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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
3
The revival nightly sermon centered on Matthew 16 24 stressing voluntary following of Christ and self denial. Dr Cameron emphasized thewill of God while Dr Compton traced the cross as a symbol of honor. Twelve conversions and several church additions followed with earnest appeals.
Local notices list passenger train times for H & T C and L G N systems with north and south bound departures. The column also includes residents' visits, weddings, real estate ads, jewelry offerings, and notices of licenses, medical consultations, and purchases, reflecting daily community activity.
Faculty approved a band trip to Bryan next Friday to back the home talent production "Because I Love You" directed by M. S. Blackburn under St. Andrew's Guild. Dress parade was dropped to allow the 1:38 Central arrival and a street parade is planned. The College Brass Quartette will perform two numbers. J. C. Kernole reported a Studebaker wagon sold after an Eagle ad.
Mr R S Webb Jr best man reports the Butte Townsend wedding at Belton Tuesday night as a notable social affair officiated by Rev Townsend and Dr Wilson of Baylor Female College. The couple Mr and Mrs T R Butte Jr traveled by Austin to visit Miss Lucile atte and will reach Bryan today. Elks lodge installed new officers with J E Butler succeeding Robi W Howell as exalted ruler and the Bryan delegation plans to attend the national convention in Dallas.
Curtain will not rise until 9 o'clock Friday night at the Grand Opera House for the performance of Because I Love You due to revival services in progress. Secure seats at Haswell's. 107
Window cards in the city advertise ten missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holding street meetings in Bryan on April 11, 12 and 18 with services at 11 a.m., 8 p.m., and 7 p.m. local times.
Insurance offered for fire life accident tornado plate glass bond and live stock by Jno B Hines. Contact phone 161 for coverage and rates.
An advertisement from T A Satterwhite offers a machine sales option with a guarantee of prompt and reliable repair work. The note includes a residence phone 105 and an office at Mrs. B White's.
Leonard cleanable refrigerators promise pure cold air with tight doors and polar felt lining for dry, circulating refrigeration. A polished showroom line emphasizes durable capacity as Buchjanan-Morre Co. promotes the product on the floor.
London reports that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s resignation due to ill health led to Herbert H. Asquith’s appointment as prime minister and first lord of the treasury. The ceremony occurred in Biarritz during an audience with King Edward after Asquith was summoned from London. He briefly offered his resignation as chancellor of the exchequer before accepting.
Waco April 8 S M Hamilton a leading wholesale man addressed Governor Campbell urging competition in making cotton bagging and ties due to trust prices. Governor Campbell replied the Huntsville production issue will be taken up at once opposing the trust with penitentiary made articles.
The Eagle urges Bryan to pursue artesian water as a top priority with Mayor-elect Maloney and new aldermen. T. J. Preston and Alderman-elect Fountain offer to back a deep well at 2000 feet, proposing a contract with a fixed price per foot and shared expenses. The paper predicts sewerage and growth will follow if water is secured.
The United Presbyterian board of foreign missions reports the death in Cairo Egypt of Rev Dr Samuel Currie Ewing at seventy seven. He is described as the oldest missionary in the world by age and years of service, born in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania.
Two boys aged fourteen and fifteen were arrested for robbing banana peddler L. Blatsky near the Texas and Pacific station in Fort Worth. Police say one youth held the victim at bay with an iron bar while the other stole a large quantity of bananas in view of many passersby.
U S Robertson of the Fort Worth and Denver railroad bridge department fell from the freight depot top in Wichita Falls April 6 striking a box car and suffering a deep gash that left him unconscious. His home is Arlington.
Mr B L Dowling of Bra zo s county celebrated his 78th birthday last Sunday at his son D B Dow ling's home near Wellborn with a large family dinner. A native of Alabama he has lived in Bra zos county 38 years and has six children, twenty six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Sixty five relatives and friends attended the gathering.
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