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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1901
Page
5
Local news brief lists train times for No 190 leaves at 7 15 a m with connections to main line 146 NM. No 101 arrives 1 20 p m. No 102 leaves 4 p m with connections to main line IL N going east. No 108 arrives 8 30 p m. VerNudad
Residents and visitors listed day of yesterday with names from Hearne Kurten Bethel and Stone City. Silk and taffeta sales at Mistral Bros. & Co with prices 69 cents and 65, piano sale 200 dollars and various rental notices. Community updates include births marriages licenses and postal office activity.
The store promotes spring and summer woolens with new patterns and affordable prices. Fancy Flannels and light grey ceviots lead a versatile line alongside blue and black serges. Business suits start at 13.50 with several price points up to 20 and beyond. Dress suits in black blue and fancy worsted range from 16 to 20 and up. An in-store tailor offers free alterations. New spring hat styles are on display.
Mr W C Weakley returned from Huntsville with his brother T B Weakley who has just been pardoned from the penitentiary by Gov Sayers. He is in good health and returned to the Kurten area. Presiding Elder C A Hooper preaches at the Methodist church at 11 this morning. Salvation Army helps with music and leads a 3 pm praise service and night service. Rev R T Hanks arrives from Abilene to preach at First Baptist at 11 am and 7:30 pm. Salvation Army conducts daily street services and nightly 7:30 meetings at the Methodist church. Cemetery ladies improve grounds with hedge and jasmine and roses. City Market advertises choice refrigerated meats. Telegraph work continues on installing new telephone poles.
Mrs Russell Watkins hosted the High Five Club on Wednesday afternoon at Judge Henderson's home. Guests included Miss Grace Norrell of Houston and Carrie Henderson with other married ladies such as Mesdames Fountain Sims Clarke Bowers Moore DeMaret Oliver Martin Haswell Mooring and Geo Brandon. Refreshments featured baked crabs potatoes coffee punch bonbons and cake. Miss Ada Lee Polk won the prize cake plate.
The Manufacturers' Record notes a rise in smaller southern industries. High Point adds a sash and chair factory. Hickory and Burlington plan furniture and millwork plants. New rice mills and other plants arise in Louisiana Texas Alabama Georgia Maryland Virginia. In Manila and McKinney several military and industrial developments are recorded alongside a cave discovery near Alpine.
New York reports Nikola Tesla has completed plans for wireless telegraphy signaling across the ocean and chosen a site for the plant. Work is set to begin at once with an estimated eight months to perfect the apparatus. no details have been released.
Two youths aged 15 and 16 confess the $800 in gold coins found with them were part of $1000 stolen from Fred Buerert of Indianapolis. The teens were arrested in Kansas City on February 16.
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