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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1899
Page
2
The Navasota Examiner endorses adding a chemical engine to the town fire fighting gear as a cheap improvement, keeping the department ahead in central Texas. The note contrasts this with business reluctance to advertise, likening it to a sick man delaying medicine.
A 1910s style notice invites attendees to a poverty social at the Batte residence on Monday evening May 1. Dress rules enforce poverty attire with fines for velvet gowns and jewelry. visitors are urged to come in rags or tags and to leave pets at home.
A talkative barber recalls customers from the chair who demand odd facial hair and surprising looks. He recalls a van dyke that could only be done with a meat ax, a man with a goatlike chin seeking an imperial mustache, and a bold stranger who disfigured his look after a single cut.
A shop incident ends with a customer reporting the barber for disgusting levity after a playful shave. The speaker recalls a handsome but red-faced man whose fringe beard amused him, likening it to a prop that pops from a box. The tale ends with humorous, anxious imagery of waking fears.
Confederate reunion in Charleston will sell round trip tickets for 25 dollars. Tickets must be stamped in Charleston on or before May 21.
Manila April 29 news says Captain J. C. Gilmore and 14 York sailors disappeared after entering Baler river bend. Insurgents allegedly hold 15 white men, confirmed only by friendly natives sending word to Manila. verification will take days.
Manila reports say Aguinaldo’s government uses congress as a cloak for peace efforts while General Otis insists war can be halted only with or without congress. Filipino factions show internal dissension and mock allegiance, as New York dispatches deny surrender rumors and war department tallies killings and injuries in the Philippines. Transport ships Senators and Ohio head to the area with troops and supplies.
Arrivals include J C Nichol T C Metager Hous ton M C Rickert Palestine J M Vesmorovsky Chicago H F Ewing St Louis L G Miller Dallas I W Buchanan auctioneer buys and sells stock and commodities with headquarters at W A Reeds 154 Burt Norwood a new line of embroideries and parasols announced 128 Good horse and buggy for sale at a bargain address Dr E H Weather 137 Ford.
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