Local notices and ads highlight community life in Brazos county
Louis Bonneville recovers from illness. Reports from Carr's Hardware and Exposition Saloon. Sheriff Lipscomb and Squire J. M. Zimmerman visit from Hempstead and Kurten. Mrs. C. M. Proctor offers millinery at low prices. Wooten & Harder advertise hay and corn chops. Lost silver fork with initials M.H. Reward. Brazos county court active. state reception committee named for W. J. Bryan carnival in Dallas. Real estate offer: Ayers farm 290 acres. St Andrew's resumes divine services. Lodge meeting urged for initiation. Insurance and flour sold by Joe Reed. New train includes two vestibuled chair cars. Wooten Wells serves beer and lunch. Picture frames at Willis and Coleman. Residence for sale by George R. Tabor. Prof E. E. Marriott visits. Fresh kraut at John M. Lawrence & Co. Corn chops and feed urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Lipscomb
Hempstead
J. M. Zimmerman
Kurten
C. M
Benchley
Eagle
Brazon Union Lodge
A. F
A. M
Straight
Joe Bb
Reed
Willis and Coleman
George R. Tabor
Prof
E. E. Marriott
Bethel
John M. Lawrence & Co
Wooten & Harder
Gilmore's millinery and dress making parlors opened
The new shop opened yesterday from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. Miss Times and Miss Kyle run the millinery, Mrs. Slman assists, and Madame Montgomery heads the dress making. Autumn decorations glow under lights as Paris bat hats and feather trimmings attract visitors, with music adding to the lively scene. Madame Montgomery aims to rival larger city dressmakers and is taking orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore
Miss Times
Miss Kyle
Slman
Madame Montgomery
Paris
Private School and Local Advertisements Note
In the old Baptist Church setting, Edna Minkert and Mary Minkert appear as patrons or related individuals. Locally listed items include Water M. Lang as a general machinist at Carr's Hardware Store, Mawhinney's turnip seeds, and Mount Vernon Pure Rye at the Exposition saloon. Merchants Jao, M. Lawrence & Co., and Wooten & Harder appear with celery, oats, and chops, all indicating a bustling early 20th century small-town commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Lang
Carr’s
Mawhinney’s. Oc
Wm. McCorquodale
Clay Station
Mount Vernon
Exposition Saloon
Jao
M. Lawrence & Co
Trains Arrival Sale Dates and Fare Limits
Openings for trains arriving at Dallas list sale dates and fares. Fares include 2.40 for Sept 27 28 with sale by Sept 20, 6.60 Sept 26 Oct 22 with limit Oct 23, and 4.99 Sept 27 Oct 22 with limit by the sale date. Special dates set on sale for trains arriving Dallas with weekly limits through Oct 22. Agent W S Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Tyler Hasweil
P. M
Dallas
Exchange Hotel Arrivals List Names and Origins
A rooming list from the Exchange Hotel records arrivals of numerous guests. Names include J M Hinkle from New York J N Henderson from Austin T S Henderson from Cameron Theo Pauls from Dallas and others such as Richard Clark from Dallas R P Menard from New York and J R Brittain from Corsicana. The ledger mentions guests from St. Louis Galveston Dallas Houston and New Orleans among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J M Hinkle
New York
J N Henderson
Austin
T S Henderson
Cameron
Theo. Pauls
Dallas
H McMichael
Buffalo
Richard Clark
R P Menard
Wm. Schneider
J R Brittain
Corsicana
R W Flournoy
Ft. Worth
John E Knight
Missouri
D R Snodgrass
Galveston
F E le Cand
W E Howth Jr
Geo. H Steen
J W Buck
St. Louis
F H Bertrand
New Orleans
H L Hull
Jno
H Bond
Louisville
C W Carr
Houston
M E Glass
J A Myers
J E Butler
City
W Pitt Barnes
Car Becker
Char Edinburg's Opens Day and Night in Zemnati Block
Chas Edinburg's restaurant in the Zemnati block is now open day and night. Regular meals priced at 35 cents with short order lunches available at all hours.
Mules and horse missing near Providence Church south of Bryan
A note offers a five dollar reward for returning a mule branded W D connected and a brown horse mule of unknown brand. The animals were last heard from near Providence church, six miles south of Bryan, Texas, and the contact is J W Johnson of Bryan.
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Chase & Sanborn
Dansby
Hearne
Bos
Wenwes
Lomyes
Hearne and
San Antonio
Siasttere
Louis Bonneville
Mattie Tabor
Calvert
Dir
Corporation Court
Harrison
J. R. Astin
W.J. Bryan
Brazos County
Egle
Brazos Bottom
Little
Big Brazos
Ayers
Hudson & Nall
Mistral Bros. & Co
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Wooten
Wilson-Jenkins Drug CO
Old Baptist Church
Edna Minkert
Mary Minkert
Hawes
Parks
Waldrop
Men’s Outfitters
Dreyfus
Mistrot Bros. & Go
Briggins
Josifer Carter
Caroline Eless
Ellen Ellis
Lionie Grant
Willie Smith
J Cues
Rebecca Miller
J Price
Lizzie Ronson
Deller Wilcox
Mary Wilson
Celestia
Dallas Fair
W. 5S. Wilson
Exchange Hotel
Ff Soap
Ben S. Read
Johnson
Bermuda
C. F. Moore
Bryan, Texas
Kandy Kitchen
Berwick Bay
Lowney
Gunther
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