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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1899
Page
4
A Kentucky bound soldier recalls foraging near a Virginia campaign, sharp temper, and clashes with fellow western troops. He plans to raid a nearby cornfield at dusk seeking food, despite warnings from Tom Shaw about potential trouble. The narrator demeans hardship and vows to share any finds.
A weary Confederate soldier recalls hunger and shelling, chasing a fat farmyard goose at a camp. He confronts a chaplainlike scavenger who claims the goose was found after a family moved away, insisting the bird was his own.
A veteran recalls stealing a fat goose from a chaplain during war, trading threats for vittles, and sharing the feast with comrade Tom Shaw. A federal officer reveals the goose’s owner was Geneva, the army’s commander in chief.
City officials listed include Mayor C. A. Adama, Marshall T. P. Boyett, Deputy Marshal R. H. Smith, Secretary-Treasurer Henry G. Rhodes, City Sexton H. H. Jones, and Constable C. L. Bake. Aldermen named are R. G. Tat, W. S. Howell, W. W. Harris, Jack M. Lawrence, Walter Wipprecht. School Board members include ex-officio president C. A. Adama and others J. Allen Myers, J. W. Howell, M. H. James, M. Parker, J. Lo Fountain, H. C. Robinson.
County officers include Judge A. G. Board and Clerk G. W. McMichael with officials such as J. J. Adams as Tax Collector and T. C. Nunn as Sheriff. Churches listed cover Baptist, Methodist, St Andrews, Presbyterian, Christian and Catholic services with pastors and service times. Local fraternal orders include Brazos Camp W of W and K of C with meeting nights and officers named.
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