at least three lights are contracted for one year and paid monthly in advance.
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Bryan Water, Light & Power Co
L. T. Fuller
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Wilson Jenkins Drug CO
the Daily Eagle
Y Connelly
Palmer & Carnes
Malcolm Carnes
A. Qulberson
Joseph D. Sayers
Bastrop
J. N. Browning
Armarillo
Bor
Smith
Hillsboro
R. W. Finley
Tyler
Geo. W. Finger
Ft. Worth
John W.robbins
Vernon
Bor Railroad
Comroner
Allison Mayfield
Sherman
J. 8. Kendall
Ladonia
Thos. J. Brown
M. M. Brooks
Greenville
War Congress
Robert L. Henry
Waco
Sam R. Henderson
Kor
J.C. Scott
Franklin
Grand Old Democratic Party
Dogic
College of Medicine
Emmet’s Pharmacy
Cole Bros
United
Humboldt
McDuff Simpson
Sam Johnson
Mabel
Herbert
Payeldura
Amoene
Berwick Bay
the American Laundry
Exchange Hotel
E. D. Beach
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Paul M. Baylor
Bryan, Texas
James Drugstore
H. T. Coulter
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