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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1901
Page
2
The paper notes rain saving half the corn crop and potato prices at two dollars a bushel in Galveston. It mentions the Democratic national headquarters moving to Washington and oil fuel plans for Austin state institutions. An eighty five pound catfish killed Albert Shaw near Denison after dragging him from a boat.
Chas. Claydon advertises an electric belt claimed to cure many ailments with a positive guarantee. T. A. Searcy at Bryan Grocery Co. store offers belts for $1.00 and cites testimonials from reliable persons cured.
The advertisement promotes Rex Dyspepsia Tablets with a money back guarantee if they fail to cure dyspepsia and related symptoms. It notes price at 50 cents per package and ships through druggists. Also lists Tom Searcy renting a five room house in the southern part of Bryan Texas.
A merchant urged an Eagle reporter to publish a credible special edition. He argued nice illustrations and lively content attract country buyers, show the town’s vitality, and invite professionals and residents to advertise or buy extra copies. Cooperation and funds from Bryan residents are essential.
In the Painters Mill district near Pittsburgh the strike stalemate continues with Amalgamated urging unionization of non union mills and aiming to win wavering mills at Wellsville. Shaffer supports mediation but rejects arbitration while meeting threats and guarded mills persist in Pittsboro with no show of resumption.
New York July 18 arbitration of the steel workers strike is under discussion by local AFL representatives and Amalgamated Association organizers. The Civic Federation may assist if asked, with Shaffer Gompers Ridder and other leaders named for arbitration roles and a potential per capita levy if the strike drags on.
Cripple Creek Colorado reports the third day of the Transmississippi Commercial congress with lively talks on placing the mining industry in the president’s cabinet and granting subsidies for American shipping. John H. Smith of Utah, the new president, spoke to a large morning audience.
Butte Montana July 18 Billy Maddon Ruhlin manager says he has been offered a $20,000 purse by the Olympic club of Butte for a match between Gus Ruhlin and Jeffries.
London dispatch notes Captain Charles Botha son of Philip Botha, and Field Cornets Humana and Oliver killed in the Orange River Colony as reported by Kitchener.
New York reports Alaska gold imports likely to exceed last year's 12 million estimated receipts, with Canadian banks collecting deposits from Alaska in Seattle and San Francisco. London notes Earl Russell pleads guilty to bigamy at House of Lords. three months’ sentence. New Jersey hat makers plan a United Hat Manufacturers of the United States merger. Manila passes act to organize insular constabulary with power to consolidate provinces.
A violent July storm in Indianola Mississippi caused a lightning strike that killed a young white man named Pink Smith in a cabin where he sought shelter. The house burned to ash and his remains were consumed. A Black man and his wife in the same dwelling escaped unharmed.
The railroad commission scheduled a hearing for July 20 on changing minimum car load weights for grain shipments advocated by C. B. Peck of Texas Car Service Houston. A second hearing on July 30 will discuss orders for interlocking safety devices at railroad crossings as required by the Twenty-seventh legislature.
An old advertisement notes August Flower as a leading cure for indigestion nervous distress and related ailments. It also promotes Green's Prize Almanac and Rex Dyspepsia Tablets with money back guarantees and mentions M H James and Wilson Jackins Drug Co of Bryan Texas. The notice includes a local sale offer for two large draft horses via J W Thomason at the Bryan post office.
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