05 Jan 1912
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Newspaper
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
1
Mrs. Reliance community neighbor described as rebuilding her home after a fire. Work will take about ten days and involve neighbors aiding with lumber and building materials from local wagons. Beth Tuesday night in Cobh, the fire's aftermath noted.
Firefighters contained a blaze at a Portside hotel after residents reported smoke and a stairwell entrapment. Ian Colongo and colleagues battled flames on multiple floors, evacuations completed, and crews ensured the building was secured without further injuries.
Messages from Lamar County Medical Association show several meningitis cases with four deaths in Lamar and six more in Howland and Lagiar counties. Clarkarile and Sherman report initial cases while Dallas counties note three new infections. The overall tone suggests an improving but unsettled outbreak with two additional deaths confirmed later.
President J. Bekford urged the state fair sinking fund to cover bad weather and emergencies at a Dallas meeting. The proposal, recommended to the board of directors, aims to safeguard activities and contingencies for the event.
A collection of fragmentary weather notes reports temperatures ranging from 35 degrees below zero in Duluth to subzero readings in New York and Atlanta. The Panhandle region and Hartley county report chilly conditions with sparse sun and variable winds.
Wrathington January President Taft will wend to the Senate Monday the nomination of Dr Rupert Bive of South Carolina to succeed Dr Wyman as surgeon general of the public health and marine hospital service. Dr Blue credited with driving bubonic plague from San Francisco a few years ago. Blue is a relative of Lieut View tor Blue who distinguished himself in the Spanish American war by locating Cervera's fleet in Santiago harbor. Surgeon general tenure to be limited to four years, previously unlimited.
The self confessed aynumiter Canigle is reported to have passed through Dalat, on the Rock Island northbound, at around 4:20 this morning, according to Amocatd Press from Dulbert, Texas.
Washington reports show both houses delaying action until Monday with hearings resuming on interstate trust issues. The monetary commission discusses anetal reserve plan while New York plans a record reception for Cantina Farley, arriving January 19.
Associated Press reports a farming dynamiting demonstration near Tuleta drew five hundred spectators from across Texas. Trees were blasted from eight acres of ground as basic clearing and breaking techniques were shown. One farmer from Mineola was injured when a chunk of dynamite rock struck his head.
The text notes Andrew Carnegie will appear before a House steel trust investigating committee on January 5. It references NAD OF SI STIS and Bp Arsocia and Prem Washington as potential garbled names, with Seminary 40 appearing as a fragment.
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