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The Daily Eagle announces its post office second class status under Connelly & Carnes. Subscription prices shown: ten cents per week and forty cents per month.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1901
Page
2
The Daily Eagle announces its post office second class status under Connelly & Carnes. Subscription prices shown: ten cents per week and forty cents per month.
Five hundred thousand dollars of assets of the endowment rank of the Knights of Pythias are reported to be in bad condition. The rank is about $500,000 behind in the payment of death claims. The supreme lodge in Chicago is taking vigorous steps to set things right and prevent mismanagement in future.
The Laredo Times reports the death of James Orfila of Laredo a longtime resident and brother of Mrs. B Shisa of College. He lived in Laredo over twenty years made friends widely and was known for humor generosity and charitable acts. He will be missed by a broad circle of friends and is remembered for good deeds.
A punchy note advises against cheap cough cures for serious lung trouble and promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a proven remedy. It claims the syrup heals tissue, kills germs, reduces inflammation, eases expectoration, and aids sleep. Available through Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co.
Col L L Foster president of A and M College and promoter of the Columbians company watched the Columbia Oil Company well at Beaumont come in while drilling at 790 feet. The well’s unexpected gusher pleased the Eagle and was described as a notable display of Foster’s good luck and industry.
Dr. J. L. Fountain from the 55th district announces competitive examinations in Bryan on Friday July 26 for Brazos county residents seeking appointments to the Sam Houston Normal Institute (white) and Prairie View Normal School (colored). Highest averages receive the appointments.
400 cords of wood for sale 24 miles from Bryan. Several tons of hulls for sale at 5 dollars per ton at the barn or 6 dollars per ton delivered. d190 S. M. Derden.
Prominent tract offered adjoining the A and M College road in Bryan. Desirable hill land with a prime location near two state railroads. Future developments like the college shops new railroad and area amenities promise increased value. Auction details not provided.
G W Shaw known as Poke and Batts Baker, once comrades in the Eighth Georgia, reunite in Hearne after finding Baker alive in Bryan Texas. They recall youth in the army, endure hardship, and share a joyful reunion at the Commercial hotel, hoping for many more years together.
An advertisement offers Quitoria as a malaria remedy with a refund policy. It claims cure within four days at 50 cents per package and names Mr James as the leading druggist in Bryan Texas, promising refunds in any case of bills fever or malaria it fits to cure.
New Orleans dispatch says the Fuel Oil company sent the tug E L Russell to Port Arthur to tow a barge carrying 10 000 barrels of Beaumont crude oil to Havana for the electric light plant there.
Peter Bankers aged 87 committed suicide by hanging in Krashville Illinois. Charles Wolneck farmer near Atchison Kansas died from heat in his wheat field. Fred Whiteside of Cabool Missouri died by asphyxiation in a foul well. Miss Jennie Biddow of Birmingham Alabama died from morphine self administration. Shelby Steel Tool works in Albany Indiana damaged by natural gas explosion. Lewis Fry shingle mill at Talma Indiana destroyed. loss around 5000 dollars. Andy Lewis of Arlington Kansas fined 200 dollars for liquor law violation. Edward Pope accidentally shot Tony Hedreh in Dublin Indiana, a fatal head wound.
A compiled Texas and nearby reports note Dr W M Vaughn burned to death after kerosene lamp explosion in Cherokee. Val Peers reports ground smoke and sulphur-like odor with crevices in Fort Worth region. R M Sauls dies after elevator accident in Rosenbaum mill. police arrest three negroes in Waco for felonies. Charlie Easters robbed at Katy depot in Greenville. Alvah Southworth wounded by accidental pistol discharge in Yorsicana. Bartolo Gonzales killed and Nicolas Carmona wounded in San Antonio knife fight. August Peterson and Dan Miller die from heat in Pine Bluff. Ed Philips dies from a gunshot wound in Cameron.
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