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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1909
Page
3
Railroad time card schedules for H and T C and 1 G N lines listed with northbound and southbound arrivals. Local notices report Roy Nubee's ranch move to Andrews county and multiple city visitors from Austin, San Angelo, and Dallas. Community events include a Ladies Aid Valentine party at Mrs. Alice Shine's home and a Merchants Carnival at the opera house hosted by home talent and the M E church unit.
Numerous residents and visitors are reported in Bryan including Mrs E B at 57 H L Hensarling from Harvey and J J Riley of Reliance. Travelers such as T B Goodson from the bottom and Ira Bond from Prospect were noted, with others from Kurten Navasota Minter Springs and Rockdale. Notices also mention cuff button loss and a funeral visit by Joe Johnson from Houston.
The popular farce Mrs Temple's Telegram will be shown by the No. 1 company in its original cast. It has had a record run in New York and Chicago and promises further laughs this season. The show opens February 13 at the Grand Opera House.
Mrs. A F Peters longtime resident Lucy Andrews died at the family home in Hondo Medina County after illness. She leaves a husband several children her mother six brothers and four sisters and will be buried in Hondo today with relatives traveling from nearby counties to attend.
Bryan citizens praise the Waco Basketball team as “so fast” they seem to fly. The opener against Allen Academy is at 4 and the 8 o'clock game follows in the rink with 25 cent admission.
The Foster Recital offers home talent with Tymist and Talker from out of town. Admission 25 cents, old folks in free. Doors open 7:50 p m curtain 8 30. Friday Feb 12 at the Grand Opera House.
The bulletin notes cloudiness and warming tonight with fair skies Thursday. A storm system now over the upper Lake region brings snow in the Lake region and Ohio valley, with heavy rain in Gulf states and along the Atlantic coast. Temperatures fall 20 to 30 degrees in east Texas and the Mississippi valley, rise on the Atlantic coast. readings range from 28 in Amarillo to 50 in Brownsville.
Mr J J Dean formerly of Grimes county now of Humble and Miss Minnie Edmonds daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Edmonds were quietly married in this city at two o clock yesterday afternoon Rev J M Bullock performed the ceremony They drive to Lola to visit his parents and will later go to Humble their future home The Eagle extends best wishes for a long life of usefulness and happiness.
The ladies of St Andrew's Guild present a Valentine entertainment on February 12 at Mrs F I Garth's home. Festivities include fortune telling shadows games and refreshments with 15 cents admission or 25 cents for two. The event promises a cordial welcome for all ages and a jolly time. The Foster Recital features sketches of Stevens Collins Foster life with songs and narratives. It highlights Foster ballads and a tale interrupted by a song and emphasizes the gift of his melodies to the world.
Mrs T B Johnson 53 died at her Bryan home after a long illness. She moved to Bryan in 1870 with her husband Mr Johnson, and four children survive. Funeral 9:30 at home, burial at Boonville Cemetery, conducted by Dr T H Morris.
Brazos lodge 104, W O W, will hold a regular meeting. The Protection degree will be conferred on two candidates and other important business to be transacted. A Satterwhite, C C.
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