Bryan Elks Stage Pleading Minstrel Program
The Bryan Elks minstrel show at the Lyric last night drew a capacity crowd and was praised as the year’s big local amusement. The program mixed comedy, songs, dancing, and specialties with a large cast led by George C. Nunn and host O E Saunders, ending with a morale-boosting message and plans to donate to the Good Cheer association.
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Elks Minstrels
Lyric
Broadway
O. E. Saunders
George C. Nunn
Helen Hollick
Sugar
John T. Hanway, Jr
May Oliver Roberts
Love
Charles 8. Gainer
Dixie
John
Francis Smith
Kate Parker
Margaret Parker
Marion Moore
Leila Law Davis
Pauline Davis
Loraine Cox
Mittie Louise Ross
Katherine Henderson
Lila Graham Bryan
Louise Weddington
Sara Boyett
Nellie May King
Vera Maude Tobias
Ida Bell
Nunn
Elks
Good Cheer Association
Maud Tabor Case: Mother Alleges Illegal Operation Claim
Lawton Michigan December 28. Mrs. Sarah Tabor eighty claims Joseph Virgo performed an illegal operation on Maud Tabor leading to her death. The lengthy signed statement contradicts inquest testimony and alleges Virgo confined Maud at a deserted farm, returned her home, and hid the body in a trunk in the basement. Virgo is jailed in Paw Paw on murder warrants.
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Lawton
Mich
Joseph Virgo
Maud Tabor
Sarah I. Tabor
Glenn Warner
Warner
Pawpaw
Virgo
Howat Remanded for Contempt of Court in UMWA Row
Alexander Howat president of the Kansas District United Mine Workers was remanded to jail by U S District Judge Anderson after a brief session on contempt charges. Bonds and pending bail were discussed as the court criticized Howat for defying the law and the government.
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Indianapolis
Alexander Howat
Kansas
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Anderson
Howat
Henry Warrum
18 Counties Withholding Returns Defeat Constitutional Amendments
Returns from 18 counties still unavailable keep all amendments behind. State officials plan mandamus actions against county judges if missing or defective returns are not finally submitted. Counties listed include Borden Foard Hansford Hardeman Kent King Lipscomb Flynn Moore Motley Ochiltree Palmer Presidio Starr Sutton Terry Ward and Zapata.
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Austin
State Election Board
W. A. Keeling
Secretary of State
Borden
Foard
Hansford
Hardeman
Kent
King
Lipscomb
Flynn
Moore
Motley
Ochiltree
Palmer
Presidio
Starr
Sutton
Terry
Ward
Zapata
Price of Eggs Drops 20 Cents in Brenham
Brenham markets see eggs abundant and demand high as retail price falls from 75 to 55 cents per dozen in days leading to Christmas. This marks an unusual drop before the holiday in Brenham history.
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Brenham
German Delegate Faces Berlin Consultation Over Peace Treaty
Paris on December 23 reports that the German delegation head will return to Berlin to consult with his government after receiving the latest allied communication. French circles deem completing ratifications before year’s end impossible.
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Paris
Berlin
D'Annunzio Leaves Fiume on Pannonia
Rome reports D'Annunzio has left Fiume aboard the steamship Pannonia per today’s newspaper accounts.
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D’annunzio
FIUME
Rome
Pannonia
Tank steamer goes aground off Tampico port
Tampico, Dec. 23. The American tank steamer John D. Rockefeller is aground at Shore End Jetty with a high sea running. It will be impossible to communicate with the tanker until conditions moderate.
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Tampico
John D. Rockefeller
Road District Bond Funds Placed in County Depository
Proceeds from the sale of road district bonds must be placed in county depository, Attorney General Cureton held today.
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Austin
Cureton
Petlura Troops Surrounded Near Berditschef Ukraine
A wireless Moscow dispatch reports that General Petlura's anti Bolshevik forces in Ukraine have been surrounded by Soviet troops near Berditschef in the Kiev province. The report comes from London dated December 23.
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Petlura
Ukrraine
London
Ukraine
Berditschef
Kiev
Moscow
Brenham Superintendent Named to College Summer Normal Faculty
Brenham superintendent J. C. Tucker has been invited by President W. B. Bizzel of the Agricultural and Mechanical college to join the college summer normal faculty. The eight week program opens June 18. Tucker previously served last summer as instructor of physics and chemistry on the faculty.
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Brenham
J. C. Tucker
Brenham Public Schools
W. B. Bizzel
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Tucker
Indictment Framed Against Former Kaiser for Trial
London reports crown law officers met with French and Belgian counterparts and prepared a formal indictment against the former German emperor. The consultation aimed to align charges and proceed to trial.
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Kaiser Bill
London
Fife White Marriage Surprises Bryan Community
A Houston telephone note reports the secret marriage of D. D. White and Miss Eva Fife. The ceremony occurred at the bride’s uncle’s home in Chapel Hill. both parties return to Bryan tonight amid warm notices from neighbors and friends.
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Houston
D. D. White
Eva Fife
Bryan Westward
Miss Fife
Chapel Hill
Mr. White
Bryan
Freight Rates in Southwest Revised by Commission Order
The Interstate Commerce Commission made public orders in the Memphis southwestern investigation revising nearly all freight rates between Memphis, St. Louis and Oklahoma. The action upholds no-discrimination rules from the Shreveport rate case and sets a new higher maximum southwest rate, with expected Arkansas intrastate increases to follow.
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Washington
Memphis Southwestern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Memphis
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Shreveport
Southwest
Arkansas
Corporation Commission
State
Supreme Court
Death of Widely Known Pianist Louis Diemar
Paris reports the death of Louis Joseph Diemar a renowned pianist and composer. The announcement confirms his passing and notes his prominence in the music world.
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Paris
Louis Joseph Diemar
Wanted a Drink Triggers Massive Fire Alarm Response
Mary Behn a 40 year old New Yorker sought whisky on December 23 and after paying $5 to a bootlegger failed to receive it she pulled a fire alarm box by mistake prompting a large emergency response. She was given a water at the police station and charged with disorderly conduct.
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New York
Upper West Side
Mary Behn
Mary
Bolshevik Drive Against Poland Planned for Spring
Geneva reports Trotsky planning a major bolshevik offensive against Poland next spring. Warsaw dispatches note Chinese troops are being recruited at eight thousand a day and to be trained at the Soviet military school.
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Geneva
Poland
Trotsky
Warsaw
Whale meat offered as substitute for expensive fowls
A New York dispatch reports five thousand pounds of whale meat from Alaska offered to markets on the east side as a substitute for costly holiday fowls. Whale steaks sold for twenty to twenty five cents a pound.
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New York
Alaska
Four Hurt In Wreck Near Wichita Falls
Four persons were injured when Fort Worth and Denver passenger train No 8 collided with a switch engine in North Wichita Falls at 9 40 this Monday morning. A fireman suffered a broken leg and others incurred various injuries. Officials cited dense fog as the cause and said the heavy passenger engine derailed, delaying traffic for hours.
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Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Denver
North
Reynon
R. L. Hayes
Ogden
Utah
F. S. Novell
Shawnee
Okla
J. W. Cheaves
Levisa Believed Aground Off Cuba Coast
Havana reports a 1259 ton steamer believed to be the Levisa ashore at Buena Vista on the northwest shore of Cuba.
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Levista
Cuba
Havana
Levisa
Buena Vista
Intoxicants barred from Shipping Board passenger liners
Washington December 23 Intoxicating liquors will not be sold on the Shipping Board passenger liners plying from New York to South America Chairman Payne announced The first of these ships the Mocassin will sail Saturday.
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Washington
Shipping Board
New York
South America
Payne
Pershing Welcomed Home in St Louis Visit
Gen. John J. Pershing arrived from Chicago at 8:30 this morning to his native state. He was greeted by a large crowd and lifted his ten year old son Warren in his arms. May Pershing, his aunt from Lincoln Nebraska, accompanied them. He then reviewed wounded and returned heroes at Jefferson Barracks.
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St. Louis
John J. Pershing
France
Chicago
Warren Pershing
Miss May Pershing
Lincoln
Neb
General Pershing
Jefferson Barracks
Hood's Brigade Set for June Reunion in Bryan
Miss Katie Daffan, secretary, extends Christmas greetings to Hood's Texas Brigade members. She recalls Bryan will host the association again in June after last year’s cordial welcome. The message asks for unity, memory of Confederate soldiers, and a joyful reunion in Bryan.
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Katie Daffan
Hood
Texas Brigade
Bryan
Duffan
Confederacy
Hood’s
Good Cheer Fund Still Grows Despite Busy Donors
Treasurer Harrison said the Good Cheer and Help fund is expanding as canvassers stay busy. Several new gifts are listed including Bryan Compress Co. $10, Miss Lola Wilson's class $5, Ed. Eda Ericr ons 5, Miss Ava Reese 2, Miss Ruth Cannon 1, Mrs. L. L. Stephens 1, Mrs. C. C. Shelburne 50 cents, Bryan Press Co. 1.00, with hope that others will yet contribute.
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Harrison
Bryan Compress Co
Lola Wilson
Ericrons
Ava Reese
Ruth Cannon
L. L. Stephens
C. C. Shelburne
Bryan Press Co
Royal Arch Masons Convene in Asheville 1921
The triennial convention of the Grand Lodge Royal Arch Masons of the United States will be held in Asheville on September 21, 1921, according to an announced schedule.
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Asheville
N. C
Grand Lodge
Royal Arch Masons of
United States
Miners Idle as Judge Orders Imprisonment in Pittsburg Contempt Case
Seventeen mines at Pittsburg Kansas idle after Judge Anderson orders Howor jailed. Indianapolis officials say no word of a new Pittsburg strike. protest against government contempt cases and miner actions noted.
Houston merchant pays for goods he bought from negro
Brenham December 23 Sheriff Burney Parker reports returning from Houston with $11000 collected from Joe Bilao a Houston merchant for goods Bilao says he innocently bought from The Phelps a negro who confessed entering the store of James H Simon Brenham November 21 and selling the stolen goods to Bilao Phelps is jailed at Columbus awaiting burglary trial in Calvert and will be brought to Brenham in March for trial
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Brenham
Burney Parker
Houston
Joe Bilao
Bilao
Phelps, Negro
James H. Simon
Phelps
Columbus
Calvert
Turkish insurgent leader assassinated in Asia Minor
Rome dispatch reports Mustapha Kamal, leader of Turkish insurgents in Anatolia and head of the Turkish nationalist movement in Asia Minor, has been assassinated according to a Smyrna Tempo dispatch.
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Rome
Mustapha Kamal
Antolia
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Tempo
Lansing Requests Safe Conduct for the Soviet Ark
The state department cabled foreign capitals exposing the deportation of 249 radical Russians aboard the Buford. It asks that they receive safe conduct and humane treatment by authorities as they pass en route to Soviet Russia.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
British Forces Halt Turkish Push in Caucasus
British troops report occupation of Baturk and Baku to block Turkish advance into the Caucasus, as relayed by a Moscow wireless on December 23.
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London
Baturk
Baku
Caucassus
Moscow
New York Day Goods Market Report Dec 23
Cotton goods were firm with print cloths tending higher. Fine goods were firm and fine yarns higher. Dress goods were in light stocks with jobbers. Raw silk was quiet. Burlaps were quiet with offerings light.
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New York
Three Die in Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Wreck Near Sard
Three were reported killed in a passenger train wreck on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line near Sard today. The accident occurred near Mitchell on December 23, with authorities beginning a full investigation and rescue efforts underway.
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Mitchell
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Sard
Dallas Salesman Shot by Wife on Crowded Street
Dallas today witnessed the killing of Andrew Ott, a local salesman, shot by his wife on a bustling business street. Police units investigated the incident as a domestic-argument homicide with witnesses describing a sudden, fatal confrontation.
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Dallas
Andrew Ott
Lloyd George to Visit Clemenceau in Paris Next Week
London dispatch reports that Lloyd George will travel to Paris next week to confer with Prime Minister Clemenceau. The announcement was made today.
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Lloyd George
Clemenceau
London
Paris
Miners Idle in Pittsburg as Howat Jail Protest Spreads
Seventeen mines with about three thousand miners stood idle in Pittsburg Kansas today after a striker’s protest against Judge Anderson ordering Alexander Howat jailed. Officials in Indianapolis denied knowledge of a Kansas miners strike tied to the action.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Anderson
Alexander Howat
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Kansas
United States
Howat
Texans Attacked in New York Apartment Robbed of Jewelry
Two burglars attacked Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius Broderick of Dallas in their Knickerbocker hotel apartment and stole four thousand dollars worth of jewelry. They tied the wife, struck the husband, and escaped by the window as three policemen arrested them in the grill room.
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New York
Aloysius Broderick
Dallas
Tex
Knickerbocker
Broderick
Housewives Join Forces to Batter Down High Prices
Chicago December 23 the Illinois state fair price commission credits women organized to fight the cost of living with driving down fresh eggs from seventy five to sixty five cents a dozen in two days Major A A Sprague calls on them to tackle butter potatoes coffee and other prices seventy thousand women have joined the effort and vow to curb costs across the week
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Chicago
State Fair Price Commission
A. A. Sprague
Suits Aggregate $78 000 Filed in Anti Toxin Cases
Dallas reports suits totaling about $78,000 against H. K. Mulford company Philadelphia manufacturers of diphtheria anti toxin. The serum was used by the city health department during a diphtheria epidemic and a federal expert says it was often below normal strength.
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Dallas
H. K. Mulford Company
Philadelphia
Federal Health Department
New York Sugar Market Holds Quiet Amid Sugar Control News
New York December 28 The raw sugar market was quiet with no sales reported as traders await the sugar control mill decision. The undertone eased with holders willing to sell. Refined sugar unchanged at 9 cents for fine granulated as demand remains active and well above supply.
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New York
Subscriptions to Good Cheer fund at Daily Eagle
The Daily Eagle reports new subscriptions to the Good Cheer fund to fill Christmas stockings. Amounts listed include cash from Wallace Peverley Mrs Bettie Bell EB B Bale and others totaling $3.50. The donations support the fund through the holiday season.
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The
Daily Eagle
Good Cheer Fund
Wallace Peverley
Bettie Bell
Eb, B. Bale
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Oes
Pershing
R. A. M. Convention
New Orleans
Kan
Howor
Lansing
Ry Ear
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