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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
5
Passenger train schedules list northbound and southbound arrivals for lines I and G N and 102. Local notices report numerous yesterday visitors from Kurten, Wellborn, Hearne, Millican, and other towns, plus business travel, Christmas orders, and community events in Bryan and Navasota.
Mrs A Holubek died at her Kurten home Tuesday at 2 a.m. aged 48. She was a sister of Joe Opersteng of this city and left a husband and several children. Interment was in Bryan with funeral services at St Josephs Catholic church conducted by Rev Gleissner yesterday at 10:30 a.m. The funeral was well attended.
Guthrie December 6 two measures were offered. Barker proposes life insurers invest 75 percent of premiums in Oklahoma after first collection. Ledbetter seeks 75 percent of surplus from all insurers. Hanraty pushes a ban on railroad bonuses and depot location contracts for consideration. Messenger calls a tough suffrage rule denying voting rights for unpaid taxes.
At 8 on Thursday morning Alf Parker a Birmingham blacksmith was killed in a saloon duel with J P Edwards a bartender. Parker was shot through the heart and chin while Edwards was wounded in the leg and left side and authorities believe mortal wounds. The fight followed Parker charging mistreatment in the saloon.
Hagbart Gregeson, former exchange teller of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank led by President Paul O. Stensland, pleaded guilty to embezzling funds and received an indeterminate penitentiary sentence. He is the third bank official to be imprisoned.
District Attorney Kelley and the attorney general confer over Ochiltree county tax issues. County officials refuse to collect taxes on state school lands and decline to publish the delinquent tax list, prompting legal action.
The Stone Webster syndicate decides the Houston to Galveston interurban route after seven surveys. Construction starts immediately with a guaranteed completion within a year, running parallel to the Galveston Houston and Henderson railroad into Galveston.
Bryan Steam Laundry will switch to cash on delivery after December 15 with no exception. Coupon books offering 10 percent discount on cash payments will be available to patrons, improving service without raising charges. Hearn and Dansby, proprietors, urge customers to note the new rule.
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