Local residents visit Bryan on various business and social calls
Prospect and Steep Hollow figures appear as Joe Beal J J Vandiver and J M Olson visit Bryan. Houston Dallas and Calvert trips noted. Wren Beard Stack Buchanan Gregg Chatham and others stop by. A light schedule shift at the courthouse and a theft arrest round out the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Beal
Prospect
A. M. Waldrop
Houston
J. J. Vandiver
Steep Hollow
W. A. McKinney
Wheelock
Horace Beard
Edge
J. M. Olson
E. B. Lomax
F. A. Somerlatte
Dallas
A. M. Thompson
Elzey Jones
Texas City
Dr. Jones
Jones
J. F. Garrett
Hanover
A. W. Buchanan
Rockdale
State Farm
J. H. Gregg Sr
Pittsbridge
R. K. Chatham Sr
Mexia
7. B. Chatham
W. EB. Moore
Moore & Payne
Bryan
Mavis Cole
Hearne
W. G. Curry
Lizzie
Leta
Sallie
Lawler
The
Eagle
Court House
Broad list of visitors and travelers to the city today
Independence resident THURSDAY J S Byars and Kurten visitors A B Hugekins and Mrs A Schultz were in town. Doctors, farmers, and families from Wellborn Roberta Rock Prairie Reliance Dallas and Houston came for business visits and social events. Domestic travelers attended theatre and club events while others returned home after visits with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Byars
Independence
A. B. Hugekins
Kurten
A. Schultz
A. A. Dean
Tabor
W. G. Drummond
Cottonwood
August Prinzel
D. FE. Thompson
Wellborn
W. T. Horton
Reliance
D. E. Thompson
Rock Prairie
Jev. R. J. Brown
Beaumont
Deweyville
Janett
Caro Mae Edwards
Millican
Col
C. N. Ousley
Navasota
Grimes County Teachers’ Institute
Ellen Withers
Dallas
W. B. English
Steep Hollow
R. K. Chatham
San Antonio
F. R. Collard Jr
Mart
T. W. Worley
Maggie Rhodes
Houston
BE. J. Fountain
Ed Elliott
J. L. Broach
Henry Benbow
Johnnie West
Conlee
James Shannon
Colorado
J. M. Thibodeaux
Fort Worth
W. R. Fain
Brazos Bottom
R. S. Newsome
John White
Wixon
George Edge
Harris School House
J. W. Hunnicutt
George Stephan
Joe Boriskie
Calvert
D. B. Lloyd
Charley Locke
Zack
Bryan
George F. Lee
Fritz Easman
Valley Junction
Commercial Club
H. L. McKnight
Illinois
L. L. Stephens
Cora Garth
Herman Kindt
Mark Wilcox
Knob Prairie
Sam Luther
Leonard
R. H. Seale
Benchley
Cy Koontz
Henry Koontz
F. A. Capps
Busy City Hosts Wide Array of Visitors and Events
The city welcomed many guests including A B Gandy Rock Prairie Mrs Minnie Foster Mae Foster Onie Williams from Wellborn and numerous others from Steep Hollow Reliance Kurton and Mart. Notables listed include Judge L D McGee and Daisy Knox plus J Allen Myers. Local travel included trips to Dallas Waco Galveston and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Gandy
Rock Prairie
Eagle
Minnie Foster
Mae Foster
Onie Williams
Wellborn
C. J. Sterling
Mexia
R. P. Lee
T. B. Martin
J. J. Vandiver
Steep Hollow
Frank Myers
Louie Louise
Waco
Big Elks
J. H. Gregg
Myrtle Thompson
Pitts Bridge
J. F. Duncan
Palestine
Ruby Duncan
Higgs
Dallas
A. & M. College
Louisiana State University
W. D. Stallings of
Tabor
N. F. Outlaw
Reliance
John Sabo
Kurton
Joe Sample
Cottonwood
L. D. McGee
Galveston
J. S. Smith
Harris School House
R. M. Dansby
J. B. Bullock
R. A. McCormack
Beaumont
Tobe Tobias
J. G. W. Allen
P. D. Oliver
Chicago
W. H. Oliver
B. T. Graham
Carroll Dulaney
Bryan
Swift & Company
Mr. Dulaney
Rafe Griffith
Shell Dowling
College
Harry Marwill
Houston
George Williams
Coleview
C. H. Mathis
W. E. Graham
A. J. McMillan
Mart
Joe Goldenberg
John Thompson
Pat Moore
Edge
Will Curtin
Ernest Moore
A. S. Kelly
Richard Davidson
J. W. Doremus
Franklin
N. A. Cotham
Harvey
Julia Knowles
Hearne
T. C. Nunn
L. Q. Hall
Daisy Knox
Sam
H. T. Lawler
New Orleans
C. V. Love
A. B. Carr
R. L. Colley
Minnie Colley
R. R. Ellis
Mae
J. Allen
John Wilson
Joe Barnes
Joe Walker
Elzey Wilson
Rohde Reynolds
Mary Knowles
W. G. Drummond
Una
Pearl
N. P. Coleman
Charles Vesmirovsky
Claud Searcy
Hempstead
George R. Branch
Frances
Belton
Maude Mayo
John T. Brogdon
California
Caro May Edwards
Millican
John Stacy
Navasota
William Stacy
Allen Academy
Marlin High School
Allen
Marlin
Lynching Reported in Hernando Mississippi
A Negro man named Tom Burns was seized from the Hernando sheriff and lynched today after an alleged assault on a white man. The incident occurred near Hernando, Mississippi, with Associated Press reporting from Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
Tom Burns
Hernand, Miss
Edison in War Time Inspires Industrial Resolve
In American Maga zine the war fuels Edison as a manufacturing giant faced with import cuts. He builds a plant in seventeen days to produce daily a ton and a half of carbolic acid for phonograph discs and leads associates through near superhuman effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Europe
Edison Works
America
Rosenberg Seeks Gulf Freeport & Northern Railroad Terminus
Citizens in Rosenberg form a committee to push the Gulf Freeport and Northern Railroad as the northern terminus. The line already surveys to within miles of Rosenberg, and organizers believe right of way can be secured with effort to assure the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosenberg
Gulf, Freeport & Northern Railroad
Freeport
Columbia
Damon's Mound
Fairchilds
Faulty English in English writers and American papers
Dr. Rossiter Johnson argues that classic English authors also use awkward constructions and that editors should not harshly judge American press prose for slang or errors. He cites examples from Macaulay Ruskin De Quincey Tennyson Lecky Thackeray and Hallam to show widespread infelicities like split infinitives misplaced adverbs and ambiguous expressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossiter Johnson
Johnson
Macaulay
Ruskin
de Quincey
Tennyson
Lecky
Thackeray
Hallam
Leslie’s
Marvelous Coincidence Skater Heads Hole Ice Tale
A London wit recounts a Canadian skater tale where a man falls into a hole in the ice and losing his head, which skims on top as the body travels below. The severed portions later meet and the man emerges with only a severe cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canada
London Strand
Nabob Origins Wealth and Meaning in British India
The term nabob derives from nawab rulers of India whose deputies amassed wealth. Under British rule the word corrupted into nabob, later applied derisively to Europeans who made fortunes in India and flaunted wealth at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Orient
London
Tatler
The Colossus of Rhodes and its legend
The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the ancient world’s seven wonders, was erected to honor the sun by Chares of Lindus and toppled by a 224 B C earthquake. The monument stood on harbor moles with a stairway to its crown, eyes framing ships off Syria and Egypt, among famed eastern sculptural traditions. The Memnon statue near Thebes is noted by Strabo as another celebrated colossus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodes
Chares
Lindus
Lysippus
Syria
Egypt
Memnos
Thebes
Strabo
Widows Cap Tradition Survives From Ancient Mourning
The widow's cap is described as a relic of a Roman custom requiring ten months of mourning and shaved heads. To conceal baldness a dainty cap was created, a practice that persists though its original need has faded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson’s Weekly
A Financial Genius Quote From Chicago Record Herald
A Chicago Record-Herald quote defines a financial genius as a man who spends money he has never had and who the people who think they are getting it will never see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Father Son Table Etiquette Joke From London Mail
A brief humorous exchange shows a father teaching table manners and his son retorting with a witty line about the father always leaving the table after finishing. The quip captures a light domestic moment cited by the London Mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
London Mail
Comic exchange on a singer husband appeal
A light quip from the Philadelphia Record features Mrs Muggins and Mrs Bug Gins debating appeal. He is the vocalist her appeal to him is a joke about singing performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muggins
Extremes Vater Joke in Courtroom Exchange
A judge records a joke about a teacher chastising a student's low average. The student fears the father’s reaction and quips that being down to zero will lead to being warmed up.
What is happiness to a small town sage
A Dayton Herald brief recounts a quip from a Miamisburg sage about happiness being next to a crowded barber shop. The exchange mirrors simple town wisdom and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miamisburg
Dayton Herald
Pirates and Coat Checks Echo at Local Hotels
Town Topics quips about pirates asking if all are dead and replies that they now rap the coat checking privileges at hotels and restaurants, a playful take on modern security at local venues.
Marrying the Whole Family
Kate Upson Clark in Leslies counsels that a marriage brings in laws and kin, advising brides to accept all of the spouse’s family cordially and avoid petty snubs that damage future relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Kate Upson Clark
Leslie’s
The Caspian Sea Puzzle and Sinking Coasts
The Caspian Sea may be tideless and drying, echoing a century of puzzling science. Inland salt lakes to its east, south, and north hint at former connections, while land subsidence shifts coastlines and port sites like those of Agrippa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caspian Sea
Caspian
Great Lake
Russia
Bat
Agrippa
Mediterranean
Home Comforts at Sea Improve Ocean Travel
The article notes two decades of better ocean travel with spring mattresses brass bedsteads and improved heating and ventilation. Sanitary facilities and public areas have advanced, and third class cabins now offer private spaces for four to eight passengers with dedicated dining lounges, smoke rooms, and music rooms replacing crowded bunk areas.
It Gets the Criminals
A historical note describes a Chinese legal concept where a criminal’s family bears punishment if the culprit flees the scene. It links enforcement to superstition and religion, suggesting swift compliance with the law due to fear of spiritual peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chinaman
Rain Catch in Bermuda Weathered Roofs and Cisterns
Bermuda relies on rain catch systems as the main water source. Whitewashed roofs collect rain into hillside cisterns fed from cemented coral rock trenches. Water from wells is brackish, so residents store fresh rainwater in covered reservoirs at hillfoot tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Such Is Fame Mbearai Misi and Attar of Roses Work
Mbearai Misi, a wealthy Asiatic woman, is credited with discovering the art of making attar of roses and with inventing the weaving of the celebrated cashmere shawls. No details are known about her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mbearai Misi
Pretty Light Hotel Luggage Quip
The London Mail quotes a hotel keeper demanding payment in advance. A visitor asks if luggage suffices as security, prompting the retort that the luggage is “a little too emotional” and that it is “easily moved.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Mail
Frisky Boss and Bride Dress Query Spark City Gossip
In a Philadelphia Ledger snippet a first girl quips about job loss from flirting and jokes about the boss catching her. The banter pivots to a wedding dress choice as a playful exchange reflects local gossip and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Souvenir Spoons and a Cryptic Quote
A Baltimore American caption cites a playful exchange about a collection of souvenir spoons as a joke. The quip ends with a literary flourish about fame and heaven as the path through tribulation by Laurence Sterna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Laurence Sterna
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Rabb Higgs
Fountain
C. M. Evans
Southern Farm and Dairy
C. R. L. Jones of
J. S. Harrison
Keith
Grimes County
John Riley of
City
Sam Jones
J. A. Shaw of
J. J. Jones
F. E. Lockhart
Thornton
G. Ahrenbrecht
Ethel Stallings
Terre
Seeley Hospital
Associated Press
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