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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1907
Page
2
The Eagle announces H. E. Peverley as a candidate for the upcoming city election in April. T. P. Bove seeks re-election as City Marshal, subject to Democratic Party actions in Bryan.
The Tennessee legislature passes a bill granting Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville two hundred fifty thousand dollars. Additional commitments include one million dollars from the Peabody Education Fund, lifting total state and external support to over a million seven hundred thousand dollars for the current year.
Donations will be used to permanently and adequately endow the college. It will gain handsome buildings new departments additional professors and is expected to become one of the greatest teachers colleges in the country.
Richmond Texas February 9 Hon W L Davidson returned from Wharton with the Fifth Texas Volunteers battle flag woven from Mrs Mouton wedding silk wife of Louisiana governor and mother of Gen Mouton The flag was presented at Vermilionville and carried by Tom Green on the day of his death.
A male infant wrapped in a few yards of flannel was thrown from a train near Kemp, Terrell County, Feb 9. The child struck a bridge and died. The body was found shortly after the act, and no clue to the perpetrator has been found.
Aged man M. Kayrr, eighty three, was struck by an engine guard beam while crossing a railroad crossing in Winona Texas. He was hurled to the ground and died within minutes.
Walter Wipprecht hosted a Friday dinner at his Bryan home for compress patrons with hostess Mrs Ipprecht coordinating. Guests included H A Burger and R A Harrison among others. The Entre Nous Club, Embroidery and Epworth League activities, Texas Woman's College and Mary Carson Kidd recital drew crowds with refined menus, flowers, and varied entertainment reflecting Bryan society life.
The president hosted Miss Lillian Parks at her home from 3 to 5 with hot chocolate and waiters. Prof and Mrs F S Johnston of College held a Euchre party at their home on Wednesday. Mrs F M Law will host the Embroidery Club Tuesday at 3 PM.
Robt. Tims, charged with killing his wife at Millican, and James Brush, another man connected with the case, had examining trials before Justice McGee and were remanded to jail without bail.
A February explosion during trials in Lorient, France, killed nine stokers and the engineer and left two injured aboard torpedo boat No. 339. A safety tube burst and flames reached the stock hole because automatic doors failed to close.
Richard Matthews confesses to a revolting murder at Jackson Northhampton County North Carolina. He implicates Paul Rainey and brothers James Sonny and Henry Barner. All four men are under arrest as excitement runs high in Jackson near the Seaboard Air Line close to the Virginia border.
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