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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
2
The Y. M. C. A. work is progressing. the young association aims to match older colleges. It seeks a gymnasium and a student secretary’s salary to help secure a Y. M. C. A. building on campus. Bible classes expand with 200 men expected to enroll, and efforts will bring guest speakers to speak at events.
Denison speaker H Worthen spoke on Prohibition yesterday and will lecture again today at 11 a.m. on Main Street opposite the city hall with a second talk at 2 p.m. Evangelist C. invites all to attend.
The A L S met January 19 1907 with nineteen members. Minutes were read and adopted. Clayton was elected recording secretary. A debate on the resolution That Home Influences Have More to Do with the Shaping of Man's Character Than All Other Influences Combined featured Berg for the negative and Clayton for the affirmative. Judges unanimously favored the affirmative. The society adjourned.
Dr J C Blake spoke to the Scientific Association on colloids last Friday, defining colloids and colloidal solutions and presenting experiments. Dr Powell announced future lectures by Dr Ball on Archaeology and Prof Walsall on Live Stock, with stereopticon illustrations planned for the first two talks.
Notice to city taxpayers states that payments for the current year's taxes are due by February 1. A 10 percent delinquent fee will be added to all unpaid property taxes after that date. The delinquent tax list will be prepared promptly. Frank Clarke, City Secretary, location 46.
Millican Texas January 23 Joe Al finger sold his 370 acre farm near Millican to B L Fonnatti for 2000 dollars with 1500 paid in cash and the balance secured on a note according to the Galveston News.
The piano contest organized by local merchants draws strong interest with votes tallied for participants at Texas Woman's College. Listed are voters and sponsors including Mrs Louise Martin, Miss Pearle Gandy, Miss Nellie Hudspeth, Allen Academy, and several churches and individuals with counts ranging from 467 to 20.
A humorous fragment describing girls as sisters to boys with long hair and dresses. The narrator jokes about naming a first girl Christmas Eve, mentions family counts of girls, and imagines twins. It riffs on aging, interests, beauty goals, marriage, and fear of mice and bugs, ending with playful mischief.
Roy Stone and his wife, once divorced after a quarrel, reconciled at their son’s funeral in El Paso. Stone, living in Little Rock, returned after being notified and the couple remarried at the grave, then left for Little Rock.
In Kingston on January 21, American landing parties in Jamaica were withdrawn at the request of Governor Swettenheim. The battleship and gunboat Yankton sailed away. Rear Admiral Davis refused to wait beyond fifteen minutes after bidding farewell to the governor, informing his aide he would wait no longer.
Rear Admiral Davis accused Governor Swettenham of opposing American help after countermanding Roosevelt’s order to send the Celtic with beef for Kingston. The American hospital, under Fleet Surgeon Ames and Surgeon Norton, treated over fifty casualties in Winchester park, amid English dismay at the governor’s stance.
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon says a Kingston dispatch about Governor Stettenham and Rear Admiral Davis being at odds is untrue. He asserts no ships failed and no trouble exists, though he won’t reveal his source and notes possible official advices. Public reaction is heightened.
London papers condemn the Jamaica governor's refusal of the United States aid, expressing confusion over the official's motive and questioning the action.
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