Tedrow Bell Local Notes in West Texas Visitor Remarks
S Boyd Street visits West Texas as notes list various people in town: W S Tidwell W C Cardwell Proffitt party, J W Morgan from Gertrude, Henry Groves from Olney, Mamie Allen departing for Mineral Wells. Chism's Studio touted for North West Texas photos. J C Vaughan and J L Anderson from Olney mentioned. A wedding announcement records the engagement of Mrs Bell to Elisha H Tedrow with Wakefield home as site and reception details.
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Chism
Texas
North West
Tidwell & Sons Advertise Lighting Plant and Local News
Local business notices from Tidwell & Sons include a $125 lighting plant offer with cash or credit terms and requests for farm trade in Young and adjoining counties. Various residents and visitors, including J M Keen and son and J H Johnson, are mentioned with illness recoveries and community updates.
Missionary Society Program on Brazil and Child at Work
The Missionary Society meets Monday afternoon February 5 with a program on Brazil and the child at work. Leaders include Mrs C W Johnson and Mrs Ewing Norris. Readings by Mrs Ed Graham Mrs J Hall Bowman and Mrs Crim. Topics cover Why Brazil Needs Missionaries Our Schools in Brazil Physical and Moral Dangers of Premature Work Conditions of Childhood in Brazil and How to Improve Them.
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Crim
Brazi
McLaren Solo
J. Hall Bowman
A. M. Graham
Money to Loan and Insurance Offered Locally
Advertisement notes personal loans from 200 dollars upward with in house insurance. Direct readers to Young University Abstract and Title Co for particulars.
Missionary Meeting and Local Notices Pack A Busy Week
A church program led by Miss Mamie Hunter and Miss Rose Carmack features songs prayers and scripture readings. Birth of a boy to Mr and Mrs Ben Johnson reported. Ladies Aid met with Mrs Z A Hudson. Africa lesson and Thanksgiving box noted. Also mentions European highways scenic use and a Goose Creek oil field well flow of 1800 barrels daily and Cameron County drainage bond issue of 105000 approved.
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Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Society
Z. A. Hudson
Akin
Rose
Garrett
Africa
A. A. Morrison
T. J. Price
Goose Creek
la Porte
Aunt Ann Lacy Mayes dies after long faith and family ties
The obituary notes the death of Mrs. Ann Lacy Mayes on January 13 1912 at age 65 in Young county Texas. She was born in Mason county Kentucky on September 15 1846 and married to R K Mayes in 1863. Survived by a husband nine children and one sister she was a devout Missionary Baptist and left a legacy of faith. The piece also reflects on a broader note about Kentucky agriculture with 1911 barley and tobacco acreage and value.
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R. K. Mayes
Tyra
Ann L. Mayes
Lacy
Aunt Ann
Mason County
Kentucky
Tarrant County
Texas
Denton County
Young County
J. A. Mayes
Ann
Missionary Baptist Church
Jesus
Earth
God
Lamb of Calvary
Joe R. Mayes
Swiss Farmer Embroiderers at Lake Constance Craft Fine White Garments
A Swiss farming craftsman near Lake Constance combines farming with hand loom embroidery. He and a colony of Swiss workers operate multiple looms in cottages, producing high quality Constance embroidery praised for its origination and artistry. The group values independence and a long tradition, supplying orders months in advance.
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Lake Constance
Rhine River
Germany
Switzerland
Constance
Citation in Texas probate suit in Young County
Public notice summons several heirs in a probate case filed December 29 1911 in Young County Court Graham Texas to appear April 1912 for final probate of the will of Joe A. Thomas deceased 1893. Defendants include Mariel A Stephens Eliza Ann Welsh Mary E Daniel Chas W Thomas John H Thomas Columbus M Thomas Joseph M Thomas Sarah A Thomas and Jasper N Thomas.
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State OF
Texas
Young County
Marier A. Stephens
Elza Ann Welsh
Mary E. Daniel
Chas
W. Thomas
John H. Thomas
Columbus M. Thomas
Joseph M. Thomas
Sarah A. Thomas
Jasper N. Thomas
30Th Judicial District
Graham
D. D. Cusenbary
Daughters Of the Old Grays Honored in Poem by R W J Parsons
A graveyard tribute by R W J Parsons thanks the Daughters Of the U D C for care and Cross of Honor placed over Confederate veterans. He recalls battles, Yankee influence, and vows gratitude, praising their social support and remembrance across the Sunny land.
Brenham Cotton Mill Opens with 100 Workers
The south Texas cotton mills opened January 2 in Brenham Texas and employ 100 men. The mill uses the latest machinery with wide looms and produces a cloth class few mills can match. Capacity reaches 60 000 yards per week.
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Brenham
Texas
South Texas
Land sales and farming innovations highlight Texas expansion
The Mercedes Plantation near Mercedes on the Rio Grande Canal has been sold to Folger Brothers of Antwerp who plan colonization. Texas county demonstration farms prove valuable as local experiment stations guiding county farmers. Swenson & Sons of New York reportedly purchased ten thousand acres at the Brazos River mouth to develop Texas sulphur beds.
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Mercedes
American Rio Grande Canal
Folger Brothers
Antwerp
Holland
Texas
Brazos River
8. M. Swenson & Sons of
New York
Citation by Publication in Young County Texas
The state issues a court citation for BE Dunavant to appear January 29 1912 in Graham before Justice Court Precinct No 1 to answer a suit by R L Reed Co for a note dated July 10 1910 with mortgage on a cotton crop. Plaintiffs seek debt interest costs and fees. note allegedly converted by co defendant Grubbs.
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State OF
Texas
Young County
Young
BE. K. Dunavant
Justice Court
Graham
R. L. Reed & Co
R. L. Reed
W. I. Tidwell
K. Dunavant
W. F. Grubbs
W. F. Grubb
Grubbs
Graham Texas
E. E. Hall
Justice of the Peace
Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Secures Rail Contract
The Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway last week signed a contract for 24 000 crossfires 696 tons of seventy pound rails and 172 tons of fifty two pound rails to be delivered within sixty days. The material will finish the terminal railroad from the main road at Aransas Pass to the Harbor Island docks.
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Aransas Harbor Terminal
Aransas Pass
Harbor Island
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The
Beckham National Bank
Graham, Texas
United States
U.S
Cash and Light Exchange
Tedrow-Bell
S. Boyd Street
West /Tex
W. S. Tidwell
W. C. Cardwell
Proffitt
Chandier & Norris C
J. W. Morgan
Gertrude
Henry Groves
Olney
Mamie Allen
J. C. Vaughan
Maud McFerran
J. L. Anderson of
J. M. Wakefield
Marlgh
Waco
Mage
Mrs. Bell
Elisha H. Tedrow
G. E. Boyle
Clay Street Baptist Church
Paul Sanders
Lula Wakefield
W. I. Tidwell & Sons
D. G. Killion
J. M. Keen and Son
C. N
J. H. Washburn, Jr
W. N. Tid- Well & Sons
E. W. Fry
J. T. Vaughan
John Bower
Newcastle
W. S. Tidwell & Sons
Geo. W. Wysor
Presbyterian Church
Eliasville
J. H. Johnson
Graham Light & Supply Company
W. C. Harrell
W. C. Burns
Syster
Harvey Oil CO
Cleveland, O
A. Campbell
Geo. H. McLaren
M. S. Patterson
You County Abstract & Title Company
Hamilton
T. K. Criswell
J. A. Brandon’s
J. H. Cheat
True
Young County Abstract & Title Co
Unty Abstract & Title Company
Crow
A. W. Kay
Jacksboro
Chicago
C. D. Yancey
T. G. Black and Family
Throckmorton
Mr. Black
Ellen Black
Arthur Earnest
Dallas
Mrs. Horton
J. R. Jameson
Plains Country
Mary Louise Hallam
Mamie Hunter
Miss Rose Carmack
Matt
Ed Jeffery
Luke
Miss Owen
Joe Wootton
Floyd McCommas
Wiley Moore
J. T. Rickman
Sunbeams
Royal Ambassadors
Romelle Cooper
Gradie Mizzell
D. D. Casenbary
Ben Johnson
France
Europe
Cameron County
Kansas City
C. S. Wynns
S. B. Street & Company
R. W. J. Parsons
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