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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1905
Page
2
Publication details show the Morning Eagle issued as second class mail matter at the post office by Connelly & Carnes. Rates listed include weekly and monthly prices with a 40 cent monthly rate, dated Thursday February 9.
State organizer W B Carnes arrives to guide a Merchants Association push at City Hall at 10 this morning. He will explain goals including an interchangeable credit rating system, curbing trade abuses, and needed legislation as north and east Texas lead in organizing efforts. No cost to join, expenses covered by the State Association.
A hunting party entertained crack shots this week with a Monday outing ending near the limit of game. Guests included R. T. Hikes of Dayton C who is an American champion, T. E. Hubby of Waco winner of last year's Sunny South handicap cup, Seth Mooring and Jac K Parker of Bryan. The Cald well News Chronicle notes the season ends with plentiful birds and hints at another year. New shipment of white goods for shirt waists 10c to 385c per yard Burt Norwood 55.
Dr Geo B Butler officiated as Frank E Stevens of Coleman and Lucy Adelia Yabor married at the bride’s home. The ceremony celebrated a simple home setting with vows, benediction, and a bright sky after a week of gloom. The bride, daughter of R G Tabor, was raised in Bryan and leaves a large circle of friends. Stevens is a prominent young man.
A Coleman businessman from the firm of Stevens & Sons bankers merchants and ranchmen has visited Bryan, earning praise as a gentleman and gaining many friends. Mr and Mrs Stevens left for Waco to visit Mr and Mrs Ragland and will proceed to Coleman afterward.
Snippet lists states including Texas Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana Florida Georgia and Kentucky indicating a regional focus across the American South. The fragment provides no dates or events.
Mr J H White asks Bryan Eagle to urge a meeting on Saturday February 11 in line with the Cotton Convention in New Orleans due to bad weather. He signs respectfully.
Memphis reports a night of sleet followed by slow rain with temperatures rising from 4 to 22 degrees at 7 am. Weather bureau predicts warmer conditions and rapid disappearance of snow and sleet. Reports from Arkansas and Texas indicate rising temperatures while telegraph and telephone communication remains slow and uncertain.
Louisville reports rain sleet and snow disrupting commerce from the Ohio River to New Orleans. Telegraph and telephone networks suffer heavy damage as ice and weather hamper repairs. Officials warn it may take a month to restore regular communication, with major gaps between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Weather conditions remain extremely adverse in Chattanooga with slow cold rain and sleet. Telegraph and telephone lines are impaired hindering contact with outside points. Trains delayed and streetcars disrupted as the Tennessee River rises rapidly.
New Orleans experiences rainy foggy conditions with sloppy streets as the anticipated cold wave fails to arrive. Traffic remains uninterrupted and fruit and truck suffer no damage while neighboring areas report rain sleet and damaged telegraph service in a section-wide delay.
Drizzling rain froze overnight in Knoxville on Tuesday night causing icy streets Wednesday morning that hindered pedestrians and teams. Many telephone and telegraph wires are down, but overall damage is less severe than ten days ago during the heavy snows.
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