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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1907
Page
2
An editorial from Bryan Texas laments mail order buying as costly and deceptive. It cites two local shoppers who were misled by distant suppliers, arguing residents should support home merchants. It also discusses economic themes of rising prices, wealth distribution, and calls for trusts dissolution, tariff reform, and lower railroad rates.
The passage argues there is no danger of a panic as money supply expands with rising prices following increases in the world’s monetary volume. It reflects a cautious economic viewpoint from the era about inflationary pressures and public fear.
Several persons were bitten by serpents at a snake show in West Texas on August 16. All are expected to recover.
In Muskogee on August 16 Oscar Frier aged seventeen accidentally killed his younger brother with a rifle. The incident occurred as the boys handled the firearm in what authorities call a tragic accident.
Indian Territory Masonic grand lodge votes to locate the orphans home temporarily at Atoka as of August 16. The decision places the facility in Atoka while arrangements are made elsewhere. The move marks a temporary hosting arrangement within the territory's Masonic organization.
Commerce Texas August 16 Governor Campbell addressed the annual picnic of the old settlers here on Thursday delivering remarks to the gathering and highlighting regional history.
Center Texas August 16 Mrs Field an elderly woman fell from her porch and suffered a broken neck.
In Wharton Texas on August 16 a residence burglary yielded several items including a set of false teeth. The incident adds to a list of stolen belongings reported in the area.
Waco report states Isadore Adelman two years old wandered into a red ant bed and suffered multiple stings.
A two story frame building at 55 Fry street housing a boarding house collapsed in Chicago on Friday. Five people were killed and eleven injured, three seriously, as rescuers dug through debris to reach the victims. The dead include Mrs. Anna Nosa and her two children, Albert Steim, a boarder, and Miss Anna Marwaraneki.
Chicago August conference involving President Small of the Telegraphers Union, Secretary Russell, and AFL leader Gompers decides no strike by 47 000 railroad telegraphers. Operators to contribute to a strike fund of 60 000 dollars. two general officers attended.
Chicago reports no new strikers by noon as President Small's general strike order rests. Postal and Western Union boost forces at the Board of Trade while Associated Press service improves from Thursday. Peace efforts yield no result.
In New York on August 16 at noon, the general strike order issued by President Small had received no reply from Western Union Postal or Associated Press operators. The AP resumed local service to several minor points and circuits are operating normally.
Messenger boys employed by the Postal Telegraph company struck for higher wages in Fort Worth on August 16.
Juana Arista a young Spanish woman in Fresno committed suicide by stabbing her abdomen with a blunt soldering iron. She pressed the iron’s point into her flesh against a pillar, piercing her intestines. She had arrived from Spain three months earlier and had been despondent since, believed to be driven by a love affair.
A thirty six inch water main ruptured in Chicago on Friday near the Stockholm hotel. The flood filled yards up to four or five feet below street level. Police rescued 500 hotel guests from basements as women and children were carried to safety amid the panic.
An explosion at a dynamite factory in Doemitz on Friday leaves nine dead and eighty injured. Berlin reports the blast as a catastrophic accident with extensive damage and casualties.
Warren Hastings longtime subtreasury official in Boston was seized on a charge of embezzling $3,000 from a government package of $109,600 destined for Washington to retire from circulation. The alleged theft occurred June 7 last.
The government will file suit against International Harvester for alleged Sherman anti trust violations. Justice Department lawyers are preparing papers and the action is expected to be filed soon in Chicago.
George Bernard Shaw, the author, and a companion nearly drowned while swimming off Llanbedr in Merionethshire as a strong current pulled them from shore. After a protracted struggle they reached a sand bank and Shaw, though exhausted, reached safety.
Two men were killed and a number injured in a labor riot among dockmen in Buenos Ayres. Police made numerous arrests as authorities moved to restore order.
Austin reports that on August 16 R W Lawrance was appointed as the new state game warden. He succeeds prior appointees and will oversee wildlife enforcement and hunting regulations across the state.
Thomas R. Love has returned from a business trip to the north. He accompanied Governor Campbell to review insurance companies operating in Texas under the new law. Love will take charge as Texas insurance commissioner on September 1 and will move his family to Austin around August 25.
Dallas on August 16 reports a melon rush as fifteen wagon loads pass West Dallas in thirty minutes. Each wagon holds about fifty melons, with Eagle Ford and two other districts contributing similarly. C P Nance calls it a record melon cry and notes totals could reach around 2 250 melons in half an hour.
The joint Bryan and Huntsville district Sunday school convention gathered at Allen A M E church. After communion for 160 plus, officers and committees were chosen and the Bishop arrived from Beaumont to receive ovation. He preached on decency and order, warned against trashy literature, urged godliness and cautious associations.
The second day began with services led by Presiding Elder Gordon. Huntsville district reported assessments and dues as ministers shared joys, sorrows, and labor for the church. An afternoon paper on remedies for poor Sunday school contributions sparked discussion. Evening sermon by Rev. H P Evans, substitute for ill Rev. F F Washington, drew a packed church with strong religious fervor.
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