Hood's Texas Brigade Reunion Highlights Bryan Visit in 1924
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hood and son report on the third annual Hood's Texas Brigade reunion in Bryan. The event honors Confederate veterans, with speeches by Mrs. Buchanan and Capt Hanna, tributes to Texas, and invitations to visit Matagorda Plantation. The gathering, led by D. L. Wilson and Rotary Club, included veteran reminiscences, songs, and a ceremonial welcome for Hood's Brigade as Bryan is named permanent meeting place.
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John B. Hood
John B
Bryan
Hood
Texas Brigade
Matagorda Plantation
Jonestown
Mississippi
Virginia
Petersburg
Fifth Texas Brigade
Norfolk
Mr. Hood
General Hood
Lone Star
Chautauqua
Neff
Texas
Southland
Paris
Egypt
General Allenby
Jerusalem
Mrs. Hood
J. B. Hood, Jr
J. B. Hood, III
Hood’s Brigade
J. B
Miss Daffin
Captain Hanna
Hanna
McClellan
Gaines Mill
Lee
Jackson
Buchanan
Katie Daffin
The
Confederacy
South
Daughters of the Confederacy
Green Parrot Tea Room
Rotary Club of
D. L. Wilson
F. L. Henderson
Henderson
Hoods
Robertson
Rotary
Philbury
H. B. MelInnis
Llano
Union
New York City
New York
Russia
Washington
Hotel
Lions Club of
Searcy
Bob Armstrong
General Robertson
Waco
Judge Robertson
Bingham
Memorial services honor Confederate veterans in Bryan
Memorial services held at the Library auditorium honored fallen Confederate veterans. Veterans shared war tales including Hood, Lee, and Davis. Robertson praised Jefferson Davis and Hood's Brigade. An evening program at the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber featured music, dancing, and a large crowd, with the day continuing with speeches by Judge Felix Robertson and Son A Smith outlining retrospective and prospective themes for the South and Confederate memory.
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Lee
Gaines Mill
Hood
General Robertson
Davis
Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Andersonville
Decatur
Hardee
Chattahoochee
Peachtree Creek
Sherman
Robertson
Wheeler
J. O. Bradfield
Austin
Southland
Copeland
Texas Brigade
Briggs
Brother Copeland
Country Club
Bryan and Brazos County
Bryan
Felix H. Robertson
Dallas
Felix H.robertson
Texas
Katie Daffin
Judge Robertson
Son A. Smith
Mr. Smith
Jeff Davis
South
Cleburne
Napoleon
White's Cream Vermifuge for Worms in Children
The ad claims worms in children show paleness low interest in play fretfulness varying appetite nose picking and sleep starts. It urges giving White's Cream Vermifuge with a fifty year record of success. Priced 35 cents and sold by Jenkins' Drug Store.
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White
Jenkins’ Drug Store
General Felix Robertson Addresses Loyalist Gathering
General Felix Robertson spoke with emotion praising Confederate leaders including Lee Jackson and Hood. He warned that wars persist, praised Hood for breaking Union lines at Gaines Mill, and affirmed the Texans as a fighting force admired by both sides.
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Robertson
Lee
Jackson
Hood
Davis
Gaines Mill
Texas Brigade
Veterans Reunite After Remembrance Of Civil War
Veterans disband to meet again next year recount battles from Bull Run to Appomattox. Speakers recall Confederate principles, hardships, and heroism while Southern hospitality and memories of Texas frame a Bryan luncheon. Monuments and future reunions are urged, with honors paid to General Hood and others.
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Bull Run
Old Mars’ Robert
Wilderness
Chickahominy
Cold Harbor
Richmond
Peachtree Creek
General Hood
Appomattox
Confederacy
Bryan
Texas
Houston and Galveston Texas Cities Then and Now
Arrived at Houston at 8 30 The trains run with oil engines and the ride is clean though hot. Houston grows from a country town to a great inland port with railways and a large power plant. Cotton and oil drive its economy with vast port facilities and a rising population. A long drive to Galveston reveals a thriving cotton port, a grand harbor, seawall, and beaches. Galveston, named after Galvez, features climate flowers, street fronts, and historic harbor improvements. The trip ends with vivid coastal scenes and the Crystal Palace on the seawall.
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Houston
Bryan
A. and M. College
Navasota
Rice
New York
Texas
South
Gulf
The
Houston Chronicle
San Jacinto
Main Street
East Texas
Port Houston
Houston Lighting and Power Company
Buffalo Bay
Galveston
Europe
Galreston
Great Causeway
Moody Compress
Bernado de Galvez
Mexico
Republic of Mexico
Galveston County
Sam Houston
Republic of Texas
Gulf Coast
State Medical College
Crystal Palace
Pepsinated Calomel Ad Promises Gentle Quick Relief
A vintage drug ad touts Pepsinated Calomel as milder than old harsh calomel. It claims gentle English calomel mixed with Pepsia and other ingredients relieves indigestion biliousness olds constipation and headaches without harshness. One small tablet at bedtime supposedly leaves you hungry and fine in the morning, recommended by M. H. James Drug Co.
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M. H. James Drug CO
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J. B. Hood
Reunion
Marshal Ney
Ross
Albert Sydney Johnston
Joe A. Blakemore
Thedford’s
Felix Robertson
Bryan Cotton
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