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A brief notice lists second class mail handling and monthly rates under per Wreek terms 10c and 40c per month. The fragment indicates publication context and pricing details for mailing services.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1902
Page
2
A brief notice lists second class mail handling and monthly rates under per Wreek terms 10c and 40c per month. The fragment indicates publication context and pricing details for mailing services.
R. E. Prince of Navarro County urges adherence to the Kansas City Democratic platform. Scott Field of Robertson County endorses the Democratic primary action.
J S Mooring files candidacy for re election to Bryan mayor in the upcoming April election, aiming to continue current administration policies and leadership.
Governor Sayers orders ex Sheriff Garrett Scott kept in San Antonio and not sent to Grimes county where he is sought on a murder charge.
Ellen Stone the American missionary captured by Bulgarian brigands on September 3 has been ransomed and freed, with Mme Tsilka and her baby who were born in captivity.
A Milwaukee firm lands a $2000 contract to supply badges for the Confederate reunion set in Dallas, signaling continued wartime benefits reflected in civic purchases.
The Eagle notes an invitation to attend the ceremonies for laying the corner stones of the George W. Carroll science hall and F. L. Carroll chapel and library at Baylor University in Waco on Sunday and Monday March 2 and 3.
The Hallettsville Herald highlights diversification of crops, better roads, and new factories and mills funded by local capital as signs of Texas progress. It praises rural mail delivery and the awakening of residents to Texas’s vast resources when properly managed.
Captain J B Gillett reports killing over a hundred thousand prairie dogs on six ranch sections last week. H L Kokernot started poisoning with four men and will be joined by A Gage and others to speed the drive against the pests. Alpine Avalanche.
If Tillman and McLaurin are not expelled from the senate by their colleagues, they should be asked to resign by their constituents.
Attorney General Knox has delivered to the president findings on charges against Arthur H. Noyes judge of the second division of the U S district court of Alaska. The inquiry alleges incompetency and corruption but the charge of dishonesty was not pressed.
Knoxville February 24 Dr John Peale veteran telescope maker gives American University at Harriman Tennessee the largest telescope in the United States The massive instrument ranks only behind the Lick telescope and the Yerkes observatory device in Green Bay Wisconsin
Austin reports the Texas declaration of independence anniversary falls on March 2 but will be observed Monday March 3. State departments will stay closed and State University classes suspended due to the holiday.
Sophia Beach aged 61, a Park Avenue hotel guest, died in Bellevue hospital on Sunday after being found Saturday morning. The death makes the nineteenth victim in the series. The other five victims in different hospitals are expected to recover.
The Texas brief notes numerous incidents including a post office robbery in Alvord and theft of stamps, a relic claimed by Judge Bryson, snow harming cattle in Indian Territory, the death of George Wise near Oklahoma City, oil strikes near Lawton, and several murders and assaults across Texas and neighboring states. Other items include a mayoral resignation, accidental gun injury in Kansas, and a death in Winkler Texas from a prior conflict.
Washington February 24 Senator Frye directed senate clerks to omit the names of South Carolina senators Tillman and McLaurin from roll calls suspending them from senatorial duties. Tillman plans to rise and protest the denial of a state's right to vote.
The president canceled Senator Tillman of South Carolina's dinner invitation at the White House after Tillman was found in contempt of the senate. Senator Martin of Virginia will attend in Tillman’s place as ranking Democrat on naval affairs.
Cripple Creek, Victor, Col., Feb. 24. Six explosions before dawn wrecked six assay offices from Victor to Cripple Creek and Goldfield. Fine balances and equipment destroyed. sleeping occupants injured. Sheriff calls out deputies to find the perpetrators amid fears of ridding the district of high grade ore buyers.
Campton Iowa will discontinue its post office after 52 years. A. V. Brown became post master on Sept 15 1851 and has served without revocation, with his wife as deputy. The office remains in the original building from 1851, but rural mail delivery ends its run.
A Morristown to Reading accommodation train collided at Coshocton causing two cars to derail and injuring several passengers. Early reports indicate multiple injuries with details still developing.
Sixty four men are reported killed or wounded in a fight on the Montenegro frontier between Albanians and Turkish regular troops near Cettiniji. Fighting continues through February 24.
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