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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1902
Page
2
Inbound and outbound service details for lines numbered 1 8 6 2 4 6 are listed with times at principal stations. Trains 4 and 8 are marked as fast, with the day’s approximate periods given for morning and afternoon departures.
Schedule notes northbound and southbound passenger departures and arrivals. Io&G N schedule shows northbound leaves at 7:00 a m and 4:30 p m with connections to main line, southbound arrivals at 7:00 p m and 4:60 p m for mixed services, indicating east and west connections.
A parade of names lists arrivals from Bethel, Enis, Reliance, Calvert, Pal estine, Edge, Millican, Waxahachie, and Navasota. Notices include rental offers, a laundry service ad, a 100 horsepower boiler installation by Bryan water power, and a tax tally of about $8,000 collected. Also a union shop clock-in change for barber shops begins February 1 1902.
The Eagle notes Nabors Bros will soon receive a fine hearse and a full stock of coffins caskets and undertakers supplies. Mrs 4 C Terry of Madison county died of pneumonia aged 54. Mrs Herman Griffin is reported very ill. Rev E L Shettles previews plans for a new Methodist church costing about 10500 unfurnished, similar to McKinney church. George A Adams buys Prof A L Banks insurance business. W S Wilson Jr leaves for Somerville to become cashier for Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe. Rev A L Morse speaks on The First Glass and addresses Allen Academy students. Major Cavitt and Major McInnis go to Austin to advocate locating the Industrial School for Girls. Telegram says commission begins balloting today.
Harris School notes a cold week with rain, a young man Thomas Battle dies, Mr Castle afflicted with consumption, sympathy extended to the family, a musical at Mrs John Wiley’s home next Saturday, Wiley Kelley sets a quail trap record, a Concord debate next Tuesday, Guy Harris and George Edge visited Bryan, Mrs J Parker ill with pneumonia, Georgia White seen passing through, support for Scott Field for Congress, local Democrat praise for Robertson, Dora Wallace ill, call for a public discussion with a local candidate, playful remarks about water from the country well.
Mrs S S Rosin and Mrs T C Elliott are sick. A vocal musicale occurred at Ed Elliotts residence with strong attendance and singing. Miss Emily Skaines and Rosa Elliott visited Miss Dollie Elliott. Prof W Edge and wife went to Cottonwood. Roud Nash and Will McDonald of Shiloh visited on the prairie. Ed Edge and wife visited the city. R Nash went to Bryan. Ernest Rosin was in Robertson county last week. Dr Grice of Cottonwood was in Edge. Lester Newman of Bryan attended the singing. Nesta.
Hotel arrivals list includes O J Miller of Waco and others traveling from cities such as Dallas New York St Louis Chicago Houston and Louisiana names Tucker House James Wilson Jr Edge Wm Wagner McClanahan Mel Clanahat J H Mel Clanahat I GN H C Carroll Omar Stockholm Lousiana and firms G W De Cour M A Decour and others documented in the register.
Listings announce sale dates for Laredo Washington's birthday, San Antonio Mardi Gras and other regional events. Includes O F state meeting in Waco Green's brigade reunion in Dallas People's party convention in New Orleans and a February lecture by Edward Thompson in Bryan with free admission. Also notes Rex Dyspepsia Tablets and Quinoria remedies with money-back guarantees.
Advertisement claims Quinorla cures malaria in four days with refund if it fails. Drugstores in Texas authorized to refund money for bills fever or malaria not cured. Package price fifty cents.
An advertisement markets Rex Dyspepsia Tablets for dyspepsia and indigestion with a money back guarantee if not cured. Price is 50 cents per package. The druggist M. H. Jamer of Bryan, Texas, is named as the leading seller.
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