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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1899
Page
3
Partial alert shows departures listed as No 1 No 2 No 4 with times 3:53 a m 4:39 p m and 8:10 p m plus a noon 11:55 a m reference. Routes mention between Hearne and San Antonio and between unspecified lines.
A busy day with visiting locals including Mike Hannefin J O Kernole and Miss Lucy Johnson. The town draws a huge crowd as various residents donate time from Kurten Waco Navasota Ennis and Stone City. For sale items include a saddle pony and a residence plus insurance and grocery goods offerings from local firms.
The Bryan Eagle special edition is praised by The Calvert Courier. Local items include Cotton seed hulls at 3.50 per ton, trade offers for a typewriter, church services and revivals, visits by area residents, bakery and restaurant notices, and updates on cotton receipts and Confederate pension approvals. Waco and Houston references appear in convention reports about W. S. Howell.
In the old Baptist church area the lower story of the Masonic Lodge will host a new private school beginning September 4 1899. instruction in primary preparatory and high school branches offered by teachers Mrs Edna Minkert and Miss Mary Minkert.
A party from Austin led by State Purchasing Agent Cliff A. Adams and State Revenue Agent Joe Lee Jameson arrives in the city with Senator G. D. Neal and Clarence Dodge to inspect the South western Image asylum. Neal to Corpus Christi after meetings with Perry J. Lewis for fishing plans. Adams appointed purchasing agent for Texas asylums by Governor Sayers. contracts for supplies to be let today under a new purchasing law taking effect on the 26th. Adams’s hometown is Bryan where he serves as mayor.
The commissioners report the Thompson Creek bridge near Roberts place is satisfactorily completed. They expect the Sandy Point road Thompson Creek bridge to be finished by Tuesday noon August 29 and say trustle work on Democrat crossing road is fixed. Wickson Creek bridge will be addressed next week and talks with Madison county for Bundick bridge replacement are promising. The long bridge across the Navasota River will be tackled soon, as a crossing already exists.
H and T C announces a Saturday Sept 2 4 03 pm and Sept 8 1 48 am excursion from Bryan. Round trip to Galveston priced 2 00 and to Houston 1 75 with travel windows up to Sept 4 7 00 am from Galveston and 9 00 am from Houston. Agent W S Wilson, 339.
Miss Sue McLelland will start an instrumental music class at the opening of school teaching piano and stringed instruments. Her past success is cited as proof of future excellence and her modern methods are applied. Her annual concerts climax the graded school year with public enjoyment. The public is respectfully invited.
Mrs. Anderson will open a Primary and Kindergarten School for reception of pupils on Monday Sept 4 at 9 am in the north side of the Masonic or old Baptist building. Terms are $1.50 per month with no reduction except for two weeks protracted illness. She thanks past supporters and invites public patronage.
All contracts for the Bryan Cotton Seed Oil mill must be made with the undersigned to be legal and binding. E. J. Fountain, Manager. Bryan, Texas, August 25, 1899.
Miss Anna Berryman will resume her music class with the next graded school session. She teaches piano and stringed instruments and invites former patrons and new students to enroll.
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