Wet Week Public Notices and Classifieds
Public postal notice from Connelly and Carnes appearing in a February 20 1901 issue. Includes second class mail matter statement and rates for week licensing per month four cents.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1901
Page
2
Plea for Early Planting and Farming Cautions
A farmer and observer argues early planting yields better cotton with less weevil impact. He reports March plantings gave higher bale-per-acre outcomes on prairie land, while later plantings suffered from pests and floods. He plans to plant corn now and warns against price-fixing that stifles competition, fearing political backlash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. ©. Elliot
Clarence
Edge
Elliott
Rough Rider
Elliot
Sage Warns Against Railroad Merger Power
Russell Sage decries the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific merger as dangerous concentrated capital. He argues big combinations provoke public outcry and urges reasonable fair returns for investors in railroads and other major enterprises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Railroad paymaster in Bryan plans Calvert Waco extension
Mr. J. D. Cunningham, paymaster of the I and G N railroad, touring Bryan with maps for the Calvert Waco and Brazos Valley line extension. He met local business leaders including W. E. Saunders Judge Doremus and M. Parker, and discussed right-of-way with Col L. L. Foster. He aims to finalize contracts within ten days, then proceed to Navasota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Cunningham
I. & G. N. Railroad
Calvert, Waco and Brazos Valley Railroad
Bryan
Cunningham
W.E. Saunders
Doremus
M. Parker
L. L. Foster
Navasota
Hotel Arrivals
List of guests arriving at hotels including W Robinson Madisonville J R Lay Waxahachie EH Keller Ft Worth HB Hobbs Cincinnati F R Davis New York N D Cobb Franklin RA Cunningham Chicago W S Perkins St Louis LC Walker Chicago C W Carr Houston WW Creswell New York R K Dabney 3 H Beaumont Ft Worth O H Reed Calvert 7 C Squires Oscar Becker St Louis FW Crutchfield 3 J Creager WB Binford Navasota P Wilson Dallas E Keller Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Robinson
Madisonville
J R Lay
Waxahachie
EH Keller
Ft Worth
HB Hobbs
Cincinnati
R Davis
New York
D Cobb
Franklin
RA Cunningham
Chicago
S$ Perkins
St. Leuis
LC Walker
W Carr
Houston
Creswell
K Dabney
H Beaumont
Ft. Worth
H Reed
Calvert
C Squires
Oscar Becker
St Louis
Crutchfield
United States Opposes Waldersee Offensive in China
Washington reports the U S government will not join Count von Waldersee’s planned expedition to Sian Fu and Pekin. General Chaffee will be kept out as the German move draws foreign powers toward peace negotiations while China delays efforts. Foreign ministers urge restraint amid mixed signals from Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uni States
China
Marsh
von Waldersee
Chaffee
Pekin
United States
Legation
Count von Waldersee
Russia
Japan
Conger
Count F Or Waldersee
Sian Fu
Yangtse Kiang
Westminster Gazette
Great Britain
London
Senate Puts Post Office Bill Back In Focus Amid Expenditures Debate
Washington dispatch reports Senate consideration of the post office bill with amendments largely settled. Conference on the military bill awaits action as defense spending and ship subsidies draw strong debate. House figures show total current congress appropriations at $694 million with a $53 million sinking fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Pettus
Alabama
Virginia
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Judiciary Committee
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Local notables listed amid McLennan County records
Central list includes R L Rose Calvert J B Greer Houston Jennie Dixon Wellborn TB Weakley Bryans T B Sanders Brazos county 4 B Wheelock Wheelock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R L Rose
Calvert
Greer
Houston
Jennie Dixon
Wellborn
TB Weakley
Bryans
Sanders
Brazos County
Wheelock
Premium Stamps and Free Furniture Offer
Premium stamps accompany every 10 cent cash purchase. Trade offers a handsome piece of furniture free. Customers urged to secure a stamp book at once. Advertisements mention 67 Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co and Lemp's bottle as beer options.
Sagasta Sees Azcarraga Backed for Premier. Spain Crisis
Senor Sagasta, Liberal leader, says Senor Silvela cannot solve the crisis and a Santis power shift would bring trouble. He favors keeping General Azcarraga as premier with minority support and claims religious orders can be settled without drastic action. Also reports matador Jose Villite died after a bull gore in Saltillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Liberal
Senor Sagasta
Senor Silvela
Azcarraga
Spain
Senor Sagasti
Senate Naval Affairs Committee Moves on Officer Nominations
The senate committee on naval affairs agreed to report favorably on most naval officer nominations for advancement except Admirals Sampson and Schley. It also urged reviving the grade of vice admiral and creating two rear admiral posts, with the president to appoint Sampson and Schley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Sampson
Schley
Opening session of tenth continental congress society
The Daughters of the Nation meet in Washington at the Grand House for the tenth congress with about 800 delegates. Mrs Daniel Manning presides as president-general and urges a new step by laying the cornerstone of a permanent home in the capital. Key presidential candidates include Mrs Charles W. Fairbanks and Mrs Donald McLean with Mrs Washington Roebling also prominent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tenth Continental Congress Society of the Daughters Nation
Grand House
Daniel Manning
Congress
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Donald McLean
New York
Washington Roebling
New Jersey
Volunteer Guards Seek 20 000 For Betterment Effort
Austin February 19 Numerous petitions from Texas Volunteer guard members urged a 20000 ap propriation for the association. The senate spent the morning debating the medicine practice bill with contention over recognizing Christian Science practitioners legally. The house passed its medicine practice bill and at noon suspended other measures to consider the Hogg amendments likely to spark debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Senate
Texas Volunteer Guard
House
Mardi Gras Crowds Dazzle New Orleans Rex Pageant
Visitors flood New Orleans for Mardi Gras with record crowds filling hotels and boarding houses. Rex staged Human Passions and Characteristics in 20 tableaux with Alfred Hennen Moreys as Rex and Miss Bessie Merrick as his queen. Comus night crowned an ornate tableau parade as Proteus had done Monday. In Omaha a suspect in the Edward Cudahy Jr kidnapping was arrested and held in city jail after identification by the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Rex
Alfred Hennen Moreys
John A. Moreys
Bessie Merrick
Comus
Proteus
Omaha
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Young Ondahy
Bank of Sardis robbed. burglars flee after vault blast
February 19. Burglars entered the Bank of Sardis in Sardis Mississippi early today and blew open the vault but fled empty handed before taking any valuables. The building front was damaged. no crew was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of
Suspicion Grows Over Custody Letter Writer
The subject had been under surveillance for some time after it emerged he wrote letters connected to the Custody case, drawing increased scrutiny and suspicion on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custady
Marriage of Longworth and Count de Chambrun in Cincinnati
Miss Clara E. Longworth of Cincinnati marries Count Edelbert de Chambrun of France at her mother's home in Cincinnati with Archbishop Ireland officiating. The bride’s aunt is Mrs. Bellamy Storer, wife of the U S minister to Spain, and the count has spent much time in the United States with a diplomatic family background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Clara E. Longworth
Edelbert de Chambrun
France
Ireland
Nicholas Longworth
Bellamy Storer
United States
Spain
Washington
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Connelly & Carnes
National Congress
Stxes
Waldersee
Prest
Sian
Paris
Havas
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Washington News
Trinity River
Galveston
Buffalo Bayou
Brazos River
Aransas
Texas
Richmond
Old Wir
Sabinet
Central
Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co
Lemp
Emmel’s Prescription Pharmacy
Saltillo
Mex
Jose Villite
Mexico
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Insurance Agency
A. D. McConnico
Insurance
Pens Ob Dual Arts Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Speermen
Fidelity & Casualty
Marines Casualty Accident Insurance Co
Swaarper
J. L. Hearne
Candy Kitchen
Wyster
Berwick Bay
Lowney’s
Gunther's
Cudahy
Sargent
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Scranton
Clarke
Delaware and Lackawanna Railway
Fort Worth
Ind
Bessie Slater
Slater
Clarksburg
W. Va
McDonald's
Wolf Summit
William Francis
Share Riggs
Purse Glove Hill
Kitchener
Pretoria
de Wet
Hopetown
Vieiing
Johannesburg
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