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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
3
Railroad time schedule for H. and T. C. lines and G. N. trains listed. Local notices include travel, visits, sales, and personal notices across Bryan and surrounding towns. Mentions several families, deaths, funerals, and nearby events with names such as Carnes, Coulter, Reed, and Misses Reynolds and Jenkins.
Funeral services are scheduled after a 2 48 AM train arrival for Malcolm Carnes. Rev J B Turrentine and Rev BE L Shettles will lead the obsequies with the Masonic order, A C W and Maccabee lodges attending, burial at the city cemetery.
W. W. Griffin offers stove repair services to renovate old stoves with first class workmanship. Reasonable prices and guaranteed work. Phone 217. 215.
A R Sees UNION WAREHOUSE NOW OPEN. Brazos County Farmers Cotton Warehouse opens its yard for weighing cotton and will soon be fully equipped to store. W. S. McCulloch named manager, with extensive experience in weighing and handling cotton, trusted by local patrons.
The Masons summon members to meet at the lodge room at 2:30 this morning to arrange Brother Malcolm Carnes's funeral at 9:00, as directed by W. M. O. Saunders.
Attention A. O. U. W members meet at the hall at 30 this morning to attend in a body the funeral of our late brother Malcolm Carnes. C. & JENKINS M. W.
All members are requested to meet at the lodge room this morning at 8 30 to attend the funeral of our late brother Malcolm Carnes.
Eugene Edge hosted a crowded sale all day with up to date merchandise at bargain prices. The store offered deep cuts on summer goods including ginghams calicoes laces and embroideries as a final sale of the season with large stock and new patterns.
A sales pitch offers to place a sewing machine in a home for a reasonable trial period to verify honesty and sincerity of promises. It claims Singer and Wheeler & Wilson machines are world leaders, with T A Satterwhite as salesman and contact phone 105.
Senator Culberson has asked Chairman Mack of the Democratic national committee to arrange a meeting of the advisory committee of the national committee of which Culberson is chairman. The advisory group is expected to convene in Chicago in the near future.
Denison August 10. Superintendent Wilson of the Denison compress reports from cotton growing districts that this season's crop is the best in many years and entirely free from worms. The district outlook praises quality and anticipated good yields.
Hans Pfitzner, composer of The Rose In the Garden of Love, recalls a Cologne song recital that failed despite heavy advertising and many pictures. Only two tickets sold to friends who could not attend. After losing hope, he asked for supper in the empty room, but the lights were turned out and he was left in the dark.
A traveling companion in Spain challenged Sir John Long to test a famed echo. He spoke the paper name Dun-dee Ad-ver-ti-ser and the echo returned Dundee Courier and Argus, the opposition paper. The prank exposed the echo’s trick.
W Perby Love, cashier of the First National Bank of Greensboro Alabama, arrested in Chattanooga by Deputy Marshal Evanson on telegrams from the U S district attorney at Mobile charging him with embezzlement. He is in the county jail and bears a partially healed knife wound on his throat from a reported self inflicted attempt last Friday.
Miss Catherine Gorman twenty three year old sustained scalp loss after hair caught in a money carrier in Williamsburg last May. Surgeons conducted twelve inch grafted wound using skin islands from her relatives Miss Margaret Gorman and a cousin. After six weeks of prior procedures the islands merged as new skin grew from their edges.
Dover England August 10 James Means Scottish champion attempted to swim the English Channel. After fourteen hours in the water he was within three miles of France when exhaustion forced an attendant aboard a tug to dive in and support him until rescue.
Albert Ferriere, wealthy Galveston president, in St Louis hospital since Saturday with memory loss, shows improvement. He now recalls his name and address but cannot recognize visitors. F Fontaine of Galveston identifies him. C H Brown of New Orleans, Ferriere relative, wired care instructions.
A summer vacation excursion offers a round trip for one fare to all principal tourist points. Tickets go on sale July 30 31 August 1 2 with a 25 day limit and stopovers at pleasure. Details from ticket agents KL Gow R R 216.
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