Local Notices and Classifieds Highlight Bryan Area
Fresh celery at R M Wilson s. Jeese Ellison posted bond 5500. Miss Sue McClelland advertises McClelland place for rent. Laula and Dana Coulter visiting Navasota. Wanted second hand safe. 259 Rafe Connor and Will Zulch from Madison county here yesterday. Rohde family traveled to Houston for infirmary care. Sherrill visited daughter in Steep Hollow. Prices for crayon portraits noted at Willis Coleman 1 50. Anderson Johnson on murder trial. G Parsons offers sodas and treats. Daughters of the Confederacy installed officers and plan October event to fund a fountain in city park. Membership committee named. Camp J B Robertson U C V No 129 asks Bryan merchants close 9 10 a m to honor Col Briscoe G Baldwin. J R Astin attended funeral in Dallas. House for rent and furniture for sale. Sealed bids for Somersville residence due Oct 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Wilson
Jeese Ellison
McClelland Place
Sue McClelland
Lew
Laula
Dana Coulter
Navasota
Rafe Connor
Will Zulch
Madison County
Henry Rohde
Houston
G. Parsons
Daughters of the Confederacy
Ross
The
J. W. Johnson
M. Stella Shepard
M. W. Sims
W. Johnson
A. J. Buchanan
J. F. Parks
Amanda True
Ira Gooch
R. K. Chatham
J. R. Astin
Dallas
George W. Davis
Oak Cliff
Corsicana
J. A. Buckholts
R. A. Brantley
Bryan
Somersville
Texas
Col Briscoe Baldwin Dies in Bryan After Illness
Col Briscoe G. Baldwin, veteran of the Civil War and former chief of ordnance on Gen. Robert E. Lee’s staff, died peacefully in Bryan after a long life. Born August 12, 1828, in Staunton, Virginia, he served in the Seventh Alabama regiment and later the Confederate staff. He lived in Bryan for years, never married, and will be buried from the Presbyterian church with military honors as local leaders observe the funeral.
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Col
Briscoe G. Baldwin
Baldwin
Staunton
Virginia Military Institute
A. H. H. Stuart
Interior
Fillmore
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Bryan
Funeral for Col. Baldwin at Presbyterian Church
Camp J B Robertson members are told to attend the funeral of Col. Briscoe G. Baldwin at the Presbyterian church at 9 a m on September 20 with camp badges reversed. camp will assemble at the courthouse at 8 30 a m by order of Commander A C Brietz. Nearby notes report Mr F Wilson of Marquez sold cotton in Bryan, predicting higher yields this season. Prof H J Putney plans November piano tunings. various local notices include seed sales and lodging details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briscoe G. Baldwin
Presbyterian Church
Court House
A. C. Brietz
W. G. Mitchell
F. Wilson
Marquez
Bryan
Eagle
Wilson
Leon County
H. J. Putney
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Sam Sancer
G.N
Hearne West Bound
Pote
Hearne and
San Antonio
Hearne
Hearne H
J. B. Robertson
A.C. Brietz
Biwin Glapps Shoes
John B. Stetson
Briscoe
G. Baldwin
Col. Baldwin
Ben Ficklin
el Paso
Camp J
L. A
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Taliaferro
Corps of Cadets
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Camp Robertson
Drew Selby X
Star Shoe Co.’s
Helmers, Bettmann & Co
Mistrot Bros. & CO
W. H. Cozart Sr
A. A. Phifer
W. J. Cox Sr
Henry Smith
James
John Brashear
W.H. Simms
John Lewis, Sr
J. T. Speer
W. Ross
Arthur Goladthly
Berwick Bay
Parsons
Mustachia
A. J. White
W.C. Newman
Macy
Wv. C. Dargan
George Jennings
M. F. Daugherty
J. E. Duncan
St. Louis
Chas
Cheesborough
Galveston
Chas. Coates
Philadelphia
G. M. Gittinger
Boston
F. P. Mallory
New York
H. B. Smith
Little Rock
L.S. Rogers
Waco
John H. Bond
Louisville
F. L. Shumpert
Fielding
Chicago
C. M. Proctor
Albert J. Harbers
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