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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1901
Page
2
The Daily Eagle notes the Central Texas Fair will be held in Bryan on November 12 to 14. J Pierpont Morgan has returned to the United States and inspection of his luggage found no crowns or mortgages on principalities or empires, suggesting leisure not business.
The grand encampment of the Texas Volunteer Guards with 3000 troops will take place at the state drill grounds near Austin from July 19 to 27. A large military program features infantry artillery cavalry signal corps and ten bands with 150000 rounds of munition provided for the mock battle.
Dyspepsia tablets promise refunds if they fail to cure. price set at 50 cents per package. Manufacturer authorization noted. Bry he name M. H. James, ran, Texas, appears garbled in the ad.
Dr 3.1L Fountain from the 55th district announces competitive examinations in Bryan on Friday July 25 open to persons of good moral character seeking appointments from Brazos county to Sam Houston Normal Institute white and Prairie View Normal School to assign those with the highest averages.
The Central Texas fair directors met with President Connell presiding and W. S. Howell as secretary. The fair will be held November 12 to 14 with plans for buildings, charter approved, no purses for races, and exhibitor tickets only. A stockholders meeting occurred last night, with full details to follow tomorrow.
Advertisement for Quinoria claims cure of chills fever or malaria in four days. All druggists authorized to refund money if it fails. Price 50c per package. M. H. James, leading druggist, Bryan Texas.
George Stuart meeting at Rockdale reports tickets will be sold for Rockdale excursion and return Sunday July 7 for $1.00. Train departs Bryan at 8:00 a.m. and returns from Rockdale at 5:10 p.m. arriving in Bryan at 7:55 p.m.
Drugstore notice offers Rex Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for sour stomach indigestion and heartburn. All druggists may refund money if not cured. Price set at 50 cents. M H James, leading druggist of Bryan, endorses the product.
In Columbus Ohio on July 5 Thomas Spaulding and Albert Johnson two sergeants in the general recruiting service faced a fatal duel at the city barracks. Johnson shot Spaulding then killed himself with a Krag Jorgensen rifle. Spaulding, 18 years in service, married a local woman. Johnson, Indiana resident, had served about ten years.
Reports from Santiago de Cuba Shreveport Pekin and Berlin describe lively Fourth of July observances. Americans and locals held banquets parades speeches and fireworks while Berlin hoisted flags and a Havana field day closed by military offices. In Snyder Texas cattle raisers report drought grasshoppers and the need for rain.
During practice in Cadiz a torpedo exploded killing one officer and two sailors and injuring seventeen others. Many injured sailors suffered severe mutilations.
Washington reports Postmaster General Smith plans to debar many periodicals from second class mail. The reform targets gift enterprises and guessing contests, charging 8 cents a pound, while exempting legitimate newspapers. Publishers will have time to conform before the rule takes full effect.
Reports from Washington to St Louis indicate a break in the heat but lingering high temperatures east of the Rockies. New England cooler. mid Atlantic and middle Mississippi valley remain hot with 6 to 9 degrees above normal. Milestones include a cloudburst in western Michigan and oil flow in Texas. Deaths from heat reported in Chicago and Philadelphia. one in Kansas City.
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