The Strange Career of Lord Timothy Dexter
John Hix profiles TimothY Dexter 1747 to 1806 a self styled lord who turned odd ventures into fortune He sent mittens to a tropical port sold cats and bed warmers as frying pans and even shipped coal to Newcastle profits arose from market conditions and a self styled museum of 45 statues in Newburyport Mass Tomorrow: Invention by Hobby
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Timothy Dexter
Lord
Lord Timothy Dexter
Baltic
Dexter
West Indies
Newcastle
Newburyport
Mass
East
Tropics
Captain W. E. Saunders dies aged 89 in Bryan
Capt W E Saunders a longtime Bryan citizen and founder of the Bryan Chamber of Commerce died Sunday seven days before his 90th birthday. Born in Virginia he served in Lee's army at 16 and moved to Bryan in 1872 where he supported education libraries and local development. He helped found the Commercial club later the Chamber of Commerce and served on the Bryan Carnegie Library board.
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W. E. Saunders
Virginia
Army of
Lee
Bryan
Capt. Saunders
Old Commercial Club
Bryan and Brazos County
Bryan Carnegie
Sankey
Washington-on-the- Brazos
Anderson
Grimes County
Col P L Downs Remembered as Texas Education Leader
Col P L Downs of Temple banker and civic figure who attended Texas A and M from 1876 to 1879 is honored for lifelong service to the university. He helped seed funding for the Agricultural Experiment Station, led alumni groups, sponsored the P L Downs Oratorical contest, and promoted the college across the state.
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Texas A. & M. College
Col. P. L. Downs
Temple
Col. Downs
Thomas S. Gathright
Old Alumni Association
Former
Students Association
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
P. L. Downs
Construction of underpass to connect Highway 21 and 6 in Bryan
The Texas Highway Department seeks bids for an underpass on the Southern Pacific Lines linking Highway 21 into the city. When built, traffic on No 21 will avoid College avenue bottlenecks, reduce congestion on No 6 at the Y, and ease navigation at the intersecting highways. Local supporters anticipate the completed east west and north south highway system.
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Texas Highway Department
Southern Pacific Lines
Bryan Eagle
Bryan
College Avenue
League Committee of 13 seeks peace talk with Italy and Ethiopia
The League Committee of 13 asks Italy and Ethiopia to a peace parley and sets a March 10 reply deadline. If the reply is unfavorable, Eng may push harder for oil sanctions, a stance she has supported alone so far among nations.
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League “Committee of 13
Italy
Ethiopia
Eng
Irving Berlin Looms Quietly Amid Broadway Fame
NY March 3 Irving Berlin, famed tune maker for the talkies, remains shy and largely unseen at public events. He is frail yet loyal, a moderate eater, and reportedly writes weekly lyrical tributes to his wife Ellen Mackay. He is a major earner from songs, with Jerome Kern his contemporary in riches.
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Irving Berlin
Talkies
Ellen Mackay
Jerome Kern
Kern
Berlin
Clarence Mackay
Mackay
Fear of Action Sparks War Anxiety Across Europe
Text reflects officials delaying a move to avoid triggering a powder magazine and risking a broader general European war, with leaders wary of escalating tensions and provoking a crisis across nations.
Centennial Celebrations Stir Texas Patriotism
Reported Monday events across Texas spark renewed patriotic sentiment and community pride as Centennial observances unfold.
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Texas
Education interference seen as threat to American life
Houston Chronicle quotes a St Louis educational society warning that political interference in education endangers the nation. The piece argues people must influence schools they fund and administer, insisting freedom of thought cannot override the right of the public to shape educational institutions.
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St. Louis
America
Interi
Houston Chronicle
Editorial map of Europe rebalances powers through blocs
The piece surveys shifting European diplomacy as London Paris Prague and Rome pursue blocs around France Germany and Italy. It notes the League of Nations weakness and debates preventive mobilization while Vatican Centrists push a Roman Catholic bloc. Britain’s role remains unclear amid dissatisfying peace plans.
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Italy
Vatican
League of Nations
Paris
Laval
Flandin
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Moscow
Sarraut
Russia
Otto
Hapsburg
Reich
Suez
Austria
Holy See
Vienna
Europe
Hapsburg Empire
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Yugoslavia
Roumania
Britain
Christian Science Monitor
Hotel plans advance for Carnegie library site
Bryan Daily Eagle items note Commercial Club committee backing Ed Derden's hotel project to be drawn by Giesecke Dean with bids by March 5. The report also mentions local residents Frank Opersteng, Walter Wipprecht, and W R Flanigan, plus bank directors Thomas Campbell and others, and March per capita school apportionment at a high level.
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Commercial Club
Ed .S. Derden
First National Bank
Derden
Carnegie Library
Giesecke & Dean
Frank Opersteng
Walter Wipprecht
W. R. Flanigan
J. L. Edge
Valestine
Thomas M. Campbell
D. Cook
Waco
Frank Myers
Eagle Printing Co Seeks Buyers for Shipping Tags
Shipping tags of every description in all weights and colors may be quickly furnished by consulting us. Prices will please you. Eagle Printing Company.
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Eagle Printing Company
Téin
Daily Bible Thought on Self Deception
A brief reflection cites I John 1 8 about denying sin. It warns that claiming no sin deceives self and blocks truth. The piece emphasizes humility before God and honest confession as appropriate response.
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John
Hitler at Olympics Arrives at Garmisch Stadium
Photographs show Adolf Hitler arriving at the Olympic stadium in Garmisch Partenkirchen during the winter contests. Associated Press caption notes his presence at the event.
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Adolf Hitler
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
Associated Press
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