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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
2
Partial OCR text shows a damaged notice referencing a house on Main Street with a price of 750 dollars and a tenant term. Details are unclear but indicate a property listing or sale notice from an earlier era. Document appears faded and fragmentary.
The Daily Eagle from August 22 1902 comments on political topics including Funston Jake Smith Bryan artesian well problem and pistol control in Houston. It notes Col Lanham making a reunion campaign for governor with addresses to veterans in Madisonville Palestine and Wills Point.
The automobile era is noted as shaping wealth distribution in the statement. Estates of Mr Fair and Mrs Fair are to be divided among their relatives, with the distribution plan described in the notice.
Opinion favors gradual cotton marketing to prevent a market glut and a likely drop in prices. Authorities warn that rushing sales could depress values and harm farmer incomes.
The article praises joining the Business League and attending meetings noting the town gains from member participation and projects, suggesting wider involvement would further its usefulness.
President Roosevelt argues that electing a single Republican in a Democratic state matters more than 10,000 pie hunters scrambling for federal patronage and seats as delegates.
The County Commissioners portioned 1000 dollars for Jewett and Centerville road upgrades and require a matching 1000 from citizens by October first to create a 2000 dollar fund. A road tax of around 4500 plus fines and existing funds could yield 7000 to 8000 for next year, enabling further improvements.
New York gamblers set up a pool room in Sharon Springs to take farmers money by relaying Saratoga race news via Albany. Farmers sent a messenger to Albany to beat the near real time trick, enabling hayseeds to bet ahead and win. When bookmakers refused payouts a confrontation drew police.
A violent incident near Shannon and Tupelo leaves James Randolph wounded and nine others arrested. Deputies suspect multiple fatalities among the local Black population as confusion over the corn theft escalates into a gun battle with a barricaded group in a Chickasaw county barn.
A group discovered a murdered man and then found the killer’s dead body in a creek after the suspect fled wearing partial clothing. The two Indians involved were unnamed. one had a head injury years earlier and periodic fights but was not considered dangerous. Also reported is Chicago facing a coal famine with only 50 000 tons in the city and prices around eight to nine dollars per ton.
In Omaha Nebraska on August 22 the coal price jumped to 11 dollars per ton. Reports from Scranton Pennsylvania announced the Von Storch mine resuming operation with about eighty workers and six collieries active in Delaware and Hudson holdings. A Dallas Texas accident left Ernest A White severely injured after an electric shock while turning on a light, resulting in arm amputation and multiple finger losses.
Robert Wilburn of Oxford Miss was killed in Mt. Pleasant Tex when a freight train backed up as he stood on the track and his head and both hands were severed. He apparently tried to crawl under the train.
Antone Biderman of near Guthrie Oklahoma drank carbolic acid mistaken for whisky and died within an hour. The bottle label, in English, could not be read, leaving Biderman unaware of the deadly contents. Private John Allen of Dallas will give the Press Day oration at the Texas State Fair on September 27.
Special Judge Ira Julian ruled after two days of evidence that Tom Cockrill will be moved from Breathit county to Wolfe county Compton noting assassination is condemned yet belief exists that Breathit tensions are exaggerated. County Judge Hargis opposed the move and warned against prosecution in Wolfe county, threatening armed resistance and a potential feud.
M W Cox of near Whitney displayed almonds from his Tyler nursery trees at Hillsboro. One tree died and the other was destroyed by drought the first year, but the surviving tree now bears about a hundred almonds. He plans more plantings and experiments with olives and tropical fruits, believing cross timber country can yield rich results.
A Choctaw Indian from Blue county rode to a Cedar county hut seeking a missing horse. He struck the visitor with an ax at the fence, beheaded him, and wounded others as witnesses fled. Authorities report a brutal attack and ongoing search for the suspect.
Polk and associates of Beaumont have closed a deal for 23 240 acres of Cionebar land along the Pecos River in Pecos County. Eastern capitalists are said to be interested and extensive development plans are anticipated. the price is not disclosed.
Chief Porter of the Creek Nation has begun signing the new Creek deeds. He has 1000 signed and will send them to the secretary of the interior for approval. Upon approval they will be delivered to Creek citizens and forwarded to Washington as quickly as possible.
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