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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1901
Page
2
Grosvenor seeks a third term as anticipated by supporters while opponents charge he wastes hot air. The Austin encampment is expected to be a stupendous success. Under Adjutant General Scurry the Texas Volunteer Guard shows notable progress.
The text describes Gould engineering a major railroad consolidation to awe Wall Street with rising stock values of included roads, promising gains rivaling a billion dollar steel trust.
Bids for 1500 cords of merchantable wood cut from College land and for a college meat supply for 1901 are due at the President's office in College Station Texas by 2 pm on Tuesday June 11. Bidders must include a 250 dollar certificate and may be required to post a bond.
Public notice from T. P. Boyett announces retirement from city ice delivery after June 10 1901. Bryan Ice Storage and Coal Co will assume deliveries to his regular customers and honor existing tickets while providing prompt, polite service.
In the presence of relatives and friends at the Patterson home, B B Brogdon of Houston and Sallie Webb Patterson were married last night at 8 30 officiated by Rev E L Shettles of the Methodist church. Both were Bryan raised and were widely esteemed. they left for Houston an hour after the ceremony. The Eagle extends congratulations.
A local coupon ticket agent offers illustrated guides to Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. The Denver Road provides free literature and correspondence help to choose vacation spots. Also notes various local notices and arrivals at Brazos area.
Large attendance visits the twenty fifth annual commencement exercises at A and M College with clear skies. Cadet quarters inspected by faculty and visitors. Rev C McPherson of Fort addressed the assembly at 11 a.m. on love as the highest Christian grace. Afternoon concerts, drills, dress parade, alumni reunion, and speeches by Col L L Foster Major H P Jordan and Ham Gossett marked the program.
The city council convened at 5 pm with Mayor J B Mooring presiding. Minutes and reports were approved. The stock law veto was sustained 3 to 1. a motion to submit to voters failed 2 to 8. Alderman Tabor re elected mayor pro tem. Poison prices and a potential summer school were noted.
In Corbin Kentucky on June 10 two men were killed and one mortally wounded during an attempt to arrest Andy Cox. Deputy Branham was killed when Cox shot him. Chief Silas Wilder was mortally wounded and Cox was killed by Wilder in a final exchange.
Flood due to rapid snowmelt floods the Arkansas river area. Bu ط ena Vista will lose power for months and the local smelter shuts down indefinitely. In Montgomery Alabama a constitutional convention debate on woman suffrage drew a crowded gallery as Miss Fannie Griffin spoke for nearly an hour.
Itasca Texas June 10 W M Tatum charged with killing T E Tomlinson faced a preliminary examination and was remanded to jail without bail.
Sweetwater Texas reports Jack Lewis died Saturday night from injuries after being thrown from a horse. He never regained consciousness.
Austin news item notes the Sheriffs Association of Texas will hold its annual session in Houston on July 9. The meeting gathers county officials to discuss law enforcement issues and organizational matters.
An attempt to run a street car through a Sunday night Italian religious procession sparked a riot in Chicago. The car windows were smashed and one man was injured before police restored order and protected the crew.
The headless body of a young woman about twenty was found two miles from Chelmsford Center on Sunday afternoon. A search for the head proved unsuccessful. Other brief items note citizens in Austin planning a cotton-will project, a 60 bushels per acre potato crop near Antlers, a jail suicide in Toronto, a $8400 find in New Haven, and drownings in Summit Lake Ohio and near Tulancingo Mexico.
An advertisement asserts August Flower remains the leading remedy for indigestion and biliousness, touting its use in cleaning the system and balancing liver function. It promotes Green's Prize Almanac, Wilson-Jackins Drug Co, and John M. Caldwell's jewelry line as trusted sources.
300 acre tract adjoining the A and M College road offered as a premier land parcel in the county. Described as excellent hill land with prime location near two main railroads. Highlights include growth prospects for Bryan and the College area with new railroad shops, Arceline Convent, Free Will Baptist College, Central Texas Fair, and a possible cotton factory, all enhancing value.
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