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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1907
Page
1
Pittsburg suffers what officials call the worst sickness wave since 1889 with grippe, pneumonia, and typhoid. City workers and transit staff are hard to replace as many citizens stay home. The outbreak is blamed on contagious germs possibly originating away from the city.
Martin Maloney states his daughter Helen is with him at a Philadelphia West Logan Square residence. He says rumors of her health problems are unfounded and that the family will not release further information.
A letter received by Nassau County surrogates court chief clerk suggests Floretta Whaley, the girl who eloped last April with Rev. Jere K Cooke, may be in Louisiana. The note from Emsden Louisiana, signed by W O Jones, claims the girl, about seventeen or eighteen, was brought to his home by Cooke who said she was his stepchild and her mother was dead.
The big gun fire at Fort Morgan Alabama rattled windows and shook houses eighty miles away along the southern Mississippi coast. Four towns from Pass Christian to Pass Christian felt tremors at about the same time, with Mobile noting the event. Unusual warm damp air produced moisture on stationary objects.
President Roosevelt telegraphs Governor Sparks offering to keep troops at Goldfield for three weeks if a Nevada special legislative session is called within five days. If no call is issued in five days, the troops will be withdrawn.
Boston December 28 John Splan of Lexington Kentucky bought from Miss Lotta Crabtree the black trotting mare Lotta winner of many Crabtree stables races last year and with a 2 03 1 4 record. Splan plans to take Lotta to Europe for next season's races.
At Jacob's Creek Pennsylvania on December 28 the Darr mine had nearly finished exploration except where slate collapsed. By noon Saturday rescuers had recovered 220 bodies and believed about fifty more lie beneath the plate.
Major J G Galley, head of the Salvation Army in Indiana, transfers to Panama from Indianapolis as of December 28.
Late last night a kitchen fire consumed the Taylor residence near East Side Public School. The house and contents were a total loss with valuables irreplaceable. Mrs Ballard owned the cottage part loss estimated at 1500 dollars with 1000 dollars insurance. Rob Roberts’s home was briefly threatened but saved. Firemen prevented further damage as neighbors aided, while some items were carried from the scene. G. W. Buckhaults advertises goods and Cavitt's Drug Store offers fireworks and tickets for local lectures.
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