Washington Letter notes Ambassadors, Holmes trial and Bryan tour
A Washington Letter reports uncertainty over Ambassador Aoki's recall amid court questions about his stance and secrecy. It covers Edwin Holmes trial for cotton statistics manipulation and profits, and notes William Jennings Bryan touring Texas sites with a pro Bryan stance as Independence Day events loom.
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Brevities From a Busy Texas Scene
State banks organized and doing business in Texas. Mutineers in Kiev condemned and shot. Governor Campbell to speak at Taylor fair. Seven thousand passengers aboard six transatlantic steamers from New York. Cuero Creamery declares 15 percent dividend. William Ricke of Galveston dies after fall. Ten life insurers exit Texas since Robertson bill. Immigrants total 1.3 million in eleven months. Grover Cleveland improving at Princeton home. Trinity church silver service stolen in Galveston. Dallas farmers union HQ to move to Fort Worth. Kerens ISD tax vote 111 for 32 and a half cents. S. M. Putnam sells Lavaca river tract near Edna. Miss Fanny Foreman killed by lightning near Ballinger. Santiago steamer wreck off South American coast. eighty nine believed dead. Governor Campbell grants reprieve to John Boyd to November. Lightning kills John McGee, Riley Shelton, horse near Gatesville. Stephen McCormick of Weimar dies at sixty four. Militia called to ready for Lamana kidnapping case. New York Life and Travelers withdraw from Texas July 10. Prof. W. J. Simis dies in Texarkana after noon. Earliest cotton bale sold in Houston for 225 dollars. 570 pounds grown by E. W. Ruthven. Hamburg-American orders 50,000-ton steamer from Harlan and Wolff. 64,000 post offices in U S. money order service expansion planned. Glen Cove in Coleman County struck by severe wind storm. damages to homes and church. Houston Chronicle Building Co. to erect eleven-story steel frame at Travis and Texas. cost over 700,000.
Komensky News Reports Rain Boosts Corn In Texas Town
Komensky Texas June 24 Another beneficial rain fell last Thursday improving the corn crop which is 40 percent better than last year Cotton prospers though boll weevils remain a threat Local social visits include Leon Antrich Joe Antrich Fritz Pieper and Henry Wenske Prof Bucek Ad Mikulik and others attended business and dances Friends and relatives traveled between Komensky Moravia Breslau and Novohrad Weather notes and farm work news conclude with community chatter.
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Weather and Social Notes From Nickel Texas
June report from Nickel Texas notes delightful weather and good cotton yields after last week’s rains. locals attend district court. several visitors from San Antonio Gonzales and Cranz are mentioned. The piece also records a Baptist meeting planned for July third Sabbath and updates on residents health and homes.
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Hallettsville Barbecue Plans and Local Notices
The Hallettsville arrangement committee for the July 4 barbecue met and formed subcommittees to prepare meats arrange eating tables and manage other tasks. Mrs Phoebe C Allen aged 69 11 died last night. she was W W Allens widow and survives relatives including Mrs Dr R A Johnson and R D Zumwalt. Anton Darilek returned from Waco after attending a business college.
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Next Meeting of the Texas Five Million Club
The Texas Five Million club plans a late August El Paso meeting with about 600 members traveling for a vacation convention at 3700 feet altitude. El Paso offers 500000 and awaits a 1000000 government appropriation to secure the diamond jubilee and southwestern exposition.
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Taxpayers Cited as Board Sets July Session
About 2,000 taxpayers in Hallettsville Texas are cited by the commissioners court to show why their property should not be raised. The board will meet on July 8 and remain in session until July 15.
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Texas Patents Granted This Week Reported
Texas patents granted this week and reported to Tue EaGre by C A Snow Co patent attorneys Washington D C James M Bow man Denison car replacer William E Harmon and T Ob Good pasture Houston oil can William G Holden Corpus Christi preserving apparatus Wallace L Hughes Dallas venetian blind or shade August Kay Peters protecting vegetable matter Levi W Mor cross Fort Worth piano pedal Wilson E Symond Cleburne compound engine
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Lizzie Hegel Resigns to Lead Lane City School
Miss Lizzie Hegel steps down as first assistant at Hallettsville public school to accept the Lane City principalship. The board will vote within ten days to fill the vacancy, with German instruction a stated qualification.
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Sap Rates to Coast: Corpus Christi Aransas Pass Rockport Portland
Ticket agent outlines low rates to coast points with prices for each stop. Tickets available Saturdays through August 31 with return limits on Mondays. Friday sales vary by location with higher round trip fares and a 60 day limit. daily coast sales and one and one third fare resorts offered.
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