Per Capita Circulation Report Cites $32 Level
The comptroller notes per capita circulation at $32, contrasting with memories of about $8. The speaker recalls eggs at five cents a dozen to illustrate the perceived change in value.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1909
Page
2
The comptroller notes per capita circulation at $32, contrasting with memories of about $8. The speaker recalls eggs at five cents a dozen to illustrate the perceived change in value.
The Galveston News reports Tennessee Democrats divide into two camps True Blues and Squaws, notes the term may offend, and discusses journalistic warnings about misrepresentation. It cites Aaron V Brown’s Mexico war remark, his governorship, and cabinet service, arguing even statesmen’ prophecies can mislead and truth telling invites criticism.
The Athens Texas Review cites a Texas legislator’s hotel rate anecdote, asking where extra salary funds could come from amid discussions of abolishing the senate and broader legislative reform. It notes East Texas fruit growers forming a stock company and recalls a Valentine couplet from fifty years ago amid modern noise.
Excerpts note booming work in Elgin with all trades employed as prosperity grows. Other items cite a Beaumonter dream of a suburban farm and a hog fed on buttermilk reaching over a thousand pounds. A Caldwell Ledger reflection warns against pleasing everyone and urges firm independence.
Ex baseball star Billy Sunday completed a seven week revival at Spokane Tabernacle adding 5,786 members since December 25. He praised Spokane's modern progress and goodwill, while a farewell luncheon raised more than 12,000 in offerings and gifts for the evangelist and party.
The air wet side school had its heating furnace out of commission yesterday morning leaving several rooms at 80 below. The board dismissed classes for the day. Pipes were clogged and a plumber was hired to fix the system. repairs expected to restore heat by morning.
An 1846 police report notes the artist Thomas Cooper as fashionably dressed with large mustaches before he joined the Royal Academy. The Art Journal described mustaches as an atrocious un English affectation, reflecting mid century tastes in England.
The New York Post notes Italian side towns near Lugano, Carabietta with 227 and Pentilino with 33 sunny days per year headline high sunshine. The canton of Tessin shows an unusual share of elderly residents with forty four per thousand over seventy and ten per thousand over eighty, suggesting sun may boost longevity.
Stones carved into beetles served as immortality emblems in ancient Egypt. Common beetle copies buried with the dead bore wishes for future repose and happiness, with hieroglyphs and depictions like a hawk, vulture, and goose symbolizing resurrection, maternity, and royal lineage.
The Eagle requests announcement of a regular Knights of Pythias lodge meeting at eight o clock to urge fullest attendance of members.
Seasoned bois oak wood for sale at $2.75 per cord delivered. Contact J. L. Edge, 62.
A sales note urges husbands to leave certain topics to wives, citing wives’ knowledge. It touts the Singer reputation backed by fifty years’ experience and claims Singer sales exceed all others. Contact T.4. Satterwhite, Salesman and Collector, Phone 105.
A small advert notes fresno made fruit cakes and fancy cakes and candy items offered by Otto Oehme. The line includes fruit cakes and assorted confections.
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