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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
3
Bryan notes on rail schedules, street notices, and social tidbits. Advertisements include corsets, suspenders, rubber collars, bakery goods, and property listings. Local travel, visitors, and upcoming events are listed with names, towns, and dates.
Local notes list visits by Dr A J Platner Mrs R L Brogdon and others to the city. Several residents from Calvert Anderson Edge Sour Lake Liberty Franklin Houston and Hearne are mentioned with rental notices for Conway house and two houses for rent with applications to M L Wallace.
A Madras Mail writer describes Hindoo superstitions that govern waking routines and errands. Sneezing is inauspicious, certain days restrict visits, and stars determine daily good or bad luck. Crows, rat snakes, and directions influence fate, with hosts and guests facing enmity on chosen days.
A brief note traces how the word average stems from the old French aver meaning horse. It explains that in medieval Europe tenants paid work proportional to horse labor, shaping the term’s current sense. The piece cites Burns and Scots dictionaries to illustrate the horse origin and historic usage.
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