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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
2
Hon O B Colquett withdrew from the race and spoke for Campbell. The convention nominated Campbell on the second ballot. The San Antonio Express calls for amending election law to base convention and popular votes on the pending primary, aligning with party will and primary restrictions.
The Faculty of the College plans to admit approved candidates over ten years old without entrance tests to widen access to higher education. Graduates from this path must work harder than peers better prepared, but the option expands opportunities for determined students.
The Cavitt homestead, a 2500 to 2600 acre tract in Robertson county, sold yesterday. Buyer group includes R. H. Seale of Benchley and D. F. Dansby of Bryan, with Jno. B. Cavitt of Wheelock as seller. The land is praised as the best all purpose tract in the region and was not marketed in smaller parcels.
The speaker lauds A. and M. College for keeping it accessible to sons of industrial and farming classes. He argues against raising entrance requirements to admit only the cream, noting that sturdy rural youths should be part of the student body.
J E H Buker chairman calls a Democratic convention of delegates elected from the counties of the 20th Judicial District to meet at Wovton Wells on August 25 1906 to nominate a candidate for District Attorney. Bryan Texas August 10 1906.
The State Pasteur Institute in Austin now houses twenty six patients with hydrophobia treated at a cost of 25 cents for treatment and low rail fare. It reports only one death among two hundred treated and maintains a surplus near $2000 while using rabbits daily to preserve the virus for injections.
The Eagle reported Mrs. M. J. Tabor’s funeral at her home at five o’clock in the afternoon conducted by Rev. Haley with Rev. J. D. West assisting. A large crowd of relatives and friends followed the casket to burial beside her late husband Maj. J. W. Tabor.
Cotton receipts to date this season show Lawrence Warehouse with 474 bales and Brick Warehouse with 244 bales, for a total of 718 bales.
An absolute quarantine is imposed in Cherokee County Kansas near Topeka on August 16 to control Texas fever. All farmers and ranchers must dip cattle until the last infection disappears, as the county sits on the Missouri border with confirmed fever cases.
Judge Bethea of the United States district court appointed Charles G. Dawes president of the Central Trust company as receiver of the Milwaukee Avenue Co operative store. The store’s stock is largely owned by President Stensland of the Milwaukee Avenue state bank. Receiver’s bond set at 150000 dollars.
Notable items include the sudden death of YD. F. Brun of Terrell Texas in Dallas. A Buffalo New York fire claimed two lives. Mrs. S L Ruggles died near Manda mine Oklahoma from snake bite effects. A New York Republican convention is set for September 25 at Saratoga. Martha Ibbottson donated six lots for an Oklahoma City Baptist church valued at 10 000 dollars. In Silex Missouri all black residents were ordered to leave by Saturday night under threat of flogging. Birmingham Alabama city council approved an ordinance banning futures trading without a dissenting vote.
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