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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1899
Page
3
Bryan Tetas report details a new wound at Claws Mall with charges for Waew 100 and Per Monto 40 on Tuesday December 12 1809 in a local advertisement notice.
Local column reports several residents visiting saw mills last week. Mrs. Kula Royder died Wednesday, leaving a husband and infant. the community prays for comfort. Mr. J. Yardley is ill. Eugene Suber and sister Leila visited Bethel. Rev H R McClung and Dr T L Todd left for Aniston. a Christmas tree event is planned at the schoolhouse December 25 with music. Ida McClung visits Bryan for a week. A L Shackelford visited.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Carnes is sick. Rev. 8. Ro McClung has been on the sick list. Santa Marie.
Rev. Jewell Howard of Waco preached at the Christian church with good attendance. A morning business meeting subscribed $300 toward a parsonage fund. The plan seeks improved property if location and terms are agreed. Howard will move here with his family once secured.
Ladies Aid Society met last Monday at the Baptist church and appointed a committee to solicit for Buckner Orphans Home. The group will call on business men and go from house to house, expecting a hearty response. Second hand clothing, not rags, will be appreciated.
A new line of golf hats and an entire new millinery collection are now available at Mrs C M Proctor's. The shop invites shoppers to view the latest styles and seasonal designs.
Memphis Appeal reports ex governor Hubbard of Texas and former minister to Japan delivering "The South, Present and to come" in a powerful urban lecture. The event at Bryan Opera House next Tuesday night December 12 supports the public school's library with 50 cent admission.
The Eagle advertises a full line of legal forms including Affidavit to Account, Mortgage documents, Deeds, Power of Attorney, Real Estate Leases and various notes. Prices range from 5 to 10 cents per item with discounts for larger quantities via the Eagle office.
The True Marriage act aims to curb rapid unions by requiring five day license waits and parental consent for minors. Public postings and penalties for violations accompany the reform, opposed by Milwaukee clergy and justices while supporters tout moral reform. Assemblyman John M. True authored the bill.
The court ordered $20,000 to the wife of a passenger lost in the Bourgogne wreck, ruling the captain neglected duty. The pre trial allowed the company to declare the steamer and freight abandoned, making collection likely to fail.
A northern journal notes the persistence of the Southern siesta from spring to winter. In villages and country houses the 2 to 5 pm period becomes a townwide swoon with clerks napping in shops and well to do homes closed and quiet. By late afternoon some waking signs appear as fatigue eases.
A proposed dramatic performance of the White Squadron at the Metropolitan opera house in New York is said to have McKinley’s approval. A thousand prominent New Yorkers would run the project with proceeds for the Dewey home fund.
The Obicoga Record notes Dorothy Marjorie Jones may quit golf and return to tennis with playful remarks about croquet, suggesting uncertainty about her athletic path.
Notice of a special stockholders meeting 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. Meeting set January 19, 1900 at noon at the Houston office. E. W. Cave, secretary.
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