Red Cross Meeting Band Concert at Tabernacle
The Bryan band will furnish music for the annual Red Cross meeting at the tabernacle on Thursday night October 23. The band concert starts at 8 15 with the program at 8 30. Slo vecek agreed to provide band music and added twenty A and M band pieces to the local twenty plus musicians. Active practice on patriotic airs is underway.
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Red Cross
the Tabernacle
Bryan
Slovacek
A. and M
Plans for Alsatian revolt uncovered in Strassburg
Paris reports discovery of plans for a November 9 uprising in Alsace. The alleged ringleader, engineer Koessler, was arrested with two accomplices. Police found propaganda and 36,000 marks at Koessler's residence.
Berlin Population Shrinks in Provisional Census
Berlin reports a provisional census result showing a population of 1,897,000 as of October 8, down 178,000 from December 1910. The city confirms a significant decline in residents since the prior count.
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Berlin
Bromo Quinine Box Signature Promotes Cold Remedy
Advertisement notes a single Bromo Quinine tablet product priced at 30 cents with E. W. Grove signature on the box. Claims it removes the cause of colds grip and influenza.
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E. W. Grove
Texas Football Contenders Dimming in Southwestern Race
Austin, Oct 21 Defeat by Oklahoma at Dallas eliminates Texas from the 1919 Southwestern Conference title chase. Texas A. and M. remains the sole Texas rival, with upcoming showdown at College Station on Oct 25. Rice Institute and Baylor also figure as contenders while Southern Methodist is largely out of state title contention.
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Texas A. and
Oklahoma Aggies
Texas Christian University
Texas
Aggies
Texas A
Rice Institute
Texas University
Longhorns
Rice Owls
Howard Payne
Southwestern
Rice
Baylor
Big Five
Watson
Ferguson
Oklahoma University
Southern Methodist University
Doposters
Captain Smith Arrives From Air Derby
Captain Lowell Smith reached San Francisco at 9 50 am after starting the transcontinental air derby from Math er Field Sacramento. He was the first flyer to return to the city, arriving in the morning. Irregular bowel movements and constipation are noted, with Herbine advertised as a bowel regulator sold at Jenkins Drug Store and M. A. James.
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Captain Smith
San Francisco
Capt
Lowell Smith
Army
Mather Field
Sacramento
Jenkins’ Drug Store
M. 4
James
George Ott Arrested on Wife Mistreater Charge
George Ott jailed after being arrested for mistreating his wife. The Otts reportedly lived at the J. D. Conlee residence. Sheriff L E Morehead declined to comment beyond noting the arrest. Preliminary trial not yet held.
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George Ott
Otts
J. D. Conlee
L. E. Morehead
Commercial club agrees on five member campaign committee
The Galveston Commercial Club directors authorize a five person committee to lead the campaign for the A and M separation from the University of Texas and to inform county voters. They also back bonds up to five million dollars for Galveston city and county projects and push road and street improvements along Main avenue and Bryan avenue. The secretary reports 87 boarders and 87 couples, and a letter seeks a terminal waiting station and electric lights for Bryan College interurban patrons.
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A. and M. College
University of Texas
L. M. Levinson
Bryan College Interurban
W. B. Bizzell
Commercial Club
W. W Kraft
F. C. Bolton
Ten Thousand Await Fort Worth Accommodations
Jordan T. Lawler reports about ten thousand people needing housing in Fort Worth as he returns from a business trip. He describes conditions as fierce and notes no signs of improvement in the crowded Panther City.
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Fort Worth - Lawler
Forth Worth
Jordan T. Lawler
Mr. Lawler
Panther City
Bryan
Lawler
Fort Worth
Interned Germans Begin Return Home From France
Paris reports the first group of 370 interned German civilians was cleared to depart France yesterday as part of a planned repatriation.
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Paris
France
Italians form committees to collect Roosevelt memorial funds
Rome October 21 committees are being formed across Italy to receive contributions from Americans for a national memorial honoring former President Roosevelt.
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Italy
Rome
National Memorial
Roosevelt
Wilson Takes Hand In Industrial Conference Letter
President Wilson dictated a letter from his sick bed to Secretary Lane outlining his views on the national industrial conference efforts to avert a break due to unresolved collective bargaining between capital and labor groups. The conference had adjourned after labor requested actions.
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Wilson
Washington
National Industrial Conference
Lane
Armenians Battle Regulars Near Anghizur in Caucasus
Severe fighting is reported around Anghizur in the Russian Caucasus as Armenian forces clash with regular troops from Azerbaijan province. The engagement highlights escalating violence in the border area with both sides mobilizing troops and artillery.
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Constantinople
Anghizur
Russian Caucasus
Reguar
Azerbaijan
Bayer Aspirin Headache Remedy Ad Claims Genuine Product
An 19 year old Bayer advertisement promotes Genuine Aspirin with directions for headache colds pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It notes Bayer as the genuine aspirin brand prescribed by physicians and sold in handy tins of 12 tablets at a few cents.
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Bayer
New York Longshoremen Strike Reaches Crisis as Troops Deployed
October 21 New York longshoremen strike expands with 40 000 workers off duty. Forty vessels idle at International Mercantile Marine piers as 500 US troops and strikebreakers move cargoes. Incendiary leaflets urge a workers government, with Polish worker Frederick Antonchik arrested for distributing them.
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New York
International Mercantile Marine
United States
Europe
Soviet Republic of
Russia
Communist Party of America
Greater
Soviet Republic
Frederick Antonchik
Former preacher eats razor blades and dog chains in hospital
Boston reports the discovery of a “human junk heap” at Deer Island House of Correction. Charles W. Russell, a Montrealer serving one year for forgery, had two pounds of metal and debris removed from his stomach after a prior suicide attempt. He claimed to have been a former clergyman with past convictions for worthless checks.
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Boston
House of Correction
Deer Island
Charles W. Russell
Montreal
L. C. Rockwell
Russell
Rockwell
New York
Canada
Michigan
New Jersey
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promises Quick Relief From Neuralgia
Neuralgia of the face shoulder hands or feet requires a remedy that will penetrate the flesh Ballard s Snow Liniment possesses that power Rubbed in where the pain is felt is all that is necessary to relieve suffering and restore normal condition Sold by Jenkins Drug Store and M H James
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Ballard
Jenkins’ Drug Store
M. H. James
Howell Jr heads to London on embassy assignment
Will S. Howell Jr., son of W. 8. Howell, who has been visiting Bryan relatives, left for San Antonio today on official business. From San Antonio he proceeds to Washington before sailing to London to join the American embassy.
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England
Will S. Howell, Jr
W. 8. Howell
Bryan
San Antonio
Washington
London
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Oklahoma
Bryan Cotton Oil
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Ose
A. P. Nilsson
Avy
Aman
Rio
Gibraltar
Ceylon
Yokohama
Uncle Sam
U.s.navy
U. OF Y
M. HH James
Lawrence & Co
Chicago
N. A. Stewart
Castoria
Ches. Field
Othuing
Orient
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