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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1907
Page
2
President Harrington reports Beeville station thriving with 160 acres under test. Oranges, grape fruit, and olives show promise, with a budding apiary and experiments in alfalfa, oats, barley, and vegetables. A prickly pear project aims to prove market profitability.
The city announces holiday closing dates for several schools: A. & M. College from December 23 to January 6, Allen Academy December 21 to January 6, Texas Woman's College December 21 to January 2, Villa Maria Academy December 21, and City Public Schools December 20 to 30. New Year's Day also allowed. A stray shoat is available. owner can claim by contacting 314 Kk. L. Brogdon.
President Brazos County Farmers' Union urges all local unions in Brazos to meet December 14 at 10 a.m. in Bryan to discuss reducing 1908 cotton acreage and distressed cotton, elect delegates to a national meeting in Memphis January 7, 1908, and unite to protect labor profits and pay debts.
The December docket was taken up by the Texas Railroad Commission in Austin. Items included dismissals of the Palm Valley depot inquiry and Sunset-Central circus rate charges, advisement of Nacogdoches Southern carrier rights, continued Katy depot plans for Dallas, and prospective joint action by Texas and Pacific and Central. Also discussed were refrigerator box return regulations, livestock fill weight issues, and an inspector general retirement order. Two Alabama dry counties, Cullman and Walker, were announced as prohibitions.
In Hamlin Texas on October 10, engineers and plaster men from Quanah report extensive gypsum beds nearby. Deposits allegedly stretch hundreds of acres with depths from five to twenty feet. Mechanical engineer Mr. McNeil estimates enough supply to load twenty rail cars daily for twenty years.
In Possumville last Saturday night a war of words ended in a fight at Carson Sewall Co wholesale grocery as manager C J Hill battled a large possum in the store. Hill claims he knocked the animal to the floor in a solar plexus blow after chasing it through the aisles. Hill displayed the cleaned trophy this morning and the big eaters’ event is set for tomorrow, according to the Navasota Examiner.
The Christian ladies announce a Christmas Bazaar on Thursday and Friday December 12 and 18 at Myers new building beside the post office. They will sell fancy gift articles, homemade cakes and candies and serve hot beverages. Open from 10 30 a m. 316
Friday window special runs Dec 12 from 2 30 to 5 30 at Walker's Five and Ten Cent Store 135 Have you seen the moving pictures at the opera house They are making good Also tonight Prof Demers the world champion skater exhibits at the Rink
Members and friends of Woodmen of the World Millican Camp No. 370 gathered at Weaver Cemetery Sunday for the unveiling of a monument to W. A. Millican, a deceased sovereign, in a ceremony led by sovereign officers.
Rev Gleissner of St Josephs Catholic church went to Bremond yesterday to conduct a memorial service for the late Rev A Kripajtis formerly of this city who died recently at Bremond while serving as pastor of the Bremond Catholic church.
A large strong gentle family horse offered for sale. Warranted? Address listed as Chas Simpson Bryan Texas. Includes note d 115 w 8.
Reported incidents include Ardmore fire destroying a college building slated for replacement at forty five thousand dollars, Sulphur Louisiana residence fire killing a baby, Bartlett Texas man found dead near a fence, and multiple shooting accidents in Brown's Ferry Cooke county and Lake Charles. Dallas indictments accuse Frank McCue Roy Pringle of murder. A pistol misfire injured a child in San Antonio.
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