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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1903
Page
2
The Daily Eagle notes a state school apportionment for 1903-04 at $5 and praises Texas support for education. It mentions Camp John G. Walker reunion postponed two weeks to August 25 26 27 due to rain and railroad work, with excursion trains promised to Madisonville.
Bryan residents celebrate the I G N railway freight division reestablishment in Bryan while Navasota gains a terminal for the Madisonville branch. The Navasota Examiner notes the town did not push for it but would have welcomed the service.
Mr. T. L. Grace died at his Bryan home shortly before noon Sunday after months of cancer pain. He lived in Bryan many years, worked in market and cattle business, and served as county commissioner and city alderman. Funeral at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church followed by city cemetery burial under fraternal orders. He leaves a wife and several children.
Wanted notice seeking 1500 cords of good dry wood. Contact J. W. English, Manager, at phone number 212-43.
For Rent. A five room house with brick cistern located one block from Main Street. Apply to Mrs. T. P. Wooten at 212.
Editor calls attention to the cattle plague black leg in Green's Prairie and Rock Prairie areas. Several cattle have died, including a personal loss, and the writer urges burning carcasses to prevent spread.
Wiley Kelly and nephew W A Robinson formed a hog raising partnership two years ago and now operate 100 acres of hog fencing and diversified feed crops. They raise thoroughbred hogs and plan a strong market this fall while reporting boll weevils are not severely impacting their hog crop. Neighbor B A Huggins, who owes no man and grows hog feed, confirms steady production and self sufficiency.
Two Katy passenger trains collided head on at a sharp curve near the Trinity river south of Dallas. Four persons were injured including two seriously. Engineer Gumpert, on No 34, had both legs broken. Engineer Alders on No 5 suffered a fractured collar bone. porter Ike Smith and passenger Harry Thompson also injured. Rescue of Gumpert was dramatic as crews freed him from a burning cab atop a baggage car after the wreck. The Flyer was delayed and returned to Dallas, with emergency brakes claimed to have been used on both trains.
The passage reflects on rain as a ordinary event and lightning as extraordinary yet argues the raindrop is a vast mystery. A humble physicist studies rain to reveal deeper energy mechanisms and suggests future insight could illuminate universal structure.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York unveils a female finback believed to be the largest land exhibit. Sixty eight and a half feet long, thirty feet around, with interior space enough for fifty men. Washed ashore near Forked River, New Jersey last November. Discusses whale ancestry and land mammal origins.
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