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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
3
Train schedules for H T C and L I G N lines list north and south bound times. Local notices report visitors, sales events at Eugene Edge’s, and residents traveling to and from Brazos county with numerous brief house and business calls.
Saturday reports Mrs J H White and her daughter Miss Maggie visiting the city from Wixon. Maggie just returned from a visit to her sister Mrs Jesse Bullock in Colorado City, described as much enjoyed. Read This. When trunks hauled to or from depots, phone 161. 52 4 Every 23rd sale free commencing.
Local notes report Eugene Edge preparing for a big Skidoo sale starting Saturday with new plate glass installed. Hog killing activity and lard cans draw country visitors to town while town folks attend church services and a student assembly at the university. A Bryan resident plans a Taylor steam laundry, and Alton Boyett sustains minor burns from matches.
The Bryan Morning Eagle reports a cold spell with ice and a wish for more moisture to aid farming. Sleet and ice were observed near Everman while a general warming trend and possible rain are forecast. The distant cold front from Regina to Texas is described along with a weather forecast for New Orleans.
Galveston reports a northwestern cold wave extending into northern Texas and beyond. Temperatures across the region drop with Amarillo at 4 above, Abilene 16, Fort Worth 22, and Galveston 58. Rain and snow are noted in various states, with cloudy northern Texas and fair southern conditions.
Section Director B Bunnemeyer notes no important change anticipated for the Trinity Brazos and Colorado rivers. The message includes Edge's on the corner advertising fresh chrome fruit cakes and Mrs Otto Poehme's fancy cakes and candy line.
Liverpool opens three percent higher as spot sales reach 12 000 bales. American markets gain modestly and close steady. Bryan spot prices lift with low middling at 7 3/4 cents and good middling at 9 cents. McFadden interests appear to dominate in New York, with Craig tenders absorbed. Mills upbeat to take contracts. interior supplies thin while remnant crop held for higher prices. Bryan sales limited to about 25 bales.
County Tax Collector Wipprecht notes a Union resolutions reading that members are to meet at the Bryan courthouse Saturday at 11 with President Edge White Cook Yeager Wipprecht Howell Stasney Cooper and Morgan to devise a plan for collecting and exhibiting farm products at the Farmers Union warehouse in Bryan in July 1909. Premiums and purses will be awarded for best exhibits among locals.
The Jackson Loan and Trust Company established a Bryan branch and will lend on Brazos county and Bryan city real estate at 5 percent per year for ten days ending January 16. Local state agent R. O. Brown can be contacted at the Exchange Hotel.
The H and T C boys discuss progress on Harriman’s Denison to Lincoln route. Conductor Snell, nicknamed The Switcher, plans to run the first train once completed. Although timing is unknown, firing of most Central railroad section men signals funds being raised for interior development.
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