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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1899
Page
7
A satirical piece from The Daily Eagle dated December 24, 1899 features Mrs Ballotbox and Mrs Worepuller in a dialogue about going to Washington to see the President and about military bargains. It closes with a proverb about a fattening fowl and lazy laying.
A Peruvian telegram reports a man found alone on a desert Galapagos island after fourteen years without human contact. He speaks to no one and is covered in thick hair, living on wild birds shellfish and water. A sensational tale is expected to unfold.
A proposed dramatic performance of the White Squadron at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York is reportedly approved by President McKinley. A thousand prominent New York citizens will oversee the event, with proceeds directed to the Dewey home fund.
The Chicago Record notes Dorothy Marjorie Jones may quit golf and return to tennis. The mocker voice jokes that she might be seen playing croquet instead, underscoring a light satirical take on her sporting fate.
Comic exchange of manners between Mr Haggard and a guest in a parlor scene as they debate bids and farewells with witty banter. The dialogue captures social etiquette and stage brevity in a light satirical tone.
A Cincinnati Enquirer brief recalls a landlady attempting to carve a chicken while her impudent boarder rises for a better view. The landlady retorts with a sarcastic rubber remark as the scene unfolds.
The Philadelphia Press notes Onida writes on a knee pad with an ink pot on the carpet, sitting for hours. It cites anecdotes of 20,000 words in one sitting as unbelievable yet illustrates her prodigious output compared with other authors.
The note describes the Marine railway at Coney Island linking Brighton with Manhattan Beach as the shortest straightest profitable railroad, half a mile long with capital stock 625000 and 12500 shares of 50 each. It mentions Austin Corbin Jr receiving 499 shares as a child and cites 10 cent fares in 1884 yielding 86 dollars, with current income still large at reduced rates.
Baltimore’s Arthur F. Spawn pioneers an evaporated banana plan after a Jamaica trip. A plant will be erected to produce evaporated fruit for fall markets, promising better preservation, space savings, and new uses for bakers and confectioners across tropical regions.
A Pennsylvanian traveler who toured Germany reports no general anger toward the United States among Germans. He found broad kindness and admiration for America’s social, political, and industrial progress, though agrarians differ in perspective. He notes Germans struggle with America’s expansive national life and fears any estrangement leading toward conflict.
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