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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1908
Page
4
In the Blue Creek region south of Birmingham on July 21 deputies Newsom and Whatley were shot while guarding a mining town on the Louisville and Nashville line. A quarrel with armed negro miners left one miner fatally shot and the two deputies seriously wounded.
In a head on crash between two Aurora Elgin and Chicago Electric cars at Lovedale Station four miles north of Aurora, nearly forty people were injured and eleven severely. The cars, each about forty mph, telescoped more than half their lengths. Passengers, including about fifty women, were thrown from the cars.
Guatemala City reports say Nicaragua and Honduras may be drawn into war over Nicaragua's support for Honduran rebels. Violations of peace treaties have sparked regional indignation across Central America.
In Mrs. Henry W. Cole's account, the humor of a reforming curate is shown when Rev. Robert Montgomery recalls his early pulpit days in rural Scotland. He lodges with a tenant farmer and overhears a servant asking whether to feed the pigs first or give the pigs their dinner to the mistress.
A reader asks if a mud fence exists or is seen, while the piece discusses tobacco adulteration. It notes that many claim marketing claims differ, that scientific claims are often tailored to consumers, and that manufacturers use various additives and flavorings to improve burn and sweetness, without broadly asserting illegal drugs.
In Philadelphia a minister greets a stranger who admits family ties to multiple denominations. The man explains he is submerged in many churches, as his wife is Methodist and children attend Baptist, Unitarian, Episcopal, Congregational, with him contributing to all. The tale ends with the punchline that his multi church support submerges him.
Sir John Long tested a so called wonderful echo in Spain by speaking the paper name Dun dee Ad ver ti ser which returned as Dundee Courier and Argus, the rival paper. Rear Admiral Burwell has retired.
Bryan Texas 1908 ordinance fines owners for dogs running at large during June July August unless muzzled. Impounded dogs kept 48 hours. unclaimed dogs may be killed. Impounding fee of one dollar and twenty five cents per dog killed. Effective immediately after publication with mayor J T Maloney and secretary Frank Clarke.
1476 acres offered for sale in the Moses Hughes survey near Edge. Price and terms stated as reasonable in the public notice.
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