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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1898
Page
3
In 1814 Samuel Chester Reid with the General Armstrong defends against three British vessels off Fayal in the Azores. After a fierce night action the privateer scales back, scuttles to spare the town, delaying the British fleet and saving New Orleans.
The text describes Prunkenness leading to ruin and ruinous outcomes. It warns of poverty and social decline, including empty purses and wards, and claims it causes swearing obscenity and immorality. It suggests consequences in family roles and personal conduct.
An 19th century note describes African cocoons that can be ejected from small vessels by a jumping pupa. Dr. Sharp details the cocoon mechanics, the hard shell, and the wriggling and shooting actions that carve an inner groove, freeing the insect. The species may lie near lepidopterous and trichopteran groups.
The Daily Eagle will cut its price beginning next Tuesday to offset declining subscriptions. One rival has already lowered its rate, prompting the Eagle to drop its price by a notch and continue at the new lower level.
An advertisement explains pricing for weekly and monthly access, listing ten cents per week and forty cents per month for readers who prefer monthly billing.
The notice urges all readers to begin taking the Daily Eagle now with delivery available at the door. It offers prepayment or weekly collection and asks to call or send word if delivery does not start, promising morning arrival before breakfast.
A Nashville American account recalls General Nichols of Louisiana who survived severe wounds in Virginia. He lost a leg and an eye, wore an artificial limb and arm, and kept a sense of humor. A house guest black servant teased him with sympathetic remarks, nearly provoking a dangerous moment when mock pity turned rough.
Notice lists call for county convention in Bryan at 12 PM July 21 to elect delegates to the State Republican Convention at Fort Worth August 16 1895 and a Congressional Convention date to be set. Precinct chairmen urged to assemble for delegate selection with specified vote totals for each precinct.
The message lists Doremus and Butter Law Offices with addresses at 1 and 2 Parker Building in Bryan Texas.
John M. CatpWeny to occupy part of the North Side of Dr. Reap's Drug Store starting August with new fixtures and jewelry stock. During July a removal sale will run, inviting buyers to take advantage of the offerings.
The piece extols small acts over grand deeds, likening daily virtue to a stream by a farmhouse and a single Niagara. It urges a consecrated, united church built on sympathy, voluntary cooperation, and subordination for true gospel work and communal welfare.
Dr E P Daviss, specialist in eye ear nose and throat, Otomlighting Building Houston Texas, rooms 305 and 306, will visit Branstown on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month, Bryant. He will be in the parlors of the Exchange.
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