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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1901
Page
8
The store advertises a male oriented holiday shop in Bryan offering fine furnishings and guidance for gift selections. It emphasizes practical wearables over trinkets and claims familiarity with local men's tastes to help customers choose suitable Christmas presents.
A striking display features Silk Neckwear in Puffs Imperials Ascots Four in Hands Bat Wings and more. Priced at 25c 50c 75c and 1.00, the collection offers elegant options for holiday attire.
Fine silk and satin suspenders with sterling silver and gold plated buckles sold in boxes at prices 1 1 50 2 and 2 50.
Listing describes dressed and undressed Kid Gloves in new gray and tan tones including silk lined options at various prices. Dog skin gloves with fur tops priced from 75 cents to 1 dollar and wool gloves at 50 cents.
An advertisement offer features quilted silk mufflers in decorative patterns with box item priced at 1 to 1.50 dollars. Large handkerchief mufflers show rich Oriental and embroidered effects priced at 75 cents 1 dollar 1 dollar fifty and 2 dollars.
Smoking Jackets made from self plaided golf materials in patterns at 5 7.50 and 10 dollars. Fine Silk and Gloria Umbrellas with wood and sterling handles priced 1.50 2.50 3 and 5 dollars. Fine Valises leather cases from 1 to 10 dollars. Men's patent leather shoes 4 5 and 6 dollars. Overcoats offered in Bryan at 10 12 15 and 20 dollars.
A gas explosion at the Soho furnace of Jones and Laughlin near Brady Street in Pittsburg this morning killed ten workers and injured about twenty, all on the top platform over 120 feet up. Molten metal and flames swept the platform as workers tried to escape, with nine already dead and five severely hurt.
Heavy Wyoming and Nebraska storms halt Union Pacific Colorado and Southern North and Burlington East rail traffic. Ramsey and Sherman block westbound routes, a Colorado and Southern derailment at 21 miles north of Cheyenne, and a derailed engine 100 miles east of Cheyenne strand lines for days. In St Louis, cold and snow delay arrivals at Union Station with trains late by 30 minutes to seven hours.
Paris Texas December 19 Deputy Sheriff H H Lindsey was fined $100 after pleading guilty to negligent homicide. While attempting an arrest the suspect fled and jumped an embankment as the officer fired toward his feet the bullet struck the man in the back causing a mortal wound.
At the meeting in Little Rock the Democratic state central committee planned a state convention for June 10, 1902 to nominate state officers. A new departure primary election system will hold March 29 in all 75 counties to express a choice.
Thomas McCabe of Hibernia was found in a Middle Mount mine hole 200 feet below ground after being missing for over a week. His brother Andrew McCabe discovered the corpse after descending to the hole. The hole opened on a honeycombed old Wharton mine, suggesting a crust of earth collapsed under him.
Kilpatrick, the Montana train robber suspect, convicted here of uttering forged bank notes, will be imprisoned by federal authorities in an Ohio state penitentiary. His companion Laura Bullion is to be sent to Jefferson City.
New York Dec 19 Rear Admiral Sampson prepares a protest against the minority finding of Admiral Dewey as president of the Schley court of inquiry. Attorneys Slayton and Campbell have been granted time to file their brief with the navy department in Washington.
A Washington AP rep visited Admiral Sampson's residence and was told his condition remains unchanged. No immediate alarm is felt, despite rumors to the contrary.
Catalog of handkerchiefs lists Cambric plain white hemstitched and fancy colored borders at 10c and 12 4c. Fine linen egte plain white hemstitched at 25c, 35c and 50c. Initials in linen and silk priced 25c. Plain white silk hemstitched at 35c to $1. Extra large imported muffler sized at $1.50 and $2. Colored border silk at 25c, 50c and $1.
The advertisement lists gold plated cuff buttons priced at 25c 50c 75c and 1 and 1 50 as well as gold plated and solid gold scarf pins ranging from 25¢ to 3. The items emphasize affordable men’s jewelry options with multiple metal finishes and price points.
Readily priced boys clothing items include gloves 50c loggins 50c and 75c caps 25c and 50c shirts 50c 75c and 1 ties 25c and 5c shoes in Vici Kid Box Call and Patent Vici priced from 1.50 to 3.00 with common sizes and colors.
A misc. page snippet shows tax collection push from City Secretary C. M. Spell. It also advertises Christmas cakes at Texas Bakery and displays of desserts. Other notes promote stove sales at Eagle office, cigars from Dunn & Daly and Taylor & Cox, fruit cake offers, a closing out sale at Big Bargain Store, framing at Carter's studio, carpets at Levy Brothers, Royal Bonn Dresden clocks at A. McKenzie, and 200 copies of sheet music at Emmel's drug store.
Miss Emily Carew, cousin of Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, arrives in New York aboard the Hohenzollern after 15 years in Genoa Italy. She will go to Washington to be the president's guest.
Bristol Tennessee December 19 Herbert Mattey assistant postmaster at Wytheville Virginia was arrested by a post office detective charged with opening the mails.
The brief notes the 10 year old son of B B Throop of Austin Texas died of lockjaw from a wound. Ernest Fomby a farmer near Farmersville Texas committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Sam Lind a Chinaman was robbed and murdered at Pauls Valley Indian Territory. Admiral Sampsons condition is reported critical in Washington. Miss Holman of Indianapolis will marry Marconi the wireless telegraphy inventor. Suit filed against the Nacogdoches Compress company for violation of Texas anti trust law.
Fresh mutton, fat and fine, every day at the City market. Also beef, pork, sausage and other market products.
A brief public notice urges residents to place a sign near their gate post or close by to prevent wind damage and deter dogs from tearing it up. Following the instruction is said to save trouble in every way.
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