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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
2
A collage of editorial asides quotes and parodies from a Texas paper praising justice and civic duty while lampooning politics professions and fashion. It notes post office carriage of letters and mocks farmers bankers and youth with satirical jabs and moralizing quips.
Eastern wool buyers flock to Southwest Texas as about three million pounds of wool are stored in Kerrville Boerne Comfort Fredericksburg Uvalde and other points. Capt. Chas Schreiner of Kerrville is the largest U S wool grower and handler with about a million pounds for sale annually. Bidding is lively among Eastern factory buyers and prices stay around the past few years' average.
Walter Willet a San Antonio mining engineer demonstrates that the Candalas plant growing in Brewster and Terrell counties can be a splendid base for parafine wax. He closes a five year exclusive right contract with Texas state officials for cutting the plant on public lands in West Texas.
San Antonio reported warning postmasters in the June issue of the Postal Guide to curb importation of arms and ammunition into Sonora and Lower California through U S mails. The Mexican government has deemed such imports unlawful amid revolutions. The piece also notes Fort Worth hog market boosts, fertile West Texas lands offered cheaply, and high prices elsewhere due to environment and access to markets.
Brenham Texas June 10 1908 letter advocates broom corn cultivation in Brazos and Colorado river bottoms to boost revenue. Peter Engelking cites past success on floodlands around Austin County and notes 88 92 day maturity with easy harvest and strong demand from Oklahoma Kansas and New York buyers.
The piece cautions that land in Texas is cheap now but rising in price as demand grows. It laments thousands of homeless young Americans with wages wasted and urges prudent investment while land remains affordable, warning of future inaccessibility. The tone reflects Southwestern Farmer guidance on property value and opportunity.
Report from Victoria dated June 11 says Japanese expeditionary forces trapped a rebel leader in a house at Sonjuin Korea and set it ablaze. Sixteen Koreans perished inside while Japan presses a campaign across six provinces and dispatches a large force to Korea.
In Muskogee on June 11, Tux Thornbury was assassinated in McIntosh county. Sam Chaddick is jailed, charged with the murder after being moved to Muskogee county jail from Eufaula due to safety fears. Thornbury was shot from behind, four bullets piercing his body and breaking both legs, and he fell dead from his horse. The murder ends a twenty year feud with three prior killings.
The British tank steamer Caribee, en route from Matanzas to New York, foundered near Savannah. One sailor died, and the remaining crew were brought ashore by the steamer Merrimack.
In Findlay Ohio on June 11 Miss Ruby Coleman was found dead in her room with several empty chloroform bottles nearby. Police investigate possible foul play or accidental poisoning as a potential cause of death.
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