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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1907
Page
2
The Morning Eagle reports Bryan, Texas, entered as second class at the post office. Carnes & Wallace note the opportunity and Allen Academy and Texas Woman's College plan student attendance.
Prof T P Junkin announces a special I and G N train from Bryan to College for a Mary Carson Kidd recital at College's assembly hall next Saturday Feb 9. Train departs Bryan at 7 30 pm with 25 cent round trip and 50 cent recital admission, total 75 cents. Return after performance.
Prudence and good business judgment suggest keeping life and property insured. Consult Jno. B. Hines for insurance needs. Office in Smith Building. Phone 161.
The celebrated poet humorist Fred Emerson Brooks returns to the opera house Tuesday night February 5 under Bryan Lyceum auspices. For twelve years he has wowed Bureaus committees and audiences with range from humorous to pathetic and dialect to grand oratory. Tickets on sale Monday at Haswell's priced 50 cents 75 cents and 1.00.
E L Shettles of Calvert Texas appeals to the Methodist Church and readers to locate pre 1885 books pamphlets and papers on Texas history. He asks to contact with author publisher date and terms if willing to sell exchange or donate. He notes many books lie neglected in attics cellars and back rooms across the state.
A Black man named Robi Tims of Millican was jailed yesterday after being accused of killing his wife Sunday night. Sheriff Nall notified, the suspect sent to Bryan, and Constable Baker moved him onto the northbound train. Tims claims the shooting was accidental and done at a Black man.
Miss Florence Davis captivated the audience in the high class society comedy The Player Maid. Elliott Dexter, a clever actor and former Houstonian, supported by a capable company, displayed versatile talent. The crowd appreciated the performance despite a smaller attendance.
In Grand Rapids Michigan a woman Emma K Livingston aged fifty and two of her children Alfred aged seven and Lincoln aged three were found frozen to death in an upstairs tenement after being undiscovered since Thursday. A third child Helen aged ten was alive but badly frozen in an adjoining room. Miss Jennie Livingston, aunt to the children, visited the residence and found the bodies. Authorities theorize coal gas asphyxiation followed by freezing as the fire died, while doctors work to save Helen.
Billings February 4. The severest blizzard in twenty years grips eastern Montana with rapid snowfall. Ground is buried nearly one foot deep as veterans recall 1886 conditions when sheep perished by the thousands.
The severe sleet dominated Sunday with Ardmore reporting its worst winter storm. Oklahoma City recorded 15 degrees above zero Sunday night, and hardship grows among the poor. In Iowa Park Texas, green bugs chilled as a 5 o'clock temperature drop begins destroying crops, with early estimates around 20 percent on some farms.
Snow and wind sweep Kansas and western Missouri with near zero temperatures, six inches of snow fell and continued, delaying all trains as a bitter wind blew through cities including Kansas City on Sunday.
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