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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
3
Rail schedule details for H & T C and L N G N lines with arrival times. Locals and personals note visitors, purchases, sales, and upcoming shirt sale promos. Items include milk cow wanted, jersey heifers wanted, real estate leases, and moves of families. several residents listed with travel updates and small ads.
Miss Mary Robinson returned to school at Waco Sunday after being called home by her father J A D Robinson of Tabor whose illness has improved. Bishop Ward will lecture at First Methodist church Thursday night for Allen Academy Y M C A benefiting the reading room with tickets at Parks Waldrop Brandon Lawrence. Admission twenty five cents. Dr F P F Duffey will address Texas Woman’s College on London tomorrow morning. The Hee BG section men are back to work after Christmas layoff. Marriage license issued to Mat Crenshaw and Hattie Williams. Musical recital this afternoon at Texas Woman’s College with vocal and piano selections. Hunter Chatham advertise discount on furnishings hats and shoes. a4 a
The Bryan Athletic club boys prepare a minstrel show at the Grand Opera house next month. The program will include song and dance plus athletic feats on parallel bars horizontal bar trapeze rings and Indian club swinging.
Protection Fire Company No 1 rushed to Mrs B White’s residence in the northeastern city district at 8:30 PM after a flue fire triggered a fire alarm. No water needed as the scene remained under control with ready equipment and prompt arrival. A separate notice seeks a pair of well broke mules aged six to eight years from G B Parker.
Special to Bryan Morning Eagle reports tonight threatening weather in New Orleans with a forecast for Tuesday fair as issued by Cline.
A rapid fall from 74 to around 16–20 degrees above zero chilled the region between Sunday night and Monday morning. The cold front brought strong north winds, light snow in Hearne and Otto, and widespread warnings from the Weather Bureau and railroad officials.
Prof J L Henderson, inspector from the University of Texas 48, reports marked improvements in Bryan schools over last year. He notes better teaching adapted to pupils, with comprehension and inspiration rising, though some students still fail exams. He urges steady professional spirit and focus on schooling as the core duty.
An advertisement urges readers to call 161.52 for hauling trunks to or from depots and promises good pay while hinting at a forthcoming large shirt sale.
Buchannan and Cloud advertise a new market for surplus cattle hogs and other butcher stock. They operate feeding pens with 189 head on feed and offer to buy small lots from farmers, enabling pricing and shipment without carload costs. They aim to make raising a few surplus head profitable for farmers and provide steady market access.
The Christian church congregation reports a 150 pledge for educational purposes with plans to raise to 200 next Sunday. One member gave 100, the largest pledge besides local work, to support the Texas Christian University at Waco. The drive follows the statewide motto Every church a contributor with each member giving one dollar.
The Jackson Loan and Trust Company opened a Bryan branch and will lend on Brazos county and Bryan city real estate for ten days through January 16 at 5 percent per annum. Contact R. O. Bounds, state agent at Miller house. Just one more week of Inventory Sale by Hunter & Chatham offers savings.
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