This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1902
Page
2
The Daily Eagle announces J B Stevenson as a candidate for Alderman of Bryan in the upcoming April election. T A Searcy is mentioned in association with the notice.
Dimmitt Texas March 26 1902 letter notes need for rain to break sod land, new cultivation in Castro county, possession secured on farms, limited plowing before rain, neighbor’s early development last year, water from wells, hereford trip with new houses, fences and a phone line under construction between Hereford and nearby areas.
W S D reports on local life near Hereford including a new overland freight car under construction, its planned power upgrade, and a Hereford to Plainview line possibly reaching Lubbock. He describes community activities, a June to December school term, local churches, households, and concerns about livestock and wind. He also records a Georgia family tragedy affecting Mr B K Lewis.
A violent windstorm struck Pittsburg on Sunday causing extensive property damage. A church spire fell during benediction injuring worshippers, with two deaths reported among the injured. Nearby towns also suffer as trees, roofs, and telegraph lines were destroyed.
Reports from Tennessee flooded districts warn the damage may reach 4 million dollars and at least 22 lives are known lost. Several counties remain unheard from as communication is cut and conditions worsen across the region.
Reports from Pittsburg Chattanooga and New Orleans describe extensive storm damage with hundreds of thousands in losses. Churches wrecked rail lines washed out and telegraph wires down while some routes resume partial service as rivers fall and trains creep back into operation.
Harriman Tennessee reports floodwaters have completely receded in the Emory river region. Six of twelve flooded industries have resumed operations and the remaining are to be running by Thursday morning.
Austin reports March receipts from land sales and leases and interest across the school university blind asylum and other lands amount to 181 thousand 764 dollars and 57 cents.
Bombay reports a Russian subsidized steamer Korni loff on its last Persian gulf visit landed 69 000 rifles at Benderabbas a Persian seaport.
In the upper Green River country on Saturday a clash between cattlemen and sheepmen left four men shot two possibly fatally. Several others were beaten and about 11 000 sheep were clubbed or shot. Abe and Bowen Hill, sheep men, were among the wounded. The fight stems from a dispute over range division.
Samuel Shafkin and his bride arrived at his father's home in New York after walking most of the way from St. Louis. They met in San Antonio after his discharge, married, then faced their father's illness. With little money they walked from St. Louis to Pittsburgh and received police help to ride portions through Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The Allied party plans a national convention at noon April 1 in Lederkranz hall Louisville to unite reform groups including Socialists Middle of the Road Populists Union Reformers of Ohio Public Ownership party of St. Louis Liberal party and United Christian party. The convention stems from a Kansas City conference held last September.
In Butte Montana on March 31 court statements by attorneys and a former associate refute the earlier claim that John C Paulsen died by his own hand five years ago. They say he is alive and likely living with his family in Germany.
William Brophy, one of two men who robbed the Dominion saloon last December, was found guilty in Territorial court and sentenced to life imprisonment. Judge Dugas noted he regretted the circumstances prevented adding flogging to the punishment.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.