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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1901
Page
3
An advertisement proclaims a large selection of holiday wares including fireworks dolls china tea sets bisque figures vases dressing cases ink stands albums and many more items at money saving prices. The notice invites customers to view the stock and mentions 15¢ manicure pieces and a broad range of jewelry and gift items for Christmas.
Tales recount Santley in Mexico, Maas with Indians, Mario with gypsies, Grisi with a maniac on a Madrid train, and Lablache silencing a bear with a roar. The piece concludes pondering wealth limits from ten thousand to a billion, noting growing fortunes and the rise of billionaires in the US.
New York December 21 The wife of Senator John P Jones of Nevada who was critically ill in the city following an operation has passed a critical stage and is now convalescing.
A narrator narrates how Hector the dog endears himself to a German count and to the American writer while living by Lieben-felsen near a castle. After a comic clash with a market cart and a protective chase, Hector chooses both humans, prompting a plan to live at the castle and an engagement that defies conventions.
A compact historical survey lists major earthquakes from 1693 through 1857, detailing cities devastated and death tolls. It mentions Cataaia and 18,000 inhabitants wiped out, Yeddo 200,000 killed, Peking 100,000, Grand Cairo 100,000, Lisbon 60,000, Kashan 40,000, Baalbec 20,000, Allepo 20,000, Melfi 14,000, Calabria 10,000, and Naples region totals over 111,000, with a span of 1755 to 1857.
Muster rolls show about 2,000,000 soldiers with roughly 500,000 foreigners. Native Americans predominate at three fourths, while Germany 175,000 Ireland 150,000 England 50,000 British America 50,000 and others 75,000. Farmers 48 percent, mechanics 27, laborers 16, professionals 5, and 4 percent other vocations. Average height 5 feet 8 4 inches, many recruits ages 17 to 20. tall record beings include 3,613 feet 3 inches. Army and Navy notes.
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