Brazos County Court Orders Bond Election for Road District
Brazos County Court in special session on January 25 1915 orders a March 3 1915 election in Road District No 1 Brazos County to authorize 400000 bonds for road work including macadam gravel or paved roads and to levy a tax for interest and sinking fund. Election managers named for Wellborn College Station Cottonwood Bryan and Court House precincts with notice requirements and precise metes and bounds description of the district.
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State OF Texas
Texas
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
A. D
S. E
B. B. B. & C. Survey
Same
N. W
N. E
W. L. Millican
W. T. Millican
Walter Sutherland League
Sutherland League
Brazos River
Wellborn
P. L. Barron
College Station
A. J. Tabor Jr
Cottonwood
Henry Benbow
City Hall
Bryan
O. L. Wilcox
Court House
H. P. Dansby
J. T. Maloney
Rebirth in Earth and War’s Toll
A poem from Mary P. Sears in Survey laments a war-torn land. It speaks of dead sons, shattered dreams, and the enduring spirit that will be born again. The piece contrasts earth’s bloom with loss and a funeral pyre on the battlefield.
Corn Growing a Sure Money Crop in Texas
The article urges Texas farmers to shift from cotton to corn citing September harvests and market timing. It notes Kansas City cash for September corn at 83 cents, potential export demand boosts, and Vick Bros plans a 2,500 to 3,000 bushel daily shelling plant at a Texas rail point to market shelled corn regionally.
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Texas
Kansas City
Vick Bros
Brazos Valley
Marlin
Notes on Railroads and Labor Men Movement
Railroads in Spain build numerous feeders to main lines as industry emplacements expand. The National Republican Association of Labor Men based in Boston recruits veterans and all railroad workers. The Canadian Express Company celebrates fifty years, older than the Grand Trunk Railway. Chicago area executives consider removing observation cars, keeping only scenic routes. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad uses safety verses for children, distributing thousands to schools and posting them in stations.
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National Republican Association of Labor Men
Boston
Canadian Express Company
Express Company
Grand Trunk Railway System
Chicago
United States
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Wilsons Grandson Named by 100 Births Across Nation
Over one hundred newborns are reportedly named for President Wilson's grandson, now under a month old. Reports also note Arab views on Kaiser Wilhelm and a Turkish empire of diverse races. Ontario flights to ban violent film scenes spark debate. Dresden issues a 750000 loan to aid soldiers families. Col George W Goethals praised with gold medal by the Chicago Geographical Society. Wisconsin dairies push higher prices amid milk surpluses. Canadian families at the front notified through unknown channels.
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Wilson
Palestine
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Ontario
Dresden
George W. Goethals
Col. Goethals
Chicago Geographical Society
Panama Canal
Wisconsin
Press Cautions Patience on War Casualty News
The Department of Militia urges patience as casualty lists from France are mailed to London for record office processing and then released publicly after about a month.
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Department of Militia
France
Record Office
London
Musicians in War Time Across Nations
Prof. Reed notes how world famed musicians face WWI era upheaval. Ysaye flees to London with two sons in Belgian army. Isidor Philipp serves with Red Cross. Elena Gerhardt tours the US after Leipsic duties as municipal cook. Paderewski aids refugees from Switzerland. Clara Butt donates concert proceeds to the British war fund. Fritz Kressler returns to America nursing wounds. Berlin life remains lively. Paris grows grimmer as war persists.
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Ysaye
London
Isidor Philipp
Paris
Red Cross
Elena Gerhardt
United States
Leipsic
Paderewski
Switzerland
Clara Butt
British War Fund
Kennerly Rumford
England
Great Britain
Mark Hambourg
London Daily Mail
European Returnees and Italian Opera Thrive in Rome
Europe and American artists return home amid war as Caruso offers service without arms. A Rome benefit for returning Italians yields twenty thousand dollars. In New Orleans French opera is replaced by an Italian company at the Grand Opera House.
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Europe
Arthur Hartmann
Theodore Spiering
Oscar Seagle
Leopold Godowsky
George Hamlin
Rome
New Orleans
Old landmark to go on South Bryan street
The old Dr. John W. Johnson place on South Bryan street north of the interurban track is to be torn down. W. W. Griffin recalled hauling lumber for its construction in 1865 before he was grown and before the first railroad reached Bryan.
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T. J. Wooten
Brazos River
N. W
N. L. Jaques
N. E
Jaques
S. E
T. F. McKenney
S. EF
McKenney League
Same
S. F. Austin League
Austin League
J. M. Webb
S. W
Moses Baine
W. S. Martin
L. McLaughlin
San Antonio Road
Bee Creek
Big Cedar Creek
Dillesaw
Dilleshaw
Mathis Branch
Wixon Creek
Iola
Said Creek
A. Lee Sr
Navasota
S. D. Smith
W. Robertson
S. W. Robertson
T. Henry
J. M. Barrera
T. Henry Survey
Young Labor
Wm. Young Labor
R. B. B. & C. Survey
John W. Johnson
Bryan Street
Bryan
W. W. Griffin
Operation Successful for Rivers Allen Jr in Galveston Hospital
Rivers Allen Jr of the City National Bank underwent an appendicitis operation at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston Tuesday. Friends report the procedure was successful and he is recovering nicely.
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Rivers Allen Jr
City National Bank
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Beautifying Carnegie Library Implements New Plantings
The city’s civic spirit shows on the Carnegie Library grounds with new flower beds around the building, banang plants canvas and nasturtiums, and window boxes added. The reporter notes the lawn and elms as a growing beauty spot and expects bloom to enhance the library grounds further.
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Carnegie Library
Library grounds project credited to Woman's Club committee
The library grounds committee of the Woman's Club is to receive credit for the new work. The group organized, coordinated, and supervised the improvements, highlighting community involvement in preserving the library grounds.
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The
Woman's Club
Cure for hay fever discovered
A serum treatment that cured hay fever was announced in a New York medical journal. The report noted some patients were cured while others were not.
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Associated Press
New York
Stock yards shut nationwide under foot and mouth quarantine
Washington reports stock yards in Chicago Indianapolis Louisville Buffalo Cincinnati Jersey City Pittsburg and Columbus closed due to foot and mouth disease quarantine. The measure affects major markets and hampers livestock movement nationwide.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Jersey City
Pittsburg
Columbus
Boy Bitten by Mad Dog Receives Austin Pasteur Institute Care
The son of Mr and Mrs J Z Ramsey of Union Hill was bitten by a mad dog last Tuesday. He was sent to the Pasteur Institute in Austin for treatment and reports from him are favorable.
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J. Z. Ramsey
Union Hill
Pasteur Institute
Austin
Rockefeller Jr Receives Witness Fee at Commission Hearing
New York February 6 John D Rockefeller Jr signed a receipt for 2 dollars as a witness fee and 3 dollars for railroad fare after leaving the Federal Industrial Relations Commission hearing. Carnegie, pressed by photographers, forgot to collect his 2 dollar witness fee and it will be mailed to him.
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Associated Press
New York
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Carnegie
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Spain
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Herbert W. Reed
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von Weber
Freiherr
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Star Brand
Bryan Cotton Oil
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