Attempt on J P Morgan Jr by Dallas man shocks nation
J P Morgan Jr was shot twice at his Long Island country home by Frank Holt a Dallas Tex man of mixed German French descent Holt claimed to act to pressure US financiers to press for an arms embargo Holt was captured after the attack which left Morgan with arm and hip injuries and prompted a brief jail transfer while the stock market showed little reaction Holt linked to the Methodist church in Dallas and had teaching posts in Cornell and SMU with a family in Dallas
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Associated Press
New York
J- B. Morgan
Morgan
Great Britain
Glencove
Long Island
Frank Holt
Dallas
Texas
Germany
Holt
United States
O. F. Sensabaugh
Building site visit by federal overseer in Ennis
Theodore Miller of the public construction department for the United States Government has returned to Ennis after a brief visit. He supervised the Bryan post office site and sewer connection, recently completed by W. J. Ratliff. Algernon Blair, Bryan building contractor, is expected to arrive by July 9.
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Theodore Miller
Department of Public Construction
United States
Ennis
Miller
Bryan
W. J. Ratliff
Algernon Blair
City Council Grants Curbs on Bryan Street
A called meeting at City Hall with Mayor Harris presiding and all aldermen present granted a petition from Bryan Street property owners to install curbs and gutters from Burleson to Caldwell streets. An ordinance authorizing the work was passed unanimously and the meeting adjourned.
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Harris
Bryan Street
Burleson Street
Caldwell Street
Capitol Wing Explosion Report Stuns Senate Wing
Associated Press reports that an explosion occurred in the public reception room of the Senate wing of the Capitol. Details are sparse as authorities investigate the incident and assess damage.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Capitol
Explosion Letter Signals Bomb Attempt in Washington Room
A postmark two hours before a blast tied a letter signed by R. Pearce to a bomb or infernal machine. Officials suspect a crank or foreign sympathizer opposing the government. No injuries. damage confined to one room.
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Washington Times
R. Pearce
Postoffice Receipts Rise in Bryan for June
The Bryan post office receipts for June reached 1444.96 dollars, up from 1234.07 dollars in June 1914, an increase of 210.89. The report notes a healthy showing and a return of business activity as employees begin summer vacation on a rotating basis this month.
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Bryan
Diaz Funeral to Be Simple
Paris July 3 General Porfirio Diaz dies at his Paris home after Mexico’s 1911 overthrow. Funeral to be simple with arrangements not yet completed. Diaz had lived quietly in Paris since his ouster by the Madero revolution.
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Associated Press
Paris
Porfirio Diaz
Diaz
Mexico
United States to prosecute Huerta over revolution plot
Washington reports the United States will prosecute Huerta for conspiracy to incite a revolution in a friendly country. El Paso notes Pascual Orrozco, arrested with Huerta, has disappeared.
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United States
Huerta
Associated Press
Washington
el Paso
Tex
Pascual Orozco
Bryan Social Notes on Miss Wilsons Marriage Plans
Social notes announce Miss Lucy Wilson daughter of W S Wilson will wed Lewis Coggeshall of El Paso on Monday July Eth at 830 a m in the Episcopal Church at Big Springs Texas Miss Wilson visiting sister Mrs John E Finley current hometown ties include groom to be a First National Bank teller in El Paso after marriage the couple will reside in Gate City W S Wilson travels to attend the ceremony Mrs Percy V Pennybacker continues federation visits and Seattle Alaska trip for family Mrs James H Webb invites Friday Club to meet July 9 at 4 30 p m
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Coggeshall
el Paso
First National Bank
Percy V. Pennybacker
California
Vassar College
Ruth Pennybacker
Percy Pennybacker
University of Texas
Seattle
Alaska
James H. Webb
Kerrville
Bryan
Ed S. Derden
Edgar
Willie McDougald
Clara Mawhinney
Malcolm McInnis
Storey
Claud Bell
Douglas Howell
Allen Myres Jr
Frank Seale
San Diego a gem of rare beauty in a faithful Spanish setting
Mrs M W Sims praises San Francisco and San Diego Expositions calling San Diego a gem of rare beauty with architecture cool patios and quaint fountains. She travels from San Francisco July 1 to Chautauqua New York and attends Kerrville Presbyterian Chautauqua by auto July 12 from Bryan.
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M. W. Sims
California
San Francisco
San Diego
Mrs. Sims
Sheriff’s Sale in Brazos County Texas 1915
The State of Texas Brazos County sheriff announces sale under an order of the Brazos District Court issued June 23 1915 in the Reid Brothers versus Ed Nash case. On the First Tuesday in August 1915 at the Brazos County Courthouse Bryan the property Lots 1 and 2 in Block 47 City of Bryan is offered for cash to satisfy a $374 judgment plus costs.
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State of Texas
County of
Brazos
District Court
Brazos County
Reid Brothers
David Reid
John Reid
Ed Nash
Court House
Bryan
Texas
A. D
T.C. Nunn
New jail accepted by Madisonville commissioners
In a called session the Madisonville commissioners' court inspected and accepted the newly erected county jail. The court praised the San Antonio Steel & Structural Company and chief contractor L. J. Rawlins for conscientious workmanship. Orders were issued on jail management and prisoner separation by race, with lower-floor cells for negroes and top-floor cells for whites.
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Commissioners’ Court
San Antonio Steel & Structural Company
L. J. Rawlins
Madisonville
Local Agent Sells Twelve Mules for France
J. W. Hunnieut acting for I. N. Conyers of Marlin reports purchasing twelve fine mules Saturday and shipping them to Fort Worth for delivery to Mr. Conyers for the French army.
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J. W. Hunnieut
I. N. Conyers of
Marlin
Ft. Worth
Chinch bugs cause heavy damage in Texas crops
Reports from Texas State Entomologist Wilmon Newell describe chinch bug damage across the state affecting corn, grass, and small grains. They detail life stages, overwintering, and control methods including kerosene emulsion sprays and field sanitation to protect fields.
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A. & M. College
Wilmon Newell
Texas Experiment Station
Heavy fighting but small gains reported on multiple fronts
German pressure on Verdun continues with gas and bombs reported by the French whom say they repulsed the assaults. Reinforcements are not seen to be moving to the west as Warsaw remains the target. Russian forces claim stands at Gnila Lipa and other points while Austro Italian lines see desperate fighting with few advances. Greece advances into Albania as Serbian and Montenegrin troops invade Albania. no Greek claims to Albanian territory were previously expected.
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Russia
Lemberg
Gnila Lipa
Associated Press
Rome
Antavaria
Montenegro
Berat
Albnia
Albania
Greece
Five Vessels Torpedoed In English Waters
German submarines sank three British steamers the Inglemoor Caucasian and Welbury with all crews saved. A schooner S Tower and a bark were also sunk with crews saved. The ships totaled about four thousand tons. In June ninety eight British ships totaling thirty nine thousand tons were sunk with one hundred eleven lives lost.
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Associated Press
London
Inglemoor
Welbury
S. Tower
Courtship Quip Distorts Measures in Old Riddle
A cryptic line jokes that during courtship an ounce of flat tery equals a pound of others, using playful unit swap to muse on affection and exchange.
Close Door Against Germany at Vienna Conference
Zurich reports that at the Austro German conference in Vienna Dr Heiser of the Hansa League announced a new accord. The allies agreed to political and commercial treaties requiring the consent of all to any future commercial pact with Germany.
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Associated Press
Zurich
Switzerland
Vienna
Dr. Heiser
Hansa League
Germany
Germans Reach Krasnik Front in Russian Poland
Berlin reports German forces have reached Russian positions at Krasnik in southern Russian Poland and driven Russians back near Zamosc, signaling a push on the eastern front.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Krasnik
Russian Poland
Zamosc
Munition Workers Enroll in Service Roll Call
London reports that forty six thousand voluntary munitions workers have enrolled for service. The tally marks a large mobilization effort as wartime demands increase nationwide.
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Associated Press
London
U S to Protest Misuse of Flag in Trade Note
Washington July 2 The United States will protest restraint of American trade and the misuse of the U S flag by British ships in a forthcoming note to Great Britain.
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Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Train altercation leaves Bryan man with forehead gash
On a southbound Houston & Texas Central train near the Brazos county line two passengers fought over a cuspidor. Sam Luther of Bryan, returning from Marlin, received a painful gash to the forehead. The assailant was turned over to Deputy Marshal Worley in Bryan, faced a city court complaint, paid a fine today, and was released.
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Texas Central
Brazos County Line
Bryan
Sam Luther
Marlin
Worley
Death of Sheriff John Grissett Shocks Grimes County
Friends in Bryan and Grimes County learned by telephone of Sheriff John Grissett’s death at his Anderson home after several days of illness caused by ptomaine poisoning from a trip to Navasota last Saturday. He was laid to rest in Anderson cemetery today.
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John Grissett
Anderson
Grimes County
Navasota
Sheriff Grissett
Bryan
Man Begins to Unlearn at Age Thirty
A reflection on personal growth as a man around his thirties confronts habits and beliefs he has long held. The piece explores shaping self after youth and embracing new understanding through self critique.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Delia McAlpine
Temple
Milton Clinton Giddings Rogers
John D. Rogers
Caroline Giddings
Kill Care
John H. Kirby
Houston
Otto Denton of
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W. C. Denton
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M. B. Willis
Waco
A. M. Waldrop
Galveston
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Verdun
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Brussels
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