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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1908
Page
2
The Daily Eagle notes dry farming as vital to the arid West, contrasts poll tax policy with 1908 politics, and comments on Roosevelt and Taft, Texas seed superiority for local farmers, and public demand for candor from candidates about policy positions. Local incidents include a Dallas theater shutdown and tax-related voter interest.
In the recent tone of public rhetoric, a metaphor places the American eagle straddling the Alleghenies and Rockies as emblematic of what Texas candidates may attempt in the upcoming campaign, implying a wide geographic appeal.
Fort Worth January 24 A double elopement led to a single wedding as Martin Miller and Maude Taylor wed with Chief of Police Maddox acting as matchmaker. Nellie Goens seventeen postponed her nuptials as fiancé Tom Turner remained a disappointed lover. All four came from Hamilton and traveled via Hico and Stephenville to Fort Worth where the police matron housed them. Miss Goens rich and of Indian blood chose to wait.
Adjutant General Newton has returned from Boston where he attended the National Guards association meeting. He says the trip was interesting and may benefit the Texas militia as the war department requests a candidate for the second lieutenant exam in the regular army.
Waco on January 24. The loss by individual Shriners in the baggage car fire near here is estimated at twenty five thousand dollars. A lady lost a cloak valued at five hundred dollars and many valuable outfits were destroyed in numerous trunks.
The Agricultural and Mechanical College buys two pure bred Percheron mares from Robinson & Son of Towanda Kansas. The piece covers stock feed volumes in Texas, road-building advice from Prof J C Nagle, and plans for Goodwin Hall named after G L Goodwin, with discussion on the college’s affordable education and a cancelled winter agriculture course.
Dr. Ben J. Reitman who led a march of unemployed and was arrested after a clash with police was arraigned in Harrison Street court on disorderly conduct and inciting a riot. He demanded a jury trial and the case was continued to January 27.
Dr. Fernando Lopez linked to a recent plot against Premier Franco escaped from San Julia prison, a fortress at the mouth of the Iagus river in Lisbon on January 24.
Baltimore report says five men on a hose carriage and fire engine were injured in a collision while responding to a major fire in the business district. One was seriously hurt. Also in Honolulu a Japanese man was found sketching the city harbor coast from vantage points behind the city.
Washington January 24 The battleship Mississippi has been formally accepted at Kane Island and will be commissioned on January 1.
Diddie Vickers aged six died from burns at her home near Paris while her mother washed. Her clothes ignited in the incident reported from Paris Texas. Adjourning Thaw trial delayed due to missing defense witnesses with no immediate end date. Officials Costa and Heilmode were taken into custody in Lisbon amid the political developments.
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