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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1899
Page
5
Baltimore December when the Manufacturers' Record surveys southern progress in iron, cotton, lumber and phosphates. It notes 1 billion dollars invested in manufacturing and 1.5 billion in annual output, with 50 million in wages. The piece highlights cotton mills, pig iron, coal, cotton, lumber and railroads as signs of rapid growth and future potential.
Irregular item list shows cotton yard receipts and yard totals alongside set notices. Found items include a lost glove, lodge meeting notes, cigar offer, new pastor arrival, china and glassware ads, church sale proceeds, obituary, Shakespeare club update, Ajax products, a local drug company ad, restaurant hours, and a delayed afternoon train due to track damage near Rice.
Train timetable details for Hearne showing northbound and southbound numbers and departure times including No 1 leaves at 1:06 am and No 9 leaves Hearne. Eastbound No 2 and No 4 depart 4:38 pm with arrivals and departures around 11:55 am and 2:45 am for various segments.
Visitors and residents are listed in town for yesterday and today with names such as Dr Grice Miss Shepard Mrs Crenshaw and Prof Watkins. Local shops advertise specials on rugs cigars handbags and clothing as Christmas gifts with sales at Norwood's Coulter's and Chancey Kernole.
Buchanan Bros. show window presents a charming display of beautiful law robes. Chase's goods the best. Sold as cheap as these goods can be bought anywhere.
Washington reports rapid reductions in transport expenditures under Quartermaster General Ludington, with five large ships released in five weeks and nine vessels purchased to ensure ready transport command. Other items include a deadly train wreck near Kendrick hill in Idaho, a murder in Green Pond Alabama, a runaway horse injuring a Supreme Court Chief Justice in Austin, an record cotton bale sale in Waxahachie, and a smallpox case at Point Enterprise Mexia Texas.
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