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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1903
Page
3
The G N schedule shows east and west services with numbered trains. Passengers are advised of arrival and departure times including the 7:15 p m arrival and 8 a m next morning departure. Fast trains Nos 8 and 4 stop only at principal stations.
Telegraphed notices list arrivals and visits including P H Arrington from Mil an Dr J L Fountain from Austin H E Peverly from Millican and Miss Nellie Scott returning to Huntsville. Also 1000 bolts New Dressinghams at Norwood s and shoes from Webster s. Residential rental offered near graded school.
Dr D H Clark and Hon Cliff A Adams completed their initial tour as penitentiary inspector visiting twelve of twenty one camps, including sites near Navasota Sugarland and the State Harien farm. Adams praised camp work and condition. Miss Hutson’s free art exhibition drew attendees despite poor weather. The Eagle notice misdated the event. the correct date was the 7th. Captain Winter announces Bryan Light Guard re organization on March 1 with active drill for June encampment. Local notices list sales and rentals, goods for sale, and residents traveling or visiting, including J D Martin, H W M Smith, and Miss Elsie Foster.
The Eagle reports an invitation to attend the National and International Good Roads Convention in St Louis the week of April 27 to May 2 1903. The piece argues U S roads lag behind, calling for persistent agitation and public demand for road improvement ahead of the 1904 World’s Fair. Plans for improving common roads will be submitted for state county and township use.
Austin Feb 7 measures known as local bills were passed by the Texas House. A bill creating the Sixtyfirst judicial district in Harris county was approved while a concurrent resolution urged Congress to appropriate 250000 dollars for Aransas Pass bar improvements and another bill extends Milam county tax payment time. Rumor says senate officers may sue certain senators over term drawing issues.
St. Louis Feb 7 VP and GM Allan of the Missouri Kansas and Texas considers a 15 percent wage increase request from about 1000 conductors and trainmen. Harding of Missouri Pacific met with the grievance committee to discuss a 15 percent raise.
John Chase eighty five once a prosperous Manhattan manufacturer lived alone in Hempstead Long Island. After three days trapped in a spring bed he fell and struck his head becoming unconscious. Friends found him half frozen and starving and he was removed to the alms house.
San Francisco February 7 Active preparations are under way for the early departure of the flagship New York along with cruisers Boston Marblehead and Ranger for the coast of Honduras.
The Frank Annewehr Cigar Box factory burned down completely in Cincinnati causing a loss of about 75000 dollars. President Has a Cold in Washington reported on February 7.
King Edward is recovering. Mrs Cochran burned in Royse City. A vanilla factory concession granted in Vera Cruz. Waco to require experienced streetcar operators. Secretary Root calls negro suffrage a failure in New York. Yoakum reports strawberries. G W Stinson wins $15000 against M K T railroad in Greenville. January Texas land office sells 657 tracts covering 387881 acres. A kitchen fork injures a colored girl in Olive. A negro boy killed near Gonzales. Blondie Morrison fired as Southern Pacific switchman in Houston. Officer Riley jailed.
The Eagle announces Mr. Roger T. Boyle as a candidate for alderman in the upcoming city election. Boyle is described as well qualified and likely to make a good officer if elected. Norwood reports a large line of children's and boys shoes with new spring goods arriving daily. Mrs. B. Marsh arrives from Bremond yesterday.
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