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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1906
Page
4
Tension grows in Zion City as efforts to remove Prophet Dowie spark clashes and uncertainty. Questions linger whether Dowie can foresee his own demise as leadership strains intensify and supporters brace for impacts on the church’s future.
A Beaumont man misplaced $2500 at a Houston hotel, the clerk claimed not to have seen it, and investigators pursued the missing money, while Brazos County farmers are hopeful for a good crop due to favorable conditions.
The growth of hog and cattle shipping in this region is gratifying with indications that Fort Worth will secure two more large packeries, boosting local demand substantially.
Fort Worth raises funds for a YMCA building as each thousand dollars secured triggers a citywide celebration. Bryan has previously funded public enterprises, but local efforts favor quiet steady contributions over public fanfare.
In a Fort Worth Star item the lime is sanitary the paint is civic pride and a first-class sidewalk signals good citizenship. The piece implies the man who can answer roll call on all three has paid his poll tax and won’t balk at responsibilities to grease the wheels of progress.
Farmers and businessmen from northern middle and western states are invited to San Antonio Texas for the second annual Northern Settlers Association meeting on Friday April 20. The event features low round trip rates and an opportunity to view San Antonio’s Battle of Flowers while networking with former neighbors. Contacts include general passenger agents in Texas and T J Anderson G P A G H & S A Ry Houston Texas.
H. and T. C excursion tickets go on sale in St. Louis on April 14 and 15 with a limit of April 19. Dallas sales for Methodist Educational Convention run April 9 and morning of April 10 at $5.95. Dallas also for Masonic Convention April 15 16 and morning of 17 at $5.95. New Orleans sales for Confederate Reunion April 22 23 and 24 at $9.10. A special through train Monday April 23 passes Bryan at 4:40 p.m. with limit May 7.
A ragged newsboy named Dan rides a train to Newark by claiming a ticket to Newark but is told otherwise. He befriends a drummer, travels to Pittsburgh to meet his estranged father, and learns of Somers and Greyson's daughter. Dan outwits his critics, earns respect, and lands a job with Henry Greyson, paying his debt and starting anew.
Miss Spears visits her sister Mrs. Cummings and reads a monthly magazine. She pauses for a touching poem about missing a loved one. Mrs. Cummings counters with marriage wisdom and jokes about daily frictions and supper, a collar button, and a throat poultice recipe.
A Scottish golf story recounts two longtime rivals meeting weekly on a course to settle their private championship. At the seventeenth, the tumbling sheep near the green become part of the playful contest as one player urges to move them, while the other forbids any disturbance of growing things, upholding the rule of gowff.
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