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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
2
An entertainer offers a $100 challenge to bind him with 100 feet of rope without feet to restrain release, performed before an audience with no cable network. The act includes spiritual manifestations, telepathy, black art, hypnotism, and new films at matinees daily at 3 PM.
A morning report from Ulmer saw mill camp on the T B W railroad near the old Post mill states four white men were shot by a lone shooter with a Winchester. The victims include two Giles brothers Jim Bruce and Estes. Details are scarce due to isolation. The事件 follows weeks of unrest in the area.
Mr Henry Marwill transitions from saloon to groceries at Main and Caldwell. He plans a strict cash system to offer lower prices and will sell wines but no drinks. Marwill has over a decade in local business and promises community support.
Austin on December 30 reports hundreds of teachers at the annual Texas State Teachers association convention. A forenoon general session featured L Kesler with speakers including Dr J Baylor and Dr Margaret Holiday. M N Marrs spoke for Terrell. The afternoon covered superintendent and principal meetings. Evening programs promised R B Cousins and Clarence Ousley as speakers.
Special Dec 30 San Francisco opponents of higher freight rates by Southern Pacific and Santa Fe announce simultaneous mass meetings tonight across California. The gatherings aim to show transcontinental railroads and the U S that Californians refuse to pay the increases starting Jan 1, 1909.
Mrs Otte Roehme offers a selection of fresh home made fruit cakes and fancy cakes along with candy. Local shoppers can visit her shop for Holiday treats and specialty confections.
A reflective poem invites readers to examine New Year vows and promises. It contrasts plans to live better, be frugal, honor family, and avoid leases with the caution that many such resolutions fail. The piece questions whether past promises were kept and warns against hollow vows.
Italian American committee to circulate relief lists to raise funds for basic necessities for survivors of a devastating disaster in Italy. Cables report 100000 to 200000 dead from the upheaval and tidal wave. Local Italian citizens appear unaffected in this area. most emigrants come from the west side of the peninsula.
The meeting originally set for Jan 6 at the Bryan courthouse is moved to Tuesday Jan 5 at 2 pm. Prof C H Alvord of Texas A&M will discuss creameries and R C Campbell of Brenham will discuss commercial Irish potato production. The Farmers Union quarterly meeting at Cottonwood on Jan 6-7 aims to draw the county's progressive farmers.
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