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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1902
Page
3
Manager John B. Mike secured the Olympia Opera Company for a week in February at the grand opera house. The troupe of about forty with a strong chorus will present a fine repertoire including Said Pasha, offered at 50 cents admission to attract wide attendance.
Northbound and southbound railroad times listed for H.& T. C. and I.&G.N. lines with notes on fast trains. Local arrivals include Chas. Davis from El Paso, G. M. Robinson through Bryan, and other visits. Notices on dressmaking, housing for sale, and fair timing committee members interview stockholders for next meeting.
An advertisement touts Rex Dyspepsia Tablets for sour stomach and heartburn with a money refund offer if not cured. The ad credits M. H. James as leading Bryan druggist and notes a 60 cent price. Separately, an obituary for Mr. C Touhill, longtime county resident, mentions death at his Brazos bottom home last Thursday and burial Friday, with no known local relatives and a farm near Smetana.
Local items list residents traveling from Franklin and nearby areas and a series of small notices. Worley and Love visited Franklin, McCorquodale went to Louisiana, Heron returned to Marion, Alex McLeod came from Millican, Miss Hunter visited from Cuero, Sati Allphin from Madisonville, Parker from Hill County, plus for sale notices for a horse and a young cow with calf in milk and two illness updates on Minter and Duckworth. A lost small gold locket with initials F A M offered reward to Frank Myers.
An old advertisement touts Rex Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for dyspepsia indigestion sour stomach and heartburn. Drugstores refund money if not cured, price 50 cents per package, promoted by M H Jamer a leading Bryan Texas pharmacist.
Announcement lists excursion dates for J and GN tickets with cities including Laredo Washington Bday events San Antonio Waco Dallas New Orleans and more. Also reports I and G N purchasing land south of town for a large water tank to serve the fair grounds with 50 million gallons capacity. Includes a drug advertisement by M H James Bryan and a long local roster of names from Madison county visiting in the past two days.
All drugs are authorized to refund the remedy in any case of chills fever or malaria if it fails to cure. Price 50c per package. Mr James the leading druggist Bryan Texas.
The Texas Bakery announces its opening at the old stand with first class quality. It advertises bread and cakes baked locally and notes the salesroom is in the shop while the main store is finished.
A list of names and destinations shows hotel arrivals including W P McCutcheon F Z Lee Marlin Wim Crotty and many others in cities such as Galveston Dallas Chicago Fort Worth New York St Louis Denver and Cincinnati. The fragment reads like a directory of guests and their home towns.
The notice warns that Friday January 31 is the final day to pay city taxes to avoid a 10 percent delinquent penalty. After this date delinquents will be listed for publication. Receipts cannot be written on the last day. contact C. M. Spell, City Sec. for details.
The piece describes a three day celebration in Laredo and New Laredo for Washington's Birthday February 21 to 23 with daylight and night bull fights, torchlight parades, sham battles, naval fireworks, and pageants. It notes border international character, pleasant weather, and special excursion tickets to Monterey with stopovers at Laredo. Information available from D J Price G P and T A J G N R R Palestine Texas.
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