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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1907
Page
2
The Lufkin Tribune column quotes a warning against selling goods at or below cost to destroy competitors. It argues legitimate merchants who back products and offer guarantees will endure, while predatory price cuts vanish. The piece appears in The Daily Eagle from Bryan Texas August 18 1907.
Real estate transfers listed by attorney T R Batte show W W Kennard as receiver selling 11 53 acres from Lee C Smith league to Ward Templeman for 16 dollars. J M Lawless and wife sell 223 acres from James league to Mrs Simpson for 200. A D McConnico and wife sell lot 2 block 1 Bryan for 50. W H Morgan sells two acres including gin improvements from Abner Lee Sr league to C C Morgan for 3000. John Gorzycki and wife with Mary Gorzycki sell 10 acres from J E Scott league to C J Gorzycki for 200. J L Fountain sells 640 acres from E W Taylor survey to J W Brogdon for 10000. J W Hunnicutt and wife sell lot 1 block 27 Bryan to W G Reynolds for 1500. L John and wife sell 50 by 75 feet from S F Austin league 9 to W E Williams for 200. W E Williams sells 50 by 75 feet from S F Austin league 9 to P Landry for 30. W W Griffin and wife sell 150 acres from Zeno Phillips league to Annie Towler for 2300. M F Dansby and wife sell lot 8 and east half of 7 block 42 Bryan to Mae Cole Emory for 750.
A Navasota Examiner note recalls the Texas game law prohibiting killing doves and quail from November 1 to February 1. It clarifies the months allowed for hunting as November through January with a limit of twenty five birds of either species.
The Huntsville Post reports Jess Palmer displayed a swollen jaw early this week not from pride or bravado but a rare excursion of a game tooth. The dental drama followed an escape from fire that night and the physician now keeps it as a curios keepsake.
The First Baptist Sunday School begins at 9 45 this morning and lasts one hour. A dialogue by twelve boys and girls directed by Miss Townsend will feature the program. Everyone is invited to attend.
Albert Bullard was killed when he fell before a mower machine blade in Steubenville County. He suffered probable fatal injuries and the incident is being investigated.
Haskell county schedules a local option election on August 31 in Haskell Texas. Voters will decide whether to approve a local measure affecting the area. The notice bars not yet list precincts or polling places.
Newport Ark Aug 17 J T reports a hive or cavity in a White River bottom tree yielding honey enough to fill a tub and two water buckets. The discovery was made near the river bank by local observers.
Palatka Arkansas reports pastures drying and burning under severe drought on August 17 as farmers cope with heat and lack of rain. Local fields show widespread scorched grass and smoke across rural areas.
The J A O s held gatherings with Miss Corrine James Miss Winnie Henderson and Miss Anna Banks hosting games contests and prizes. Winners included Lucile Batte Mary Harris Nellie Cole Irene Board and Anna Banks, with refreshments provided by hosts and helpers across several afternoons.
In Oxford Pennsylvania on August 17 a large green bullfrog lured a sow away from her seven suckling pigs starving the litter. Neighbor Mr Cameron found the sow splashing by a mud pool with the frog sharing the nourishment meant for the pigs.
Atlanta August 17 Colonel Hiram P Bell last surviving Confederate congress member died Friday at age eighty He was a Confederate army officer and a member of both the secession convention and the U S Congress He also served in Georgia’s state legislature and was a grandson of Continental Army officer Francis Bell.
Aug. 11 a mill worker Albert Agitman shot dead Jobs Nolte an ex policeman at Caldwells Ren after a family quarrel. Achmer witnessed the man surrender to police at the leadquarters. The two families are described as shaken by the violence in Wheeling.
In Paris Texas on August 17 Indeemation reports Rat Latimore a Paris youth leads pitchers in the Amerikaz Baseful association. He is listed as a staff member of the Toledo team.
Alfred Hambrick a laborer at Trinity Lumber company mills in Groveton Texas had three fingers or hand parts cut off by an edge saw while attempting to operate it and was injured on August 17.
Cotton receipts in local warehouses list Lawrence Warehouse and Back Warehouse with totals to date this season and a figure 77 noted for one location.
Washington August 17 1907 last bulletin notes a cool wave crossing the coast by about August 21 crossing west of the Rockies by 22. Warm waves follow through late August with high temperatures. expect potential frosts in September especially for corn. Drouth may extend northeast from Texas into corn regions along the Mississippi. Corn price trends cited with prior guidance.
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