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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
2
The Bryan Morning Eagle comments on the Springfield anti negro mob and national politics. It jokes about Castro, taft and Bryan, notes a local Anderson county disturbance, and reports 100 typhoid cases in Fort Worth with contaminated water and unscreened fruit as causes.
The article notes Mr. Bryan’s puzzlement over diverse gifts ahead of his potential presidency. It discusses the Texas Baptist convention in Fort Worth from November 12 for four days with about 5000 delegates and visitors. It also mentions Texas as a strong cotton market, Claflin plans for expansion, and race riot histories in Springfield for context of 1900s elections.
Ft Worth Texas Aug 19 The convention program for Texas Commercial Secretaries to be held September 9 10 and 11 has been handed to the printer and will be mailed out later this week The 32 page two color pamphlet will cover city building science and include a roster of commercial clubs on alternating pages Fresh bread cakes etc at the Texas Bakery Mrs Otto Boehme proprietor
The record lists events on August 21 across years including the 1708 Haverhill massacre, 1775 Montgomery at Ticonderoga, 1785 Oliver Hazard Perry born, 1808 Vimiera victory, 1824 Enos Troop born, 1829 Galena copper discovery, 1857 Port Huron incorporation, 1890 Middleton retirement.
Special trains from Denver and other points bring visitors to Cheyenne for Frontier Day. About 5000 guests are already in town as a three day carnival features world championship riding and roping with entrants from Colorado Oklahoma Texas and Hawaii. A new Frontier Park track and grandstand house a large crowd while prizes exceed 10000 for the events.
All is ready for the American Bar Association annual meeting in Seattle Washington with many members already in town for preliminary conferences. Upcoming events include a conference of commissioners on uniform state laws and a program featuring judges and prominent legal figures from the United States and abroad.
New York reports a manufacturers outlook for campaign buttons is poor as demand wanes. factories in New York and New Jersey stocked millions of buttons but the public has shifted to campaign watch fobs and scarf-pins revealing a broader move away from lapel emblems.
In Springfield Illinois on Wednesday night nervous militiamen fired at a shadow near a tree after a sentry demanded it halt. Another militiaman shot four times at a refuse pile that did not move. In Juliette Georgia Johnny Jones is charged with breaking into R S Driskell's home and stealing a $400 pocketbook.
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