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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1906
Page
3
Property listing notes an 85 acre farm on Pitts Bridge road with the only set of abstract books for Brazos County land titles. Price $800 for 30 days, rent included for 1906. Market value cited at $15 per acre. location opposite the Court House with QP phone 37.
Rail excursion notices list multiple trips with varied group accounts. Palacios B Y P U encampment sale July 2 3 at 7.00 round trip with July 14 limit. Galveston K D of Tabor sale July 8 9 at 5.30 limit July 15. Muenster Staal Verbund sale July 2 3 at 9.30 limit July 9. Austin Old Land Marks sale July 3 4 at 3.90 limit July 10. Paris Colored Pilgrims sale July 2 at 9.20. Denver Elks sale July 13 14 15 at 29.30 limit Aug 18. Omaha B Y P U meeting sale July 10 13 inclusive at 26.10. Also rates to San Francisco and Pacific coast points.
Hon Tom Campbell of Palestine runs for governor and will speak at Bryan courthouse Friday July 13 at 3 p m. The public is invited to attend. Advertisement Committee.
Hon. Richard Mays, candidate for congress, will address national issues at several towns. Dates and times include Tabor June 29 8 30 p m Kurten June 30 8 30 p m Macy July 2 2 p m Edge July 2 5 30 p m Harvey July 3 8 30 p m. Invited audience.
A list of candidates for various county and district offices appears, with re election notes for several incumbents. The Bryan page also notes summer travel civic duty, a cotton market dip tied to favorable crop reports, a report of a bear at a Wharton county colored church service, and a murder trial in Edna involving Felix Powell Augusta Diggs and the Conditt family.
For the year ending June 30 the state department at Austin processed 1450 charter filings an increase of fifty percent over the prior year reflecting strong activity in Texas commerce.
On July 2 saloons in both Kansas Citys were shut tight for the first time. Missouri side followed Governor Folk’s Sunday closing. Kansas side, under Hoch’s drive, locked doors all week. Assistant Attorney General Trickett padlocked mouths of the joints to show resolve.
Canyon City Colorado reports a liquor raid at the Labor club ending in the proprietor’s arrest after a pitched fight. Liquor stock poured into the street drew churchgoers who sang the doxology as the event marked a peak in a yearlong temperance campaign. Also notes guard mobilization in Arizona over mine strike threats and a collision near Sasebo leaving 27 sailors missing.
Public notice urges precautions against mosquitos and malaria by using oil in cisterns and disinfecting premises. A general inspection by authorities will occur in a few days to ensure sanitary order. R. H. Harrison City Health Officer.
The Thaw-White murder case in New York is expected to reveal greater moral corruption and aims to purge the social atmosphere, with the metropolis hoping for broader reform driven by the exposure.
Judge Bell runs for high office on statesmanlike lines. He avoids mudslinging and personal attacks, appealing as a patriot and reformer. The Fort Worth Telegram notes no backstabbing or undercuts, praising the campaign as clean and a growing winner in Texas.
Sealed bids will be received by the city council of Bryan at its next regular meeting on Friday July 13 1906 for the depository of the city funds for the ensuing year. J E Butler Mayor. Frank Clarke City Secretary.
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