Post Office Notice of Billing for Connelly and Carnes
Billing notice appears at the post office listing Connelly and Carnes as payees per month at 4 cents. The fragment indicates a mailing matter handled through second class mail and a vendor name.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
2
Billing notice appears at the post office listing Connelly and Carnes as payees per month at 4 cents. The fragment indicates a mailing matter handled through second class mail and a vendor name.
The Workers Institute gathered at Providence church in Bryan association with preaching by Rev. G A Foster and prayer by Rev S R McClung. The body elected McClung moderator and T T Goodwin clerk and adjourned after fellowship and devotional services with Bethel choir, inviting return.
A compiled hotel arrivals section lists numerous guests and officials visiting from cities such as St Louis Dallas Waco and Palestine. Notable names include L N Collins H P Jordan J A Baum and J Warden among others with affiliations to firms and regions across Texas and beyond. The roster appears divided by locations CENTRAL ARCADE and shows travelers from L N Collins Waco Miss Isbell George Isbell and others.
Brazos County Institute schedules a June 19 meeting at Steep Hollow with a full program. The day includes opening prayer, a farmer benefits talk by A W Buchanan, lunch, a Kyle lecture on orchards and gardens, a discussion on the boll weevil, and plans for the Central Texas Fair. Attendees urged from Bryan Benchley Kurten Wellborn Millican area.
June 13 1903 H and T C offer round trip tickets to Chicago for 28 90 with return required by September 16. Joint Agent in Chicago must sign tickets for return and collect a 25 cent fee.
The Bryan Eagle runs a voting contest offering two round trip Colorado tours from Bryan to Boulder with side trips to Pike's Peak or Cripple Creek. Coupons with purchases and subscriptions yield votes. twenty votes per yearly weekly subscription, ten cents per vote with cash or 30 day terms. Contest runs May 14 to July 23 with weekly counts and Sunday results.
The Eagle correspondent from Little Cedar Madison County notes crops are good with some fields already through chopping cotton. The same report records Sam Taylor of Neal losing his horse on the first day of June in an apparent accident.
At Coulter's Quart fruit jars Masons 49c a 1 gallon jars 59c. Wagner Brandon's offers ladies strap sandals and new patent kid strap sandals and ties. Lost on College road Tuesday a pair of gold nose glasses with chain return to L. J. Cox at store. For Rent cottage with bath and water works south front Chatham Machinery Co.
At Coulter's store a selection of Swiss embroidered handkerchiefs in two new cases with embroideries and insertions. Two cases of ribbons in all widths and silk fans of various qualities.
The 1st inst. contest closing and the 10th count listed winners Judge J J Adams J W Colson and A A Farley. Louise Nelson won merchandise checks totaling 1937 45 and the machine while John Collins took checks totaling 1365 30 and the gun. Local ad notes sale of pint fruit jars sold out but quart and half gallon jars remain at 49 cents in stock at 161 W J Coulter.
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