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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1901
Page
2
The paper notes a forecasts of extra editions from Congress and the legislature. It argues that early cotton planted on well prepared land has the best chance against the boll weevil as federal spending nears a billion and a half dollars.
The legislature defines can non firecrackers as explosive packages exceeding one inch in circumference and two inches in length, targeting items meeting that size threshold.
The legislature and state residents view the economic and practical advantages of placing the girls' industrial school at the A and M college, signaling a shift in planning and policy discussions.
The Greater Bryan idea grasps minds as a general awakening grows around future possibilities. The Business League builds healthy sentiment and pursues practical community work.
A reader suggests an electric car line to Bryan College and a Calvert Waco & Brazos Valley train to run between Bryan and the College if the girls industrial school moves there. The plan would ease access for students and the public. The Cameron Herald notes redistricting could place Milam Bell and McLennan counties in new district alignments, with Seventh and Ninth districts divided among others.
Hon. Geo. C. Pendleton is named president of the First National Bank at Rogers and is reported to head three national banks, a position thought to surpass serving in Congress.
An advertisement urges adults with colds or chest throat or lung troubles to visit Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co for a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup. Each person may receive one bottle and parents must order for children. The notice claims widespread physician endorsement and success over twenty years with a 75 cent bottle sold worldwide.
A list of hotel arrivals shows guests from multiple cities including New Orleans New York Louisville Shreveport Dallas Waco Virginia Columbus Georgetown Kent Monroe and Corsicana among others. Names such as Williams Millican Har rison Roberts Courtney Butcher Murphy Mansfield Price and Harkelroad appear in the visitor roster.
W H McGrady announces a general hauling service operating with a two horse wagon. All business entrusted will be appreciated. Headquarters at the Bryan Grocery Co. 62.
An explosion at the William Wicke cigar factory on East Thirty-first Street triggered a massive blaze lasting hours. Over 20 people were reinjured, two seriously, as a fire that damaged nearby tenements and lumber yards swept across about a city block. Police and firefighters aided panic victims amid a dramatic, witness-filled scene.
The Duke Henry of Mecklenburg Schwerin arrived in The Hague at 8 PM in full Dutch general uniform and decorations. He was greeted at the railway by a guard of honor and welcomed by the premier as betrothed to the queen and a Dutch subject. He spoke Dutch to thank officials as crowds cheered at the palace.
John P. O'Brien is named temporary administrator for William Marsh Rice's estate by Surrogate Fitz gerald following an accord among heirs, next of kin, Rice Institute in Houston, and Albert T. Patrick who is imprisoned on forgery charges tied to Rice signatures. In Kansas City, a night fire destroyed Coates Opera House after a performance of Heart and Sword. The blaze gutted the rear, costumes and sets were lost, the Coates Hotel saved, total damage about 150000 with half covered by insurance.
The arrest of Dr Ada Sheehan Horman her husband and her son Clyde in Cincinnati on charges of attempting to secure money by extortion prompted discovery of a letter in Mrs Horman s room said to be in the same handwriting as the Eloise T letters sent to Mrs Cuhady in Omaha promising to reveal the Eddy Cuhady kidnapper for money.
An unidentified person was found dead lying face down in the Jeter pasture a mile and a half west of Paris. The finder notified the justice of the peace at Charleston without examining the body, and no marks of violence were immediately observed due to the prone position.
Muskogee Oklahoma February 1 fire destroyed two frame storehouses in the business district and damaged the First National Bank building about four thousand dollars. Total damage estimated at six thousand dollars, fully insured. The destroyed buildings were owned by Captain F B Severs.
A Choctaw division wreck three miles north of Savannah I T leaves thirteen freight cars piled in a heap though the engine and caboose stay on track. No injuries reported.
A whisky salesman from Kansas City was arrested in Waverly for taking whisky orders. He was convicted and fined 200 dollars and sentenced to 60 days in jail.
Bluff Cleland was convicted of criminal assault in Gilmer Texas and sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. The case originated in Camp County.
An immigrant helps a Sydney wool broker beat the market by anticipating war news. The move pools wool, drives prices, and the broker amasses wealth, later funding a tavern in Woolloomooloo. The tale centers on Mrs Macquarie's chair and shark fishing lore in 1870 Sydney.
A dialogue fragment from the Syracuse Herald features a city director and a bill collector discussing what book helped them most. The text shifts to a government linen inspection in Ceylon hospitals condemning worn sheets and towels to be burned periodically.
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