Locals and Personal News From Bryan Area Ledger
A Bryan area column lists residents and visitors. Dudley White reports northern Italy wartime experiences. Shine Sellers returns from San Diego to aid his ill sister. County Superintendent Powers remains ill at home. Teague resident T. J. Preston visits Bryan and old Brazos County ties remain strong. Other locals include Tom Cross from Edge, Billie Risinger from Holligan Chapel, Harmon Benton on business to Pittsburg Texas, Poe Chesher visiting from Mounds Oklahoma, Jack Day headed to Waco, F D Fuller returning from Houston, and A N Carson with family en route to Stephensville. Various local residents travel for illness care, business, or family visits, including Mrs. M B Easters to Sour Lake to tend a ill daughter, Mrs. Coleman Hardy ill with influenza, J M Jones from College animal husbandry duties in Houston, Dr. W F Odom from Kurten, Jim Kincannon from Rock Prairie, H F E Smith of Millican, and others visiting Bryan for daily needs.
All Children Love Ovau p of Figs Ad Claim
A classic 19th or early 20th century drug advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle remedy for children with stomach liver and bowels upset. It promises quick relief from constipation without griping and urges readers to demand the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product.
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California
Adv
Dodson
Stolen Bay Horse Mule Reported Near Bryan
Strayed or stolen one bay horse mule fifteen hands high with a split in the right ear. Forefoot cut by wire. Finder should notify Joe Rice in Bryan.
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Joe Rice
Bryan
Proposed New Zone System Study By Rail Officials
Washington on November 5 state railroad and public utilities commissioners will study the proposed new zone system of class freight rates devised by the railroad administration. They aim to make recommendations to the Interstate Commerce Commission as announced by the National Association of Railway and Utility Commissioners.
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Washington
State Railroad and Public Utilities Commissioners
Railroad Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Association of Railway and Utility Commissioners
Cotton ginned in Brazos County tops prior year
Ginning census enumerator H Crenshaw reports total cotton ginned in Brazos County to Oct 18 1918 at 19 460 bales, up from 18 366 bales on the same date in 1917. The gain for 1918 over 1917 is 6 124 bales.
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H. Crenshaw
Brazos County
Christmas parcels for soldiers via Brazos Red Cross
The Brazos Red Cross receives official Christmas parcel boxes for soldiers. Donors may obtain a parcel label at the Red Cross office and must deliver packed boxes to the Christmas Parcel Receiving Station. Boxes are inspected, weighed, and labeled before shipment to Hoboken, N J.
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Red Cross
Astin Buildin
Brazos County
Fice
H. C. Fulgham
Lawrence Grocery Company
Mr. Fulgham
W. D. Lawrence
J. D. Martin
J. Tom Smith
Strange
John M. Lawrence
J. W. Cavitt
J. F. Lavender
J. M. Saladiner
Ludmiller Hajek
Mary McInnis
Ethel Cavitt
Hoboken
N. J
Red Cross Committee
Brazos
China Remiss as Ally Says Allied Legations
Pekin November 5 The British minister to China with allied legations has formally presented a memorandum to the Chinese Foreign Office detailing China’s alleged remissness as an ally. It cites failure to confiscate enemy property imprison intriguing enemy subjects and to permit allied consuls to witness trials of arrested spies among other points.
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Pekin
China
Chinese Foreign Office
Borozone Promoted as Ideal Antiseptic and Healing Agent
Surgeons emphasize first treatment for cuts burns bruises and wounds. An efficient antiseptic prevents infection and aids immediate healing. Borozone is touted as the ideal antiseptic and healing agent, sold by E. J. Jenkins and M. H. James for both humans and animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Jenkins
M. H. James
Governor Hobby III. Cant Go Rome To Vote
Governor Hobby remains ill with a severe cold and did not go to Beaumont to vote. His physician advised against the trip though his condition is not considered serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobby III
Rome
Austin
Texas
Hobby
Beaumont
Fifteen Villa Men Killed in Mexican Battle Near Ojinaga
A Mexican federal cavalry detachment arrived at Ojinaga from San Juan Del Rio with two wounded camp followers. Another influx is expected with battlefield wounded. The clash near Villa HQ at Pabello, 50 miles south of the border, left 15 Villa dead and four wounded, while ten federals died.
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Presidio
Tex
Ojinaga
San Juan del Rio
Villa
Martin Lopez
Pabello
Four Brazos county boys laud War Work aid at homefront drive
Letters from Napoleon Saladiner Clarence H Kelly Walter Sikorski and Lee Silver praise the Red Cross Y M C A and Knights of Columbus huts and services as Brazos county moves to raise 14000 next week for United War Work. General Dupont warns demobilization will take at least two years and stresses ongoing support for soldiers in France and at home.
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Brazos County
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
United States
Napoleon Saladiner
Clarence H. Kelly
Father Gleissner
Y. M. Cc
K. of C
Walter Sikorski
Salvation Army
Lee Silver
J. M. Caldwell
Mr. Caldwell
France
Gen
T. Coleman Dupont
Western Front
Dupont
America
United War Work Campaign
Herbine promoted as bowel regulator for constipation
An advertisement extols Herbine as a great bowel regulator that purifies the system and vitalizes the blood. It claims to put the scan organs in fine vigorous condition and lists EB, J. Jenkins, and M. H. James as sellers.
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Eb, J. Jenkins
M. H. James
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Describes Malaria Germs
An 19th century advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a remedy that destroys malarial germs carried by the Malaria Mosquito. The price is sixpence per bottle.
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Price
One Year Old Boy Has Made Good On French Front
Luke Thayer Jr., a U S Marine private from Georgetown Pennsylvania, earned three campaign ribbons a Croix de Guerre with palm and two wound stripes for action at Belleau Wood and elsewhere in World War I. He stormed German machine gun nests, helped rout a counterattack, and survived shrapnel wounds.
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Paris
Luke Thayer, Jr
United States Marines
Luke
Georgetown
Arch Street
Philadelphia
U. S. Marine Corps Travel Agency
Soldiers of the Sea
Knights of Columbus
Uncle Sam
San Domingo
Haiti
Belleau Woods
Pennsylvania
Thayer
Six Villages Taken in British Advance East of Lequesnoy
London reports rapid progress as British Divisions push east of Lequesnoy gaining three to four miles and taking six villages. Additional ground captured in Mormal Forest and Eth five miles southeast of Valenciennes.
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London
Lequesnoy
Mormal Forest
Eth
Valencianes
Armistice Awaited as Foch to Present to Germans
Washington reports diplomats and officials believe the German armistice signed by the United States and the Allies at Paris is now in General Foch's hands for presentation to German commanders on the western front.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Paris
Foch
Congressman Jones Assigned to Dishwashing Duty at Camp Polk
Raleigh Nov 5 Congressman Marvin Jones of Texas recently joined the Tank Corps and arrived at Camp Polk where he is assigned to the kitchen police. The Democrat was unopposed for re election in the eighteenth district.
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Raleigh
N. C
Marvin Jones
Texas
Camp Polk
Jones
Stop Cough with Ballard's Horehoundly Remedy
Advertising copy notes Ballard's Horehoundly suppressant and lung relief. Claims to stop coughing irritations and restore breathing. Mentions sellers E. J. Jenkins and M. H. James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
E. J. Jenkins
M. H. James
Allies demand Germany seek armistice terms from Gen Foch
In the House of Commons on November 5 Lloyd George stated that the allies have decided Germany must apply to General Ferdinand Foch as the Allied Commander in Chief for armistice terms.
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London
Germany
Foch
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Army seeks 35000 limited service volunteers nationwide
Washington announces a drive to recruit 35,000 men with 1A limited service status to fill domestic posts and free active troops for overseas duty. Induction starts at branch offices, with promotions based on merit. jobs include assemblers, chauffeurs, clerks, cooks, laborers, mechanics, motorcycle drivers, transmission men, tire repairers, plus one newspaper man and three motion picture experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Department of Favor
War Department
Employment Service
Community Labor Boards
Ballard's Liniment Promised for Nerve Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Ballard's Liniment as a powerful remedy for neuralgia of the face shoulder hands or feet. It claims rubbing the product on the affected area relieves suffering and restores normal conditions with this simple application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sh. Ballard
E. J. Jenkins
M. H. James
Leonard Morehead Returns to Bryan After Weeks Away
Leonard Morehead, Democratic sheriff nominee for Brazos County, returned to Bryan after a weeks long absence due to a brother's illness and his own bout with influenza. He said his departure was voluntary and self funded, and he would have run again if needed. He spent time in Anderson and Houston counties visiting relatives and recovering.
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Leonard Morehead
Brazos County
Morehead
The
Daily Eagle
Bryan
Anderson County
Anderson
Houston
Democratic Party
Norwegian Bark Stifinder Crew Rescued After Three Weeks
The captain and seven crew members of the Norwegian bark Stifinder, missing since Oct. 15 after their vessel was sunk by a German submarine, landed at Turks Island this morning in a starved condition following three weeks in small boats.
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Turks Island
Barke Stifinder
Germans Fortify Meuse Line North of Verdun
With American forces at Verdun on November 5 the German army strengthens the Meuse line north of the American front. They have built tank traps along the line to deter Allied advances. The devices measure about a hundred yards in length and ten yards wide and deep, covered with earth and sod to conceal their presence.
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Verdun
Meuse
France
Victories Reported by American First Army on Front
Gen Pershing's Monday communiqué notes successful attacks by the American first army across the front. On the eastern flank they broke enemy resistance in the Meuse valley and Forest of Dieulet and seized the key Stenay river crossing.
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Washington
French Troops Press Germans Near Guise Region
Paris reports French forces continue pursuit of German troops around Guise northeast of which they have taken Bergues Sur Sambre. A 15 mile front between Lissonne and Chateau Porcien shows penetration of German lines as the French push from east of St. Quentin toward Herpy.
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Paris
Guise
Bergues
Sur
Sambre
Lissonne
Chateau Porcien
St. Quentin
le Petit
Herpy
Vienna appeals to Germans of Austria for unity amid army collapse
The State Council at Vienna issued an appeal to the German people of Austria warning of danger and army breakdown. It urges soldiers to volunteer for a German Austrian Army Corps to restore order and cohesion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
State Council
Vienna
Austria
Ad for Herb ine bowel regulator by Jenking and James
A wartime style advertisement promotes HERBINE as a wet regulator for sluggish bowels. It claims to aid the liver and stomach and to restore strength and buoyancy. Sold by E. J. Jenking and M. H. James.
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E. J. Jenking
M. H. James
Americans Cross Meuse With the Americans at Saan
American forces along the Meuse River report bitter fighting on November 5. Patrols crossed at Brisulles on pontoon bridges under fire and reconnoitered for further crossings. Bridges between Laneuville and Stenay were destroyed by the Germans. Pouilly northeast of Stenay was captured as Americans push west of the Meuse. Beaumont fell and Stenay nears encirclement.
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Saan
Meuse
Brisulles
Laneuville
Stenay
Pouilly
Beaumont
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Sentence Fragment Ad
A damaged ad proclaims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic strengthens feeble elderly and weak youths to endure summer heat by purifying blood and boosting the whole system with a strengthening invigorating effect.
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Grove
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promised Quick Stomach Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a mild tonic that cleanses the system and staunches the stomach. Marketed as effective and sold everywhere, implying rapid digestive relief.
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Dr. King
Four Arrested After Attempted Service at Ninth Church of Christ Scientist
In Los Angeles on November 5 four people selected from a group of about twenty tried to hold a church service at the Ninth Church of Christ Scientist and were arrested for violating the health ordinance.
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Los Angeles
Ninth Church of Christ
Influenza worse than German bullets, claims Tanlac ad
An advertisement cites influenza as deadlier than German bullets and touts Tanlac as a powerful tonic to boost strength and appetite. It links illness to weakened vitality, promotes Tanlac and Tanlac Laxative Tablets, and notes sales surpassing ten million bottles in four years with N. A. Stewart in Bryan selling the product.
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Earth
Bryan
N. A. Stewart. Ady
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T. J. Preston
Teague
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Tom Cross
Edge
Billie Risinger
Holligan Chapel
Harmon Benton
Pittsburg
Poe Chesher
Mounds, Okla
His
Mrs. L. J.’ Cox
Jack Day
Waco
Cotton Palace
F. D. Fuller
A. N. Carson
Stephensville
M. B. Easters
Sour Lake
Walter Lang
Coleman Hardy
Palestine
L. W. Cox
J. M. Jones
W. F. Odom
Kurten
Jim Kincannon
Rock Prairie
H. F E. Smith
Millican
S Sor
G. R. Dickerson
W. M. Norwood
Wellborn
Turner Crenshaw
Steep Hollow
J. A. D. Robinson
Wixon
O. L. Wicox of
Tabor
Wayne Evans
Hugo, Okla
V. B. Hudson
Castoria
Congrecoman Jones
B, Lawrence & Co
Chivage
Shorthorn Durham
Roger Q. Astin
F. L. Wood
Hearn
M. S. Davis
10Th Ave
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Pershing
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