Milam Man Seeks Senate Seat if Terrell Resigns
Robert M. Lyles of Cameron Milam county announces he will run for the Eleventh district senate seat if H. B. Terrell resigns. He delays formal announcement until vacancy and resignation timing are clear, citing rotation principles and Milam county’s historic representation. Lyles, son of a former Confederate home superintendent, is aligned with Gov. Colquitt.
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Waco
Texas
Robert M. Lyles
Cameron
Milam County
H. B. Terrell
Terrell
Senate
Falls
McLennan County
Lyles
Austin
Colquitt
Rockdale forms bonded warehouse company and officers
At a Monday meeting business men began organizing the Rockdale Bonded Warehouse Company with H C Meyer as president and E R Wolf as vice president. Lon Hudson serves as secretary treasurer and seven directors were named. The firm plans to incorporate at 1500 and locate north of town to store about 1000 bales, with potential expansion. Attorney E A Camp to consult Austin officials for swift approval.
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H.C. Meyer
E. R. Wolf
Lon Hudson
John Hicks
J. F. Coffield Sr
Leonard Isaacs
B. Loewenstein
Harrison Tent Theatre Leaves Tyler for Cameron Engagement
The Harrison Tent Theatre departs Tyler leaving a void among friends. The company, praised for courteous conduct and clean, high quality plays, plans a two week engagement in Cameron starting Monday Oct 19 on the Green lot with a new play and added repertoire.
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Tyler Courier
Harrison Tent
Tyler
Harrisons
Texas
Courier Times
Harrison Company
Cameron
Fred Mayfield
Harrison
Russians in Flight Amid Frontline Shifts in Galicia
A Vienna telegram reported by Reuter states Russian forces in Galicia and north of the Nistru are pursued by Austro German troops. Several towns that recently fell to Russians are now under Austrian administration as the front lines shift.
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London
Reuter Telegram Company
Amsterdam
Vienna
Galicia
Nistula
Germans Will Occupy Belgium
An Ostend dispatch reports refugees to England as Germans plan to seize the entire Belgium coast. Zeppelin bombardment and British fire threaten Ostend while General Von Luttwitz asserts intent to occupy all Belgium amid Antwerp siege use of airships and bombs.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Ostend
England
Antwerp
Belgium
von Luttwitz
Brussels
Box Supper Aids Ben Arnold Auditorium Fund
Friday evening in Ben Arnold Texas a box supper raised funds to seat the auditorium. Boxes sold from small to large with a cake awarded to the top liar vote getter, Mr Straus winning after 276 votes. Attendees included Cameron guests Judge Watson and Jeff Kemp. deaths noted for Mr Dock Gray with funeral at Walker Creek cemetery Saturday.
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Ben Arnold
Tex
Ben Arnold School
Messrs
Gus Ries
Homer Gunn
W. Straus
Mr. Straus
Cester
Judge Watson
Jeff Kemp
Cameron
Jim Watson
A. V. Smith
Little Daughte
Maude Massey
Arlington
Rena
Anna Yardley
Beth Parker
Wilson School
Stephen Kearn
Clarkson
Alma McKinney
Jones Prairie
Anna McClendon
Georgetown
Southwestern University
Josephine Stone
Dora Alford
Rockdale
Next Governor to See Wilson in Nation’s Capital
Governor elect James E. Ferguson of Temple travels from Dallas to Washington at President Wilson’s invitation. Ferguson meets officials and talks on harmony between state and national administrations, the cotton issue, and opposition to funding a Central State Bank with school funds. He departs Dallas after a brief visit en route to Congress.
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Dallas
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Temple
Missouri, Kansas, & Texas
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Albert S. Burleson
Ferguson
Wilson
St. Louis
Central State Bank
Antwerp Fall Delights German Readers in Europe
Berlin reports Antwerp fell in eleven days, a feat deemed unmatched in war. The capture astonished observers as English relief efforts and French claims of irreducibility are weighed against the Dutch port’s fate.
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Berlin
London
Antwerp
Europe
Germans Drop Bombs on Paris Strike at Notre Dame and Stations
Paris reports two German airmen dropped twenty bombs across the city injuring three civilians and wounding four. A bomb struck near Notre Dame while another landed on the church roof but did not explode. French planes pursued the intruders as damage remained limited. Charley Yee resigns as Good Roads Committee chairman for Road District No 2 to focus on personal interests.
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Paris
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
St. Lazre
Charley Yee
Good Roads Committee
Fighting Begun on Vistula Front in Oct War Update
Petrograd reports Oct 11 combat along the Vistula left bank toward Ivangorod and Warsaw with no other front changes. Russian cavalry reportedly crossed the Carpathians into Hungary as the death of King Charles of Romania shifts Romanian sentiment toward the Allies.
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Petrograd
Vistula
Ivangorod
Warsaw
Carpathian
Hungary
Charles of
Roumania
Prussia
Russia
Germany
Colquitt Buys First Bale for State Warehouse Cotton
Governor Colquitt purchased the first bale of cotton to be bought and stored in the State Warehouse from a man named Smith. The purchase marks the launch of the state program to stockpile cotton in public warehouses.
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Colquitt
A Smith
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Buena Vista
Simpich
Hill
BEN Arnold Weekly
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