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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
4
Corrrespondence from Green Prairie August 27 reports good weather, cotton picking underway slowly, boll worm damage in some areas, and health improving. several residents visiting nearby towns and relatives. A later entry from Hanks, Ebenezer dated August 19 notes daily rain and good health, with social visits, a singing event, and preparations for a September picnic on the grounds.
Dry spell continues in Cross as Dawsey Outlaw ships the first bale of seed cotton to Bryan. Geo Maxwell harvests prairie hay for W P Franklin. Geo McClung is ill this week. The Lindsey infant is very ill. Whooping cough reappears in the area. Some residents attended last week's barbecue at Anderson and reported a good time.
Millican August 27 Rev. Russell from Dickerson assists in the protracted meeting. Hugh Royal of College Station attends this week. Miss Mary Lou Monroe of Rosse visits Miss Alice Dunlap. Dr. J. F. Eaves and daughter cut trip to Marlin. Mrs. C. B. Gainer returns to Bryan. Mrs. J. R. Straughn back to Hempstead. Mr. John Wagner bed ridden. Knox Williams returns from San Marcos. Misses Eula and Pearl Lewis come back from Anderson. O. T. Lewis visits in Navasota. Will Dunlap and Sam Beene resume work in Somerville. Sickness reported lighter this week.
Cottonwood Aug 27. Cotton picking and a railroad barbecue dominate talk. Wesley Ware of Madison County visited friends here last week. L F E Edge and James Zimmerman of Kurten visited Saturday and Sunday. Ada Thomas visits relatives near Wixon this week. Edge and Carroll of Kurten paid calls in the area. Lynn Zimmermann returned Thursday after a visit with relatives in Bryan. J M Jackson of Grimes County and his wife are visiting in this community.
In Harvey Aug 28 the community mourns Dave Ellington’s child death and Mrs Arwing Todd’s passing with sympathy offered. Sick include S Jones and Tom Hlllington while Aug 30 barbecue plans excite locals. Rev H R McClung begins Union Hill church meetings. Alien Academy in Sailor offers expanded study and staff. enrolls via catalog from J H and R O Allen, Principals, Bryan Texas.
The Aug 27 notes report fast cotton and corn gathering in Tabor with fruit crops praised after a pleasant trip to Leon county. Local residents Ganaway Keeling Moncrief and Bookman family figures are listed among locals. a love list of letters remains at Bryan post office for Aug 30 with a one cent charge on advertised mail.
A Cape Nome native in Washington asserts scientific talk suggests sand in Cape Nome may contain diamonds and rubies though no thorough search has been done. He notes few can identify rough stones and says a future expedition with a diamond expert will examine the land seriously amid broader exploration plans.
Reports say Nat Goodwin will open a new New York theater next season with Florence Ziegfeld Jr. as manager and Anna Held in talks to invest. The house will stage new plays led by Goodwin and Mlle Maxine Elliott.
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