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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1901
Page
2
The city records a deadly lightning incident that claimed multiple lives on Monday. Treasury reports show a yearly decrease in counterfeiting as a trend, while a heat wave affects northern cities with rising hospitalizations and fatalities.
Next year Brazos County aims to reap profits from truck growing. The plan requires early organization to ensure success and proper implementation by local authorities and involved groups.
A railroad promoter says active work on the Brenham and Brazos Valley Railroad is ready to begin. The line would run from Brenham north through Washington Brazos and Grimes counties linking with 72000 acres of farming lands. Farmers along the route offer to grade the roadbed free and provide additional donations in cash as bonuses.
Mrs. Alice Spell, under indictment for the murder of her husband Dick Spell, alleges she was abducted from her home, gagged, chloroformed, and robbed by unknown parties a few nights ago. Deputy Sheriff G P Black reported quiet conditions after returning from Bedias, with no arrests or named suspects as of now.
H H Hargrove, famed as a cotton factory missionary and noted industrial promoter, has died in Shreveport Louisiana after a life of promoting labor and industry. His work touched workers and local mills. He was widely known for his advocacy and public service.
The northern extension of the I. and G. N. line lies within three miles of Waco and is expected to reach the area next week.
Advice on choosing a vacation train stop with Galveston La Porte Seabrook and Port Lavaca as options. Trains connect to Houston and major railways for Rockport Corpus Christi and Aransas Pass, with hotels at each stop offering surf boating and fishing. Local agents quote rates or contact S F B Morse M L Robbins A G Newsum and D P A Dall M Houston.
The advertisement promotes Rex Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for dyspepsia indigestion sour stomach and heartburn with a money back guarantee if not cured. Package price is 50 cents and M H James a leading Bryan Texas druggist promotes the product.
William J. Harris, a Pittsburgh machinist, was fatally shot by Greek waiter Michaelo Varlos during a dispute over a woman’s umbrella and purse in a Chicago parlor. Varlos fled, but was captured after bystanders pursued him. The assailant fired three times, hitting Harris in the breast and abdomen.
Archists threaten Giovannni Branchi the Italian consul general in New York and he takes indefinite leave from his post returning to Italy. A guard protected him as he kept residence secret and mail routed via the Lotos club. The consulate remains guarded with the vice consul in charge and strict entry checks. His exposure of the plot against King Humbert sparked anarchist hostility.
The navy department bought about 16 acres around the Washington naval observatory to shield timekeeping instruments from jar and keeps all roads 1000 feet away from the clock room. Congress approved 149000 dollars for the land, now available.
Reports from Brenham Denison Paris Dallas San Antonio Croft and other Texas towns note debts, deaths, train fatalities, library contracts and a new state superintendent of public instruction. The item covers county treasury responses, a youth killed by a train, a congress nomination, and camp preparations for July 19 to 27.
A brisk series of notes from Missouri and nearby states reports new industrial and farming developments. Spurting items include a coal and oil discovery near Chillicothe, a likely record apple crop in Missouri, a new stove factory site at Savannah, and a grain elevator project at Galgos. Also noted are fishing boy Jacob Webb’s long-ago disappearance, the Nebraska university summer session enrollment exceeding 250, and a Cook Nebraska strawberry grower marketing 2000 quarts from a quarter acre.
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