Death of Judge W C Gibbs Afterlong career and service
Judge W C Gibbs died Saturday April 18 1914 at his son W F Gibbs home in this city at 1130 am He was a respected Southern gentleman and Confederate veteran Born July 13 1827 in Monroe County Mississippi he lived in Tyler Madison and Silsbee Texas He served as county judge and attorney and led a company in the Civil War dying with honor Survived by seven children and many relatives His funeral in Madisonville included Masonic and church rites with a large turnout.
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Judge W. C. Gibbs
W. F. Gibbs
Judge Gibbs
Methodist Church
Solomon
Monroe County
Miss
Tyler County
Texa
Liberty County
Wolf Creek
Woodville
Newton County
Louisiana Bruce
Burkville Lodge No
Burkville
Texas
Madison County
Madison
Dif
Spate
Sabine Pass
Dick Dowling
Bolivar Point
General H. B. Stoddard
General Stoddard
M. E. Matthews
Kirbyville
John A. Gibbs
Madisonville
Bryan
J. B. Gibbs
R. P. Gibbs
Silsbee
W. E. Gibbs
Seattle
Wash
Carr Gibbs
R. P. Carter
W. Dean
Tom J. Ford
J. S. Thomason
S. Y. Brooks
Neal Robinson
Tom Waldrop
H. L. Lewis
Hugh Barrett
County Court Recessed for Holiday, Nudie Prinzer Acquitted
The county court recessed today for a holiday and will reconvene tomorrow. In the case of State of Texas vs Nudie Prinzer charged with destroying a fence the defendant was acquitted. Defense attorneys were Hudson and Henderson. State attorneys were County Attorney Lamar Bethea.
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State of Texas
Nudie Prinzer
Hudson & Henderson
Lamar Bethea
Boarding Cars Moved by Houston and Texas Central
The Houston and Texas Central Railway moved boarding cars from the rear of the Bryan Hotel under a city council agreement. The cars had sat on the track about two years and were a nuisance, but they were removed promptly after a request to the superintendent. The switch track relocation from the brick warehouse’s west side will be discussed later.
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Houston & Texas Central Railroad
Bryan
Developments Day by Day in the Mexican Trouble
Timeline of events from February to April detailing embargo lifts, visits, inquiries, threats of rangers, demands for punishment, interjections by Bryan and Fall, Huerta's responses, naval movements, salutes, and the occupation of Veracruz as U S forces intervene amid rising tensions in Mexico.
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Wilson
Mexico
W. S. Benton
Villa
Juarez
Bryan
Benton
Colquitt
C. Vergara
Huerta
Vergara
Fall
O’shaughinessy
John Lind
Vera Cruz
G. C. Carothers
Torreon
Prairie
Tampico
Dolphin
Mayo
Congress
Senate
House
United States
President Huerta
Charge O'Shaughnessy
Texan Inventors Granted Patents For Week Ending April 18 1914
Spellman and Murray patent attorneys of Dallas announce U S Patent Office grants to Texas residents for the week ending April 18 1914. Recipients include Frank C Brown Dallas artesian well fluids raiser John P Carnes Cold Springs nut removing tool Walter B Duncan Paris tug clip James B Evans Sr Fort Worth rail joint John Naiser Sr Taiton fence post Samuel FE Norris Crowell seeder and planter William E Parker Manning air brake apparatus Henry F Salge Lockhart plow Charles Swindosky Houston pencil attachment Henry Holub Louise horse releaser.
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Spellman & Murray
Dallas
Texas
United States Patent Office
Washington, D. C
Frank C. Brown
John P. Carnes
Walter B. Duncan
Paris
James B. Evans Sr
Fort Worth
John Naiser Sr
Taiton
Samuel FE. Norris
Crowell
William E. Parker
Manning
Airbrake Appartus
Henry F. Salge
Lockhart
Plon
Charles Swindosky
Houston
Henry Holub
Louise
Cottonseed warning reaches Texas on lint yield concerns
Dr W F Proctor state agent warns against new cotton seed in Texas claiming yields of only about fifty percent lint from seed cotton. He notes lint is very short due to small light seeds and fears mills will discriminate against such cotton, harming growers. The warning cites USDA and A M College joint efforts.
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Texas
W. F. Proctor
Proctor
United States Department of Agriculture
A. & M. College
Shiloh Beats Bryan In back-to-back Baseball Games
Shiloh defeated Bryan 8 to 6 on April 5 at Shiloh grounds in a fast exciting contest with a large crowd. On April 19 Shiloh won 7 to 6 after a late Bryan rally, then Shiloh responded with a five run rally to clinch the lead in the seventh.
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Shiloh
Bryan
Shiloh Boys
One Thousand Men Wanted for Texas Regimental Service
United States volunteers sought with experience as cowboys or ex officers to form a ready regiment in Texas. Citizens aged 21 to 85, unmarried, height 5 feet 5 inches to 6 feet 4 inches, weight 140 to 200 pounds, white, healthy. State field experience and if you can supply a horse. roll by application order.
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United States
Texas
Local Organizer Issued Warning At 1417 Jackson Street
The message names W Edwards of 1417 Jackson Street as organizer and temporary colonel. No further details are provided about the plan or the location in this fragment.
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Dallas
W. Edwards
Jackson Street
Huerta Forces Estimated at Forty Thousand in Mexico
War Department figures list about 40,000 Huerta government troops dispersed nationwide. Major concentrations include 6,000 in Mexico City and 8,000 in Tepic, with 4,100 at Vera Cruz, 6,000 around Saltillo, and other garrisons in Jalisco, Sinaloa, Zacatecas, and Sonora.
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Washington
War Department
Huerta
Mexico
Department
Mexico City
Saltillo
Torreon
Sonora
Sinaloa
Tepic
Jalisco
Colima
Zacatecas
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Kermenou
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France
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Phone
College Exchange
Texas Maverick Regiment
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Severa
Spion
Tuckers Livery Stable S
INSU
W. T. James
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