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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
2
A Bryan Morning Bank issue prints a collage of observations from August 25 1908 including remarks on Democratic State convention state politics and national figures like Archie Roosevelt. Jokes about flying machines and hogs mingle with notes on frost in North Dakota and the Beaumount fall races.
Amid broad remarks on roads and growth, the piece notes Brazos county improving roads and discusses broader issues from boll weevil driven cotton plans to political campaigns. It critiques governance, sanitation progress, and party strategy while urging support for Democratic funding and missionary politics.
A collection of brief historical notes includes the deaths of David Hume in 1776, Thomas Chittenden in 1797, Commodore Edward Preble in 1807, and Jehudi Ashmun in 1828. Also recorded are British evacuation of Washington in 1814, a Chartist trial in 1848, a 1794 Sea of Azov tornado disaster, and the 1897 assassination of Uruguay's President Borda in Montevideo.
Fort Worth Texas hosts the Commercial Secretaries convention September 9 to 11 focusing on highway improvement. Speakers urge rapid, nationwide level road building with Texas far behind, noting only nine counties building this year and about 700 miles of highway planned for 1908.
A New York department store buyer notes that a women’s muslin garment sells at 29 cents while a similar men’s item with equal quality costs 59 to 75 cents, arguing manufacturers overcharge men who he says are easy marks and less shrewd shoppers.
The Pacific fleet leaves San Francisco with eight armored cruisers led by Pennsylvania and West Virginia sailing 2100 miles to Honolulu and 2240 miles to Samoa. After coaling and a stop in Magdalena Bay for target practice the ships return to San Francisco by December 4. Edge Dry Goods Co. advertises slippers with a 2 percent discount.
Waco Texas voters may see a noiseless town if the city attorney finds Waco has power to bar steam whistles within corporate limits. The city council instructed the attorney to determine authority as charter amendments to this effect are planned for next spring.
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