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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1899
Page
3
A Wellborn family mourns as the death angel took Alonzo Burkhalter, age 1 year 1 month, at their home last Saturday. The writer offers comfort and faith, urging resignation to God’s will and the promise of a future beyond death.
Ex Governor Hubbard of Texas to deliver his celebrated lecture The South resent and to come at the opera house in Memphis Bryan next Friday night December 8. The talk, described as humorous and hopeful, will benefit the public school library with admission set at 50 cents.
Ladies Aid Society met last Monday at the Baptist church and formed a committee to solicit for Buckner Orphans Home. The group will call on business leaders and house to house, hoping for a hearty response. Second hand clothing in good condition is appreciated.
A Cincinnati Inquirer interview describes ladies at functions arguing with unfinished sentences and unconsumed tea. The piece labels the scene as 5 o'clock tea paralysis and notes nerves and unrest among foreign residents.
Dr Conan Doyle conceived Sherlock Holmes from an Edinburgh University professor of medicine whose patient readings and dramatic deductions impressed students. The professor styled himself as a keen observer noting clues from skin, habits, and history to identify a man’s occupation and past service.
Long established bakery Otto Boehme's Texas Bakery promotes breads cakes and rolls. Dec 6 note highlights famed freshness and ready availability for customers seeking traditional baked goods.
Deep plowing brings dormant earth to the surface where elements and air convert it into productive soil. Mellowness from depth aids plant food availability, moisture balance, and drought resilience, while repeated trampling hardens subsoil and harms root growth.
At the Oxford assizes a man charged with horse theft was acquitted. The defense argued a compelling case and eloquent appeal swayed the jury, leading to a not guilty verdict. Outside, a friend asked if he truly stole the horse. He replied that the dock convinced him he might not have.
Describes broiling frog legs quickly to brown the outside without burning the inside. Season with salt pepper and melted butter and finish with a few drops of lemon juice before serving with buttered toast. Serve immediately.
A little boy Edward pleads for a washbasin like papa while his mother questions the wish. Edward replies that such a basin would let him avoid neck washing, revealing a playful domestic vignette from a family scene.
A witty exchange notes strawberries so large they require six to fill a quart box, provoking a sharp jab about the practicality of such fruit. The quip centers on the absurd size and the speaker’s mocked pride in their relative’s horticultural excess.
A Detroit Free Press exchange questions whether women will ever serve on juries. One reply doubts the idea, saying there are too many disagreements already.
City officers include Mayor D R Harrison Marshall T P Boyett and others. Church groups, lodges, and the Bryan Cotton Seed Oil Mill and Bryan Compress list officers and meeting times with presidents, secretaries, treasurers, and managers.
The Eagle advertises a line of legal blanks for affidavits mortgages contracts and notes with prices per item and bulk quantities available. It lists affidavits for account and facts deeds warranties quit claims powers of attorney land notes with vendor's lien and transfers as well as releases and leases.
Notice is given of a stockholders meeting called by the Board of Directors to convene January 19, 1900 at noon in Houston Texas. Purpose to authorize a first mortgage on the Waco Northwestern Division to secure bonds up to twenty five thousand dollars per mile for up to thirty years at six percent to fund payment, completion, and operation of the railroad and its franchises. E W Cave secretary. d Jan 19
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