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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
2
The notice reports Jennings Louisiana hosts a Ladies Oil company with a petticoated president and directors. Other items note Cuba resuming old habits and the government calling troops, a railroad commission claim of no jurisdiction over railroad stations, and a Waco colored woman with five babies in ten and a half months, reflecting harsh racial attitudes.
The article notes Indiana capitalists plan to plant 10,000 acres in rice in Matagorda County, while a Chicago firm forms to pursue oyster harvesting on the Texas coast. The details suggest growing agricultural and seafood investment activity in Texas.
The article previews the Central Texas fair with fine agricultural exhibits merchants displays and amusements including shoots races and a stock show. It notes an exchange claiming American women's feet have grown about a size and a half over two generations due to athletic tastes and mentions French numbers.
The poem laments a grave and rest, asking blessings on a child as night winds wail over a grave. A separate historical market report claims the Brown bull clique cornered July cotton in New Orleans, buying 250000 to 300000 bales for about 20 million dollars and absorbing shipments to crush the market.
Hill Wilson reports a broken leg from a horse accident on a cement walk and says he will be on crutches by Sunday possibly visiting Bryan. The Sherman Democrat notes Texas farmers increasingly plant pecan orchards as a profitable crop with strong prices.
A list of hotel arrivals includes G Ebeling from Louisville S Marks from Dallas W Beeves from Mart Mrs W J Bird from Galveston and others across Houston Galveston Madisonville and Virginia plus a brief dining and advertising note urging August coffee samples and cheaper feedstuffs from Clarke & Fountain and E C Harder & Co.
J L Edge, Bryan Texas, received telegram from Obion Tennessee stating the death of Mrs M L Edge. She died last night while visiting relatives and will be interred after funeral at 10 a m Sunday. The notice notes the suddenness and that her husband and relatives are shocked. Further details to follow.
A fast Wells arrival is reported at Sour Lake Texas. Also listed are threats of freight rate wars in Colorado and other assorted reports from across the region including a jail escape in Batesville Arkansas and a fatal shooting in Pittsburg Texas.
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