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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1907
Page
3
North and south bound train times listed for several schedules with No. 3 No. 5 No. 2 No. 6. Local arrivals include W V Hanway of Dallas J P Gentry from Maryland and others visiting in the city. Community notes list sales meals visitors and carriages and a long string of brief personal notices teams and businesses.
The Bryan issue lists stock law enforcement to remove animals from streets, notices from T P Boyett the city marshal, and a batch of local ads. It mentions optician Payne promoting better glasses, college reentries by Miss Bertie Suber and Miss Ima Boyett, and community notes on church events and business promotions.
For sale notice offers a newly finished house priced at $650 with 121-2 or 13 percent interest terms. Contact W A Dodson at 221 for details.
In Memphis on August 22 a 15 year old girl, Mary Binnermann, fought off an attempted assault by Henry John, a 15 year old. Detectives arrested him on a sandbar near a boat works after a confrontation led to confession. Officers prevented mob violence and took him to the county jail. Two other Black youths faced charges of attempted assault on girls of their race.
AFL President Gompers signals probable counter-suit by the federation against the National Manufacturers’ Association alleging conspiracy. He says NY meeting planned harm to organized labor and a joint effort against twelve unions, but he declined to name attorneys or provide details.
Whetfield New Hampshire August 22 Former President Cleveland has recovered enough from illness to travel. He is expected to visit this region before week’s end with Mrs Cleveland and their children joining him. If health permits the family will stay for the season’s end.
Evansville Indiana August 22 Susie Bell a Black cook found a diamond worth about 175 dollars while cleaning a chicken. Her employer kept the stone until an attorney advised replevin papers. The owner will be sought and the diamond returned to the rightful owner.
New York August 22 Jules Teich a silk weaver killed his wife after two months of marriage then shot himself. Both died within minutes confirming a jealous homicide suicide tragedy.
In Denver on August 22 a five man squad from five states shattered the world mark at the Grand Western handicap by breaking 198 of 200 flying targets from twenty yards.
New York reports that New York City fouls disposal of bonds at private sale will raise interest rates. The article notes the potential impact on borrowing costs for the city and implications for municipal finance.
Otto Heskett accidentally shot and killed his sixteen month old daughter in Zanesville Ohio. The tragedy adds to a series of sudden deaths reported from across the country on August 22.
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