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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1907
Page
4
A serviced business note states satisfaction guaranteed for work by Brazos Valley Marble and Granite Works in an office setting.
Short orders available all hours with meals for a nickel. Fish served daily and sold in bulk alongside groceries fruits and confections. Parsons Building North Main Street phone 370 offers meals and shopping options in one location.
Real estate listing describes 200 acres three miles north of Bryan with 125 acres cultivated and 75 in pasture. One five room residence and three tenant houses, water from springs and wells. Asking price 25.00 per acre. Tenancy and improvements noted on 59 acres with 25 cultivated and a good house. Also a five room cottage on the west side near Mrs Spencer Ford’s home with two lots and water features. Will sell for 1000.90.
Mrs Ida Farmer of Oklahoma died at the bedside of her brother Ellis V. Davis in Jerseyville New Jersey. Davis died one hour later from heart disease. The pair had knelt to pray when Mrs Farmer suddenly collapsed. Burial plans included a double interment with Mrs Davis under medical care after the shock.
The Chicago American Baseball league club defeated New York Mona day by a lopsided 15 to 0 score. The game stretched sixteen innings at St.
Captain Fred Clarke manages Pittsburg as Louis Monday's Boston team defeats them 4 to 1. The game was tied 1-1 until the sixteenth inning when Boston exploded for four runs off pitcher Petty.
Birmingham edged Memphis 2 to 1 in a marathon fifteen inning Southern League game at home. Wilhelm pitched for Birmingham against Stockdale of Memphis as both clubs played strong. Other scores listed include Montgomery 8 Shreveport 0 Little Rock 5 Nashville 4 Atlanta 6 New Orleans 3.
Galveston defeated San Antonio 1 0 in twelve innings on Monday. Fort Worth beat Dallas 11 3 Temple edged Waco 3 2. Austin topped Houston 6 1. National League results included St Louis 2 Boston 1 and Cincinnati 5 New York 2 with Pittsburg 4 Brooklyn 1 and Chicago 1 Philadelphia 0.
Lenardo Gebbia, a defendant to be tried next week, testified for the state in the Walter Lamana murder trial in Hahnville Louisiana. He said Campincio led officers to the child’s body and described a jailhouse deal to suppress Campincio’s knowledge in exchange for care of his children.
In Houston on July 16 Mrs. Maggie Woods cried out that intruders lit her eleven room home. Firefighters found about fifty gas jets on and kerosene spread through every room. The blaze caused about $1,000 in damage. she held $5,000 insurance and loss of jewelry and money.
Delegates from all sections of the United States and Canada representing 290,000 members gather in Detroit for the eleventh triennial review of the Knights of Macabees of the World. A major topic is uniting the Maccabees and Ladies of the Maccabees into a single consolidated body.
The New York cotton market opened steady on Tuesday with July advancing 32 points to 11.70 on call and 3 to 5 points on later positions. Gains of 16 to 18 points in other months followed by for long account buying and covering shorts, aided by rumors that big bear leaders were buying.
Mary Ivy, a negro woman, was killed four miles northest of Pittsburg, Texas. Will Jingles was shot in the left arm. R. D. Thomas, a nineteen year old negro, was arrested at his home hours later and jailed after an examining trial denied bail.
In Petersburg Virginia on July 16 a pistol duel between John Wheelhouse and his nephew Richard Wheelhouse left John dead at the scene and Richard possibly fatally wounded. The duel arose from a long standing family feud.
In Montgomery on July 16 General Stephen D. Lee visits to press for legislative appropriation to honor southern dead at Vicksburg. Lee commands the park guarding the Vicksburg monuments while noting Alabama previously had nineteen commands in the Vicksburg army.
Conway Arkansas July 16 fire destroyed two blocks of business buildings at Plummerville including the post office. Loss estimated at 40000 dollars with about half covered by insurance.
Be nevolent and Protective Order of Elks begins its 43rd grand lodge session at the Grand Opera House. Daniel J. Shearn welcomes visitors, City Mayor Reyburn and Governor staunchly greet Elks, and Grand Exalted Ruler Melvin responds. Frederick Robinson reports 41,900 new members, 66 lodges formed, total 254,532. Brooklyn No 22 is largest with 2,449 members. Auld Lang Syne sung around City Hall.
McKinney Texas July 16 T. T. Emerson president of the First National Bank is dead aged sixty two He served as mayor four years and as alderman twenty two.
Four small Negro boys were arrested by police on burglary charges in Waxahachie Texas after breaking into a hardware store and a meat market. Knives were stolen from the hardware store and $2 in change was taken from the market cash drawer. The boys are too young to prosecute and were released from custody.
Dallas on July 16 an on duty fire department hose carriage on the way to a fire alarm collided with a curb. William Murdock was thrown to the sidewalk his head struck. He was taken to a sanitarium in serious condition.
In Hutchins club lake, ten miles below Dallas, T. E. Hubby of Waco and EB. A. Mosely of Dallas captured a nine foot alligator during a fishing trip.
In separate sessions the Alabama legislature elected former Congressman Bankhead United States senator to replace the late Senator Morgan. The vote results and details reflect a decisive choice by both the Senate and House in Montgomery on July 16.
T J Clark of Chicago, injured in a Glidden automobile tour near Bryan Ohio, succumbed to his injuries Monday night. The accident occurred Thursday leaving Clark injured and hospitalized before his death.
Henry Jordan of Altoga, Texas, aged twenty eight, shot himself with a shotgun. He leaves a widow and two children.
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