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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1906
Page
4
Miss Jessie Garth hosted a Wednesday afternoon gathering of the Bachelor Girls at three o clock. The event featured a Hearts card game with Mrs. F D Perkins winning the guest prize a candlestick and shade while Alma Cole claimed a stationery box. Fruit salad whipped cream and cake were served amid palms ferns and cut flowers.
Tuesday afternoon members gathered at Dr and Mrs J W Howell with their daughter Miss Jennie Howell as hostess They moved to playing forty two when darkness halted needle work Three tables buzzed with lively games and Miss Howell served chocolate gelatine whipped cream cake salted pecans and stuffed figs.
The A. and M. College Glee Club gave a superb concert at the assembly hall Friday with Marie Adams mezzo soprano Max Mayer violinist and Wilkin Orr piano. The group under Prof T P Junkin drew praise for growth and quality. A social gathering followed with Miss Bessie Buchanan hosting a party featuring a literary game and prizes won by Miss Ellis Pittman Ruby James and Alma Robinson. The club plans another meeting with Miss Gussie Buchanan January 20.
Dr William Harper president of the Chicago University died at 2 15 PM Wednesday in Chicago He had cancer at the head of the large intestine and had planned to publish Hebrew language works His birth was in New Concord in July 1856
Annapolis Md Jan 12 After a lengthy session the court martial hearing in the Stephen Decatur Jr case failed to decide how far an upper classman can be compelled to testify about hazing. Midshipman Peterson P Marzoni objected to questions about hazing alleged to have occurred before him.
Annapolis reports the trial of Midshipman John P. Miller from Lancaster Kentucky on two charges with four specifications, following a prior case against Decatur. Also noted are a Chicago murder sentence, a proposed interurban line, the training vessel Benjamin Constant’s world voyage, a fatal sheet explosion near Hugo Oklahoma Territory, and a fatal and wounded shooting near Lake Charles Louisiana.
The church announces daily programs led by Rev. H. C. Willis and Rev. W. F. Davis from Sunday through Wednesday, featuring sermons, prayer services, missionary rallies, and discussions on missions in China Japan Brazil and Cuba. Every member is urged to attend. public invited. pastor 1. F. Betts notes.
New York officials opened arraignments on indictments from a special grand jury convened to probe election frauds. State Attorney General Mayer said nearly 1 000 cages of alleged fraud would be presented. Theodore Morton, an election board member in the nineteenth assembly district, was jailed for not challenging voters at Mayer�s watchers� request.
Five men suspected by detectives of blowing open the J P Albaugh general store safe at Shoals Indiana on January 4 were arrested in a saloon room Wednesday afternoon. The robbery netted 7400 in United States coupon bonds and 2000 in twenty dollar gold pieces.
General Mickle announces the sixteenth annual United Confederate Veterans reunion will be hosted in New Orleans on April 26 and 27. The adjutant general issued the official notice detailing the dates and location for veterans and attendees.
A New York Press note on sea travel jokes about married couples getting better cabins. It cites a captain who says lone travelers pay extra or tell lies about snoring epilepsy or seasickness to secure privacy, but must share a stateroom unless they pay more.
The passage notes bonfires tied to ancient rites and plague response. It cites medieval and early modern use in London as potential disinfection, linking to Defoe's plague history and considering risks of burning neighborhoods and the questionably beneficial cremation effect.
The London Gentlewoman suggests rating friends on five heads looks manners abilities merit and use. Marks range 0 to 20 and balance shows how useful a person is despite other traits. The method reveals how averages align across individuals.
The article explains Korean arranged marriages use intermediaries to hide defects like illness or deformities. The groom meets the bride only on the wedding day and must accept the situation. Both noble and peasant women contribute to family support, with rank ladies earning by knitting or raising silkworms.
William Brookfield recounts a tale of a new New Zealand bishop whose farewell interview with his mother ends with her tearful joke. She tells him to leave it to Providence and to fear possible opposition, adding a final quip about disagreeing with the locals.
The future sculptor Frederick MacMonnies began at age five modeling dough, then progress to white wax chewing gum to craft an equestrian George Washington statue. He admired Barnum’s circus at ten and, from memory, carved a clay elephant. By thirteen he carved a bullfrog likeness from a Belgian paving block.
A historian notes shipboard rations in the British navy a century ago. Sailors faced hard, salty meat from victualing yards with rumors of horseshoes in casks and eerie sounds in slaughterhouses. Salt pork was often better than beef, and crews carved boxes from the meat.
The article notes horses need careful worm control, with many intestinal parasites and worm types. It recommends spring preventive sulfur seeds for young horses and suggests worm medicines are often harmless but should be used only if needed or on veterinary advice.
In the House of Commons Gladstone rose to his feet and delivered a dramatic speech admired by Sir Henry Irving. Members were surprised, thinking it a political ploy. A later friend of Irving revealed Gladstone spoke for the actor, asking what Irving thought of it.
The article explains a skinning method that keeps the feet and tail with the fur and notes the animal’s small size. It cites historical restrictions from Henry VIII on who could use sable and gives modern price ranges for sable coats and tails in pounds.
Observations show snails and some small beetles move slowly with many pauses. When kept moving, a healthy snail averages about five and a half feet per hour, revealing the upper limit of their pace.
A Philadelphia Press quip records a grocer and clerk banter over a sign for eggs. The clerk reforms to read Fresh laid eggs to avoid misrepresentation while acknowledging eggs were fresh when laid. The exchange highlights cautious advertising practices and humor in everyday commerce.
Quote reflecting that true merit cannot be hidden and will be discovered. It may not always be rewarded as deserved, but it will be known through a person’s own conduct and demonstration.
A reflection on solitude as relief from sickness and fatigue of company. Seneca notes that solitude cures social weariness and that no man is more miserable than one who cannot use his time. The piece emphasizes using alone time to heal and regain balance.
A historical note surveys extraordinary claims of smell as a discerning faculty. It cites James Mitchell’s death around 1823 in Nairn Scotland and born blind in 1795, then references Boyle’s Utrecht blind man, Mamurra’s copper test, Indian travelers’ water sources, Antillean peoples detecting footsteps, Marco Marci’s Prague monk, and Aleppo to Babylon guides smelling desert sand to gauge proximity.
Sister Mary Joseph Melday of the Charity order died in Dallas. Mrs Cassie Chadwick suffers heart trouble and fainting spells. Tulsa gas company formed with capital of 40000. Five business houses burned at Tehuana Tex causing about 18500 loss.
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