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The Daily Eagle lists postage and issue date information for June 10 1902 and notes second class mail status and monthly rate.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1902
Page
2
The Daily Eagle lists postage and issue date information for June 10 1902 and notes second class mail status and monthly rate.
Dr. Francis Marion Law, Confederate chaplain, physician, minister, and longtime Baylor Female College trustee, died in Belton after paralysis struck Saturday. A South Carolina native, he practiced medicine before 1867 ministry work in Houston Brenham and Bryan. He led the First Baptist in Bryan for two decades and served in the Baptist state convention. He leaves a wife and four children.
Commencement events unfold at the A and M College with crowds of visitors including many women. Dr David Fr Houston and board members attend as cadet quarters inspection and baccalaureate sermon by Dr Junius B French are reported with emphasis on repentance faith and baptism. A sacred concert by the College band and an address by Dr W C Finley close Sunday events.
A man of strong character and deep religious conviction is remembered for his splendid attainments. His life is described as an enduring monument to memory, with family finding consolation in faith. Memorial services will be held at Baylor College at 9 AM, followed by burial in Bryan.
Visitors toured all departments from 9 to 11 am admiring sections, shops, and barns. At 11 am the Aus tin and Cariopean societies held a program with music, an imperialism essay by Cadet Blake, and a Fletcher Maedgen oratorical contest won by Fletcher for the Jordan gold medal. Major H P Jordan of Waco gave the closing address. Public company drills drew crowds. alumni exercises followed at 8:30 pm with an overture, Dr Houston's welcome, class captain Foy, Prof Tilson, Russell C Watkins, Rosser Thomas, and an alumni banquet in the mess hall.
Among the visiting ladies at Col lege for commencement are Mrs. Celia Rice and Miss Jessie Marie Anderson of Beaumont, Miss Rowena Baker Crawford of Dickinson, Miss Hanna Ross of Rossville, Miss Mary Glass of Franklin, Mrs. J. G. Booth of Austin, Miss Ola Gripon of Beaumont, Mrs. R. S. Glass of Franklin, Mrs. J. H. Holcomb of Cisco, Miss Odom of Godly, Mrs. N. J. King of Houston, Mrs. Brad Johnson of Sabine Pass, Mrs. H. E. Kinslee and Miss Daisy Polk of Corsicana, Miss Briscoe and Misses M. and G. Briscoe of Lakeview, Mrs. Wilson of Sour Lake, Mrs. Chester Erhard and Miss Lucy Highsmith of Bastrop.
In St Paul a late Sunday fight near a Chicago Great Western camp ended with four men wounded. A. Roberge faces possible death from abdominal and facial wounds while M. Marcotte and Fred Wayman suffer multiple injuries. Jose St. Dore may lose sight. Police detained twenty Italians for inquiry.
Big Tomato Shipment Jacksonville Texas reports 100 carloads of tomatoes marketed to date, grown within ten miles of the town.
Commencement trains run today between College and Bryan on the H. and T. C. railroad. Service times may change as needed. hours listed are subject to variation.
Miss Laula Coulter returns from Rockdale with Mrs. H. T. Coulter. Miss Addie Kerr of McKinney visits Prof. and Mrs. E. W. Kerr at College. A Quaker vapor bath is offered at the Exchange shaving parlor.
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