Publication Citation in Texas Court Case B-8545
Public notice in 1914 Texas case Dudley Olcott 2nd et al versus Robert C Wallis et al, in Bexar County District Court, commands publication in Brazos County newspapers to summon G W Miller to appear. Suit seeks rescission of an executory conveyance, trespass and title issues plus debt, foreclosure, and attorney fees.
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Dudley Olcott
Robert C. Wallis
District Court
46Th Judicial District
Bexar County
Texas
State of
45Th Judicial District of
James N. Wallace
F. H. Miller
Josie Miller
John Rainey
Mat Hughes
Bob Criss
G. W. Miller
William Townsend
Pearl Townsend
Alfred Collins
Rebecca Collins
Ben §. Long
H. E. Rowlett
W. M. Wells
Rowlett & Wells
Leonard Brown
San Antonio
Brazos County
Postoffice Receipts in Bryan Fall Short in 1914
The Bryan postoffice reports November receipts for 1914 at $0.00, far below the 1910 1913 figures and $499.13 less than November 1913. The postal savings bank holds $707.80, down from a year ago. Clerks worked Sundays to process mail, earning commendation for serving patrons.
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Bryan
Postal Savings Bank
Postoffice
Bryan Postoffice
Post Office Department
Bryan Office
Little Thelma Walker Dies in Houston Home
Thelma Walker, one year old daughter of Mrs. Ross Walker, died in Houston this morning. Mrs. Walker’s Bryan friends offer sympathy as the body will be buried in Bryan with funeral conducted at 1 40 p m Friday from the northbound H T C train.
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Thelma
Ross Walker
Houston
A. and M. Board Refuses Conference on Tax Levy for Schools
The A. and M. College board declines to meet with the university regents and state normal school committees to discuss a special tax levy for higher education. President E. B. Cushing says they support taxation later but oppose pushing it amid current financial strain. The Austin conference, planned for November 30, was postponed indefinitely, and a committee from A. and M. was to confer on relations and possible separation.
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A. & M. College
Board of Regents of
University
State Normal Schools
College of Industrial Arts
E. B. Cushing
Board
Texas
University Regents
Austin
A. & M. Board
Ocul Ear Nose Throat Practice Ad
WM. B. CLINE M. D. practices limited to eye ear nose and throat. Residence 622 office 521 Commerce Building.
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WM. B. Cline
Office
Commerce Building
Court of Criminal Appeals restricts ballot box openings
In Corpus Christi election case the court ruled ballot boxes cannot be opened except during contested elections. The case against S D Beach was dismissed due to a defective indictment.
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Austin, Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Corpus Christi City
S. D. Beach
Soldier Executed by Court Martial in Vera Cruz
In Vera Cruz Mexico on December 2 a Mexican soldier was shot after a court martial for stealing ammunition. This marked the first execution since the American evacuation.
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Associated Press
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Prominent Man James Callaway Shot by Friend in Atlanta
James P. Callaway a prominent businessman was shot and killed by W B Carhart a shoe manufacturer in Atlanta Georgia. Carhart says he believed Callaway a burglar and acted after discovering him in their apartment. the pair were close friends. Carhart detained at police station with no formal charge yet filed.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
James P. Callaway
W. B. Carhart
Carhart
Callaway
University of Texas faces closure without emergency funds
Austin December 2. President S E Mezes warns the University of Texas may close on March 15 unless the Thirty fourth Legislature grants an emergency appropriation of 352745 dollars. Regents say 380394 dollars saved from postponing building and using land rentals and bonds should last until March 15 but require extra funds next session.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
S. E. Mezes
Supreme Court backs depots power for railroad commission
Austin Texas December 2 The Supreme Court today upheld the law empowering the Railroad Commission to require the construction of union depots.
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Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Supreme Cour
The
Railroad Commission
Woman Released After North Main Street Cutting
Jim Edmondson, a Black man, was cut in a Monday night fight on North Main street but is not seriously injured. Matilda Williams, the Black woman who did the cutting, faces aggravated assault charges and was released on 150 dollars bond awaiting county court trial.
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Jim Edmondson
North Main Street
Matilda Williams
Amended Fee Bill Changes County Officers Salaries
The amended county officers' fee bill took effect yesterday in Texas. County officers switch to straight salaries, with many incomes reduced and others merely regulated. In larger counties sheriffs' pay may drop by about half.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
French and German wartime reports clash over battles
Paris reports say German forces were repulsed near Ypres and French artillery damaged three enemy batteries. French gains include a trench in the forest of Courtes Schausses and a position near St Hubert. Meuse and Woëvre regions dark. Berlin claims a French position captured in Argonne and Russian and Polish actions. Belgian premier Debroqueville mourns two killed sons.
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Associated Press
Paris
Ypres
Vendresse
Craconne
Argonne
Fontaine Madame
Courtes Schausses
St. Hubert
Meuse
Woevre
Berlin
Argonne Forest
William
Prussia
Poland
London
Reuters Amsterdam
Debroqueville
Night Riders Raid In Kentucky Shock Rural Settlements
Caldwell County authorities were warned that fifty night riders rode to Cedar Bluff Monday night blowing up two small dwellings with dynamite and firing on a third house wounding no one. In Muhlenberg County four men and a woman were whipped. no motive given beyond accusations of cruelty to a relative. Officials say the raids target nonunion coal mine employers and broaden to regulating individual conduct.
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Associated Press
Princeton
Caldwell County
Cedar Bluff
Muhlenberg
Butler
Crandall
How Girls Live on Six Dollars a Week
Esther Packard an investigator told the factory investigating commission that girls live on one meal a day when buying hats or shoes and cannot take vacations in New York on December 2.
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Associated Press
New York
Esther Packard
Servians Withdraw from Belgrade Reported
Bulgarian dispatches say the Servian army has withdrawn from Belgrade and the situation remains critical. Telegraphic communications between Belgrade and Nish, the current capital, are interrupted.
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Belgrade
Associated Press
Sofia
Bulgaria
Nish
Imperial ukase grants finance minister control of German allied society finances
Petrograd on December 2 reports an imperial ukase empowers the Minister of Finance to seize the expenditures and receipts of societies and business enterprises operated or owned by subjects of Germany Austria Hungary and Turkey.
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Petrograd
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Turkey
Electrician in Arkansas penitentiary faces ten execution orders
G 4 Dempsey, the new Arkansas penitentiary electrician, says he will serve as lever puller if required for ten death sentences, whites and negros alike. He speaks of duty and normal sleep after executions, despite acknowledging the grim task. He is 40, Irish, with a wife and two children, formerly at Arkadelphia milling company.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Dempsey
Arkansas Penitentiary
Luther Castling
Arkadelphia, Ark
Europe not ready for peace says Henry White
Washington December 2 Henry White former Ambassador to France who just returned from Germany told President Wilson that Europe is not ready for peace in comments on the European situation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Henry White
France
Germany
Wilson
Europe
Gutierrez To Take Office Tomorrow In Mexico City
Provisional President Gutierrez will enter Mexico City tomorrow to be installed in the National Palace, per official telegrams.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gutierrez
Mexico City
National Palace
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