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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1905
Page
6
The notice advertises insuring any incurable property like stores stocks machinery and warehouses along with life insurance. It claims lower premiums than competitors and argues life insurance is more important than fire coverage, citing statistics about fire risks versus life outcomes.
Austin April 21 House committee on revenue and taxation reported favorably a bill setting the 1905 ad valorem tax rate at 26 cents and subsequent years at 16 2 3 cents. A minority report is expected. The committee also reported adversely a Governor Lanham proposed bill fixing 1905 at 25 cents and future years at 2 cents. A minority report is anticipated on that measure. Both bills were near adverse fate as lawmakers debated raises.
The Panhandle Stockmen Association in Amarillo elected officers led by President T. S. Bugbee of Clarendon and First Vice President T. J. Richards of Clarendon. Sloan Simpson of Paducah is the Second Vice President and B. T. Ware of Bovina is treasurer with W. E. F. Brainerd of Canadian as secretary. An executive committee was named including William Harrall Wellington and other members from Canadian Rockford Canyon City and Dumas.
Iowa Governor A B Cummins and fellow Hawkeye state citizens travel through Dallas en route to Galveston for a Northern Settlers association meeting and to inspect Texas segments along the Southern Pacific. The group remains in Texas for five days. Southern Pacific assigns new Houston division leadership with Johnson moving to Houston superintendent, Marks of El Paso named trainmaster, and Conductor Ward taking over Houston duties.
In Gulfport a shooting between Hines Hood and John Massino in a saloon near the union depot left Hood fatally wounded with four shots fired by Hood after Massino asked to borrow Hood’s revolver. Massino is badly wounded but may recover. both insist they never met before and were sober. Hood, from a prominent family, had previously killed an Italian and is suspected of Mafia ties.
San Jacinto day was generally observed in Austin with no special demonstration. Most business houses and All State departments closed for the holiday.
The main Vanderbilt University building in Nashville burned on Thursday and will be rebuilt after trustees meet. The loss includes the 30,000 volume library, the graduate library, and extensive chemical, physical and pharmaceutical apparatus, though classes will continue.
Emerson and Carlyle debated the devil as they toured gin shops in Seven Dials and lower London venues. Carlyle pressed the point at the House of Commons gallery, where impassioned speeches and fists followed, leaving Emerson unsure and Carlyle asking again if he now believed in the devil.
In a long ago cattle camp Bob Chestnut, famed gun artist, faced a threatening Irishman armed with an eleven inch Colt. Chestnut’s Derringer slipped from a pocket lining. he grabbed his pipe, then drew and struck fast, defusing the confrontation and sparing violence.
In a New York Journal piece a bookkeeper defines a gentleman as someone clean inside and out who treats others fairly and remains brave and generous. He adds that a perfect lady forgives scandal about a foe, a view challenged by the stenographer who questions the result.
A vintage patent cosmetic ad touts Satinola as a guaranteed remedy for freckles pimples liver spots and discolorations with refunds if ineffective. It claims results in ten to twenty days and cites customer testimonials including Miss Alace Lirette of Thibo deaux Louisiana dated October 15 1904.
In Hall's addition N. BR. Cole block priced at 750. A quarter block in eastern town area at 375. County acreage includes 50 acres with a four room residence inside city limits for 1500. 242 acres Caldwell pasture east of town. Timber land 410 acres Kurten area 3 to 4 per acre. Mistrat place south town eight acres two story with baths water works for 3500. Three Allen Academy lots at 500 and 270 acres timber land 2 1/2 miles out, sell in tracts.
A collage notes mesembryanthemum species that resemble stones in South Africa and Greece customs on Clean Monday linking to Shrove Tuesday, a knightly hat tipping origin, jokes from the Chicago Tribune and New York Times, and a Smart Set bon mots about engagements.
A western settler spots a jack rabbit and believes he can seize it. The rabbit appears lame and wary, fooling the man and his dog. The dog attacks in vain as the rabbit vanishes with a rapid flash and a fading streak, leaving the hunter baffled.
A brief dialogue reveals a marital dispute with one party recalling a mislabeling as an angel prior to marriage. The other acknowledges the mistake, framing it as a case of mistaken identity in a terse exchange.
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