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Newspaper
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1912
Page
6
Fragmentary report notes a force from Mexico and clashes near Torreon. It mentions a claimed three Lhonmand refugees and concerns about safety, with scattered references to Newman and Pidran Negras amid unclear details.
March reports indicate Dr. Wiley unexpectedly resigns amid rumors of a planned departure. Wilson stated the resignation was anticipated by Abe Yacobis and others, surprising many in the Wiley circle.
Henderson testified today at the Rey McFarland trial that he was asked to perform the averasion on Mine State Cove with how murder implied. McFarland denied that he performed at.
Local dispatch reports no volcanic activity at Panpira Canal. Grand jury adjourned after a lengthy session in Brazos County Texas, delivering nineteen indictments including eleven felonies and eight misdemeanors. Court house dilapidation noted. warrants a sanitary, better sleep facilities upgrade for prisoners.
J O Compton was hanged this morning in the county barn after a Catholic priest administered the last rites. He spoke to railroad friends and the gathered crowd, expressing remorse and a desire to leave the world without harming others. Two young children sat in his lap as he faced the end and died.
The Eagle reports the contract for the Whitehall building was won yesterday by Gordon Jones Construction Company at 86065 dollars exclusive of plumbing and wiring. With plumbing and wiring at about 40000 more, total cost nears 100000 dollars. The one story brick and concrete structure will house a large assembly hall for 1200 people, and work is to be completed by December 1. The bid opening committee included D. W. Kempner of Galveston Ly J Mart of San Antonio and Glenocks of Colgate Station.
On March 15 various historical notes appear including the reformation of the Persian calendar by Eastern astronomers, James Duke of York with naval warfare advances in England, the indulgence act criticized during Charles I, Gustavus Adolphus imprisoned, Maine joining the United States, and the trial of 34 Camoriota in 1911, among other dated items.
The Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines Company of record today will distribute a dividend at the rate of $5 a share, to be paid April 1. The Standard Oil Company, before its dissolution at the Rockefeller trust, was viewed as the dominant concern in the industry, with its business described as more profitable after the court's ruling splitting the monopoly into thirty three competing units.
A garbled report notes a baseball game between Marlin High School and Bryan Baptist Academy played this afternoon. No clear results or details are readable.
A fragmentary reminiscence cites Curious Namen and Christian women among various tribes and mythic names. It quotes Mex Bright on Leviathan origins, noting a farmer’s tale about naming a child after a large sea creature and a promise of future, unclear events.
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