Hood's Brigade Holds 1921 Reunion In Bryan
The 48th Hood's Brigade reunion closed with memorial services led by Judge John C West of Waco. Officers elected include Capt W C Walsh president and Capt John Roberts vice president. Bryan chosen for the 49th reunion. Members praised, tributes paid to deceased comrades, and plans set for future reunions with Katie Daffan as life secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
John C. West
Waco
Chas. F. Hume
Houston
A. C. Sims
Kirbyville
C. J. Jackson
Nolanville
H. T. Sapp
O. H. Tindall
Calvert
John N. Wilson
Nacogdoches
Joseph Conley
Deauville
Bill Mason
San Augustine
Joseph B. Dibrell
Seguin
Edith Lessing
Katie Daffan
Cornelia Branch Stone
Galveston
Mary Hunt Affleck
Brenham
J. W. Wilkinson
Texas Division
W. C. Walsh
Austin
John Roberts
Arcadia
W. Bk. Copeland
Rockdale
Jnc. C West
Bryan
Felix Robertown
City of
Commercial Club
Camp J
Camp J. B. Robertson, U. C. V
L. S. Ross
U. D C
A and M to Host Farmers Short Course and Congress
Preparations at Texas A and M College Station for the Farmers Short Course August 2 to 7, with sessions of the Texas Farmers Congress August 9 to 11. Programs cover animal, poultry and dairy husbandry, horticulture, agronomy, domestic economics, and farm management led by college instructors including Emma Perry Foulk and G F Werren. Railroads offer one and a half fare round trips.
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Eagle
College Station
Tex
A. &. M. College of Texas
Texas Farmers’ Congress
Emma Perry Foulk
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
G. F. Werren
Texas Farmers’ Compress
Prospect Tex Church Revival and Community News
The community reports corn harvests underway as W A Free improves after illness. A Methodist revival begins Friday before the second Sunday in July with Rev. Sample preaching nightly. Jessie Bond attends the summer normal at College Station. Visits from Martin family Steep Hallow and Sanders of Bryan. Ruth Meads stays with grandmother W A Free. Mrs. Lou Richie hosts Shield Sanders and Will George family visits. Prayer meetings continue each Sunday night with all invited.
Abilene Family Guests Visit Bryan Between Trains
Mrs Richard Stewart and son Richard Jr of Abilene visit Mrs J J Pipkin while N K Greer and H H Moody of Navasota tour Bryan between trains on Tuesday.
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Richard Stewart
Richard, Jr
Abilene
J. J. Pipkin
N. K. Greer
H. H. Moody
Navasota
Bryan
Galveston Martial Law Report Details Violent Strikes
A Texas military inquiry report cites over thirty five violent incidents since March 19 amid a coastwise longshoremen strike. It notes police hostility to soldiers and outlines arrests and court actions. martial law enforcement under General Wolters includes blocking a political rally and tightening patrols in Galveston.
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Galveston
Texas
Military Court of Inquirey
W. D. Cope
J. F. Wolters
American Party
International Longshoremen’s Association
Avenue E
Twentythird
Twenty-fourth Streets
General Wolters
Wolters
Board of City Commissioners
Memorials and memories frame a Confederate tribute rally
In a Texas gathering the Eagle's Want Ads recounts speeches on a Jefferson Davis Highway memorial planned by 80,000 Daughters of the Confederacy to span the nation. Capt. Frank Chilton of Houston lauds Hood's Brigade monument on the Austin capitol grounds as part of a broader Confederate remembrance.
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Pierce
Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Ocean
Frank Chilton
Houston
Hood
Capitol
Austin
Capt. Chilton
South
Texas
McAdoo Drive Faces Strong Opposition Across States
The McAdoo presidential drive meets counter pressure from leaders in Illinois Indiana New York New Jersey and several Southern and New England states. Illinois leaders predict McAdoo will be stopped before a majority is reached on the floor. McAdoo supporters respond with badges parades and public campaigning while White House contact yields noncommittal President Wilson.
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Associated Pess
San Francisco
Cal
William Gibbs McAdoo
Illinois
Indiana
New York
New Jersey
New England
McAdoo
Untes
Wilson
Mr Parks Hosts Hood Brigade Confederate Veterans
Mr. E F Parks entertained at a Hood's Brigade reunion with guests W H Van Duren of Dallas aged 81 Mrs Van Duren B F Aycock of Kountze aged 78 N B Bryan of Hearne aged 76 Thos Reece of Fort Worth aged 81 and chaplain of Robt E Lee Camp Confederate Veterans The gathering of veterans and pioneers was greatly enjoyed.
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E. F. Parks
Hood's Brigade
W.H. van Duren
Dallas
van Duren
B. F. Aycock
Kountze
N. B. Bryan
Hearne
Thos. Reece
Ft. Worth
Robt. E. Lee
Mrs G W Smith Sr Dies After Long Illness In Bryan
Mrs G W Smith Sr died at her home in Bryan after a long illness at 4 30 yesterday afternoon. She had lived in Bryan for many years and was one of its beloved ladies. The funeral will be held after son George W Smith and his young son return from a military training camp in the North. The exact funeral hour will be announced on arrival.
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G. W. Smith
Farmers of Texas May Be Forged to Go on Strike
Austin reports farmers in Texas are on strike until inequality between country and city is removed. Commissioner Fred W. Davis warns of disaster if farm production isn’t encouraged and warns of possible importation of Oriental workers. He argues for economic justice to prevent famine and questions national prosperity. Mrs. S. H. Howell returns to New Orleans after visiting her daughter in Houston.
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Houston Chronicle
Austin
Texas
Fred W. Davis
Commissioner Davis
S. H. Howell
New Orleans
H. C. Fulgham
Shiloh Barbecue Tickets On Sale For July 5
The committee asks attendees to buy Shiloh Barbecue tickets by July 3 to ensure enough meals. Tickets are sold at Slo vacek & Novasad Music Store H T Schovisa Repair Shop H F Stasny J H Hensarling Welborn Guy Boyett store College Boreskie Mar tins Meat Market. Committee members V J Boreskie J H Krenek and Leon Stasny sign the notice.
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Shiloh
Slovacek & Novasad Music
H. T. Schovisa
H. F. Stasny
J. H. Hensarling
Welborn
Guy Boyett
College
Tabor Well No 1 Spudded In At Wixon Lake
The Brazos county community witnessed the spudding in of Tabor Well No 1 at Wixon Lake on Tuesday afternoon. Miss Jessie Mathis christened the well with a bottle breaking ceremony as Rex Mills and the Consolidated American Oil Co. crew proceeded to drill. Local officials and residents, including O L Tabor and D J Williams, attended the event noted as a historic moment for Brazos county oil prospects.
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Tabor
Wixon Lake
Jessie Mathis
Tabor Well No
Brazos County
O. L. Tabor
Consolidated American Oil Co
Rex Mills
Oklahoma
Texas
Pennsylvania
Mills
Mr. Tabor
Mr. Mills
Wm. Wakefield
Consolidated American Oil Company
D. J. Williams
A.M. College
J. T. Thomas
J. C. Thomas
H. H. Brown
Mr. Tebor
H. C. Jones
Sosolik
Bryan
S. E. Eberstadt
Roy Hudspeth
J. C. Cloud
W. S. Barron
Jones
Williams
Eagle
Vixen Lake
Tabor Well No. 1
Tabor No 1
H. C. Ferguson
John Sabo
H. 0. Jones
M. H. James
C. L. Tabor
Turron
W. D. Coufall
Jeff W. Tabor
W. P. Connelly
G. W. Emory
Annie Metzen
Myrtle Mathis
Chas. Sosolik
W. W. Soloman
Monroe Riley
J. J. Riley
Earlie
John Patronella
W. H. Morgan
J. C. Liody
C. Freiling
W. L. Outlaw
Cm. Shealy
Ollie Parks
Phillip Endler
Valentine Freidel
Will Hat
Hood's Texas Brigade Holds Annual Reunion at Carnegie Library
Hood's Texas Brigade met in Carnegie Hall and the library lobby in Waco for the fourth reunion in 45 years. Veterans registered from 4th Texas, 1st Texas, 9th Texas and other units as Miss Katie Daffan organized the event with a welcome by Capt. J. T. Hunter and speeches by city and veteran leaders.
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Hood
Texas Brigade
Brigade
Carnegie Hall
Katie Daffan
L. A. Daffan
J. C. Loggins
Ennis
Co. G
Texas
J. T. Hunter
Oakwoods
W. E. Copeland
James Briggs
Fort Worth
John Pickett
Corsicana
Houston
Co. H
N. Hollingsworth
J. O. Bradfied
Co. E
Tex
J. C. West Waco
W. J. Landrum
Montgomery
Co. BA
A. B. Bryan
Hearne
J. E. Vann
Marlin
Co. D
Miss
W. R. Lott
Navasota
L. C. Lott
L. C. Peacock
L. H. Barry
T. J. Brooks
Parson’s
S. P. Smith
11Th
Texas Regiment
J. W. Duren
Gorman
J. A. Bolton
Jacksonville
John A. Held
Hunter
W. H. Gaston
Association
Katie
Dixie
Martha Goodwin
Velkins
Texas Doctors Urged to Report Bubonic Plague
Texas doctors and health officers are ordered by the State Health Department to report immediately by wire all bubonic plague cases or face full legal penalties, a state health officer said.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
State Health Department
Weather Wipes Wixon Lake as Brazos County Sees Hopeful Cotton Boom
A light shower fell in the Wixon Lake area Tuesday with promise of drying weather soon. O. L. Tabor praises Brazos county corn and foresees a 1906 cotton crop of about 40,000 bales bringing work and relief from unrest.
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Wixon Lake
O. L. Tabor
Brazos County
Weather Bureau
Unrestia
Lost mare notice near Bryan in Route 3
Lost one sorrel mare with stockings on feet and blaze face five years old branded L L T with bar on left hip. Five dollars reward offered. Contact Lige Reddin Bryan Route 3.
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Lige
Plank Slightly Moist Mpadoo Not Nominated At Last Moment
San Francisco June 30. The Democratic platform subcommittee agreed on a prohibition plank described as slightly moist and backing the constitutional amendment while favoring personal liberty and opposing vexatious interference. The League of Nations plank would pass as Woodrow Wilson wanted, aligning with the Virginia platform. McAdoo’s name was not formally placed on the nominating slate and Dr Jenkins cancelled his planned speech.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Texas
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
The
Eagle
Virginia
Wilson
Tod McAdoo
Jenkins
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W. G. Talliaferro
W. C. Gorman
B. D. Knolle
Oran M. Roberts
N. M. Neville
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