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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1898
Page
2
The Daily Eagle issue lists postal and publication details with editor names Connelly J Palmer and Carnes Malcolm as part of the masthead. Subscription price is ten cents per week.
The item lists statewide offices with candidates including Say ers Browning Smith Finley Finger Mayfield Kendall Brown and mentions a grim admonition about gossip from the El Campo Eagle. It also endorses Kaffir corn and sorghums as top poultry feed alongside fattening corn content and notes on fowl nutrition from Farm and Ranch.
The Kansas City Star explains the combined area of Cuba Porto Rico the Philippines the Ladrones Hawaii equals 222 526 square miles and compares it to several US states to illustrate the scale It notes Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia DC totaling 222 145 square miles and argues adding the listed lands would not surpass Texas by 56 546 square miles
The passage lists traditional martyrdoms of the twelve apostles with places and causes. Matthew slain by sword in Ethiopia. Mark dragged in Alexandria. Luke hanged on an olive tree in Greece. John died naturally in Ephesus. James the Great beheaded in Jerusalem. James the Less thrown from a temple wing and beaten. Philip hanged at Hieropolis. Bartholomew skinned alive. Andrew crucified at a cross. Thomas pierced by a lance in Coromandel. Jude shot with arrows. Simon Zelotes crucified in Persia. Matthias stoned and beheaded. Peter crucified head downward in Rome.
The article argues farmers in Bryan Texas may freely sell cotton themselves or via trusted merchants. It condemns rumors that farmers cannot market cotton and warns against merchant speculation. It explains compress facilities, nonresident buyers, and direct spinner buyers offering high cash prices while noting farmers can sell to spinner buyers or merchants if they choose.
The Halletsville note urges residents to spend money with legitimate local merchants who support the town, pay taxes, and reinvest in the community rather than outsiders. The statement stresses local prosperity and civic responsibility through patronage of hometown businesses.
The quotation notes that chasing all offers would ruin a country editor. He would become a millionaire if he pursued every appeal but would head to the poorhouse if he ran a paper by popular belief. Publishing half the tips would land him jailed half the time and in the hospital the other half.
A brief public note advertises Ira Gooch offering nobby turn outs designed to improve driving comfort and enjoyment during road trips. The item reads as a roadside promotional snippet with limited context and no dates or locations.
Walter Wipprecht says the press will start once fifty bales of cotton are on the platform for a potential record season. Crude oil fuel is planned, with a ten thousand gallon underground tank, and water works upgraded to feed the press with a six inch main, hydrants, hose, and nozzles. The press is a leading Bryan enterprise and expected to set a record.
Notice to Contractors and Builders bids are invited for a two story frame building at College Station with bids due 12 o clock Saturday August 20 1898. Also bids for window screen work and removal of partitions in the college main building. Right to reject bids reserved. The ad ends with a separate local sale of cotton seed meal at 75 to 80 cents per 100 pounds.
The preliminary report of the internal revenue commissioner shows receipts from all sources for the year ended June 30, 1898 at 170,869,519 dollars, up 24,249,925 from the prior year. Expenses for collection were about 3,886,262 dollars. Illinois led with 39,658,685 dollars, followed by New York 21,058,769 and Kentucky 18,220,918 among others.
The piece extols Mexico’s September holidays marking President Diaz’s birthday and independent Mexico with the Battle of Flowers parade. It notes crowds, flower-pelting celebrations, and democratic mingling. It promotes travel to Mexico City via the L&N Railway with discounted round trips on September 10 and 11, details and contact via Palestine, Texas agents.
City officials include Mayor C A Adams Marshall T P Boyett Deputy Marshal R H Smith Secretary and Treasurer H G Rhodes City Sexton H H Jones Constable C L Baker Aldermen R G Tabor W B Howell W W Harris C Wyse Jno M Lawrence Judge W H Harman Clerk 4 W McMichael Attorney A G Board Tax Collector J J Adams Tax Assessor R M Nall Sheriff T C Nunn Treasurer R W Carr District Clerk J C Williams Commissioners R J Deens Peter Thomas Felix Phillips P H Arrington
A compiled list shows church service times for Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Christian denominations led by pastors including Baptist Rev. Finley and Methodist Rev. Cochran. It also lists Catholic Mass, and numerous fraternal orders such as Ivanhoe Commandery Knights Templar and Brazos Lodge and K of P meeting nights with officers named.
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