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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
11
The timetable shows northbound trains No. 1 at 10 20 a m No 3 at 1 27 p m No 5 at 2 15 a m and southbound No 2 at 2 00 p m No 4 at 4 16 p m and notes Nos 8 and 4 are fast trains stopping only at principal stations.
A flurry of calls and visits fills Bryan with guests from Navasota Marlin Orange and Austin. Shoppers see new Stacy Adams shoes at Hunter and Chatham while Burt Norwood showcases a larger, cheaper fall stock after returning from St Louis. A Peddlers Parade for the Baptist church draws 10c admission.
The Baptist church sponsors a Peddlers Parade on the Adams residence lawn this evening. Local vendors including a peanut seller candy maker newsboys milkman and others will offer wares amid book agents and market women. Admission is 10 cents with treats and tastings for attendees.
One two story brick building on Main street and one brick building with three vacant lots fenced on Bryan street. Eight rent houses in the city limits for sale. Apply to 217 Mra. Z. Bonneville.
The Eagle invites readers to report peach orchard sizes and varieties to assess viability for a Bryan cannery. Submit owner names, acreage distribution by bearing status, and estimates for potential tomato and okra plantings, including limits for a hypothetical cannery operation.
Indianapolis August 14 D M Parry president of the National Association of Manufacturers has received an opinion from Sullivan and Cromwell general counsel for the Panama Canal company stating that every dollar of machinery and supplies needed for canal construction may be bought in the United States without constraint by French law governing the company. American manufacturers had feared French law would force purchases in France.
Cotton picking is in order as boll weevils damage bottom fields in Harvey Texas. Miss Mamie Todd returned from the plains Friday. Richard Nash and wife of Edge visited Tony Dyess and family. A baptism occurred at Coon Williams tank August 10. Coon Williams' new residence will be finished soon and is described as very nice. Commissioner Deens was in the community last week. M. D.
At the Agricultural and Mechanical College board meeting Prof. W. D. Gibbs of New Hampshire Agricultural College was named dean of the agricultural department and director of the Texas experiment stations. Prof. Fred F. Johnson of Indiana Agricultural College was elected professor of agriculture. A new chair in economics and history was created and Charles Potts, a university graduate, was chosen to fill it.
Denison resident reports a crack in a dry branch bed on Captain H Dennis farm three miles west of Gordonville with smoke and gas issuing from it. Residents fear a coal bed fire beneath the earth and a blaze may be burning underground.
United States Steel corporation under writing syndicate has paid a third 5 percent dividend on 200 million face value. Syndicate did not have to advance more than 12 percent, yielding profits to date of 30 million on 25 million outlay, a 125 percent return minus minor interest losses.
President Roosevelt pressed a button from his Oyster Bay summer home to open the first Negro exposition the Middle States and Mississippi Valley exposition. The fair runs until September 14 and showcases the progress of the Negro race since abolition with representation from over twenty states and territories.
Mr and Mrs Charles Fair Americans related to Mrs W K Vanderbilt Jr Miss Virginia Fair perished when their car veered off the road and struck a tree fifteen miles from Evereaux France. The chauffeur suffered a breakdown from the shock.
Montgomery Alabama August 14 a complete ticket for governor and state officials has been announced Rev W D Gay of Montgomery heads the ticket as the nominee for governor News in Brief
The item lists Nevada Lumber in Nevada Texas destroyed by fire with 12000 insured losses, Armour and Co plant in Memphis burned with 115000 loss, a bank presidents wife’s bulldog swallowed diamonds, a Harmony Indiana boy fatally injured by horses, Nellie Guay burned from a lamp explosion, a San Antonio farmer Manuel Gail commits suicide, Texas local option elections ordered in Navarro Polk Elis counties, Texas cane crops strong, W B Morrison injured in Goldthwaite, two year old Gras senbacker dies from matches, Johnson county Missouri cattle outbreak blackleg, forged bank notes factory found in Warsaw Missouri.
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