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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1899
Page
3
John Turner lands a teaching job at Possum Ridge public school amid cautions to avoid new methods especially grammar. The board warns against change and emphasizes reading writing and ciphering with the hickory as a safe tool. A grown pupil Sallie Perkins becomes a focal point in Turner’s early career.
Sallie Perkins pursues Turner after confessing love at a spelling school dance. Turner resists and faces furious pressure from Sallie’s father, who vows to force a marriage. a chase through woods ends with Turner fleeing by train and quitting his teaching post.
A readerable listing of city offices including mayor, marshal, treasurer, sexton, and aldermen, plus school board members and county officers. It also enumerates churches with pastors, service times, and parish activities across Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Christian, and Catholic denominations.
A compiled list of fraternal lodge meetings in Brazos area shows meeting nights for Brazos Camp, Bryan Tent, Bryan Lodge, Ivanhoe Commandery, and other lodges. Each entry notes lodge name, meeting day, officers such as presiding officers and secretaries, and key officers like treasure or secretary. Leaders named include W. B. Reed, J. H. Mawhinney, W. T. James, N. B. Cole, A. M. Rhodes, E. J. Jenkins, and J. A. Myers among others, with many meetings set on the first or third, second or fourth, or specific weekly Fridays.
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