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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
4
The noted Black Faced Comedian performs at the Cozy in dancing and singing features all week with a different program each night. Matinee Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.
A Requiem Mass will be held at St. Anthony's Church for the thousands killed in the recent Italy and Sicily earthquake. The service at 9:30 a.m. next Monday will be conducted by Rev. Father DeSimone with two visiting priests. Italian Catholic societies will attend. special music will be performed.
Hon. W. C. Davis, Bra zos county representative and speaker candidate, heads to Austin for the session opening. He backs a prohibition amendment, a bank deposit guarantee law, tax reform, an anti pass revision tied to rail advertising in kind, and a state electric railway between A and M College and Bryan. He also seeks to reduce house membership and expects election on the second ballot.
Spokane report notes senator R A Hutchinson of Spokane will push a bill in January to provide military training for all seventh and eighth graders in Washington. Instructors from Fort George Wright and other forts would teach arms and drill one half day weekly, aiming to create citizen soldiers ready for emergencies.
January 7 1647 Theopilus Keuton first governor of New Haven died. 1715 Israel Putnam born in Massachusetts died in Connecticut May 19. 1775 Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia. 1822 Greeks proclaimed independence. 1840 Southwestern States commercial convention met in New Orleans. 1865 Confederate force attacked Springfield Missouri. 1904 Ruth Cleveland died at Princeton. 1905 Colorado legislature declared Alva Adams governor elect.
The item notes the 58th birthday of Dr. Melancthon Woolsey Stryker born January 7 in Vernon New York. It lists his career path from Hamilton College graduate in 1872 to pastor roles in Auburn Ithaca Holyoke Chicago and his 1892 election as Hamilton College president, and mentions his travels and writings. Eddie Holland performs at the Cozy this week ending January 27.
Lanchburg Virginia January 7 Increased attendance marked the second day of the Virginia State Horticultural Society annual meeting. Speakers included Dr M B Waite of the U S Department of Agriculture Professor S B Atwood of the University of Virginia and S Mc Neill of Canada's Department of Agriculture.
For rent 1 to 4 acres of cultivated black land in Brazos bottom of Burleson County near Wellborn at the T. R. Batte place. Address Mrs. Fannie Carroll, owner, 115 East Myrtle Street, San Antonio, Texas.
A rich father offers his son 2 percent monthly interest on saved money from allowance. The boy deposits exceed his 5 pound weekly allowance, but turns out most deposits were borrowed with the boy earning interest at 2 percent monthly while paying 10 percent yearly, making the scheme profitable. The tale prompts reflections on character, reading a person through actions, and notes about mound builders and ancient Toltecs.
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