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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1901
Page
9
A disjointed advertisement announces a special sale starting this morning and lasting until January 1, 1902. It promises substantial reductions on Gentlemen's Wear, urging early buyers to secure first selections and noting the appeal of practical Christmas gifts for grandfathers, husbands, uncles, brothers, and sons.
Christmas gifts advertised with heavy discounts on coats and shoes. Men’s cape coats priced at 3.50 to 7.50, box coats 2.75, ladies and children’s shoes offered at cost, including Florsheim bootees. Read as a local store sale note urging shoppers to buy during cold weather.
Real estate notices list numerous Bryan area parcels for sale including 40 acre blocks near an oil mill with a new house, wells, and sheds. 25 acres inside city limits with 5 room house. several 4 to 7 room frame houses with cisterns, gardens, and outbuildings. vacant lots with oak trees. a southern College road estate with stables and orchard. a large boarding house rental prospect. and 14,000 acres of farm and ranch land. Listings advertise bargains, rapid sale, and exchanges, urging quick inquiries.
Washington reports recount resolutions by Rep Wheeler of Kentucky to probe Admiral Schley from his command of the Flying Squadron to the destruction of the Spanish fleet on July 3 1898. Rep Mudd of Maryland offers thanks to Schley and his officers for victory off Santiago de Cuba on July 3 1893. Republican senators caucus approves committee assignments with Allison Collom Aldrich Hale Lodge and Hawley leading key panels. Debate opens on temporary revenue for the Philippines with party leaders and oath ceremonies. President Roosevelt seeks information on South appoints from Democratic senators and reps, considering reappointments. In Knoxville Pinkerton Lowell Spence identifies Harvey Logan as the arrest subject connected to Great Northern robbery. Spence notes Logan seen in Nashville with a woman and bank funds. Logan remains noncommunicative.
A British observer describes German police state practices, detailing how citizens must report every house move, servant hires, and removals with color coded blanks and a centralized record system. Fines align with offense severity, starting as low as 2 cents, illustrating pervasive government scrutiny.
A column discusses how people waste time in daily life and waiting, then pivots to a dramatic calculation of one inch of rain over New York City. It explains the immense potential energy and emphasizes the irony of harnessing natural power rather than relying on coal. The piece ends with a reflection from the New York Herald.
New York December 17 Charles Jaimes the lessee of the Brevert house on Fifth Avenue and the Chastaigneray hotel on Madison Avenue has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Assets are said to fully cover all liabilities and the Brevert business stability will not be affected by the assignment.
Miss Eleanor Ludlow niece of ex Governor Bushnell says there is positively no truth in the report of the engagement of Capt Richmond P Hobson and herself. In St Petersburg ministers Sipignan and Vanoffsky tensions persist with Vanofsky to stay till year end. A gold boom in Finland is noted with gold found at Oulenberg and a meteorological bureau member urges adopting American report methods.
New York December 17 Reverend Albert Clarkson linked with the church and convent of St. Vincent Porrer has died at age 81. He was born in Washington County Kentucky and his parents hailed from Maryland’s old English Catholic settlement.
St Petersburg reports that following the Kharkin railroad accident in which about 20 people died, only railroad employees will be carried on the Manchurian railroad for the time being.
A review of grotesque fashions from Chaucer to the eighteenth century chronicles the vanity of the era. It cites multi outfit wardrobes of nobles, bishops, and dandies, with vivid colors, gold buttons, and extravagant gowns, plus extreme beard starching and perfuming rituals. The piece notes shifts from tight to baggy garments and cross European styles in a vivid period voice.
A Boston Transcript quip notes harmony in the Jugginson home. Burt claims the couple’s peace comes from Mrs J always having the last word, while he freely accepts her lead.
A Baltimore American quip comments that a music teacher constantly asks for money. Mr Wunder notes the humor, saying the teacher’s scale begins and ends with dough, implying the request is natural given the role.
A seedy man wearing a mourning band on his hat laments how hard it is to lose relations. A wealthy man with a million-dollar check retorts that it is simply impossible, framing social bond loss against moneyed certainty.
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