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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1900
Page
3
A fragment lists north and southbound train numbers with scattered times: Northbound 1.12 at 80 p.m. Southbound 2. 8:66 p.m. Northbound 8. 1:3 a.m. Southbound 4. 8:00 a.m. The noisy OCR yields unclear minutes and inconsistent formatting, but the data denote four service segments and scheduled times.
Louis Reed, O L Tabor, Norman Cavitt, James Dunn and Chas Williamson were seen in town yesterday with several others from nearby areas. The Knights of Pythias elected officers for the new term and planned a school of instruction starting August 14. The Eagle reports early China news, and a Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe rate update appears. Also listed are visitors from Welborn, Navasota, Kaufman and Temple, plus local business notes and a census promo offer.
The cemetery ladies met at the opera house appointing four regional sections and soliciting committees for immediate cemetery improvements. Other duties were assigned and a 5 pm adjournment followed a note of thanks to Mr. Mike for the venue plus prior events. The Third Infantry band plans a Friday concert at city hall park after weather-affected cancellation.
Sealed bids by the undersigned for furnish ing eighty cards of good dry split wood to Bryan Graded School. Bids due August 1. Wood must be on ground by September 1 1900. Right to reject all bids reserved. M Parker Chairman. w4ld 20s
The sick list includes Mrs. Schultz and Mrs. Roe Edge and baby. Dora and Willie Ruditi of Bryan visit friends here this week. Mr. Bovett and family visit relatives near Kurten. Hubbard Drummond of Clairmont was in town Friday. Mrs. Wheeler and daughter visited the Skains Sunday. Roe Edge worked on a crop Friday. Jim Batten moved to Cottonwood to live with his brother Bob after his mother’s death. Allen Skains was here Sunday.
Elliott family spent days at Cottonwood last week. Mrs Murphy returned from Wixon. Miss Tillie Murphy and James Murphy improve from illness. Earnest Rosier visited Bandick Prairie. Pat Moore's family ill. Lige Thompson from Alexandria visited Edge. James Parker of Shiloh visited. Minnie Wallace visited Maud Leathers. Freewill Baptists plan protracted meeting at Liberty led by Rev Wood with assistance from Rev Stuart and Rev H T Palmer.
Lord Roberts reports heavy fighting near Pole Carew with Irish fusileers and Canadian mounted infantry repelling repeated assaults. Enemy losses include 15 killed 50 wounded and 4 prisoners. British casualties total seven killed including Lts Borden and Birch, thirty wounded and 21 missing.
Kentucky Republicans nominated Hon. John W. Yerkes of Danville for governor at the state convention in Louisville. The platform framed the election around the Goebel election law and the gathering adjourned within three hours. Yerkes, a lawyer and former internal revenue collector, was a leading Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in the Deboe era.
The Epworth League of Methodist Church South will meet in Atlanta July 25 to 29. Most meetings will be at Exposition Park auditorium with sunrise services excluded. The event is expected to draw five thousand delegates and attendees from many regions.
Guthrie Oklahoma July 18 The Indian police sent out on July 10 to clear the Wichita mountains of prospectors and miners have returned and report that reservation clear. Almost all the miners had left prior to their arrival and those remaining left willingly when notified, with no arrests or confiscations needed.
Reports from Kansas City dated July 18 describe John Julian, the St. Louis highwayman who held up Martin Regan on July 8 and was shot by Patrolman Ravenscamp, nearly recovered and held in a police cell after transfer to the holdover.
Eldorado Illinois July 18 The shortage of John Smyth postmaster at Equality has risen from 470 to nearly 1200 dollars. Mr Smyth has paid this amount to his bondsmen and one of his sureties has been appointed temporary postmaster.
Fire destroyed the Gilliland plantation gin and sawmill near Wabasseca in Pine Bluff area. Property loss estimated at 5000 dollars with no insurance. origin of the blaze is unknown. The owners are J. S. Mc Donnell of Alzheimer.
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