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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1906
Page
2
Congressman R L Henry introduces a bill for a 250000 hospital in Marlin Texas with 25000 per year maintenance Franklin city plans a new Pythian Hall and opera house. Franklin advances in truck farming and diversified farming aided by a profitable cannery.
A female audience is invited to inspect an elaborate line of waists at Wilson & Edge. They hold the sole agency for the Royal brand in leading dry goods shops. Waists are beautifully tailored and correctly fashioned, priced from 1.25 to 3.50, with a 25 percent savings by buying at home.
The Brazos County Commissioners' Court appoints election judges for the general election on November 6 and lists poll tax receipts by precinct. Millican No 1 totals 207 with judges B M Curd E P Miller Ch Hempfling. Wellborn No 2 totals 0 with J P Royder Wilkerson. College No 3 totals 158 with R R Royall A W Carson M M Burford J H Suber. Bethel No 5 totals 121 with J D Jones Albert Bullock Amon Williams C H Graham. Kurten No 6 totals 163 with Bob Smith W T Jones Gus Stevener Philip Endler. Cottonwood No 7 totals 93 with Wm Blanton C Holden. Edge No 8 totals 110 with John Henry F M Wallace S B Rosier Bill McDonald.
The Texas Railroad Commission released a comparison of earnings for the six months ending December 31, 1905 versus the same period in 1904. Freight and passenger earnings rose while operating expenses grew, yet net income declined, affecting major Texas railroads. An order defines switching limits for Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe lines affecting Dallas Oak Cliff industries with a March 16, 1906 effective date.
The body of Jo hann Hoch lay in the Dunning county morgue after a failed burial attempt. The undertaker and two clergymen on the scaffold sought a burial site at their expense, but Walheim Forest Home and St. Lucas cemeteries refused. Cemetery officials cited objections to interring murderers as the reason for denial.
A tornado struck near Hattiesburg Mississippi during a heavy rainstorm. The home of Mrs M E Dearmon was lifted from its foundation and demolished. Mrs Dearmon and her son James were badly injured. Fences houses and trees were torn up as telephone poles fell.
In Tyler Texas on February 24 Green Norwood was killed and Earl Sharp jailed on murder charges. Norwood died after being shot in a Cotton Belt boarding car and reportedly jumped from the car before his body was found Saturday morning. The men had been quarrelling for some time.
Poll tax receipts totaled 2032 across Bryan and city courthouse offices with 342 351 and 394 receipts listed for Batte store 9 Bryan city hall and Bryan courthouse respectively. Mrs Jas Wilson Jr of Edge visited the city after a trip to Harvey. Glee Club concert tickets are available at The Smith Drug Co in 50 and 25 cent prices.
General Charles P. Egan, notable for the embalmed beef controversy, attends court in San Antonio as his daughter Estelle Egan Cole sues Frank Cole for divorce in a sensational case.
Weather notes forecast three disturbances crossing meridian ninety with a cool front bringing frost southward. March to be unusually cold in New England and warm in lower Missouri and Mississippi valleys, general precipitation around dates 2 17 25, with a predicted corn crop failure cycle since 1901.
President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association urges spot holders not to rush cotton to market. He cites past prices and the 1906 New Orleans convention backing holding for 15 cents, predicting market strength if the balance of the crop remains held and arguing the crop and demand justify waiting.
Palestine Tex Feb 24 Will ker residing on the Elrod farm in this county has received a whitecap notice posted on his gate warning that it will be to his personal interest from a physical standpoint to not let the sun shine on him in that section after Thursday night The notice was posted on his gate.
District Attorney Moore arraigned Roland Browne and his adherents in Austin on February 24 claiming a conspiracy to kill Congressman Pinckney and Pinckney’s brother. He urged the jury to find the defendants guilty of the charges.
Privy Councillor Ivanoff, director general of the Vistual railroad, was shot and killed on Bracka street in Warsaw on Saturday by an unknown assailant. He had pushed to suppress the recent railroad strike and had many employees jailed for participation. In Waco, Texas, District Judge Surratt granted a temporary writ restraining several defendants from using a public square building for gambling and unlawful games, with the case to be heard this term.
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