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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1902
Page
4
The note discusses a $100,000 Southern Pacific effort to settle South Texas and criticizes its approach as a large scale move rather than a small one. It also comments on Roosevelt and a cartoonist’s take about gaining black votes for 1904.
Mrs. Carrie Nations, who recently toured Texas and later went to New York, returned home to jail in Kansas after allegedly rebuking the smart set at a horse show. She is reported to have "balled out" the attendees.
The Texas and East Texas conferences of the M. E. church south have merged into one and will be known as the Texas conference with Bishop Hendricks presiding during the ongoing meeting at Crockett.
The Herald notes severe cracking of Palestine’s asphalt streets during mud season. Some residents lament spending $60,000 on a few blocks of paving and argue twenty miles of macadam might have been wiser.
A Beaumont Journal anecdote notes a subscriber mad at a dun. The editor explains several duns for paper type and fuel, then asks trusted men to help settle them. The subscriber relents and renews. Moral: creditors may need funds too.
Over 50,000 people have left western states for Canada, a commentary on mobility as an American right. The piece notes how advertising drives prices, and merchants who skip ads risk losing customers while rivals draw shoppers with lower prices. It ends by criticizing merchants who say advertising is not worth it.
The article explains that strawberries can be planted in fall, winter, or spring anywhere south of the Mason–Dixon line provided soils are not frozen or waterlogged. Winter planting is often safest as cool soil promotes root growth, with mulch such as coarse manure or straw protecting roots and reducing heaving on cold, wet soils.
A promotional piece urges parents to consult Prof DeMorian to learn their children’s best vocational aptitudes. It argues duty to self and society and suggests the professor can identify suitable vocations for success.
A palmistry expert advertises private, confidential readings at Mrs. Leman's reading parlors. The professor promises to reveal future outcomes from hand lines and shapes and to teach mental telepathy and magnetism for will power. Hours are from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Phone number 162.
For sale by W. K. Marriott at the Biren Texas post office. Property includes forty acres cultivated, a good house, and well improved facilities. Also presents a Coulter’s sale offering 25 cents for 40 cent bleach fleece and assorted ladies vests in stock, item numbers 813 and 3).
Prof J E Baldwin the war balloonist will launch a grand balloon ascent from Bryan streets on December 10. He plans a parachute descent, a spectacle of a lifetime, with bombs and animals also descending by parachute. Merchants sponsor the event and invite all to witness the historic day as crowds from surrounding counties gather.
The notice asks anyone with knowledge of the present whereabouts of J. G. Wenzloff or his heirs to report to the Eagle. It states Wenzloff was German and resided in Bryan in 1877 with John A. Woods, a carpenter, when he was single.
For sale on the east side of College Street near the new residence of R. S. Webb. Five and one half lots with 160 feet front. A big bargain. Terms easy. 1-1 Cliff A. Adams, Agent.
I and I combined lines announce special excursion rates Dec 15 to 20 for the Great Wall Carnival with details to follow. Holiday Excursions offer one fare plus 2 dollars round trip with eight tickets on select dates and a 30 day return limit. Tickets available to southeastern states and several midwestern and western locations.
The Houston and Texas Central Railroad offers round trip tickets on December 18 17 21 22 23 and 26 at one fare plus 2 dollars with a thirty day return window. Sleeper service exists from Denison to New Orleans via Houston with direct connections on all lines.
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