Elizabeth Lynch, Bryan Pioneer, Dies at 82
Elizabeth Jane Lynch longtime Bryan resident died of pneumonia and complications Friday at 12 30 pm at her nephew A E Worley's home. native of Montgomery Alabama she and husband Dr Meredith Lynch came to Texas in the 1860s settling in Crockett then Bryan in 1867. Funeral at Worley residence 5 pm with burial in city cemetery conducted by Rev John A Held.
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Elizabeth Jane Lynch
Bryan
A. E. Worley
T. J. Prestridge
Long Beach
Calif
Worley
John A. Held
Name Picked Men To See That Road Fund Is Rightly Handled
Special commissioners for Brazos county road fund administration were named at precinct conventions. Precincts 1 through 4 presented nominees including Wellborn J C Nagle and P L Barron. Tabor J C Leathers and J W Harris. Steele's Store Seth Mooring and Milton W Sims. Bryan J Webb Howell C S Jones E J Jenkins and H P Dansby. Voting set for August 19 with the good roads question.
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Brazos County
Wellborn
J. C. Nagle
P. L. Barron
Tabor
J. C. Leathers
J. W. Harris
Steele’s Store
Seth
British to Inspect U.S. Army Schools in Germany
British War ministry plans to study the American army vocational and educational schools in the occupation zone. British officers arrived from London to Coblenz to confer with American general staff officers in Germany about adopting notable features for British troop training.
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Cologne
Army of Occupation
British War Ministry
Great Britain
London
Coblenz
Germany
Box missing at Steeles Store election site
Steeles Store box missing after a Saturday special road tax and tick eradication election. Telephone out of order, authorities and private parties have learned little beyond预计 very few votes, suggesting near unanimity needed to defeat the tax and no impact on the tick eradication proposal.
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Steeles
Executor's Notice for J W English Estate 1919 Brazos Co
Mrs Clara Josephine English executrix of J W English deceased notifies all debtors to settle and all creditors to present claims within the statutory period. Address is Bryan Texas in care of M I Dansby. Witnessed August 5 1919.
Executor notices W C Warren estate Brazos County 1919
The undersigned Henry Mitchell appointed executor of the estate of W C Warren deceased at the July term 1919 of the county court Brazos County Texas notifies all persons indebted to said estate to come forward and make settlement and those having claims against said estate to present them at Wheelock Robertson County Texas his residence and post office address where he receives mail Witness my hand this 5th day of August 1919 Henry Mitchell Executor
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J. W. English
Brazos County
Texas
Bryan
M. I. Dansby
Clara Josephine English
W. C. Warren
A. D
Wheelock
Robertson County
Henry Mitchell
Steeles Store district votes rate maintenance tax in Brazos County
unofficial returns from Steeles Store show a 12 to 0 tally in favor of a 15 cent road maintenance tax and a 12 to 0 vote against tick eradication. County totals stand 224 for the tax to 204 against, with 242 for eradication to 197 against, majorities 20 and 45 respectively. Clerk delays official returns from College Station and Steeles Store.
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Steeles Store
Brazos County
College Station
Mexican plan is repatriate colonization
Mexico City reports Las Palmas in Baja California as the first repatriation colony site for five thousand Mexicans returning from the United States. The area offers rich soil and abundant water, and most colonists have lived in California.
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Mexico City
Las Palmas
California
el Democrata
Mexico
United States
Senate panel urges wheat standard changes under price guarantee
Washington on August 12 the senate agricultural committee urged changes in government wheat standards under the price guarantee to avoid penalizing any wheat grower.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Wellborn man and his nearly ten million bees
Brazos county bee keeping proves profitable says Tom Dyess south of Wellborn. He tends about 45 hives averaging 20 000 bees per swarm with some up to 40 000. He expects around 600 pounds of honey at 25 cents a pound. He notes potential growth if swarms had available housing. Dyess calls himself an amateur, active only a few years.
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Brazos County
Tom Dyess
Wellborn
Mr. Dyess
Rainy Day News From Tabor and Nearby Visitors
August 11 report from Tabor notes a big afternoon rain and steady cotton. Visitors include Misses Vesta Pate and Maybird Blanton with brother Guy of Harvey visiting Frances and Lottie Blanton. Susie Benbow spends weekend with Mina Graham of Wellborn. Myrtle Josey of Benchley visits friends. L Woodall family visiting Hudspeths. J W Skains family from Fort Worth visiting relatives.
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J. W. Skains
Carl and
Raymond
Fort Worth
Good Roads Win in Cuero Bond Election Progress
Cuero Texas reports progress on the 1 635 000 good roads bond issue with most boxes favorable. Thomaston opposes about fifty to ten against, while other boxes total 1 142 for and 618 against. After defeats in three months progressives see gains since May 24 and anticipate a new 2 000 000 election to include more roads, likely to be called soon.
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Cuero
Tex
Thomaston
Permanent home stations for returning divisions named
Washington on August 12 lists the permanent stations for regular army divisions arriving from overseas. First Camp Taylor Kentucky second Camp Travis Texas third Camp Pike Arkansas fourth Camp Dodge Iowa sixth Camp Grant New Jersey? seventh Camp Funston Kansas.
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Camp Travis
Washington
Camp Taylor
Tex
Camp Pike
Ark
Camp Dodge
Camp Grant
Camp Funston
Kan
Constipation remedy touted to regulate bowels
Irregular bowel movements are blamed for chronic constipation and a constipated habit said to fill the system with impurities. Herbine is presented as a great bowel regulator that purifies the system, vitalizes the blood, and invigorates the digestive organs. Sold by Jenkins' Drug Store and M. H. James.
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Jenkins’ Drug Store
M. H. James
Burglars Steal Cash Watch Eggs Bacon From Judge Maloney Home
Thieves entered Judge J. T. Maloney home on East 28th Street after midnight, propping doors and taking a gold watch, chain, cash, a basket of eggs and breakfast bacon, with clothing and valuables tossed about. They fled the scene, leaving bacon forgotten, after a failed second attempt at Mrs. Nannie Rohde’s house nearby. This marks a second burglary in the neighborhood recently.
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J. T. Maloney
East 28Th Street
Nannie Rohde
Harvey August Rain Helps Hay Crops and Health News
A light rain in Harvey lifts hay harvest prospects as corn looks strong. Little Miss Trueheart Buchanan recovers from a weeklong illness while Dempsey Dyers returns home sick from College Station. Mrs. Baron visits Beaumont relatives and family updates include Capt. D. S. Buchanan arriving in Hoboken and Dr. J. C. Davidson hearing Maj. H. C. Davidson is on leave. A unit led by D. L. reports 100 percent disease-free health.
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Mary Mann
Omah
Neb
Howard Carleton
Fort Worth
A. B. Gilder
Dorothy Davey
Minnie Lee Angiers
Lily Davidson
Harvey
Anlvey Jones
Fire Destroys House In Burned Losses Across Community
Report of a distant fire overnight reveals a house owned by Jo Jones and rented to Horace Caldwell was burned with its contents. The note appeals for Christian aid from neighbors, describing total loss and urging small gifts. Nearby, Winnie and Julia Graham plan to move to Bryan with Mrs Bertha Turner. Mae Byrd Blanton and Vesta Pate visit Tabor this week.
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Jo Jones
Horace Caldwell
Christian
Winnie
Julia Graham
Bryan
Bertha Turner
Mae Byrd Blanton
Vesta Pate
Tabor
Lodge Says League A Botched Job He Cannot Stand
Washington August 12 Senator Lodge chairman of the foreign relations committee told the senate the league covenant is a deformed experiment upon a noble purpose. He warned it would kill the Monroe Doctrine nullify withdrawal from membership impair sovereign domestic decisions and drag the U S into every world controversy. David Hunter Miller, legal adviser to the league commission, said the discussion used a draft not from the Big Three.
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Washington
League of Nations
Senator Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
David Hunter Miller
League Commission
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Guy Dansby Named Public Weigher in Precinct 4
Guy Dansby, manager of the farmer's union warehouse, was appointed by the commissioners court as public weigher for precinct No. 4. He has not yet qualified while awaiting instructions from Austin on duties. The new law allows only one public weigher per precinct and any others weighing for the public must serve as deputies appointed by the public weigher.
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Guy Dansby
Farmer’s Union
Commissioner’s Court
Dansby
Austin
Camp Bowie Closes After Short Army Camp Era
Fort Worth reports Camp Bowie closed today after being established August 1 1917. The Army camp near Fort Worth ends its brief operation, marking the closing of the World War I training site.
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Camp Bowie
Fort Worth
Striking Frisco Shopmen Return to Work
Fort Worth August 12 Striking Frisco shopmen returned to work today lifting all freight embargoes and resuming normal operations.
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Fort Worth
Surgeons Endorse Borozone As First Antiseptic Aid
Surgeons urge prompt antiseptic use for cuts burns bruises and wounds. Borozone marketed as an ideal antiseptic and healing agent for both man and beast. Sold by Jenkins' Drug Store and M. H. James.
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Jenkins’ Drug Store
M. H. James
Bromo Quinine Tablets Promoted By E. W. Grove
An old advertisement notes that colds cause grip and influenza can be treated with LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets. It claims there is only one Bromo Quinine and features E. W. Grove's signature on the box, priced at 30 cents.
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HK. W. Grove
E. W. Grove
Convict MP Exiled to Hungarian Soil
Ignatus Tribich Lincoln, once a parliament member and Austrian native who naturalized as English, has been deported from London where he has been imprisoned since 1916. Arrested in Brooklyn in 1915 for forgery at the British consul’s warrant, he was tried in London and sentenced to three years. A July dispatch said he would be sent to Hungary.
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London
Ignatus Tribich Lincoln
Lincoln
England
Brooklyn
New York
Englan
Hungary
Ford Libel Trial Ends Appeals Stage
Mount Clemens August 12 arguments in the Ford libel suit against the Chicago Tribune closed with final addresses by senior counsel on both sides summarizing their cases.
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Mount Clemens
Ford
Chicago Tribune
Habitual Constipation Cure Promoted as Syruphonic Laxative
Advertisement for LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN describes a syruphonic laxative claimed to cure habitual constipation in 14 to 21 days. It promises prompt relief with regular use to induce lasting regular action and notes a pleasant taste and a 60 cent bottle price.
Fraudulent aspirin sold as Bayer tablets warned
A historical notice warns that many cheap aspirin tablets were counterfeit and mainly talcum powder. It urges buyers to request Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, look for the Bayer Cross, and purchase only from the original Bayer package with proper directions and dosage.
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Grouxlyn
Bayer
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Independence
Edge
Smetana
Nmillican
Mya
Federal Land Bank
W. S. Barron
Grove
Price
Douglas Fairbanks
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