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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1898
Page
3
Miss Eugenia Bone visits Alvin. Will Porter from Austin. Rev J D West preaches at Bremond. Many locals arrive or depart from nearby towns. Residents advertise rents, sales, and services while awaiting rain and observing crops and shipping updates.
Mrs. J Rol Deanes and her sister Mrs. J P Dunning die after eating candy sent through the mails. Dunning is married to AP correspondent J P Dunning. The box bore an illegible postmark and was believed sent by a "friendly" acquaintance in San Francisco. Other family members fell ill but recovered.
Notice seeks the return of a Holstein cow with calf. The cow bears the brand Notes and a sore on the calf. Reward offered for return with evidence that will convict the thief. $10 reward if stolen with proof.
In Breckinridge Colorado a late Friday holdup at a Denver hotel yielded little cash but sparked a deadly pursuit. Steve Ryan was killed, Manley wounded, Charles Ryan captured, and Ex-Deputy Sheriff M E Conrad killed. Sumner Whitney wounded. Expectation of a lynching in Kokomo.
The Philadelphia docked at Honolulu after a 6 day 20 hour voyage from San Francisco with Admiral Miller and staff aboard to raise the American flag over the Hawaiian Islands, though flag raising awaits commissioners on Aug 17. Hatch resigns as minister to the U S. Measles outbreak aboard Puebla includes 26 patients. Isaac Strickland of the Third Artillery died July 27.
Jackson Mississippi August 13 report confirms one yellow fever death at Franklin Louisiana prompting Dr John F Hunter secretary of the state board of health to quarantine Mississippi against Franklin and St Marys parish where the town lies.
Reports from Mexico City describe extreme heat and worsening yellow fever conditions in Merida, with the disease reaching Yucatan and Campeche. In New Orleans, Dr. M. Smith reports Hobson’s death from yellow fever in Franklin, with no other cases noted.
In El Paso two residents met on the Texas bank of the Rio Grande and dueled with six shooters. After six shots, one man fell with two bullets in his right leg below the knee. All participants were arrested except one of the seconds who escaped across the river.
A passenger train and a freight train collided at Ponte Decimo near Genoa Italy on August 13. Nine people were killed and 40 seriously injured in the crash.
A nostalgic compilation links American war cries and heroism from Commodore Schley to Houston. It recalls Nelson’s signal and the famous lines "Remember the Maine" "Don't give up the ship" and "Remember the Alamo" as symbols of resolve, sacrifice, and victory in major U.S. conflicts, from the naval battles to San Jacinto.
Hedrick Young of Rosebud Falls county and Miss Kate Young of Bryan were married Thursday August 11 at the home of Mr and Mrs R A Stuart with Rev James Wilson officiating. The Eagle extends congratulations.
Miss Clara Braatz travels north to study fall and winter millinery with Miss St Leon and will return in September with new stock. Bryan residents discuss Allen Academy scholarship. Profs J H Allen and R O Allen of Madisonville to meet businessmen Monday night to explain the enterprise amid cotton, bollworm, and illness reports.
Bryan Texas August 8 1898 J W H Haynes county chairman calls a mass meeting of every loyal Republican at the county courthouse Bryan August 27 1898 to indorse the state convention action and make a county ticket W H Haynes secretary M M Haynes secretary
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