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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1898
Page
3
Fragmentary rail summary lists No 1 No 2 No 3 No 4 leaves and arrivals at Hearne and San Antonio. North bound service timing shown as 4 39 p m with noted trains No 1 and No 3 arriving.
Names from Benchley Houston Ennis Navasota and Wickson visit Marlin yesterday. Advertisements offer 5¢ cigars Royal Blue and affordable buggy turnouts at Parks and Ira Gooch. Rentals and boarding options posted with notices about rooms and a five room house near the oil mill.
Daily notes show Miss Fannie Harrington visiting Groesbeeck after seeing her aunt Mrs. E B Roberts. Several locals from Bethel Grimes and Madison counties were in town, including R L Pounds Sam Graham Jack Graham W S McCiung and A W Dyess. Insurance firm Joe B Reed reports Spain war death claims rising while promoting lodge policies. Local business Wilson Jenkins Drug Co advertises newest stationery and toilet goods.
OE Flato Lagrange 1 A Lovit Temple H Basnett Austin Geo M Morse St Louis Sol Levy Cincinnati John F Cole Houston G T Malone Morgan City Jim Osborn Austin J F Parker San Antonio R L Lindsey Chicago G L Hubbell Kansas City.
A Washington school Friday held original compositions memorized by each pupil. A blue eyed girl lisped a stanza about dawn and lark, then a boy exclaimed the missing line, finishing with the blunt motto To hell with Spain revealing a sudden improvised punchline.
From Rockwall Texas August 24 reports describe a mob attack on a Black man named Christian and threats to others. A hazardous device was placed under Christian’s house and damaged it. his wife and four children were inside but unharmed. Another Black man, Paul Bateman, was targeted as the mob moved on.
Joseph Panell Gibbins declares the Maine sinking was caused by a 500 pound ground mine he invented and supplied to Spain. He details mine types, storage, and firing steps and asserts the explosion was deliberate by one or two men. He cites Havana harbor as the deployment site and predicts proving testimony.
Fort Worth Texas reports J M Bates aged about 50 a transient run over and killed by a Santa Fe freight train his body mangled. Macon Georgia records H J Lamar Sons wholesale retail drug house destroyed by fire losses 105000 insurance 35000. Ringold Texas notes a boiler running a thrashing machine exploded injuring Wil Brown and a man named Wicks. Manchester New Hampshire confirms death of former governor Moody Currier at his residence.
Notes from Wellborn report extreme heat and dry conditions as cotton picking begins. Local names Royder brothers, Newsome, Farquhar, Hensarling, Mary Campbell, Palmer and Shensarling are listed among excursion attendees to Houston and Galveston. County officials A. G. Board and P. H. Arrington visited. J. P. Reyder on sick list. Rev Wadsworth leading a protracted meeting. Dr Pepper and ice drinks advertised. Verses from James Russell Lowell included.
A dairy farmer feeds a scrub cow and guesses she pays, describing it as gambling in stock. It is a board of trade like business where a small lot of poor milk is traded for board, leaving the dealer short on butter and long on endurance.
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