Prohibition Election Sought in Brazos County October Push
The Brazos county prohibition group plans a countywide October election on prohibition. They aim to secure at least 300 petition signatures and will press the effort through successive ballot attempts if needed. An executive committee including Henderson Hare Boatwright Edge Hall Armstrong Webb Howell Jones was formed, forming a permanent organization to lead the campaign.
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Daily Eagle
Brazos County
County Prohibition Organization
F. L. Henderson
J. M. Hare
H. O. Boatwright
J. L. Edge
Ed Hall
Robert Armstrong
J. Webb Howell
C. S. Jones
St Louis Boy Receives Honor for Heroic Verdun Feats
Allen Blount of St Louis who joined the foreign legion in April reports to his father a proposal for the war cross with palm after single handedly taking thirty prisoners in Verdun. He was slightly wounded in the hand.
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Associated Press
Paris
Allen Blount
St Louis
Foreign Legion
Verdun
Cuba Forms Escadrille Cubaine to Aid United War Effort
Cuban senate member Colonel Manuel Coronado announces formation of the Escadrille Cubaine, a 25 to 33 aviator unit offering to France with full equipment. Volunteers include graduates of French universities, many fluent in French, training at Pensacola if approved. Progress noted in US Cuban military coordination with 288 Cuban officers to be promoted.
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Associated Press
Havas
Cuba
Manuel Coronado
la Discusion
United States
Germany
France
Escadrille Cubaine
Coronado
Escadrille
Senator Coronado
New York
Aero Club of America
Navy Department
Washington
Navy Aviation School
Pensacola
Fla
United States Army
Cotton crop condition and predicted 1917 yield from August report
W. W. Harris Jr of the Bryan cotton exchange presents a U S department of agriculture crop report dated August 25 1917 showing the national condition at 67 8 per cent of normal. projected yield about 174 6 pounds per acre and total production near 12 499 000 bales with state readings listed from Virginia to California.
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W. W. Harris, Jr
Bryan Cotton Exchange
United States
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
California
Arizona
Nationwide seizure of I W W documents
Washington reports a nationwide seizure of documentary evidence from the Industrial Workers of the World conducted Wednesday under Attorney General Gregory. The move accompanies a grand jury investigation in progress in the United States Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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Washington
Industrial Workers of the World
Gregory
Department of Justice
United States Court For
Northern District of Ilinois
Zensal for itching eczema from Smith Drug Co.
Smith Drug Company offers Zensal for itching eczema. Sold as a consumer remedy with typical over the counter distribution through drugstores and retailers. The notice emphasizes availability and general use guidance.
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Smith Drug Company
Enlargement of Island's Active Militia Cited
A report notes expansion of the island's military strength with possible duty in Europe later, highlighting increased readiness and potential overseas deployments for local forces.
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Europe
Bargain Clothing Sale Catalog Items and Prices
A dense list of fabric and garment specials including dress gingham, outing cloth, ladies vests and drawers, rib under shirts, lawn waists, table damask, muslin gowns, embroidered edging, petticoats, men’s handkerchiefs, suspenders, and various men’s trousers and shirts with reduced per yard or per item prices.
Big Line of Mens Ladies and Boys Shoes Bargains
Shoe department features mens work and dress shoes priced from 1.50 to 2.50 with light stock and future arrivals. Boys shoes list at 1.50 to 2.25. Ladies dress and work shoes include 9 inch Bylets boots in all colors at 2.00, with other lines at 1.50 to 3.50 per pair.
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Big Line
Cucumbers For Pickles Bring In Up To 100 Per Acre
Miss Kate Henley of the A M College extension reports first season results from cucumbers grown for pickles in Chandler and Brownsboro. A Houston firm paid 1.50 per hundred pounds for small cucumbers and 60 cents for larger sizes, furnishing seed. Chandler yielded 5700 bushels and 11 vats of 500 bushels each. Brownsboro 7000 bushels and 14 vats. Some growers netted 100 per acre, others less, tied to effort. Chandler also produced 20 to 30 barrels of tomatoes for pickles.
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Daily Eagle
Kate Lee Henley
A. and M. College
Houston
Chandler
Brownsboro
Cucumber Brine Process Moves to Factory Bottling
Describes cukes left in brine for about thirty days then transferred to vats on flat cars to a plant where they are bottled or cut for use in mixed products. The account highlights long curing and transport steps in the production chain.
Col James Wilkinson Funeral To Be Held In Bryan
Col James Wilkinson body to arrive on Houston and Texas Central train from the north this evening. Bryan friends will serve as pallbearers with honors for B H Stoddard W B Saunders A J Buchanan W Ga Taliaferro H O Boatwright Dr J W Howell and active pallbearers James H Webb George Wicker H A Withers John Daly Jr T P Boyett J W Batts. Interment will be at the city cemetery beside his wife. His son is reported long dead.
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Daily Eagle
Houston and
Texas Central
James Wilkinson
Bryan
B. H. Stoddard
W. B. Saunders
A. J. Buchanan
W. Ga. Taliaferro
H. O. Boatwright
J. W. Howell
James H. Webb
George Wicker
H. A. Withers
John Daly, Jr
T. P. Boyett
J. W. Batts
Col. Wilkinson
Try Zensal for all skin troubles
Smith Drug Co. lists Zensal for skin ailments. tf Be a)
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Smith Drug Co
Riga Evacuates Population and Consuls in Mystery Dispatches
Washington dispatches report Riga evacuated civilians and foreign consuls three weeks ago amid surrounding secrecy and public unease.
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Riga
Washington
Sep
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
A historical ad offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims thirty five years of use and that the remedy works through the blood to mucous surfaces, expelling poison and healing affected areas. Readers are urged to start taking it and send for testimonials. F. J. Cheney & Co. is listed in Toledo Ohio with a 75 cent price.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Government Grants Ten Million Loans to Britain and France
Washington reports the government has advanced ten million dollars to Great Britain and ten million to France as Allied loans. The action signals intensified support for Allied nations amid ongoing global conflict.
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Allied
EAC
Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
France
Oregon and California Rail Road Grant Lands Settlement
Legal fight over the Oregon and California land grant ended with revesting title to the United States. Act of Congress orders opening two billion three hundred thousand acres under homestead laws for settlement and sale. A large map shows townships, sections, soil, climate, rainfall, elevations and more. Grant Lands Locating Co. of Portland offers this postpaid map for one dollar.
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Oregon and California Railroad CO
Grant Lands
United States
Congress
Grant Lands Locating Co
Portland
Oregon
Sale Post Tall Horses and Wagon at Wheelock
For sale three horses a mare and two colts riding planter wagon and buggy furniture Joe Hidleika Wheelock Texas offers sale items and location details.
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Joe Hidleika
Wheelock
Texas
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