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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1907
Page
4
New York August 19 Mrs Hetty Green mother of E H R Green Texas Midland railroad owner says she was a belle once and now declares society has not enough to keep out of mischief. She asserts that the girls of this era lack restraint and amusement.
A critique argues that day and age indulge in extravagance driven by personal whim and frivolous tendencies. The comment challenges societal spending and values, urging restraint and practical focus.
Ashley New York August 19 after two years in the depths of a coal mine a cat belonging to James Warke returned home. The animal once threatened to be killed and was placed in a bag and taken to the No 20 colliery where it thrived feeding on mine rats. Now the mine closed the cat reappeared at the owner’s house. How it escaped is unknown.
New York reports the tenth annual Fighting Ships 1907 by F. T. Jones calling the United States the world’s second naval power, with Great Britain first.
Cotton in Mexico short by 50000 bales this season. First cotton bales arriving across Texas regions. Texarkana may receive natural gas from Caddo field by November 25. Collision in San Antonio injures six. Austin mayor vetoes chickens running at large ordinance. John Smith 16 convicted of arson in Marlin Texas, five years. Rev Angus Johnson 98 preaches in Ennis. Weather balloon ascent planned in Austin next month. Victoria Missouri army HQ head Patton stabbed with rusty bayonet. Charles E Waters arrested. Dr C H Gordon leaves Texas underground water study to University of Tennessee geology chair. Mrs J B Dibrell thanks voters for aging Confederate women home amendment success.
Albert B. Cousins first lieutenant in the Texas National Guard drowned at Bull Creek seven miles northwest of Austin while saving Miss Evelyn Oatman from drowning. Oatman survived after Cousins’s failed return to shore. she is engaged to be married to him in October. Cousins was business manager for Ben C. Jones & Co. and son of R. H. Cousins, publisher of Texas Court Reporter.
Misses Dee Neville and Laura Brown tour New York urging residents to move to Texas. They wear large Texan discs reading I am from Texas talk to me and distribute posters promoting the state and its 5,000,000 by 1910 goal.
In Houston on August 19 the Dick Dowling camp held a heated session at City Hall. A unanimous resolution questioned Governor Campbell for ignoring Confederate soldiers in public appointments and for dismissing a comrade while appointing a stranger.
At 1 30 this morning the Diamond flats at Floyd and Cantegral streets burned, preserving seven families. The College of Physicians and Surgeons was housed there. Mrs Burroughs and her infant leaped from a second story window. the mother hurt. Dr Schwab also leaped, suffering back injury and a broken arm.
In Big Springs Texas on August 19 bid Ed dins was struck by a switch engine and died three hours later. Local authorities reported the accident occurred at railroad yard and the victim was transported to a nearby hospital.
W B Christian, father of Julia Jackson, denounces Edmond Randolph Preston after the marriage at Salisbury North Carolina. Christian says he pleaded for over a year to stop his daughter from elopement and calls Preston an epileptic and ruinous to her descendants. Preston is a grandson of General Preston and a North Carolina legislator.
Philadelphia reports Margaret Flee daughter of a Centerville coal man married George W Brunell former Councilman of Philadelphia. The wedding follows the west incident a year ago when Brunell saved Miss Flee from a threatening cattleman at Etons ranch Wolf Montana and later wooed her in Centerville.
In Galveston on August 19 W T Owin a local merchant was shot and died shortly after. James Robertson a switchman was arrested in connection with the killing. Owin leaves a widow and six children.
Paris Texas on August 19 reports the body of A Taylor was found hanging in a base between Emberson and Cavin. Police are investigating the death as a possible suicide or foul play with local authorities seeking clues.
Nashville reports 3411 female dogs registered under the Graham law statewide. Enforcement varies, with some counties showing little effort to apply the statute.
Dr. A A Royse a dentist died from a spider bite in Sherman as details emerge. In Anderson County Texas commissioners refuse to refund six thousand dollars in fines imposed for paying men to procure poll tax receipts. Nearly eighty year old Uncle Billy Stilson of Palestine reportedly oldest saloon man in Texas injured by barrel explosion.
The dialogue shows a man urging marriage while the woman hesitates, stating she will not accept. The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes Mirabeau likening an attack to a wasp that, unreconciled, will return with greater provocation.
An elderly colored man visits the Baltimore News office and watches pneumatic tube stations at city and telegraph desks. He asks what the devices are and expresses disappointment and bewilderment, misinterpreting the tubes as music boxes.
An elderly traveler asks about the air and health of a Scottish coast village. A local man explains his lifelong health is due to being left alone by the doctor, implying no serious illness in his life. The exchange humorously contrasts medical care with natural well being.
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