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The Daily Eagle mentions second class mail matter and a per month rate of 40 cents for subscription or distribution services.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1902
Page
2
The Daily Eagle mentions second class mail matter and a per month rate of 40 cents for subscription or distribution services.
The text notes a reception for Gen Fitzhugh Lee with school children present. It mentions a telegram from E J Jenkins in Lafayette, Louisiana stating George is holding his own, and references managing his brother's business during his absence.
George Jenkins fell ill with hydrophobia symptoms after dog bite and was taken to Atlanta for treatment by Dr. Cavitt and his brother. The bite was a simple scratch. the dog decayed after a curious period. Mrs. Jenkins, visiting England, plans to return by steamer. C E Jenkins arrived in Waco and was warmly received by veterans, the Daughters of the Confederacy, city officials, and local students during General Fitzhugh Lee's visit.
A fundraising event will support Mr Hetill's Sunday school class in the Baptist church as a pipe organ benefit. Organists and attendees gather to raise funds for classroom activities and religious instruction.
Notice states Billie Ettle is employed to seize loose or staked stock inside city limits regardless of ownership. Owners must redeem by paying a fee to the city secretary and present the receipt to the pound keeper. Notify Mr. Ettle of violations for prompt action.
J Allen Myers announces his agency for Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company and invites house builders to view new and stylish front door locks and other hardware. The notice emphasizes up to date designs and requests builders to call to see the line.
Four room house with a corner lot for sale three blocks west of Main Street. See T. J. Caywood for details. House number 187.
A dispute over a cross fence near Dewit Arkansas escalated when Henry Hill shot B F Dillon on the Dillon farmhouse porch. Hill then killed his brother in law and wounded Mrs Dillon, who is Hill's sister, as Walter Dillon killed Hill. Mrs Dillon remains in precarious condition. All parties are white.
G Y Smith & Co—large Fort Worth dry goods firm—files for injunction in Forty-eighth District Court against Retail Clerks' Association over placards outside the store. They allege interference with trade as they refuse to close after 6 pm despite union demands. Court grants temporary injunction.
Wil Overstreet, a one legged inmate jailed for burglary, and Earl Knox, a one armed convict with a five year term, escaped from the third floor front cell between 4 and 5 a.m. They allegedly picked a lock with a broom wire, burned frames, and punched a hole in the brick wall to flee using rope improvised from blankets.
The first cotton gin in the Five Civilized Tribes territory was erected on Baptizing creek near Buffaluaa about 28 years ago by W C Crabtree who also brought the first cotton seed to Vinita. It operated three years before burning down and was followed soon after by a gin at Eufaula. The Baptizing creek gin handled all local business and produced about 350 bales one year and 400 the next.
In Vicksburg Mississippi on April 18 the city council accepted Fire Chief Marks’s resignation ending a flare up with insurance companies over city controls. After a joint meeting with commercial groups, business in the insurance field resumed that had halted on the 15th.
In Fort Smith on April 18 the Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs adopted a resolution opposing any compromise that admits colored women into the general federation. It provides for withdrawal from the national federation if colored clubs are admitted.
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