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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
2
Bryan is the hub of five of the best counties in Texas. Ample railroad facilities, good dirt roads and bridges, immense stocks of goods, up-to-date business methods and courteous treatment are cited as advantages of Bryan as a trading point for visitors and locals alike.
Excerpt from B F Johnson at College Station July 3 4 5 1900 reports M W E Anderson district manager of American Cotton Co Houston saying round lap plants are not feasible under 1500 bales a season so farmers must haul seed cotton to the railroad while local ginners monopolize buying seed cotton and pressing profits at the farmer’s expense.
A formal request to patrons thanking them for past support and seeking continued patronage. Dated from the sender at her residence, the notice expresses respect and gratitude and invites ongoing business.
Sealed bids will be received to sell ice cream soda water lemonade and all ice drinks cigars and tobacco peanuts watermelons fruits nuts confections lunches and sugar cane at the barbecue grounds on August 30. W E Saunders Chin n announces the sealed proposal deadline August 25 at 4 p m.
A Boston Twentieth Century club committee presents photographs and plans comparing historic tenements in London Edinburgh and Glasgow with modern model buildings. Rouen and Lyons display French improvements while Philadelphia Brooklyn Manhattan and Boston showcase newer housing. The display highlights substantial progress in urban reform.
Tammany Hall secured control of the Democratic organization in all districts and won key seats. Abraham Gruber lost in the Twenty first assembly district to a county committee opponent. In Brooklyn King’s county the regular Republicans won except in the Sixteenth district where W. J. Taylor was defeated by Robert Sharkey. Tough McLaughlin led the Democrats with a 63 delegate bloc, while Bird S Coler’s gubernatorial bid did not influence Brooklyn results.
General Roberts reports Buller’s advance at Macha dorp with light casualties as Dandonald’s mounted troops could not advance beyond Helvetia due to terrain and a strong enemy position. French moved to Elaandsfontein and forced the foe to retreat. Buller’s losses on Aug. 27 were 1 officer and 13 men killed and 7 officers and 57 men wounded.
Guthrie Oklahoma August 29 Mrs Chas Holden wife of a farmer near Granite committed death by own action by shooting herself through the body with a revolver. Despondency from illness is the only known cause.
Roy Smith aged 22 was struck by lightning at his home northwest of Abilene Kas during a storm. High winds caused significant damage as the fatal event occurred on August 29.
Captain Crenshaw of the Twenty-ninth volunteered died after alleging neglect aboard the transport Sherman from Manila to San Francisco. He claimed officers kept him awake during seas, placed him in a hold berth near insane men, and that hospital care was refused in San Francisco. An operation followed in Atlanta and burial planned for LaGrange, Georgia.
Reports from multiple cities on August 29 detail deaths linked to the Wright hospital riot in Gilman and related injuries. Mrs Charlotte Wright dies in Watseka after hospital conditions, with four total fatalities so far. Other items note threats in Akron, race-related damage claims in New York, and local crime outbreaks across Texas and Arkansas.
Washington August 29 census figures show Boston Massachusetts at 560,892, up from 448,477 in 1890, an increase of 112,415. The data reflects growth across the city with notable gains in several wards.
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