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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1899
Page
3
A group of college fellows investigate a haunted room as a jug rolls and bangs. Big Hicks from the football team kicks the jug, breaking it, prompting a frightened scramble when a rat emerges from the shattered vessel. Detroit Free Press.
Edward Bok in The Ladies Home Journal laments platform women as parasites who disrupt homes. He claims rooms are left in disorder, servants idle, children neglected, and husbands deride motives. He notes the platform woman’s influence waning and her power eroding as she disappears.
An aspiring actress visits an experienced theatrical manager asking how to become a star. He replies with a provocative question, asking if she has ever had a romance, probing her readiness and ambition.
A dialogue on romance and deception as a manager advises a woman to secure a divorce to advance in life. The piece blends satirical anecdotes from Tribune and Northport News about marriage, schemes, and social pretense, concluding with a wry Liverpool Mercury quip on insurance premiums tied to a questionable husband.
Two old newspaper pieces show humorous or sharp exchanges. One tale describes a father waking a sleepy son with a pancake ruse and the other features a witty exchange where a young woman calls a suitor icy while he mocks her heart.
The article warns spring is a trying season that drains energy and lowers spirits, urging a blood remedy to purge impurities and strengthen the body. It cautions readers to choose carefully to avoid harmful ingredients and notes the importance of safe, effective options.
Tins Havana date Jan 27 insurgent troops payment remains urgent as commission reports trickle from Washington. Press cites calls for a clear plan to disband troops and form rural police under U S military, with Gomez's return and patience urged until payments settle. Santa Cruz assembly fixes Feb 15 reassembly and Feb 24 anniversary event, amid hopes of Gomez disbanding followers. Custom fraud probes intensify as silk shipments seized and a Victoria steamer detained for cocoa misdeclaration.
Havana reports on February 1 introduction of bonded warehouses to ease commerce. Other items note 857 in hospital and 3853 in quarters in Seventh army corps, smallpox unchanged, 125 measles, and 75 American women planning a memorial for the Maine anniversary.
City officers include Mayor C A Adame and Marshall T P Boyett. List of county officers, clergy from Baptist to Catholic, and multiple fraternal orders with meeting nights.
An old advertisement proclaims Cephalotus as a universal remedy for nervous and sick headache claiming it cures obstinate cases and relieves symptoms within fifteen minutes. It pitches a 10 cent package of three powders or nine powders for five cents, from Marsh Mfg. Co. Chicago address 538 W Lake St.
The Eagle advertises a full line of legal blanks including Affidavit to Account and to any Fact, Mortgage and Deed forms, Power of Attorney, Land Note with Vendor's Lien, Release of Deed of Trust, Transfers, Promissory Note, and Real Estate Leases, offered in small quantities with price details available by visiting Eagle office for larger orders.
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