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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1899
Page
2
Fragmentary iH and T C Time Card shows Hearne west and east bound trains with partial leaves and arrivals. It lists Hearne to San Antonio schedules and north bound arrivals around 12:50 pm and 2:45 am with partial times and routes.
Reports from the area detail flood conditions, washed lands, and river levels near Navasota and Brazos. Residents like J.T. McGee and Dr. J. L. Fountain share experiences, while updates cover roads, bridges, and local business notices.
D Mahoney of Austin secured the A and M College dormitory contract and will start when flood conditions allow. Necco and Kisman of Houston to do tin work. The piece also notes washouts and potential inducements for the H B W railroad, plus local flood impacts on Wellborn and nearby residents with river levels and damage reports.
The weekly list for the Bryan post office ending July 4 shows letters for many names including Mary Jane Clayton Lucy E Henderson Simie Jemison Lucile Kimball Emma Mime Lilla Price Mollie Ross Margaret Scott Easter Thomson W F Washington Mrs GENTLEMEN and others. A one cent charge is added for each advertised piece. callers must mention the date and say advertised. A Missouri girl paid a dollar for a freckles cure from a New York man. the method involved knife scraping and smoking with sawdust and bark.
Special train notice for July 4 1899 lists H and T selling round trip tickets to ace ten for 1 75. Tickets usable on regular trains up to 9 20 am July 6. W S Wilson agent.
A second hand upright piano offered on payments of five dollars per month. For details contact J. M. Willingham in Bryan. The Bush & Gerts Piano man from Dallas provides the instrument.
Emmel's drug store offers Emmel's Black Powder in a 50c box for acute and chronic bowel troubles including chronic diarrhea flux inflammation of bowels cholera and ulcerated bowels. Sold only at Emmel's drug store.
Tax collector I H G Rhodes lists delinquent real estate taxes and accrued costs for Bryan City for 1898. The notice names numerous property owners with lots and tracts in Bryan additions and S F Austin purchases, listing amounts due and costs, and states council approval and delivery to the city attorney to file suits as directed by law.
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