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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
2
The item notes a 850 000.00 watermelon crop starting ahead of cotton shipments. It mentions Bryan Texas post office date July 25 1907 and cites Alpine Avalanche and Anderson Advocate as sources for advertising advice and local chatter about fruit and shopping.
Since the law took effect on July 12, cotton exchanges or boards of trade are being formed rapidly in Fort Worth Hillsboro Dallas San Antonio San Angelo and other Texas towns. Cotton and grain commission men organize local bodies to secure daily quotations ahead of Farm and Ranch.
Houston court notes a correction in a recent Bonneville estate case story. The previous report misnamed L Bonneville as M Bonneville seven later correction confirms L Bonneville receives one sixth of the property under the verdict.
The tenth annual Farmers' Congress session ended with high profits and reduced attendance seen as an advantage due to the anti pass law. Livestock dairying and beekeeping fueled discussions led by Prof Marshall and Prof Alvord. R T Miller of Austin spoke on the new state department of agriculture. J H Connell was re elected president and T W Larkin of Grayson county became secretary. A final hop at the mess hall concluded the event with notable enthusiasm from young attendees.
S L Lupton special agent of the interstate commerce commission met with the railroad commission in Austin to push a uniform state railroad bookkeeping system. Professor J M Carlisle resigns from the state board of pomal examiners. The Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railway seeks to lift a double daily passenger service order via injunction. the commission will move to dissolve it.
The body of Mrs. John Hardie formerly Miss Eula Gunter, daughter of Jot Gunter, was disinterred in Sherman on July 25 and sent to San Antonio to lie beside her father. The sealed casket remains in good condition. Mrs. Hardie left three children cared for by their grandmother.
Oscar Johnson, a worker on the Young Christian Association project, was fatally shocked by a live wire during construction. In the struggle he felled a fellow black man, while a white man’s involvement appears blurred in the fragmentary report. Two others were rendered unconscious.
Mrs. Emanuel Bloom of 443 Belmont avenue was found stabbed and dead in her third floor apartment. Her husband was found unconscious on the ground behind the building, apparently having jumped from the flat. He was taken to Alexian Brothers' hospital under guard as police investigate a possible crime.
In Little Rock on July 25 Mrs Ann Lowe poured coal oil on her head and burned herself after her husband refused praise for saving money at a store. She told her daughter to watch and then set fire to the oil causing fatal burns. Loewe, a laborer, and his wife ran the store while he was away at work.
A Danish civil engineer reports a consular finding that beer can be made in tablet form. They dissolve in hot water and yield a beer with excellent quality when cooled. In San Antonio ticket scalpers profit from reduced-rate tickets amid anti free case law despite city limits.
Miss Katrina Wright daughter of General Luke E. Wright ambassador to Japan will marry Charles Palmer vice president of the International Bank of Manila next month. The ceremony is planned at the American embassy in Tokio with the couple sailing for the United States on August 27 accompanied by General and Mrs. Wright.
George D. Tucker purchased the livery stable adjoining the Bryan Water Light & Power Co. plant from Wilmer McCorquodale as agent for the D. D. McCorquodale estate for 4500 dollars. Tucker will move his livery business there August 1. Reynolds and Edge will relocate from the present site to Main street after Tucker vacates the Belmont street property recently bought by B. Kaczer from the Tabor estate.
Nashville July 25 The New York Giants management have offered 4500 dollars for Pete Lister Nashville's powerful first baseman Cleveland also made an offer Local club president Kuhn declined to say what action will be taken and whether Lister will be traded.
At a lakefront summer resort near Cleveland two small sailing vessels were seen to founder during a furious storm. Lifesavers searched three miles offshore but found no wreckage, concluding observers may have misread the mist and believed a foundering had occurred.
Farmers near Terrell report webworms spreading from alfalfa fields are rapidly destroying cotton foliage, threatening field yields in the Chisholm community northwest of town.
Tobe Rooks, charged with the killing of his brother in law Jim Bryant near Wellborn, appeared before Justice McGee for an examining trial yesterday and was allowed a bond of $1000.
Chester B Runyon a Windsor Trust paying teller who defaulted with nearly 100000 in company funds pled guilty to grand larceny in court and was remanded for sentence in New York on Thursday.
Stillwater Minnesota July 25 Thomas B Clement former president of the First National Bank of Fairbanlt collapsed at the prison doors in a state of nervous breakdown after being sentenced on eight counts for misuse of funds. He was taken to the prison hospital in critical condition. Mobile Alabama July 25 Dr J T Killebrew a prominent physician died after leaping from a car to avoid an oncoming freight train. Perrin Bestora and Walter P Horn injured with Bestora seriously hurt.
Judge Muse of the Forty fourth district court issued a temporary restraining order at the request of the master machinists to prevent interference with workers wishing to labor during a strike in Dallas.
Sherman July 25 W W Sturg formerly Hillsboro banker and later a wholesale furniture dealer at Denison and Sherman died here just before noon Thursday after a short illness He was fifty three years old He leaves a widow and three children
Tonawanda Pa July 25 Charles Johnson convicted of the murder of his sister in law Mrs Rigler Johnson and her niece Miss Anna Benjamin nearly three years ago was hanged in jail here Thursday.
Mitcham died after being shot at Malakoff. Miles Darden remained unconscious at noon Thursday following the incident in Palestine Texas as of July 25.
Corpus Christi July 25 Captain E B Furman a leading citizen is dead at his home after a long illness. The news comes as a shock to residents who admired his public spirited work and service to the city.
Abilene mayor Wea ver has resigned on July 25 as the city faces leadership change. The notice confirms the exit of the chief executive from Abilene, Texas.
Oyster Bay July 25 President Roosevelt appoints James G Bailey of Kentucky secretary of the legation at Copenhagen and Norman Hutchinson of California secretary of the legation and consul general at Roumania and Servia.
Memphis weather report shows a 98 degree high for Wednesday matching Tuesday, the greatest in six years. In the last day three deaths occurred from the heat and four prostrations were reported, marking severe heat impact on residents.
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