First year war results show territory and prisoner counts
German and Allied territorial gains and prisoner totals are reported for the first year of the war. Allies control 4,266 square miles in Galicia and Alsace Lorraine. central powers hold 69,498 square miles in Belgium France Russia. Prisoners total 1,694,869 with 8,790 officers. guns captured include 8,000 field pieces and 3,000 machine guns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Berlin
Galicia
Alsace-Lorraine
Connecticut
Central Powers
Belgium
France
Russia
Missouri
Bryan Telephone Company Changes Billing Practice
Beginning October 1 the Bryan Telephone Company will align its account collection with water and light services. Subscriptions are expected to mail checks by the tenth of each month after receiving a statement on the first. Any bill unpaid by the tenth will be closed until payment is received.
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Bryan Telephone Company
Ed M. Sims
Maker of News Paper Reporters
A feature on Franklin Matthews of Columbia University's journalism school describes the student run newspaper the Morning Blot in the city room. It follows editors reporters and desk crews as they chase fire deaths obits and political speeches in a busy newsroom setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Matthews
School of Jornalism
Columbia University
Matthews
Sporting and
Mademoiselle Petite
Bronx
Brooklyn
Comptroller
Criminal Courts
Whitman
Cooper Union
Millican News Highlights Local Visits And School Update
Rodney Schoeps of Ennis and Ira McGregor of A M College visited Millican residents while several teachers and students attended a Bryan institute. School opened with good attendance and plans for a physics laboratory were discussed. Mrs Roy Smith hosted a lawn party honoring high school seniors with lanterns cake and cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin Simpson
Lela Davis
Teachers’ Institute
Bryan
Alma McFerrin
Navasota
Carl Sealey
Houston
Ben Moore
Greenville
W. G. Neeley
Little Son
Wellborn
W. L. Powers
Roy Smith
Ruth McGregor
Eulalia Hempfling
Winnie Burrows
Gladys Johnson
Irene Furman
Caro Mae Edwards
Jeanie Harrington
Irene
Netta Crawford
Arthur Edwards
Walter Smith
Billie Johnson
Harley Schoeps
Ennis
Charles Crawford
Lonie Fuqua
The Telegraph Boy Poem Recalls a Tragic Gate
Edward Shillito's London Nation verse narrates a red rimmed bicycle courier reciting tidings of the dead. A boy rides with blue and red accents hearing a gate toll and a door yield no answer. His mother's tears echo the missing response.
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Edward Shillito
London Nation
District Court recessed as judge sets week’s docket
Judge Scott recessed the district court this morning and will reconvene Monday at 9. All cases on the docket this week were disposed of by guilty pleas, with one case continued to the next term. Tony Woodyard’s trial is set for Monday.
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District Court
Scott
Franklin
State of Texas
Tony Woodyard
County Superintendent Urges Strict Economy in School Management
State education letters announce a special examination for State first and second grade certificates to be held at each county seat in Texas on Friday. The County Superintendent urges strict economy in school management citing fiscal restraint and efficient use of funds pending the examination details.
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Texas
County urged to economize as school funds tighten
The State Superintendent reports only six dollars per capita can be allotted for current school expenses for 1915-1916. Delinquent taxes and unpaid interest exceed previous levels by about one million dollars, with one dollar per capita from this year needed to cover last year's deficit. Officials urge trustees to extend school operations by strict economy to keep schools open. T. W. Parker, County Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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State Department of Education
T. W. Parker
County Superintendent of Public Instruction
Letters From Brazos County Farmer Visits and Panhandle Fair Plans
W. S. Dixon writes of a wet summer, farm work in Brazos County, and a August trip with wife and sons to visit old friends in Oklahoma and New Mexico. He notes crops fine along Red River, changes since old times, and the upcoming Panhandle Fair in Amarillo from September 21 to 25. He mentions silos, harvest, wheat planting, and strong prices for calves, with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Barron running the Dimmitt Hotel.
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Eagle
Brazos County
The
Plains
Eldorado
Okla
Dixon
Emmett
Ollie
Oklahoma
J. O. Chenault
Quanah
Tulsa
Silverton
Red River
Hollis
Lewis
Mr. Chenault
Old Brazos
Memphis
Clarendon
Goodnight
Amarillo
Claude
Canyon
Hereford
Dimmitt
Chenault
Garrison
N. M
Jess Bates
J. R. Graham
Panhandle Fair
Luther Barron
Bryan
Dimmitt Hotel
W. S. Dixon
City Tax Rolls Show 1915 Valuation Rise From 1914
City Secretary Smith reports 1915 real estate value at 2 031 095 up from 2 019 044 in 1914. Personal property falls from 1 116 205 to 1 088 075. Total valuation drops to 3 119 170 from 3 136 149, with tax collections down by 195.23 and poll taxes at 434 in 1916 versus 424 in 1914.
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Smith
Newoeens
Ccasions
Two Killed in Missouri Pacific Train Wreck
Two are dead and one fatally hurt as a Missouri Pacific passenger train crashed into a freight near Omaha Nebraska this morning. The baggageman and fireman were killed while the engineer was fatally injured and a brakeman is reported killed. No passengers were hurt.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Missouri Pacific
Morning and Evening Vision of Life in Bloom
Lyrical prose describes dawn and dusk as personified figures, with morning bringing light, birds, flowers, and hopeful youth. Evening returns the world to rest as stars are tucked away and memories of the day linger as life moves toward dust. Attributed to Bob Taylor.
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Bob Taylor
City Briefs on West Caldwell Street and Local Projects
Dirt breaks ground for Sam B Wilsons new cottage beside his mothers home on West Caldwell street. Trackmen straighten and surface the International and Great Northern oil mill spur on Bryan street after lowering the grade from Caldwell to Fannin. M Bonneville Jr moves stock from the post office block to the Bryan Caldwell corner. The county clock in the courthouse tower will be repaired and reinstalled after storm damage and a new piece is ordered.
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Sam B. Wilson
West Caldwell Street
International & Great Northern Oil
Bryan Street
Caldwell
Fannin Streets
M. Bonneville Jr
Bryan and
Caldwell Streets
Court House Tower
McKenzie
Day trains postponed on Fort Worth division
A bulletin to R. L. Peck of the International and Great Northern Railway announces day passenger service will not resume until Sunday October 3, instead of September 28. Night trains will run as fast trains with the northbound Houston departure at 10 p.m. and Fort Worth arrival at 10:05 a.m., cutting about three hours from the current schedule. Day schedule details are not yet received.
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R. L. Peck
International & Great Northern Railway
Fort Worth
Houston
Laughs that last or last laugh debate
A brief literary exchange contrasts two proverbs on laughter. Kwater insists the last laugh is the best, while Wise counters that the lasting laugh is the true maxim, reflecting a playful debate on wit and timing.
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Kwater
PLAN UNIVERSITY FOR WARSAW
Warsaw plans a Polish university to attract young Poles who have studied abroad due to past restrictions. German authorities support the move and permit Poles living abroad to return. All educational institutions up to the university will open on schedule.
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Warsaw
Poland
Associated Press
Citizens’ Committee
Only One Life Senator Left in France
Paris reports the death of Senator Rene Berenger leaving one remaining life member in the Senate. The 1875 constitution created 75 life Senators and 225 elected ones. In 1884 life Senators were extinguished and their seats made elective, leaving Monsieur Marcere as the last survivor elected February 28, 1884.
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Paris
Associated Press
Rene Berenger
Senate
National Assembly
Monsieur Marcere
Ardmore man confesses to saloon keeper murder in Philadelphia
John Frank Anderson claimed to be from Ardmore Oklahoma and confessed to killing James Campbell, a Philadelphia saloon keeper, during a robbery attempt last night. He said he came to the city seeking machinist work but failed and decided on the holdup.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
John Frank Anderson
Ardmore
Okla
James Campbell
Anderson
Robert Morris and the financing of Washingtons War
A concise tribute to Robert Morris as a pivotal financier of the American Revolution. It credits Morris with sustaining Washington's campaigns, enabling key victories like Trenton, and proposing the early concept of a national banking system as a foundation for American independence.
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Washington
Franklin
Morris
Trenton
Lord Cornwallis
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Washington Dispatch
Albany News
Europe
Christobel Pankhurst
Andy Carnegie
Harvard
Bernard Shaw
Caruso
Millican News
Rodney Schoeps
Ira McGregor
A. & M. College
Golden West
Dimmitt, Texas
City Briefs
Plan University For Warsaw
Ayo
W. H. Lawrence
Commerce Building
Bryan, Texas
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
M. H. James
Dean
Louisville Soap Company
Louisville
Cline, M. D
Robert Morris
U.s.a
United States
Anheuser-Busch
Budweiser
St. Lewis
T. P. Boyett
Tex
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