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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1898
Page
3
Train schedule from Hearne lists west bound Nos 1 3 2 4 and east bound trains at 1:05 a.m. 11:05 a.m. 8:53 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. with routes between Hearne and San Antonio.
Numerous visitors and residents are recorded in city notes from yesterday, including Dick Jones in Waco Ada Board in Milli can T R Pain from Lola J E Cloud Kurten and B F Bullock from Reliance Miss Gussie Kyle from Hearne Joe Gregg from Brazos bottom and Mrs W S Adams from Ennis. Local ads promote Royal Blue cigars, new fall goods at Sangers, Ira Gooch turnouts and James stable livery services. Rentals and visiting relatives are also mentioned with multiple short notices.
Rev C Martin from Steep Hollow visits daughter Martha Martin who returned from Rock Prairie yesterday. Coulter’s dry goods house reports new stock and fresh paint interior. W T James promotes prompt 24 hour livery service. Cotton transport and warehouses bustle as new goods arrive for busy season. Worm damage cuts Brazos bottom cotton acreage by about one third. County examining board with Maj W A Banks Prof C B Bullock and Miss Gertrude Nallis handles fifteen teaching certificate applicants. Sheriff F M Black captures escaped prisoner Nath McWhorter near Madisonville. Prof R H Price contribution in Eagle Meteor future edition praised. Joe B Reed’s insurers adopt Spanish-American War death-claims policy. Commissioners P H Arrington Peter Thomas Felix Phillips audit county farm. complaints of cruel treatment dismissed. List of visitors including Semple Raven Raine Reddick Price Handley Leipur Matthews Hawley Scheer Stewart Leonard Foot Bone Blackshaw Lyons, etc.
Messrs Howard Darwin and J K Ponder announce a cottonyard in Bryan between Parker's gin and the oil mill beside the railroad. Two good houses, ample camping space, and free accommodations for farmers to visit, weigh cotton, and receive fair treatment.
Notice calls for bids to construct a two story frame building at College Station with plans at the A M College President’s office. Bids due by 12 pm August 20 1898 for sealer work and for screening windows doors in the mess hall and removing two partitions in the main building. Right to reject bids reserved.
The Navy Department plans to deploy single turreted monitors to Cuba and Porto Rico harbors for permanent guard duties. Vessels include Adjax Canonicus Mahopac Manhattan Wyandotte Catskill Jason Lehigh Montauk Nahant Nantucket Passaic with two 1 inch guns, to store grape and canister for shore control. Double turreted ships Puritan Terror Amphitrite Miantonomoh may reach Havana Santiago and San Juan Puerto Rico.
United States Minister Hunter cables from Guatemala that General Morales, revolutionary leader, was captured in a cave on Wednesday and died while being taken to prison at San Sebastian.
Annie May Mc Combs a 10 year old of Ennis Texas died after attempting to light a stove. Burning oil from a coil exploded and engulfed her in flames before help could reach her. The nearby house and belongings were destroyed in the blaze.
A magazine-style roundup details boys near Cumberland Maryland catching over 100 migrating squirrels on the Potomac and describes age-old top spinning traditions across cultures. It notes Indians using poison arrows, prairie dogs in Chicago, and a simple trick to drive a needle through a copper coin.
Palmer argues a good woman may not be a good wife and can unintentionally weaken a husband’s resistance to drink. He warns that female selflessness can foster self-indulgence, undermining a man’s strength and leading to relapse amid life’s temptations.
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