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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
4
Hon. W. H. Taft attended the Germantown Virginia court opening and spoke on administration of justice. A large Virginian crowd gathered as news of his visit circulated. He said the greatest regret of his life is leaving the bench and praised the bar for a square deal.
Police report a thirteen year old boy stole a suitcase containing stocks bonds and other securities worth 10 000 owned by John Burford of Chattanooga Tennessee. The burglary happened at the Federal building as Burford listened to a United States court case.
Waco reporter W. W. Seley says a protest has been filed against the Elks decision not to award Waco the first prize in the Dallas parade. Formal protest has been made.
New York reports Senator Bailey has recovered from typhoid pneumonia and hopes to return to Gainesville Texas. He plans to join the presidential campaign but his voice remains broken.
In Honolulu the forward starboard boiler of the battleship Kearsarge in the Atlantic fleet burst its steam pipe injuring five fire room crew. In Madison Wisconsin former senator and cabinet member William F Vilas suffered a brain hemorrhage Monday. condition reported serious.
Vienna reports floods on the Galacian estate of Archduke Stephen washing away Jusseyne. Twenty two people are drowned in the disaster with authorities surveying the affected area.
Mobile dispatch notes that travelers arriving from Ceiba say the town remained under martial law as of July 16, with authorities continuing strict control.
The New York market opened active and higher than Saturday with substantial gains as traders returned from the weekend. Stocks showed broad advances led by multiple sectors, signaling renewed confidence in equities.
Honolulu reports that Sunday was quietly observed by the American battleship fleet with no notable events or disruptions observed aboard the ships or in port.
W F Walker the absconding bank treasurer from a New Britain Connecticut savings bank arrived in Los Angeles from San Diego and was put in the city jail. Walker declined to make any statement.
The piece explains how emboli from heart vegetations travel to brain arteries, often the middle cerebral artery, lodging there and cutting off blood supply. Unconsciousness follows quickly and death results, with symptoms resembling cerebral hemorrhage or apoplexy.
On the last day of October the London city solicitor and assistant attend the royal remembrancer to read a proclamation calling tenants and occupiers of a waste ground called the moors in Salop to perform service under threat. The solicitor halves two flags one with a hatchet the other with a billhook then summons tenants of a forge on Strand and mandates payment of six horse shoes with sixty one nails. The forge is long gone and the same shoes and nails are used yearly, the shoes being at least two centuries old.
A quirky sentence tests spelling as readers try to parse phrases like un paralleled ecstasy and two harassed ped dlers. The line invites friends to spell words from a tricky text, echoing puzzle-book style hints and wordplay.
A brief dialogue notes indignation at being placed in a back pew while one speaker questions the seating, and the other attributes it to a dowdy hat. The exchange suggests social snobbery and modest fashion concerns in a church setting.
W. W. Wilson advertises 1476 acres in Moses Hughes survey near Edge with reasonable price and terms. Includes 80 acres with improvements one block east of his home. 190 acres with Double Sulphur springs on Navasota River. Also notes 4. M. College land adjoining and the George Platter place near Providence Church. V. B. Hudson.
The Pittsburg Dispatch reports brokers on Broad Street use curb signaling to convey quotations to clerks and window observers. Some use the deaf and dumb alphabet, while others rely on a house specific code. The codes evolve as brokers learn rivals signs.
Bryan city adopts a dog control measure banning running at large during June July and August unless muzzled. Violations are misdemeanors with fines from one to one hundred dollars. Impounding fees and keeper duties assigned to the city marshal. If no owner is found within forty eight hours, unclaimed dogs may be killed. Fees include one dollar per impounded dog and twenty five cents per dog killed. Effective upon publication. J T Maloney Mayor. Frank Clarke Secretary. Bryan Texas July 10 1908.
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