Train numbers and service pattern described in report
The document lists rail services with Northbound Nos. 1 8 6 and Southbound Nos. 2 4 6. Nos. 8 and 4 are fast trains stopping only at principal stations.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
3
Penelope Town Lot Sale Draws Demand
The Leroy sale on July 24 drew strong interest with about forty lots selling well and rapid town growth expected. The next I can see sale will be on August 14 at Penelope in Hill County ten miles north of Leroy. Round trip from Bryan to Penelope is two dollars, tickets available for trains arriving August 14 morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy
Penelope
Hill County
Bryan
Dtf
Railroads Resume Service After Texas Floods
Floods across Texas cause heavy damage to railroads and crops with losses reaching toward a million dollars. No lives were lost in Quinlan though residents endured rising Sabine river levels and stock losses were reported. bridges washed out across Rockwall and several creeks turned into raging rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Quinlan
Sabine
Midland Railroad
Mumford
Hearne
Brazos Valley
Stone City
Brazos
Bryan
Pitta
Rockwall
G N Schedule and Passenger Timings
Schedule shows northbound passenger connections with main line and arrivals to San Antonio. Times listed include No 14 with 4 45 p m connecting to main line and No 102 and No 103 services with arrivals and departures around 7 10 p m and 7 30 a m respectively. Details reference Gen Antonio routes and daily timetable entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passenciates
Sk Poe Oa Et Ger
San Antonio
Green veiling at Coulter's and local notices
Local items report green veiling at Coulter's and births, visits, and sales. Names include John Boris kie and Mrs Jno Henderson, with arrivals from Houston and New Orleans. Howell Bros advertise produce, Nabors Bros offer buggy horses, and Dr Ben Read buys Pochilla residence for 2000. Continuous wet weather contrasts with a booming green ceiling from wholesale military houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Brooke
New Orleans
L. C. Sellers
Millican
City
Jno. N. Henderson
Houston
B. F. McKey
M. L. Zanetti
Addie Coale
Beaumont
Annie Adams
Jefferson
Marie Adams
John W. Hicks
A. M. Rhodes
R. M. Nair
Diverse Notices Include Business Sale and Local Happenings
A small confectionery business is offered for cash in a sale note citing a good reason for selling and new stock. The item also lists several local notices including moves of residents, a steamer voyage by Fort Worth and El Paso figures, a railway agent assignment, thanks to state health officials, and various marriage licenses and business notices with local addresses and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.8. Wilson Jr
William A. Adams
Fort Worth
Alice Davis
Chas. Davis
el Paso
Chicago
Peerless
Great Lakes
Straits
Milwaukee
Meekinac Island
Duluth
Minn
D. Giles
H. & T. C. Railway Company
Winter
Wellborn
Giles
Our
City
Navasota
Soldier Boys
Austin
Eagle
George R. Tabor
Bryan
G. Parsons
Harrison
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
St. Paul
Minnesota
Business League
Robert Hainsworth
Clemmie Jones
A. Salvaggio
Josephine Genovesa
KR. L Nash
Ethel Rosier
Juan Avadondo
Semones Santa Anas
Aboudio Lopez
Santa Santa Anna
Primus Williams
Nancy Holstein
Aaron Thompson
Azaline Banks
John W. Hicks
Carter
Jones’ Bridge
Emall
W. J. Christian
Brazos River Recedes as Flood Debate Continues
Reports from Pitts Bridge Parker's lower store and T R Batte's place show Brazos water receding four feet three feet and eight inches respectively. Observers split on crop damage with some fearing complete loss of cotton while others expect some salvageable yield after waters fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitts Bridge
Parker
R. H. Grant
T. R. Batte
Mr. Mays
Rainy Weather Disturbs Wellborn River Crops
Wellborn Texas reports persistent rain last week causing river overflow. Rev Skinner conducted a town meeting, with hopes for another in summer. Local residents Emma and Lee Royder visit relatives, and several guests from Rock Prairie Houston Allenfarm Temple Franklin are noted among weekend visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellborn
Texas
Skinner
Emma and
Lee Royder
Roger Williams
Mr. Moore
Bennie Gandy
Rock Prairie
Laura Royder
Julia Countryman
Houston
Dottie Williams
T. Farquhar
Allenfarm
Anna McGinnis
Temple
Mrs. A. Hill
George Price
Franklin
Flood shifts to eastern Texas with washed rail lines
Dallas reports the flood moving east into Texas with small tributaries driving the Saline river high. At Kildare Pacific tracks are washed out and a large crew works on site. Texans expect little trouble, though Midland east of Dallas Pecos valley west and Aransas Pass road in the southwest still have some issues. other roads run irregularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Kildare
Tex
Pacific
Texas Midland
Pecos Valley
Aransas Pass
Flood Overflow Drenches Gonzales Texas
In Gonzales Texas on August 1 the San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers flood lowlands, submerging crops and threatening corn. Slayden reports the river nearly reaches 1900 levels, water covers the bottom, Plum Creek bridge is submerged, and trains are halted while the Yoakum freight resumes service with passengers, mail, and express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales
Tex
San Marcos
Guadalupe
Slayden
Lockhart
Plum Creek
Yoakum
Flooded Brizos bottom devastates Lyons area
Lyons Texas August 1 The Brizos bottom from J W Dallas place to the Tegua mouth is underwater destroying crops. Farmers and tenants moved to hills saving stock. Boll weevils and worms devastate upland cotton. Merchants have halted credit creating widespread destitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Tex
J. W. Dallas
Tegua
Washouts halt Cotton Belt trains near Camden Arkansas
A Scimitar special from Camden Arkansas reports no Cotton Belt trains since early Thursday night due to a main line washout. Five miles of the Eldorado branch of the Iron Mountain are underwater eight miles north of Camden, stopping all train passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphhis
Camden
Ark
Eldorado
Iron Mountain
Severe Storm Claims Lives and Wrecks Farms
London Indiana reports a heavy rain wind storm on Thursday night killing 20 year old Charles Sunderling by lightning. A farmer boy was electrocuted by a fence. Crops, barns, and houses were damaged, livestock killed, and a Lake Erie and Western bridge washed out. Peru area flooded with disaster. William Jeffries paralyzed by lightning and three others injured. Ennis Texas reports Mrs J Dodd burned to death while kindling a wash fire near her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ind
Charles Sunderling
Peru
Lake Erie
William Jeffries
Hanging of Dantzler in Hattiesburg Courthouse Yard
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on August 1 Will Dantzler a young Black man was privately hanged in the courthouse yard for the June 5 assault of Mrs Ed Gardner a white woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
Will Dantzler
Ed Gardner
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Cus
Tomers
Dansby
G. N
Coulter
G. W. Mertz
John Boriskie
C. A. Adama
F. F. Hooper
Calvert
Howell Bros
Murff McCorquodale
Louisiana
8. V. Patterson
Waldine Sanders
P. M. Dillard
Galveston
Nabors Bros
Mattie Scrimshire
Waldrop
Men's Outfitters
Brazos River
Arkansns
Todiana
Ennis
Harged
Asaault
White
Brook
Bone
Jno
M. Lawrence & Go
George Vakas
Hall's Drug Store
McConnico
General Insurance Agency
Mutual Life of
New York
A. D. M’connigco
E. Grieser
Jaton Ga Bryan
A. L. Zinantis Shoe Shop
Gtuftre Old Stand
Zannatt Biock
Fence Street
Bow City Limits
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