Main Street Fire Wrecks Sam B. Wilson Store
Fire destroyed most of Wilson dry goods stock on the second floor and damaged Hanway buggies on the adjoining building. Bryan fire crews led by Chief Jenkins and Wade Cox fought flames from inside and outside, saving lower floors and delaying spread while insurers assess losses.
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Sam B. Wilson
J. T. Hanway
A. E. Worley
Co. E. Jenkins
Wade Cox
Chas. Vetter
Chemical Company No. 2
C. L. Johnson
Engine Company No. 1
Bryan
J. D. Mann
Wilson
J. T Hanway
Hanway
J. D. Irons
Tyler
T. P. Boyett
John Daly Jr
Federal Forces Advance Against Rebels in Mexico Campaign
A 1500-strong column led by General Javier Demoure departed Mexico City today to pursue rebels at Matamoros with ten armored cars. No combat report reached Escalon Chihuahua as press editorials claim U S policy seeks to seize Baja California and parts of Nuevo Leon Coahuila and California.
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Mexico City
Javier Demoure
Matamoros
War Office
Escalon
Chihuahua
el Diario
United States
Mexico
California
Simora
Nuevo Leon
Coahuila
Call for Precinct and County Democratic Conventions
R M Nall, chairman, calls all Brazos County Democrats opposed to Fort Worth convention nominee Thomas H Ball to meet in precincts on April 4 1914 at 3 pm to elect delegates for the county convention in Bryan April 6 1914 at 10 am to pick delegates for the State convention in Fort Worth April 14 1914 and to select a gubernatorial candidate for the July 1914 Democratic primary.
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Brazos County
Dallas
Fort Worth
Thomas H. Ball
Bryan
Court House
R. M. Nall
Birthday Honors for Victor Murdock Congressman from Wichita
Victor Murdock Republican congressman from Wichita born in Burlingame Kansas on March 18 1871. He moved to Wichita in 1872 was educated in local schools and Lewis Academy. He started printing at age ten became a reporter at fifteen later in Chicago, and by 1894 was managing editor of the Wichita Daily Eagle. He served in the Fifty-eighth through Sixty-second Congresses and was reelected to the Sixty third.
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Victor, Murdock
Wichita
Burlingame
Kam
Lewis Academy
Chicago
Wichita Daily Eagle
Ocean schooner sunk in North Sea collision with Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Bremen dispatch reports an unidentified three masted schooner sank after colliding with the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse in the North Sea last night. All crew aboard the schooner were drowned.
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Associated Press
Bremen
Germany
North Sea
Showstorm Rages Across North Texas
Show storm sweeps West Texas and North Texas from Vernon to Wichita Falls with heavy snowfall reported across the region. Ice and cold follow as travel becomes difficult and power lines contend with accumulating snow.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Tex
Texas
Vernon
Plantersville Priest Helps at St Joseph’s Day Service
Father George Apel of Plantersville assisted Father Glessener in St Joseph’s Church services today for St Joseph’s Day. He said the weather was disagreeable yet a large crowd attended and seemed to enjoy the event.
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George Apel
Plantersville
Father Glessener
St Joseph's Church
Father Apel
Enormous Growth in U S Road Bond Activity 1914 Year Book
The Official Good Roads Year Book 1914 reports 1230 counties in the United States have issued highway bonds totaling about 250 million dollars to improve and maintain roads. It notes a booming road industry with extensive state supervision and widespread infrastructure progress led by the American Highway Association.
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United States
American Highway Association
Washington
New York
Illinois
Iowa
New Mexico
J. E Pennybacker
Logan Waller Page
Federal Office of Public Roads
Charles P. Light
Lone Bandit Robs Wells-Fargo Express on Gulf Coast Train
A lone bandit robbed an express car on northbound Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe train 202 near Silsbee Texas, securing about $20 000. Express Messenger Rob Martin was tied with a coat but unharmed. The heist occurred on pay day for Kirby Lumber Company with payroll around $20 000.
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Kirby Company
Silsbee
Beaumont
McCray
Rob Martin
Martin
Farm Facts by Peter Radford
The Texas Farmers’ Union column argues farming is the state’s biggest business yet hampered by laws. It claims one fourth of rural Texans move restlessly, 220000 tenant farmers suffer under peasantry’s lash, and calls for farmer ownership of all market machinery and cooperative legislation.
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Texas Farmers’ Union
Texas
Wrestling Match Ends In Tie At Rockdale
WRESTLING MATCH A TIE. The Rockdale bout between R. R. Braswell and "Peewee" lasted one hour and ended in a draw. Braswell pressured throughout and was never in danger of being thrown.
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Rockdale
R. R. Braswell
Braswell
Santa Fe Train Robbers Steal 14000 From Wells Fargo
Beaumont Texas reports no clues or trace of the Santa Fe robbers who yesterday stole 14000 in cash from Wells Fargo Express Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Santa Fe
Wells- Fargo Express Company
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromide Quinine Ad
Trade ad claims the product cures a cold in one day with bromide quinine and a cough head ache remedy. It promises money back if ineffective and notes Groves signature on each box.
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Grovf
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John T. Hanway
Nannie Rohde
Oliver and
P. 0
Parker- Astin
West
Good Roads
Lone Bandit Road Express Company
Peter, Radford
Associated Pressy
Thedford
Thedfords Black-Draught
Grove
Kentucky
J. W. Harper
L. W. Harper
Louisville, Ky
Dussitler
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