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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1900
Page
2
In Ladysmith whiskey costs five dollars a pint and a writer dies by own hand as jokes are reported. Half the capital for a Rockdale cotton mill is raised while Bryan draws more cotton but no mill site is secured. The Galveston-Dallas News issues a Texas resources edition praising diversified crops and long term benefits.
Quarter block with improvements opposite the court house offered for sale by real estate agents Hudson and Nall. A good bargain on this property. See also rental house next door to Baptist parsonage via W D Lawrence.
A West Texas letter to the Eagle describes a crowded Christmas tree event with Santa Claus greeting children and distributing gifts to sick and poor. The scene features apples candy and nuts, cheerful laughter, and two humorous pranks including a jewelry loving youth receiving a watch chain with an iron potato and odd charms.
The piece reflects on courtship rituals of 1899 suggesting fresh air wooing and outdoor activities replace ballroom dinners and opera. It contrasts breezy, companionable summer flirtations with traditional romantic memories, predicting enduring appeal of nature inspired methods.
Manila reports Lt Gilmore and all American captives freed by Aguinaldo's forces. Col Hare and Lt Col Howse arrive at Vigan with prisoners, praised Texas Thirty third volunteers for successful operation. Navy dispatch notes seizure of Sibut Island near the Philippine group.
The Schley memorial fund started by Miss Edna McClellan has reached 5000 dollars deposited in a New York bank. She reports contingent subscriptions payable only if a house is purchased for Rear Admiral Schley, with plans to buy in New York or Washington if funds allow.
In Pineville Oregon on January 5 a drunken dispute at Piute Indian camp left Matthew Wewa dead by his own hand after killing his wife and fatally wounding his brother Charles and two squaws.
W Murray Crane becomes Massachusetts governor in a Thursday ceremony. The state department denies a Transvaal intervention request. Italy joins the open door policy in China and seeks San Mun day. Rev John G Fee dies at 84 in Richmond Kentucky.
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