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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1901
Page
3
Mrs Ihrig, once a Sistersville shoe dealer, has become a major oil investor in Tyler County. Reports say her operations yield about 250 barrels daily after a December strike, with plans to drill more wells from her Parkersburg home as her ventures expand in the state’s oil fields.
The American Pennsylvania Steel Company completed the Gokteik Viaduct over Burma’s Gokteik Gorge, a 2,260 foot span with a central tower at 820 feet above ground. Built from Steelton and shipped to Rangoon, the project employed about 500 workers and cost roughly $700,000, proving American engineering on a monumental world stage.
The Turkish humorist Khoja Nasreddin Effendi, living in the fourteenth century, is featured in a village anecdote. He finds no sermon was required as the crowd answers mixedly, then admits he cannot tell them. After three Fridays, the crowd settles into silence and stops demanding sermons.
A New York Tribune excerpt recalls Union efforts to move heavy artillery to Charleston during the Civil War. An engineer’s quip about the Tombigbee river prompted a stern response, illustrating the tension between humor and military logistics.
In a London contributed piece John Strange Winter compares French and English cooks. He notes the French kitchen is orderly and copper clad, while English cooks disdain waste and keep pans in bright condition. The French prefer burnished copper and ornate pans as a sign of pride in the kitchen.
Advertises a wagon and team available for hauling in town or country at reasonable rates. Applicants directed to D. D. Dawson at residence two blocks east of courthouse.
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