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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1907
Page
1
A quoted remark from a Spinster in London discusses a man who seeks comfort like a cat by a warm hearth rug, desiring no conscience or unpleasant sights and becomes mad when he must see his wife sad, with no effort to ease her sorrow.
A quirky note contrasts the lifespan of U.S. currency denominations with human habits. The piece cites Meg gensdorfer Blatter and humor about paying for a spa trip, then shifts to a data quip: dollar bills of various values have different average lifespans in circulation.
The note from January 7 reports influential circles in Weomes dissenting to adding a call at San Francisco to the cruiser training squadron. Anti Japanese sentiment is described as rampant, and the proposed visit could be indefinitely postponed.
An orator proclaims eternal vigilance as the price of liberty while women electors exchange glances. They remark that price is the same as last year, shrug their shoulders, and lose interest as there are no bargains to be had and the proceedings fade.
A brief humorous exchange weighs options for a daughter’s education. A voice favors a cooking school as less noisy, though potentially more fatal in its consequences, reflecting a humorous tone.
The New York board of coroners reports 1906 saw 5890 total deaths with 2160 by violence. Manhattan tunnel work caused 68 deaths. there were 549 felonious assaults causing death and 398 personal crisis deaths by shooting, poison, gas, hanging, jumping, and drowning. Alcoholism led to 115 deaths.
Six terrorists were spared execution after revolutionaries used a forged cipher telegram claiming the emperor commuted their sentences to life labor. The governor general acted on the message before officials exposed the forgery, noting Russian law prohibits execution after a proper commutation.
Evansville experienced the quietest Sabbath in history as the lid on Sunday enforced. Police reported no complaints of disturbance. Saloon closures boosted church attendance and drug stores saw unusually high business.
Denison report states Aunty Walton, described as possibly the oldest Chickasaw, died Sunday at age 120. She recalled knowing Thomas Jefferson and seeing him in her youth. In Tulsa, rapid growth is noted with population rising from 7,500 to 12,500 in a year.
A blast ripped the Fourth Street National Bank after Robert Steele of Garner Ia. failed to secure a $5,900 loan for paintings. Steele and cashier W Z McLear were killed, messenger J W Crump badly wounded, with about twenty others injured. Police tie Steele to the act after finding his belongings and hotel records.
Washington reports new army rules require all officers and enlisted personnel at formal events or places with military presence to stand at attention and salute until the last note of The Star Spangled Banner. The same protocol applies to other nations’ anthems when played for official foreign representatives. The anthem will be played once per the score without unnecessary repetition.
Miss Nora Breckinridge, night telegraph operator at Arlington Kansas, halted a westbound Rock Island freight to avoid a collision with an eastbound train from Turon. After failed contact with Langdon, she enlisted farmer John Spencer to illuminate the tracks with a lantern, guiding the westbound train to safety just half a mile away.
The steamship City of Panama reached Mazatlan after a rough voyage. In El Paso the railway clerks strike ended with terms offered by General Manager T Fay. clerks gain future preference but no wage gains or union recognition. Firemen return to work after losing switch engine demands. The will of a Montgomery County railroad president disposes of an estate valued above $5,000,000, leaving it to his widow and three children with bequests to two sons-in-law.
The Washington Post reports that the rivers and harbors bill to be reported next week will allocate about 8 million dollars to New Orleans Mobile Pensacola and Gulfport. The split among the four harbors remains secret.
Washington January 7. At the interstate commerce commission probe of the Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Terra Cotta Engineer Hildebrand testified a double green signal appeared at Silver Springs while Operator Dutrow insisted it was white. The disagreement centers on who bears direct responsibility for the crash.
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