Major General Kekewich Dies by Self Inflicted Wound
London reports Major General Robert G. Kekewich retired from the army after defending Kimberly for 126 days against the Boer army. He was found dead in his bedroom from a self inflicted gunshot wound, with the death attributed to a nervous breakdown. Born in 1854, he later earned a major general title for his Kimberly defense from October 1899 to February 1900.
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Associated Press
London
Robert G. Kekewich
Kimberly
Kekewich
Katy Railroad Suit Dismissed
The U S Supreme Court today dismissed the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad suit against the United States seeking 61 million dollars for failure to convey alternate sections of land in the former Indian Territory to the railroad.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Supreme Court Today
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
United States
Indian Territory
New Interurban Superintendent Appointed at Bryan & Central Texas
J A Turner and wife from Rockland will reside here as Turner takes the post of general superintendent of the Bryan Central Texas Interurban. Turner, with extensive railroad experience including the Southern Pacific, is reported to direct operations as the interurban reports a cotton haul of 6137 bales this season from the Brazos bottom, up from 2274 at the same point last year, with much of the crop stored in local warehouses awaiting higher prices.
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J. A. Turner
Rockland
Turner
Bryan & Central Texas Interurban
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
United States
Interurban
Brazos
Cotton Mill to Run Day and Night Shifts in Post
Postex Cotton Mills in Post Texas will operate continuously day and night shifting to process several thousand bales more cotton than planned Buyers for the mill are paying about one cent more per pound than elsewhere in the state for cotton Farm suppliers in this and neighboring counties will supply all the cotton consumed by the mill
Marriage Licenses Issued in Local Offices
Robert Hoskin and Floyd Hanah Marion Carter and Ethel Townsend Tom Walker and Ida Edwards Sylvester Warren and Josie Jenkins received marriage licenses in the latest local registrations.
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Robert Hoskin
Floyd Hanah
Marion Carter
Ethel Townsend
Tom Walker
Ida Edwards
Sylvester Warren
Josie Jenkins
Halloween Box Supper At Rock Prairie School
On October 30 a Halloween box supper was held at Rock Prairie school for the general welfare of the school. The room was decorated by the teacher with community members from Bryan Harvey College Station and Wellborn in attendance. The German band played and games provided amusement before boxes were sold at 9 30 and supper served by the young ladies.
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Rock Prairie School
Bryan
Harvey
College Station
Wellborn
Germans resume strong attacks as crisis looms abroad
London reports three German offensives on home soil in Alsace Salesia and East Prussia as crisis deepens for World War I. French and British leaders say fresh troops and Krupp guns fuel renewed Belgian assaults while Russians claim repulse in the Caucasus. Turkey faces empty treasury and unpaid officials as German credit dries up. Seven British warships head toward the Pacific via the Panama Canal.
Tragedy Strikes Waxahachie Family in Double Homicide Suicide
In Waxahachie Texas on November 9 Thomas R Hastings an express driver shot and killed his wife during supper then killed himself. Their infant was found crawling over the parents bodies this morning. A family quarrel is blamed for the tragedy.
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Express
Associated Press
Waxahachie
Tex
Thomas R. Hastings
Meeting Of Union Hill Farmers Union Four New Members Elected
The Union Hill Farmers Union held a Thursday meeting at A M College with good attendance. President D A Smith presided as four new members were elected and installed including Prof Thomas J Conway poultry expert from the experiment station. He spoke on poultry for Brazos County focusing on egg production and recommended Plymouth Rock White Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds as best all purpose breeds. Q&A followed and members discussed poultry business and diversification.
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Farmers’ Union
Union Hill
A. & M. College
D. A. Smith
Thomas J. Conway
Conway
Brazos County
Rhode Island
Bryan Baptist Academy Receives New Uniforms
Uniforms for Bryan Baptist Academy boys arrived and are being issued. The first appearance was Sunday and the attire marks a badge of distinction for the academy in the community. A. M. Waldrop & Co. held the contract.
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Bryan Baptist Academy
A. M. Waldrop & Co
Japan Helps to Found Hospital in Tokio
Tokio reports the Japanese Emperor has given 25000 dollars to St. Luke's Hospital, a Christian institution, marking an unprecedented donation. Some Japanese military leaders reportedly favor sending a Japanese army into Europe, likely France, after the fall of Tsing Tau.
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Associated Press
Tokio
St. Luke’s Hospital
Tsing Tau
Europe
France
Pastors Association Selects Thanksgiving Service Plan
At a regular session of the Pastors Association held at the Christian Church this morning the union Thanksgiving services were voted to be held in the First Baptist Church with Rev C H Storey of the Presbyterian Church to preach the sermon. A fuller program announcement will follow.
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Pastors’ Association
Christian Church
First Baptist Church
C. H. Storey
Presbyterian Church
British Railways and Western Tariff Reforms Highlight Rail News
Great Britain employs 600000 rail workers and Kansas City hosts a freight collection bureau for lines centered there. A 5% mile Canadian Pacific tunnel through the Selkirks will be electrified and may become the Western Hemisphere’s longest. Canadian railroads ship Army supplies to Europe via seven ports including Liverpool and London. Southern Railway networks promote educational exhibits across nine state and thirty one county fairs in several Southern states. Interstate Commerce Commission Advices prompt tariff rectification for Western territory west of Chicago and St Louis to ease declining earnings and rising costs.
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Selkirk Mountains
Hemisphere
Europe
Liverpool
London
The
Southern Railway and Affiliated Lines
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
St. Louis
Enrollment Leads as Agricultural Students Beat Engineers at A M College
Enrollment at A M College shows agricultural students ahead of engineers by 130 with 506 agricultural versus 376 engineering students this term. Freshman agriculture enrolls 149 to 121 for engineering while two year agriculture students total 85 to 27 in engineering. Dean Kyle cites strong demand from schools and farms for agricultural education and predicts a larger agricultural majority next year.
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A. & M. College
Texas
Dean Kyle
School of Agriculture
Government Report of Cotton Ginned As Of November First
The fourth cotton ginning report shows 4,826,695 bales ginned before November 1, 1914. Comparisons: 63.2 percent of the crop ginned prior to November 1 last year. Sea Island and round bales detailed. state-by-state ginnings listed.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Sea Island
Bridge Crew Injured in Car Collision Near Town
Five members of the International and Great Northern bridge gang were badly hurt Saturday night when their motor car struck a cow three miles from town. All but foreman Glaze were cut and scratched. they received medical attention after reaching town.
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International & Great Northern Bridge Gang
Glaze
German retreat and Allied progress in World War I fronts
Petrograd reports a dramatic German retreat across Russia shrinking to seventy five miles from Warsaw while abandoning key Polish cities. Paris notes Allied progress east of Nieuport and on the Yser with ongoing large scale artillery duels. London confirms Turkey versus Britain war status as Tsing Tau pressures intensify. German cruisers Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Nuremberg depart Valparaiso Chile.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Russia
Paris
Belgium
Nieuport
Yser
la Basse
Argonne 2
Begium
Bulgaria Seeks Friendly Terms as Serbs and Greeks Signal Peace
Sofia dispatches say Servia and Greece informed Bulgaria their intentions are friendly. Havre reports von Kluck died in a hospital ten days ago, unconfirmed. Major Hamilton, heir of Lord Hamilton, was killed fighting in France.
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Bulgaria
Associated Press
London
Sofia Dispatches
Servia
Greece
Paris
Havre
von Kluck
Major Hamilton
Lord Hamilton
France
Jubilee contestants exceed speed limit in Bryan contest
The Houston Jubilee contest in Bryan ended last night at 6 with the five top vote earners and six runners up earning a paid vacation to Houston. The trip includes hotel stays at the Rice, with chaperon A W Buchanan arranging pleasure and travel expenses. The Eagle and Bryan Commercial Club announce the winners and invite nonwinning entrants to join the party, praising the effort of vote counters J M Hare Wilson Bradley Travis Bryan and J N Dulaney.
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Bryan
Houston
Eagle
Bryan Commercial Club
A. W. Buchanan
Rice
The
Commercial Club
Messrs
J. M. Hare
Wilson Bradley
Travis Bryan
J. N. Dulaney
German Version of Chilean Naval Battle Reported
London reports a German version of the Chilean naval battle published, but no British reports yet. It is believed Admiral Crad dock's flagship Good Hope was larger and carried longer range guns than German ships.
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Associated Press
London
Admiral Craddock
British Warships Absent From Chilean Ports
Report from Santiago dated November 5 states no British warships have arrived in any Chilean port and no wreckage has been found off the coast.
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Seenerated Press
Santiago
Chile
Chilean
Mystery over British cruisers off Chile persists
London reports a Chile battle mystery as the Santiago dispatch questions German claims that two British cruisers were bottled up. Five German cruisers took part. two remain unaccounted for beyond German statements. The Canopus’s role with Craddock’s squadron is unnamed. The Persian pretender has declared for Germany.
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London
Chile
Santiago
Canopus
Craddock
Germany
Paris War News Reports Allied Defense Against German Attacks
President Poincare informs the French War Minister that after a long sequence of violent engagements the allies have repulsed the desperate German assaults.
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Ypres
Paris
Poincare
England Annexed Cyprus in Mediterranean Move
London reports England formally annexed the Island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean, which nominally belonged to Turkey, extending imperial reach and altering regional status.
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London
England
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Turkey
Bids Open for New Federal Building in Bryan
Postmaster reports October 1914 receipts of 1240.13, up from 1235.50 in October 1913. Postmaster Myers authorized by Washington to advertise for bids to construct the new Bryan Federal building. Bids to be opened at the Bryan post office on December 18, 1914. See advertisement in this issue.
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Myers
Postoffice Department
Washington
Federal
Bryan
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Fay Buchanan
Ima Cook Eee
Lucile Graham
Aseeeteene
Artie Lawless
Buna Risinger
Ene Enenenee
Grace Gandy
Grace McSwain
Ardelle Jones
Lillian Lloyd
Caro Mae Edwards
Visonewki
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