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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1909
Page
2
Advertising rates on application. City Secretary John B. Hines. Bryan Texas February 6 1909. Good schools and roads touted as town builders. Various opinions on politics, government, and local development reflect era concerns.
A Galveston Tribune note mocks Standard Oil backing for Missouri while acknowledging past harms. It contrasts a wealthy Oklahoma felon’s land case subornation verdict with broader political churn, Texas inaugural escorts, Arkansas capitol steel cuts, and South Texas crops of oranges and onions amid market odors.
Associate Justice H H Neill of the Fourth Court of Appeals reverses a lower court ruling to award Henry Caviness damages 1000 for injuries from bedbug poison aboard a Pullman car. He insists the company must employ any means to rid sleeping cars of bedbugs and that employees must use full effort, even risking their jobs, to protect travelers.
Delinquent tax notice from Brazos County Tax Collector W Wipprech t dated February 1 1909 warns of penalties and extra costs to be paid to avoid further charges. Also a sales note for Singer sewing machines features T A Satterwhite as salesman and collector.
Fruit cakes and ice fancy cakes with candy offered by Mrs Otto Boehme. The note refers to a home made line and a contact line 7.
W B Yeary of Farmersville analyzes cotton costs under ideal weather, detailing per acre expenses from land preparation to picking. He calculates one third bale cost at 16 3/4 dollars with returns tied to lint and seed prices, noting labor, gear wear, and tenancy impacts. He argues cotton is unaffordable at current prices unless yields rise and farm families scale. The piece adds Attorney General Davidson's addition to trust scalps, boosting state revenue by 15000 dollars.
Rev W Kendrick, longtime pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dalhart, resigns due to rheumatic heart illness. He plans to take a position as general evangelist in Southern Texas with the Texas Baptist Convention, based in Bryan with work around Houston. The Dalhart community wishes him well and praises his service to the sick and poor.
A most important meeting of the board is set for Sunday afternoon at 4 p m. All members are urged to be present without fail. JAS A CHALLERMER Pastor.
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