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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1908
Page
3
A Bryan Texas item notes the Postoffice rates and subscription prices, plus a miscellany of editorial thoughts on compulsion, farming, freight, sugar in coffee, politics, religion, Christmas cheer, and public safety. It comments on advertising, local trade, and a Tennessee judge advocating the whipping post for pistol writers while praising braver men.
Real estate listing for J W Batts offering house with brick cistern and two lots near Court Houses. Two properties priced at 1050 and 2000 dollars with terms to suit purchaser and located in southeast part of town.
The Eagle critiques war as slaughter and questions Christian harmony while contrasting modern governance with ancient Caesars. It rebukes political manipulation, praises self reliance, and laments pensions and graft. The piece lauds Uncle Mark Wilcox’s holiday reunion with sixteen descendants and warm wishes.
Mr H T Smith telegraph operator for the M E T at New Braunfels, visiting home for Christmas, voices belief that rangers are unnecessary to enforce Baskin MacGregor law in Comal. He lauds residents as law abiding, sociable, churchgoing, with a fine band and a popular park, insisting authorities need not send rangers.
London dispatch surveys public focus on Prince George as potential George V successor. It notes his limited public life, naval upbringing, marriage to Princess May, and a cautious, family centered persona with little gambling or public sport interest.
A Christmas dinner was served at Pete Konecny’s northeastern city home yesterday. Attendees included Frank Konecny, Tommie Konecny, their father, and George Nedbalek, with a three year old boy enjoying a Christmas tree. The note ends with a furniture sale ad from James & Nunn offering reduced prices until January 1.
Notice to shippers announces the Texas Demurrage and Storage Bureau will replace the Texas Car Service association after January first 1909. Local freight agents must collect storage charges for shipments and face salary deductions if not collected. Free time is 72 hours with defined storage rules and distance exemptions. Tax collection schedule for 1908 with a 10 percent penalty if unpaid by January 31, 1908.
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