Millican Plans Highway Bond Drive Amid Local Support
Millican residents rally for a district two road bond to obtain state and federal aid totaling about $30,000, leaving roughly $70,000 to raise. Speakers urge appointing a district two advisory committee, pledge district funds stay local, and stress the project will boost development, keep youth, and link Brazos Valley to markets.
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Millican Good Roads
Iber Two
Millican
Leaven
P. H. Arrington
Maloney
Commissioners Court
Architects Chosen for Bryan High School Project
The joint committee selects M. L. Waller & Co of Fort Worth as supervising architects for Bryan's new high school. They will draft plans, oversee construction, and station a representative in Bryan. Bid advertisements follow bond sales of 90 000 dollars with bids opening November 16.
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Waller & Co
City Commission
Bryan
M. L. Waller & Co
Fort Worth
Waller
John M. Lawrence
Tyler Haswell
H. Ay Porger
Dodge Brothers win suit against Ford Co
A Dodge Brothers suit seeking dividends for stockholders against Ford Motor Co and Henry Ford was decided in their favor. The district case involved using funds to grow the business rather than distribute profits.
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Dodges
Ford CO
Associated Press
Detroit
Ford Motor Car Co
Henry Ford
John F. Dodge
Horlace Dodge
Ford
Tt Noney
Dodge Brothers
Fire at Baltimore pier spreads to British ship sinks crew missing
A Baltimore blaze that gutted two Baltimore and Ohio terminal piers at Cloud Point spread to a British steamship, which burned and sank with four crew lost. Fire began last night, controlled by 3 am. officials call it incendiary and the loss may exceed six million dollars.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Cloud Point
Office Holding Army Could Be Discharged
Senator Westbrooke of Hunt county told a senate committee meeting that state expenses could be cut by five million dollars and the army of office holders discharged without crippling efficiency.
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Dallas
Senate Committee For Investigation of
Westbrooke
Hunt County
American Troops Take First Line Trench Front
The American army reports its first contingents are in the first line trenches on the French front with American and French artillery in support. The sector is quiet, with German shells exchanging in a limited duel, and reliefs planned after a set period as troops adapt to frontline conditions.
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France
Wilson
VARIOUS ENCOUNTERS ON ITALIAN FRONT
Rome reports hill and canal engagements between Italians and Austro German troops. Italians cover their units and cavalry to allow movement toward a new line. Berlin says the campaign on the Italian front unfolds as planned by Austro German leaders.
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Associated Press
Rome
War Office
Berlin
Deputies Arrest Three Men On Pistol Toting Charges
Deputy Sheriff Leonard Morehead and Constable C L Baker arrested Andrew Thomas Roy Allen and George Adley all colored at Caw thon in the county south part on pistol toting charges. Officers say the men were well armed and opened a general fusilade as they moved through the area.
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Leonard Morehead
C. L. Baker Yesterna
Andrew Thomas
Roy Allen
George Adley
Cawthon
Hoopes Praises Patriotism of Press in Liberty Loan
Dallas Texas October thirty one. J W Hoopes deputy governor of the federal reserve bank praises the press and organizers for the liberty loan effort. Subscriptions reach about 69 million dollars and are expected to exceed 75 million. He thanks workers from Red River to Rio Grande and across the nation.
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Texas
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Liberty Loan
Red River
Rio Grande
Sierras
New Mexico
Arizona
Louisiana
Oklahoma
J. W. Hoopes
Federal Reserve Bank
Water Way Leaguers to Meet Congressmen in Texas Visit
Interstate Inland Waterway League officials plan a Texas port tour with Louisiana and Texas delegates meeting in Houston on November 21 and attending the league convention from November 22 to 25. House Rivers and Harbors Committee Chairman J H Small will visit Freeport and other Texas points, joined by numerous committee members. Governor Hobby will join the party during Texas stay.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Interstate Inland Waterway League of
Louisiana
Houston
Congressional Party
Waterway League
Congress
J. H. Small
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Freeport
Chairman Small
North Carolina
Charles F. Booker
Missouri
William Kettner
California
L. M. Taylor
Arkansas
Murray Hulbert
New York
H. Garland Dupre
Martin Dies
Oscar L. Gray
Alabama
George K. Denton
Indiana
H. F. Fisher
Tennessee
Charles A. Kennedy
Iowa
R. H
Germany Assured Plenty of Food for Winter War
Berlin officials said Germany faces the fourth war winter with ample supplies. The under secretary of the food ministry announced the potato crop exceeds estimates by 4 to 4.5 million tons and the corn reserves are fully assured for winter.
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Germany
Associated Press
Berlin
Berun
German Food Department
Boy Hurt When Horse Runs Wild Through Gate
Claude Nelson, a drafted Black county resident, was injured Friday when riding a young horse without saddle or bridle. The animal bolted, stopping at his gate and nearly wrapping him around the post. Doctors say the leg is badly broken and will need eight weeks to heal. Nelson, age 20 at registration, acted on a white man’s advice. if he had been 21 and not registered, he could have faced penitentiary exposure.
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Claude Nelson
Claude
Artillery Fighting Near Aisne Reported by Paris
Official dispatches sayFrench forces repulsed a German attack near Loivre in the Argonne with notable losses to the enemy. German aviators dropped thirty bombs on Dunkirk with no casualties or major damage. A hostile aeroplane was driven away by anti aircraft fire before reaching inland on October 31 in Kentish coast.
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Associated Press
Paris
Oi Toders
Aisne
Loivre
Argonne
Dunkirk
London
Kentish
Canadians Establish Front Near Passchendaele Village
Canadian forces gain footing on Passchendaele ridge and establish a front line within a few hundred yards of Passchendale after fierce fighting on October 29, with the area described as heavily ruined.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Passchendaele Ridge
Passchendale
Artillery repels fraternizers on northern front
Petrograd reports German attempts to fraternize with Russians continue. Russian artillery frustrated these efforts yesterday on the northern front as the war office outlined.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
War Office
Rock Island Men Get Increase Wages
The board of arbitration ruled on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific telegraphers demands. Wages will rise by seventeen thousand dollars monthly while hours per day and days per month are reduced. The decision was reported today with the changes effective immediately.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Board of Arbitration
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Fourth District Exceeds Its Liberty Loan Quota
Cleveland reports the fourth district’s subscriptions total $489.45 million for the second liberty loan, with returns still incoming. The official quota was $300 million and the committee aimed for $400 million.
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Associated Preas
Cleveland
Fourth District
Second Liberty
German Losses Are Six Million Men
Washington dispatch reports Ledebour in the reichstag estimated Germany lost 6,000,000 men in three years of war. He cited 1,500,000 dead 4,000,000 wounded 500,000 crippled and 7,000,000 invalided, warning of a fourth winter campaign.
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Washington
Germany
Reichstag
Ledebour
Switzerland
Refunds Paid by Highway Commission
Hundreds of checks covering refund claims have been mailed out by the state highway commission to various persons across Texas. Claims must be sworn and properly presented to receive refunds for errors. The new law caused delays but errors are corrected and payments underway.
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wDossy
Austin
Texan
State Highway Commission
Commission
City Manager Receives Letter From Frontline Son
The letter from City Manager Greer’s son, Lieu tenant Fred C. Greer, states he is in the front line trenches among the first contingent. It notes government news delays and that Americans are with French instructors, not to go over the top unless desired. He mentions crossing No-Man's-Land takes about a half day amid shell holes.
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Greer
Fred C. Greer
No-Man's-Land
Cerett
Cox
Mutiny at Belitwa Berverioo Camp Reported
Civil unrest affects troops at a Bel It camp with soldiers resisting the front and damaging equipment in several cases. Mutineers were mustered and removed from trucks after clashes. London dispatch notes no ground regain on Ypres front despite German artillery activity overnight.
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Amsterdam
Noevelles
Berverioo
Bel
Associated Press
London
Ans
Ypres
West Texas Dry Weather and Prohibition News from Brazos
Letter from Colorado Texas dated Oct 25 reports sand storms in West Texas with no rain to aid spring planted seed. Writer notes delay in saloon closures, praises imminent prohibition per County Judge Maloney, and mentions a wedding attended for Minnie Lawless of Brazos county. Signatory J. H. White, Sr.
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Colorado
Texas
Bryan Eagle
West
the Eagle
Joe Sheppard
The
Daily Eagle
Maloney
Stamina
Brazos County
Minnie Lawless
C. Prichet
City National Bank of
J. H. White
German Propaganda Active in Mexico
Posters in Spanish urging Mexican neutrality and friendship with Germany appeared in Chihuahua City near a German supply house. A Mexican merchant cited extensive funding for propaganda and noted plans involving General Murguia and a joint US German meeting in Chihuahua to evade the trading with the enemy act.
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el Paso
Texas
Germany
United States
Chihuahua City
Francisco Murguia
Mexico City
Felix Diaz
Chihuahua
Mexico
Luis Cabrera to Visit Washington on Mission for Carranza
Mexico City reports former finance minister Luis Cabrera will travel to Washington on a leave of absence from Congress. He joins a Carranza mission linked to embassy affairs aimed at securing gold and lifting the embargo on ports Mexico wants to import through.
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Mexico City
Luis Cabrera
Washington
Congress
Carranza
Senor Cabrera
Mexico
Brasol Citizens Reach Liberty Loan Subscriptions Total
Local business community members pledged to the second Liberty Loan during evening hours, pushing total subscriptions to a substantial sum as citizens mobilize for the war effort.
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Brasol
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