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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1903
Page
3
Numerous residents and visitors are listed as guests in the city yesterday and over the weekend, with names from Waco Houston Galveston and other Texas towns. The county court met as equalization board, and Coulter's advertises leather sandals, trunks, jewelry, and parasols amid commencement activity and scholar guests at local colleges.
Parks Wardrop and Gabe Schwarz celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary at Heapstead on Sunday. The Eagle hopes they live to enjoy many more years together. The I G N and H T C railroads offer strong service between Bryan and College. Conductor Bob Ingram leads the H T C train and Conductor T S Hamlin the I G N train. Lang C Sellers and Miss Verna Sellers of Millican visited Bryan. Miss Sellers has just returned from Georgetown where she taught in Southwestern University’s annex. A reel of notices covers theater booking at the Grand Opera house for the week starting June 15, with the troupe currently playing in Houston. W K Marriott is named assistant postmaster at Victoria earning $1000 yearly, to start July 1. Horace Ferguson has a Bryan post office role. Dr J R Nichols of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane attends commencements as guest of Mrs F I Garth. A lady’s lace bordered linen handkerchief was found on a H T C college train. owner may recover at Fayle office for 25 cents. Cold drinks and ice cream at C H Holmes’ restaurant. Fresh bread and cakes from Texas Bakery. Mr and Mrs J D Roberts of Houston and their children visit. Roberts runs a leading Houston photo studio. Miss Linmore Nall leaves for Alabama. Judge W H Nall and Miss Amber Nall accompany from Kountze.
Mason Daniel Cole died yesterday at 7:00 AM in Bryan after a long illness. Born February 24, 1831 in Pike County Alabama, he moved to Louisiana then Texas, became a merchant, served in Kirby Smith's commissary, and married three times. He leaves a wife, two sons Houston and Jeff, stepchildren, and many relatives. A devout Methodist, he led Sunday school work and public service, helping establish Bryan’s graded school. Funeral at the Methodist church today at 1 PM, with interment in the city cemetery.
Mit Parker, Jack Gordon and Ivan Boyett arrived home Sunday from Bedford City Virginia where they had been attending Randolph Macon academy.
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