Fall May Keep Balkan States Out of the War
Berlin claims Lemberg has fallen after a severe battle as Russians seized Lvov and Galicia easing German Austrian pressure. The conquest is seen as key to keeping the Balkans neutral. Paris reports French forces repelling German attempts and maintaining the line along the Vosges with strong fighting.
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Balkan States
Associated Press
Berlin
Lemberg
Galicia
Lvov
Balkans
Paris
Labbinth
Vosages
Russian and Italian Front Tabs Capture Prisoners
Petrograd reports heavy ongoing fights with notable gains for Russia as they seize 800 prisoners northwest of Lemberg and 3500 prisoners on the Dniester below Nisia after an eight day battle. Additional Russian captures near Bukowina total 1000. Rome notes Italian clashes with Austrian forces on the Trieste front near Montenero with heavy losses.
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Dniester River
Nisia
Associated Press
Rome
Trieste
Montenero
Bryan Public Schools to Start Domestic Science Department
The school board voted yesterday to inaugurate a Domestic Science Department at Navasota High School, begin next session. Plans include converting the former janitor house into a classroom cottage and moving it near the main building, with a teacher to be chosen soon and construction and remodeling to start soon. The initiative signals Bryan schools keeping pace with leading state public schools.
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Navasota High School
W. C. Lawson
W. T. James
Navasota School
Manuel
Bryan
Zeppelin raid devastates South Shields facilities
Berlin reports via Overseas News Agency that a June 15 Zeppelin raid destroyed navy yards and arsenals at South Shields and damaged Armstrong works, with sixteen people reported killed. Shields is a major shipbuilding center.
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Berlin
Overseas
South Shields
Armstrong
Shields
Bill to outlaw strikes and lockouts in Commons
London lawmakers introduce a bill to make strikes and lockouts illegal. It calls for compulsory arbitration, fines for loafers, limits on employer profits, and a volunteer army of workers ready to serve anywhere as needed.
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London
House of Commons
British Steamer Tunisiana Torpedoed by German Submarine
A German submarine torpedoed the British steamer Tunisiana off June 23. The vessel was beached safely after the attack.
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London
Three Masked Men Rob a Restaurant in San Antonio
Three masked men robbed a San Antonio restaurant at 3 AM, taking about one hundred dollars and holding three employees at gunpoint. At daylight, police arrested four suspects including Joe Baker, a Kentuckian, who shot and killed himself during arrest.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Joe Baker
Grasshopper Plague Near Greenville Brought Under Control
Greenville Tex June 25 swarms of grasshoppers that damaged young crops in the past week have been controlled by the use of poison.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Tex
President Wilson Arrives at Summer Home in Cornish
President Wilson reached his summer residence in Cornish New Hampshire this afternoon amid pleasant weather and courteous crowds. He planned a private retreat and will rest before returning to national duties next week.
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Cornish
N. H
Wilson
United States
Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Diversification and Bridge Contract Highlight Brazos County Progress
County Demonstration Agent A W Buchanan reports on diversification success across Brazos County farms, noting potatoes fared poorly due to weather yet gardens and crops like cabbage and corn thrive. He cites Dowlings and G H Echols with market access via A M College as a model. Austin Brothers Bridge Company won the Little Brazos bridge contract in 1914 and plans ten weeks to complete with local labor and durable piers.
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Austin Brothers Bridge Company
Little Brazos River
Brazos County
A. & M. College
Dowlings
G. H. Echols
S. I. Dowling
Echols
Little Brazos
Wilson meets railroad men in Springfield protest
A group of railroad workers told President Wilson in Springfield today to keep them out of the war. Wilson replied I will if I can. The brief stop occurred during his current itinerary.
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Presient Wilson
Associated Press
Springfield
Mass
Wilson
Bridge Company Withdraws Bid on Brazos Bridge Repair
The El Paso Bridge and Iron Company asked the commissioners to withdraw their bid for repairing Fitts' Bridge across the Brazos river. After consideration the court awarded the contract to Austin Brothers of Dallas for material and work plus 10 percent, with an estimated total of about $7,500.
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el Paso Bridge and Iron Company
Brazos River
Anle
Thorong
Austin Brothers of
Dallas
Citation notice in Brazos County Texas 1915
The state commands the sheriff or constable to publish this citation weekly for four weeks to J. Q. Adams. The case before Justice L. D. McGee of Precinct 4 Brazos County Bryan involves W. T. James as plaintiff seeking $62 for a casket and burial robe. Adams is nonresident. writ of attachment issued. return required at next term on July 26, 1915.
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J. Q. Adams
Twentieth Judicial District
Judicial District
Justice’s Court
Brazos County
Bryan
W. T. James
Texas
L. D. McGee
Bryan Overcomes Shiloh 6 5 In Pitcher Battle
Bryan defeated Shiloh 6 to 5 on Allen Academy grounds in a pitchers duel between Griffin and Deason. Griffin struck out fourteen, Deason ten, with Bryan fielding and hitting better than in prior games. Shiloh faced lineup gaps due to four missing players. crowd was small and quiet.
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Shiloh
Bryan
Allen Academy
Griffin
Deason
Shiloh Boys
Oil Treatment at Crossings Reduces Dust in Bryan
The Houston and Texas Central Railroad sprinkles crude oil on Bryan street crossings to curb dust, a sanitary measure applauded by The Eagle. The practice reportedly started in Bryan and has begun in other cities on the line.
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Houston and
Texas Central Rairoad Company
Bryan
Eagle
Social and personal notes from a college town gathering
Mrs. J. H. Webb and family return from Caldwell visit. Women’s Club committees draft next term study with Othello and The Winter’s Tale. Misses Smith from Reagan visit College. Spences to Berkeley for engineering meeting and Panama Exposition trip. Bizzell and Youngblood families plan August Exposition visit. College picnic at the fish pond with boating and dancing. Winnie Love visits. Dorcas Parker weekend in Dallas. Hines family to spend July in Gloucester Virginia with August reunion.
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State Federation of Women’s Clubs
D. W. Spence
Berkley
California
Spence
American Society of Civil Engineers
San Francisco
Golden West
Charanza Defeated at Mexico City
Washington reports official advices say Gen Gonizales, a Carranza commander, suffers a smashing defeat at Mexico City. Carranza seeks to retreat to save his army as allied observers note his prominence and a joking exchange about his wealth and demeanor.
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Charanza
Mexico City
Associated Press
Washington
Gonizales
Carranza
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Gloucester
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