This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1899
Page
3
Schedule fragment lists train times and departures including Hearne west bound No 5 and No 3 services with arrival at 12 50 p m and additional notes on lines and leavee details. This brief timetable entry notes limited routing information for local rail service.
G Rhodesia on sick list. H Arrington from Millin yesterday. Commissioner R J Deens went to ucan yesterday. Win Collings from Galveston visiting parents. Mrs Proctor offers wholesale and retail debris at cut prices. B Wallace of Macon is here visiting uncle H O Boatwright. P Connelly called to Hubty by father’s illness. For rent former Blade office in Market building. Wedding licenses: Vince Kuharski and Jos ine Adamik. Ester Boatwright hosted a small party for Roland Wallace. Bishop Kingsolying to conduct confirmation Sunday morning. Wall paper prices offered by Lon Johnson. Esther Boatwright entertained guests in honor of cousin Roland Wallace. For accident life insurance via Joe Reed. For rent former residence in eastern town, four rooms. R Blatherwick moves boot shop next to R J Fords. cheap as cheapest. Vaccines twenty five cents. Parke Davis Co tubes at Hall’s drugstore. E F Parks to St Louis Chicago for Parks Waldrop spring trade. Knights Templar attend funeral of Col R K Chatham. John B Mike offers storeroom for rent.
The cabinet weighing General Miles conduct and utterances signals a court of inquiry may be ordered, though no action yet. Miles defies warnings, attacking the War Department and the investigating commission while a report from the War Investigating Commission looms as the basis for any inquiry. Washington February 3. Senate and House actions shift to appropriations and river and harbor matters with criticism of Galveston harbor allocations. The river and harbor bill totals over 30 million dollars with numerous Texas projects and surveys.
The House committee on interstate and foreign commerce favored a report on the Hepburn Nicaraguan Canal bill with amendments as a substitute for the Morgan bill. In San Francisco the January internal revenue receipts reached 249 708, almost double the prior year, driven by the war tax, while port customs receipts totaled 541 212 versus 499 268 the month before.
A two horse wagon carrying furniture and six people including five men and a young woman was struck by a fast Baltimore and Ohio freight train at Riverton Station above McKeesport. Four men were killed and the remaining two severely injured. The accident’s cause remains undetermined. All victims were aged 21 to 25. One body landed 50 feet from the crash on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie track.
A southern Kansas train paused at Pittsburg when a roadbed sunk 60 feet under the engine. The engineer throttled up and dragged the entire train to solid ground as the ground dropped six feet below the rail line in a coal mine area. Police report gunfire in Taos Plaza, Taos County, New Mexico. Twenty shots exchanged between native penitentes and American residents. no injuries reported due to misfires. The tension risks broader violence as Americans consider moving families, amid Taos County's history of uprisings since territorial ceded status.
A massive blaze gutted the Stewart Cracker company bakery area and endangered adjacent manufacturing buildings. Estimated total losses range from 500000 to 800000 dollars as the fire destroyed the block housing multiple factories.
The Eagle advertises a full line of legal blanks including affidavits deeds and powers of attorney with low prices for small lots and higher quotes for large orders. The piece also notes Mardi Gras in New Orleans with the I G N R offering round trip tickets at one fare from all points and directs readers to inquire at L and G N ticket offices.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.