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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1907
Page
7
Local shoppers are urged to visit Walker's Five and Ten for gifts across Statuary China glassware bric a brac toys and more. Various residents return from trips to Austin Teague Houston and Dallas while rail schedules and holiday events fill city life.
Relief efforts led by Governor Dawson mobilize a nationwide appeal to aid 250 widows and 1,000 children left homeless by the Monongah mining disaster. Monongah officials seek $175,000 for immediate aid and $300 per widow plus $100 per child estimates, with $50,000 already subscribed and $25,000 needed for aged dependents and unborn children.
Justice precinct No. 6 in Jefferson County voted to end liquor sales by 75 to 19. The area covers Spindletop and the oil field along with the Security Oil refinery and pumping stations near Spindleton. County commissioners moved to exclude Beaumont Driving Park property, but that action is viewed as ineffective.
In New Orleans on December 16, identification was required to buy alcohol as saloons tightened entry. Many establishments locked doors or closed, the first widespread restrictions in years, following an order from Peace Inspector Whitaker to arrest violators. The crackdown reduced revelry, especially among the large Negro population.
Anadarko Oklahoma December 16 six miles from town Miss Mary Winn sixteen was thrown from a buggy and killed in a runaway incident.
Retail notes promote Walker's Five and Ten prices and a two day sale at Hunter and Chatham with hats cut to half or one third off and then one fourth off on Wednesday. It includes travel mentions of Capt. W. A. Blake leaving for Galveston and a dormitory project at A.&M. College.
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