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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1907
Page
4
In Bryan on April 14 1901 train timetables list H and T C Schedules No 3 and 5 northbound and No 2 and 6 southbound along with I&GN lines. The piece urges residents not to sleep or slumber until the long bridge falls or someone crosses it and praises Bryan growth while warning foes of Culberson.
The governor delivered a ten minute loop the gap style act before the legislature. Even in this short period the scene began to shift as the price tag hovered around five dollars.
The Eagle notes date lines sent to state papers recapping revival meetings and activities of religious groups in Bryan, known as the city of churches and schools, reflecting ongoing spiritual efforts.
The text notes that for a stylish young man named Harry K. Than plaids and checks suit his image. It mentions bars awaiting his new trial will present a more pleasing aspect.
A church exhortation declares no one is beyond benefit from gospel teaching. It urges every person to turn to God and attend services to become a better person, whether saint or sinner, tonight.
Brownville residents intend to offer President Roosevelt a symbolic big stick as they confront alleged conspiracies to remove him from office. The article notes White House mutterings about a dark plot and political maneuvering surrounding his leadership.
The Caldwell News-Chronicle notes many Texas towns plan cotton mill propositions, predicting fifteen to twenty mills next year. The piece argues Texas will rise as a manufacturing state as capital moves to cotton mill locations and the state processes a large share of U.S. cotton.
Evangelist Wilhite led a Christian tabernacle revival in Lawrence with 2000 expected attendees, 86 new church members in two weeks, and a Bible drill featuring 100 children. The event drew farmers from eight to ten miles away as interest grows and plans to enlarge the tabernacle are possible.
The report lists transfers including L J Cox to Charles C Barrow for 2 acres, D D Burkhalter to J B Stevenson in multiple lots, R L Pool to D D Greer for 49 acres, J S Mooring to J T Maloney for lot 3 in block 256, Ben Colbert to G W L Carr for 28 acres, Mrs Lucy McDougald to R H Harrison for 5 acres, J J Settegast to J S Byars for 131 9 10 acres, Mrs Will Winter to W R Ettie for parts of blocks 4 5, Mrs M B Smith to A W Boyder for blocks 2 3 4 5, Mrs M W Ford to Sophie W Berryman for two lots, M F Dansby to Giuseppio Campise et al for 458 acres, and J E Player and J O Scrimshire to H S Spratt for lot 5 in Millican.
San Antonio hosts the Annual Jolly Show spring carnival and Battle of Flowers from April 16 to 20 with low excursion rates on I N G N R R. Ticket agents include D J Price, Geo D Hunter, G P and T A A G P and T A Palestine Texas.
A digest notes deaths from Flint Texas and Dublin mule incident, a two headed kitten in Dallas, Brazil coffee output, cold Georgia crops, drownings and burns in Texas, suicides in Oregon, crimes in Dallas, a New York clergyman deposed, Vienna postcard price rise, fires at Paris Texas, train deaths near Quay Oklahoma, quarantines in Cache Oklahoma, water with sulphur at Tulsa, cattle and sheep notes in Dallas County, lignite inquiries in Palestine and coal shipments to Mexico.
Foster’s Weather Bulletin from Washington on April 13 outlines a cross continent disturbance for the week. It forecasts warm and cool waves crossing the west of the Rockies, great central valleys, and eastern states with record temperature swings and mixed moisture, drought in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Texas, heavy rains in the Great Lakes region, and dry conditions in parts of the Atlantic states.
A burning log fell on an aged African American woman near Gatesville Oklahoma roasting her to death. The incident is reported as a fatal accident with no further details available.
President Roosevelt issued an order granting Saturday half holidays to all mechanics laborers and other employees at War Department arsenals depots and related offices including division and department headquarters and the engineer department nationwide this summer.
In Shreveport on April 12 Joe Harris known as Jockey Gans a Black jockey was struck and killed by Frank Flowers another Black man who says self defense. Harris had just returned from Los Angeles and was under contract to ride in the east.
Democratic Congressman George K. Favrot was released from jail in Baton Rouge after five months of detention on murder charges. The second grand jury declined to indict him, ending the case pending official action.
In Los Angeles on April 12 Judge Wellborn denied motions to quash the Federal grand jury indictments against the Santa Fe railroad for rebating. The rulings come from the Federal court following the grand jury action of February 19.
Beating his three week old child, O A Birmingham pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in the county court of Cuero Texas and was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 100 dollars with the judge noting the seriousness of the offense.
Robert C. Ogden of New York was again elected president of the Conference for Education in the South at the Pinehurst meeting held on April 12. The proceedings confirmed Ogden will lead the organization through the coming year.
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