World War I fronts and loan talks advance
A British and German war news roundup reports the Serbian front opening with Austro German advances toward Constantinople via Serbia and Bulgaria. Separately, Allied loan negotiations with the United States show progress with expected swift conclusion as gold shipments from England and France continue. A Vienna dispatch notes the Dumba recall issue and a British transport from Egypt is sunk en route to the Dardanelles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Serbia
Bulgaria
England
France
America
Rv Associated Press
Berlin
Egypt
Dardanelles
Texas Cotton Crop Outlook Shrinks to 38 Million Bales
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Fred W. Davis projects this year’s cotton yield at 38 million bales, based on field reports and his inspection. The forecast, 1.25 million bales below 1914, cites boll weevils, low prices, and soil fertility as causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Fred W. Davis
Davis
Bryan and Wilson to Confer Tomorrow in White House
President Wilson will meet with William J. Bryan tomorrow in the White House, arranged at Bryan's request. It will be their first meeting since Bryan resigned from the Cabinet, drawing intense interest and speculation about the purpose of the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Associated Press
Washington
William J. Bryan
Wilson
White House
Marriage Licenses for Four Couples
Alexander Hohn and Miss Julia Thelma Dean and James H. Easters and Carrie Johnson appear in a local marriage license notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Hohn
Julia Thelma Dean
James H. Easters
Carrie Johnson
Rural Mail Extension Making Strong Gains in 1913
Washington report by Associated Press shows rapid progress in rural mail service. In March 1913, 3,200 petitions waited. since then all were disposed of along with 3,000 more. About 6,000 new routes and extensions have been set up under Postmaster General Burleson, with only 59 petitions awaiting final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Post Office Department
Burleson
Viewing permit requests flood DeQuoin hanging case
In Dequoin Illinois on September 21 Sheriff White reports more than six thousand requests to witness the hanging of Derryberry the Black man who fatally harmed Mrs James H Martin. Officials say only a few spectators will be permitted to view the execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Associated Press
Dequoin
Ill
Derryberry
James H. Martin
White
Pope Dead at Marshall Missouri Doctor John A Pope
Dr John A Pope a noted pioneer Texas physician died at Marshall Missouri according to a dispatch from Houston terminating the report. The lede notes his prominence and the death location and date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OR. MO
Pope
Marshall
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
John A. Pope
Texas
Liberty Bell Train May Stop at A and M College
President Bizzell wired Mayor Brandenburg to request a short stop for the Liberty Bell train at College Station to inspect the cadet corps. If allowed, cadets will perform a dress parade and patriotic exercises as Bryan citizens attend. the train passes College Station at 4 p m on November 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Bell
Bizzell
Brandenburg
College Station
Cadet Corps
College
Corsicana
Houston
Texas Central
Bryan
Oil wagon smashed by freight near Houston & Texas Central tanks
A southbound freight train collided with an oil wagon of J. B. Priddy on the Houston & Texas Central tracks near the oil tanks. Both mules attached to the wagon were injured to varying degrees while the driver was not aboard at the time of the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Priddy
Houston & Texas Central
Boll Weevils Hit Top Cotton Crop In Waxahachie County
Boll weevils have swept the top cotton crop in Waxahachie Texas area. The county produced over 130000 bales last year but this year the crop is now believed to total about 70000 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxahachie
Tex
German Element Opposes Allied Billion-Dollar Loan Fight
The Allied commission in New York heard strong opposition from pro German elements planning to fight the billion-dollar loan. Wall Street financiers reportedly proceed with plans to raise the large credit despite the opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
Will He Escape the Gallows in Texas Sanity Hearing
Fort Worth Texas September 21 The sanity of C A Myers sentenced to be hanged for the murder of A W Montague is in dispute in a hearing before District Judge Swayne The jury will decide the condemned man mental condition Myers had recently been saved from execution by a stay issued by the Court of Criminal Appeals to allow the sanity test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
C. A. Myers
A. W. Montague
Swayne
Myers
Court of Criminal Appeals
New Enrollments At Allen Academy
The article lists new enrollments at Allen Academy including Edwin Wilson from Bellville Henry Cline of Wharton Arthur Watts of Fort Bliss Joe Hanus of Ennis Urbano Salinas of Mexico Belden Todd of Houston Stephen Boggs of Marquez E H Boriskie Louis Barto B A Huggins Lawrence Castles and Brooks Stevenson all from Brazos County Enrollment continues daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Academy
Edwin Wilson
Bellville
Henry Cline
Wharton
Arthur Watts
Fort Bliss
Joe Hanus
Ennis
Urbano Salinas
Mexico
Belden Todd
Houston
Stephen Boggs
Marquez
E. H. Boriskie
Louis Barto
A. Hugghins
Lawrence Castles
Brooks Stevenson
Brazos County
A. and M. College Names 13 New Teaching Staff Members
A. and M. College opens its annual session Tuesday September 21 with the smallest number of new instructors in its history. Thirteen new teaching staff announced including J. H. Foster as state forester and several associate and assistant professors in agriculture engineering biology and chemistry. The new hires come from diverse universities and bring extensive experience to address forestry irrigation and instruction in multiple disciplines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & M. College
Bizzell
Experiment Station
J. H. Foster
Foster
Norwich University
Yale University
Boston School of Technology
United States Government
Forestry Department
New Hampshire College
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
N. M. McGinnis
Columbia
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Leroy Rhodes
Rhodes
University of Nebraska
United States Department of Agriculture
Division of Irrigation Investigation
A. H. Hutchinson
Toronto
Canada
McMaster
University of Chicago
E. W. Kellogg
Mr. Kellogg
Princeton University
Cornell
University of Missouri
William Wipperman
University of Wisconsin
University of Pennsylvania
Greatest battle on Eastern front predicted
AP dispatches from London report the retreating Russian army of more than 250000 men trying to escape German enveloping forces after Vilna, with Hindenburg closing in and little resistance shown. Paris notes heavy French artillery on the Western front. News from Berlin cites German attacks on Serbian forces and the Russian retreat continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vilna
Warsaw
von Hindenburg
Paris
Berlin
War Office
von Hindenburge
College hires twenty new staff across departments
Over the past six years, a creamery specialist will become an instructor in dairy husbandry and Mr. Thomas will oversee practice work. Additional appointments in the extension department plus three athletic department recruits bring the total to about twenty new men joining the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Langford
Austin
J. B. Overstreet
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Tulane
FE. G. Campbell
Purdue
Bluffton
Ind
E. B. Reynolds
Oklahoma A. & M
Iowa College of Agriculture
L. P. Thomas
Michigan University
Thomas
Brazos County Fair Sets October 13 14 With Free Barbecue
The Brazos County Fair and Agricultural Exhibit is fixed for Wednesday and Thursday October 13 and 14 at Dellwood Park. A grand free barbecue will be held Thursday October 14 by Bryan citizens. Speakers include Louis J. Wortham of Fort Worth and Thomas M. Campbell of Palestine. Committees manage exhibits buildings premiums privileges amusements and barbecue. The district court criminal docket was also opened with a jury panel announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Dellwood Park
Bryan
Louis J. Wortham
Fort Worth
Thomas M. Campbell
Palestine
A. W. Buchanan
Mary Locke
J. Webb Howell
W. H. McVey
M. S. Broach
F. W. Yeager
L. M. Levinson
H. L. McKnight
A. W. Kinnard
Frank Myers
Frank Webb
W. S. Wilson Jr
John Reed
Joe Howard
J. S. Doane
O. E. Saunders
George Brandon
W. C. Boyett
Horace Dansby
C.S. Jones
J. B. Dunn
Edgar Peters
Austrian Ambassador Dumba Secures Passage to Rotterdam
New York September 20 Drmba the Austrian ambassador according to reports reserved passage on the steamer Rotterdam which arrived today and will sail September 28 the arrangement was learned today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Drmba
United States
Rotterdam
Local burglary case pleads guilty in two year term
defendants Bullock A M Hartsfield J T Fuller L E Moorehead Oscar Kurten J M Boriskie D C Buchanan Henry Davis, all colored, plead guilty to burglary and receive two years in the penitentiary.
Greek steamer Athinas burned at sea
Halifax reports the Greek steamship Athinas was destroyed by fire at sea with one life lost. The Tuscania rescued four hundred passengers and crew and the Manian Prince saved sixty one others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Marine Department
Newman Erb Nearing Safe Recovery After Poison Dose
New York reports Newman Erb the wealthy railroad financier is near the end of critical hours after a poison dose taken last week by mistake. Doctors say his chances for recovery are excellent and he is expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Newman Erb
Missing Texas minister reportedly traceless near Estes Park
Denver dispatch reports searches in mountain fastnesses continue for Rev. Thornton R. Sampson of Austin Texas who disappeared in Estes Park area last week despite a $500 reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Thornton R. Sampson
Austin
Texas
Estes Park
Also Mentioned on This Page
Germany
Cording
Black Sea
Petrograd
Budapest
Hungary
Vienna
Kajetan Mercy von Dumba
4Mbesendor Penfield
Dr. Dumba
British Transport
Ment
Tion
The
Ellis County
Banner Cotton County
C. A. Myers of
S. Beckwith
Emory College
Centenary College
Albany (Ga
District Court
J. R. Peyton Jr
P. H. Hensarling
Paul Hajek
C. R. L. Jones
S. I. Dowling
C. M. Risinger
T. R. Carson
R. W. Howell
B. Kaezer
J. M. Kincannon
J. E. Carrington
J. L. Stasney
J. P. Gilpin
G. H. Fickel
J. A. Cahill
J. S. Byars
W. J
Dumba
Rev
Thornton Sampson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!