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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1907
Page
3
The column lists north and south bound train schedules with times, plus a 20 percent sale on Japanese and Mexican drawn work. It notes store ads by Wagner & Brandon, mentions Christmas openings, and includes brief city notices: visitors, arrivals, lectures, and funeral attendance.
Exceptional values in furs with this season style range. Prices start at 1.00 and go up to 15.00. Wagner and Brandon advertise in city storefronts at 11.
The Younger Bros show drew a large crowd at the Grand last night and received strong approval. Manager Mike announces the company will return tonight at the same prices with changes to the specialty program. The act includes a solid band and orchestra. The band gave a parade and street concert before noon yesterday.
Beautiful Christmas handkerchiefs priced 25¢ to 2.00 offered by Wagner & Brandon and Wilson & Derden. Carter portrait photos promoted as this week's last opportunity, with a Monday call to action for readers.
Austin December 18 The Waters-Pierce Oil company through its attorneys denies the states lien and receivership motion arguing lack of constitutional jurisdiction and insufficient facts for relief The filing counters the Federal court action involving receiver Dorchester and notes alleged dilatory acts by the company. Also reported are Cotton Belt railway officials protesting a new equipment order and W C Connor of Dallas Terminal Railway in attendance.
Franz Hoffman is in New York after forty-seven years in Sing Sing. He arrived with Thomas O'Shea who served twenty-two years. They stay at the Volunteers of America home where Mrs. Booth cares for them. Both men were sentenced for life and were brought to New York by the warden.
In Nashville on December 18 a large gathering of Tennessee Republicans formed a state Taft club. About fifty members enrolled with representation from every congressional district. The group advocated harmony and named a committee to draft an address urging votes for Secretary Taft and support for his administration.
Monroe Robinson a Lavernia farmer was found dead Wednesday morning on the Lavernia San Antonio road eleven miles east of San Antonio. A negro witnessed the scene and authorities believe Robinson was murdered after leaving Lavernia with a load of wood.
Ben Shronshire, a Black Civil War veteran who fought for the South, was buried in a Confederate uniform in New Orleans. He was reportedly the only Louisiana Black man eligible for a state pension, though he did not draw it and was supported by Confederate veterans. Former Illinois treasurer W. S. Hendrickson dies at his Alexandria home after two years of ill health.
A car load of bananas was broken into in Waxahachie Texas and several bunches were stolen. Some fruit was recovered under a nearby bridge.
Four year old Frances Cressin was left with a kitten in a New York house. The kitten hid under the kitchen stove and the child chased it, knocking the stove and tipping in hot coals that set her dress aflame. Neighbors frantically freed her, but she died several hours later from the burns.
Let me polish your furniture and hardwood before the holidays expert workmen employed satisfaction guaranteed Phone 159 J. W. Allen December 28
Two new pictures are drawing crowds at the opera house Just in Time and The Red Spectre attract attention. The Red Spectre is an imported hand colored French picture and has sparked wide interest.
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