Organization of Ku Klux Klan Formed in Texas
The article recounts the rise of the Ku Klux Klan with Colonel William J. Simmons as founder, noting the 1915 Georgia charter and 1916 Fulton County charter. It describes aims of promoting white supremacy, patriotism, and pledged allegiance to the United States, with eligibility restricted to native-born Americans professing Christian tenets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KU Klux Klan
Texas
Klu Klux Klan
Houston
Dallas
Wharton
Klan
Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Invisible Empire
Knights of the
State of Georgia
Superior Court
Fulton County
South
General Forrest
Simmons
United States of America
Tabor News Items Highlight Local Activities and Visits
Farmers face delays from mixed weather while clubs meet with Miss Mary Locke at the college in Bryan. County Agent C. L. Benson accompanies Steep Hollow club for a split day program. Grammar school graduation exercises and high school senior outing on the Brazos River are noted, with teachers and visitors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor
Texas
C. L. Benson
Steep Hollow
Brazos River
Mary Cahill
J. L. Cobb
Susie Benbow
Etta Harris
First Baptist Sunday School Sets 600 Goal for May First
The First Baptist church Sunday School aims for 600 attendees on the first Sunday in May. Breakdown includes 40 Beginners, 50 Primaries, 75 Juniors, 100 Inter mediates, 25 Senior Class, plus Adults in several classes totaling 600. Pastor Dr. John A. Held urges members to participate, urging all Baptists to join and prove their colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
First Baptist Church
Boatwright
Bryan
God
John A. Held
Harvey News Items: Heavy Rain Drenches Farms and Bird Coops
Strong rain and high winds flood Harvey area. Farms report ruined gardens and a lakelike yard after four days of rain. Chicks saved. 180 from Mrs. Amon Williams, 75 in total. Free Baptist church quarterly meeting slated for April 29 to May 1. Ruth Harold, formerly Ruth Weeder, visited locals last week.
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Bryan
M. G. Buchanan
Amon Williams
Harvey
The
Free Baptist Church
Ruth Harold
Ruth Weeder
Camas Study Club Hears Hayes Report on Caldwell Meet
The Campus Study Club of College Tuesday in the Y building hosted a large audience for Mrs. M L Hayes who reported on the Fourth District Federation meeting in Caldwell. The afternoon featured talks on efficiency in household management and Texas taxes with a planned outdoor picnic finale.
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Campus Study Club of
College
M. L. Hayes
Federation
Caldwell
Hayes
J. J. Tauben
Engagement announced at East 28th Street dinner
Judge and Mrs W C Davis hosted a refined dinner on East 28th street Tuesday evening when Ruth Boatwright and Travis B Bryan announced their engagement and upcoming May marriage. Guests included Ruth Boatwright Mary James Nobie Webb Lucille Young Gladys Walker Travis B Bryan Clarence Braden Roy Stone Douglass Howell Stuart Boatwright and Major Ike Ashburn. A full society account will run Friday in the Eagle.
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W. C. Davis
East 28Th Street
Ruth Boatwright
Travis B. Bryan
Mary James
Nobie Webb
Lucille Young
Gladys Walker
Messrs
Clarence Braden
Roy Stone
Douglass Howell
Stuart Boatwright
Ike Ashburn
Eagle’s Society
Barton Goodwin Wedding Engagement Announced
At a luncheon today Mrs M P Walker announced the engagement of Miss Martha Goodwin to Mr Jack C Barton of Longview. The wedding will take place June 22 1921 at the bride’s parents home Dr and Mrs J N Goodwin in the city. Attending guests include Ruth Boatwright Ava Haswell Louise Adair Lila Wicks Juliette Castle Nobie Webb Mildred Newton Lois Bethea Lois Martin Mary James.
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M. P. Walker
Martha Goodwin
Jack C. Barton
Longview
J. N. Goodwin
Miss Goodwin
Ruth Boatwright
Ava Haswell
Louise Adair
Lila Wicks
Juliette Castle
Nobie Webb
Mildred Newton
Lois Bethea
Lois Martin
Mary James
The
Eagle
Old Spanish Trail To Be Advertised By The Hotel Men
Southern Interstate Hotelmen's association proposes a $100,000 advertising and educational campaign to promote the Old Spanish Trail from Florida to California. The route includes St. Augustine, Pensacola, Tampa, Mobile, New Orleans, San Antonio, Santa Fe, Tucson, and Los Angeles area missions. The effort highlights historic Spanish explorers and key sites along eight states and the El Camino Real connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Galveston
Southern Interstate Hotelmen’s Association
Florida
Pacific
California
South
St. Augustine
Pensacola
Tampa
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
United States
de Soto
de Narvarez
de Luro
Mauvila
Mobile
Missisippi
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
Spain
Jean Lafitte
Venezuela
Mississippi River
LaSalle
France
Gulf
San Jacinto
Santa Anna
Refugio
Corpus Christi
San Patricio
la Salle
Orange
San Antonio
Mexico City
Nacoerdoches
el Paso
Santa Fe
Santa Cruz
Tucson
Nogales
San Xavier
Tumacacori
Coronado
Cibolo
San Diego
San Capristiano
Los Angeles
College Women's Social Club Meeting Announces April 29
College Station Texas April 20 The next meeting of the College Women's Social Club will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Y M C A. The Extension Service women will be hostesses and Mrs T Walton as chairman urges all women to be there promptly at 3 o'clock Officers for the ensuing year will be selected at this meeting.
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Eagle
College Station
Texas
College Women’s Social Club
Extension Service
T. Walton
Ex Empress Laid to Rest as Train Heads to Potsdam
Doorn Holland April 18 The funeral train bearing the remains of former Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany left Maarn for Potsdam early today William the former emperor did not go to the station remaining in Doorn with Prince Henry of Prussia A mourning service was held at Doorn castle with William sobbing and relatives moved as they knelt before the coffin The sermon cited Revelation ten verse two about a Crown of Life.
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Associated Press
Doorn
Holland
Empress Augusta Victoria
Germany
Potsdam
Maarn
William
Prince Henry
Prussia
Augusta Victoria
Doorn Castle
Frederick William
Adalbert
Oscar
Dyander
Birthday dinner brings Civil War heroes together in Washington
An unsigned Washington letter to the New York Herald recalls a March 10 birthday dinner for Colonel James Morris Morgan. Guests included Rear Admirals Selfridge Watson Stirling Clark and Colby Chester, Captain Marmaduke, Major Herbert Barry, and Morgan’s kin. The writer notes the rarity of such a gathering of Civil War notables as more than half a century has passed since the conflict.
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Washington, D. C
New York Herald
James Morris Morgan
Washington
Thomas O. Selfridge
Vicksburg
Cumberland
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Selfridge
H. H. Marmaduke
John Crittenden Watson
Farragut
Admiral Farragut
Mobile Bay
Stirling
Fort Fisher
Lillian
Morgan
Wilmington
N. C
Charles E. Clark
Ossipee
Tennessee
Oregon
Colby M. Chester
Richmond
Cincinnati
Herbert Barry
Troop A. of
New York
France
Parents Taught Health Screen Clinic At College Station
The College Station PTA hosts a three day clinic for exam of students from consolidated schools on campus. Red Cross health supervisor from Bryan assists. Tuesday opened with 64 children examined and added to the health roll. Dr. W B Cline joined morning exams and Dr. J W Black led afternoon tests. Clinic continues through Wednesday and Thursday.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
College Station
Red Cross Health Supervisor
Bryan
W. B. Cline
J. W. Black
Century Plant Year Declared by Galveston Resident
Galveston Texas April 20 The year 1921 will be Century Plant Year according to Charles Schumacher of 3120 Avenue P The Century plant in Schumacher front yard grew from five feet to nearly eighteen feet in two weeks a rise of about six inches every twenty four years The plant about ten years old and was brought from Mexico to Galveston.
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Associated Preas
Galveston
Texas
Charles Schumacher
Avenue” P. Galveston
Schumacher
Mexico
OUR BELOVED DEAD Three Texas newspaper elders pass on
Three distinguished Texas newspapermen Henry Berryman Terrell Col William A Bowen and Robert O Gresham have died in recent weeks. They helped build state journalism sat in Press Association and state conventions and served their communities as faithful husbands fathers and civic workers Their loss is mourned yet their memories live on as they join the promise of resurrection and heaven. See J Rountree Bryan Texas.
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Commonwealth of Texas
Texas
Bowen
Terrell
Gresham
Death
Jesus Christ
J. Rountree
Bryan
Pretty baby girl born to Mr and Mrs H J Mike
A baby girl was born Monday evening at 7 30 to Mr and Mrs H J Mike. Mrs I W Long of Greenville arrived Tuesday for a visit with Mr and Mrs G A Long. Sheriff Morehead returned from Franklin on official business. Mrs E J Fountain leaves for Bonham to visit her sister Bettie Boyle and niece Mrs Ralph Risser. Ox Time and Right quality printing advertised by Eagle Printing Co.
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H. J. Mike
Nhone
I. W. Long
Greenville
G. A. Long
Leonard E. Morehead
Franklin
E. J. Fountain
Bonham
Bettie Boyle
Ralph Risser
Eagle Printing Co
Brazos County Boys and Girls Club notes agriculture talk
A Brazos County club notes members at Hayes Consolidated School with pig, corn, potato and poultry entries. Secretary Wallace stresses strong agriculture as foundation for industry and warns banks to cropland loans for feed stuffs after July 1 1921. A county market leak critique and calls to keep wealth local surface alongside club meeting details and a poultry story contest.
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Gub
Hayes Consolidated School
J. D. Jones
Emory Jones
T. H. Royder
Forest Royder
Orin Williams
Ross Williams
Anna Williams
Thadus Thomas
Paul Boriskie
Hamey Spiller
Eloise Smith
Milton Smith
Wallace
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bolivar County
Mississippi
Bryan
Bewildering Bath Suits At Galveston
Galveston Texas April 21 styles in bathing suits and costumes for 1921 shown by local beach shops are bright and daring. Women favor one piece skirtless suits with unbuttoned overgarments, or one piece with small attached skirts, in many colors. Prices for knitted wool or silk beach capes range from 50 to 200 dollars. Men display utilitarian but bright patches and checkerboard styles in medium sizes. Also notes on local residents with visits and moves to Brownwood and Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Tanlac credited by railroad dispatcher for renewed health
R H Budd, a Muskogee Oklahoma train dispatcher for the M E T Railroad, testifies Tanlac improved his digestion, boosted weight and strength, restored sleep, and gave color to his face after years of illness and an operation. Tanlac is sold in Bryan by N A Stewart and leading druggists.
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Tanlac
R. H. Budd
M. E. & T. Railroad
West
Okmulgee St
Muskogee
Oklo
Bryan
N. A. Stewart
PAYS TO ADVERTISE Teague Chronicle
An editorial notes that people send money away not for cheaper goods but because mail order houses invest in advertising and value their business. It argues advertising builds trust and reach beyond local shops.
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Teague Chronicle
Wheeler-Bain wedding draws Billie Oliver and guests in Houston
Billie and Jane Oliver traveled to Houston Tuesday afternoon for the Wheeler-Bain wedding. Architect Frank B. Gartner of San Antonio is in the city on business and visiting his mother, Mrs. W. S. Wilson.
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Billie
Jane Oliver
Houston
Wheeler-Bain
Frank B. Gartner
San Antonio
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Kate Barclay Williamson
Sallie W Law
Ashville
Baptist
Mrs. Hayes
Galdwell
Barton-Goodwin
Nagle
J. C. Nagle
Col. Morgan
Annapolis
Stonewall Jackson
Danforth
Roy Danforth
A. L. Ward
Lovell
Mr. Eaton
St. Andrews’ Parish House
Koelling
Gladys Dowling
Thelma Taylor
Gurlitt
Ora L. Young
L. Mayer
Mozelle Vick
Abbott
Sterling
Mrs. McPheeters
Franz Behr
Monette Groginsky
Briggs
Albers
Mrs. Pou
Ringuet
Gilis
Miss Maude Bookout
del Riego
Dorothy Lee
Mrs. Stangel
Franklyin
Leybach
Loraine Cox
Walter Rolfe
Hallett Gilberte
W. S. Howell
Frederic Logan
Godard
Mesdames Howell
Ward
Nora Lovell
Dudley
Zimmerman
Annie Bess Boyett
Boad
City National Bank
First National Bank
First State Bank & Trust CO
Brazos County Boys and Girls Club
DEPT
C L. Benson
Kansas City
New Jersey
Colorado
Chicago
Georgia
Ohio
Maryland
Brazos County
Fannie Locke
Poultry Club
Zack
Helonvine
Fannie
E. G. Jenkins
Georgetown
Southwestern University
Jenkins
Edith Lloyd
Southwestern Now
A. H. Birdson
Duke & Ayres
Yours
R. H. Denton
Mgr
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