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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
7
Schedule details for H and T C railroad lines with arrivals and departures listed for No 5 No 2 No 9 and GN locals. Local notices note residents visits moves, travel, and social updates including names such as J C Ellington J G Burroughs and Eliza Beard with various towns and movements across Bryan Calvert Corsicana and Houston. Additional items include meeting notices for Eastern Star and classified ads for rental housing and sales.
Yesterday John M. Lawrence sold in the northern part of the county to Sy Kountz 43 bales of cotton from 1904 to 1907 crops. The sale prices totaled at 11 cents per pound for the entire lot.
Miss Bettie Lyons and Ande M Bell were married at 3 PM yesterday in Waxahachie at Mrs W T Lyons home. Rev W T Cotton of Trinity University officiated. The couple, long Bryan residents, plan a Galveston honeymoon and will reside at the family Bryan home.
Bryan Volunteer Fire department enjoyed a social supper at Fire Chief John W. Hamilton home last night. Wives and daughters of the firemen supervised the event with barbecued kid chicken ham cake and cream. The gathering proved a pleasant tribute to Bryan’s gallant fire boys and the city’s volunteer force.
J Bert Graham joins Texas Woman's College to lead singing and voice training. A recent Oberlin Conservatory graduate with a strong baritone, he serves as a choir soloist and is skilled in piano and pipe organ. Trustees aim for high musical standards under Graham and Techau.
The Methodist church ladies announce a tea at Mrs. J. H. Webb's home on Thursday afternoon from 5 30 to 7 30. All are invited to attend.
Attendees urged for 8:30 p m gathering at the Elks lodge. J B Butler and Edgar Scott with wife of Deeson Mississippi are guests of relatives in the area.
C. E. Bullock & Co. announces prompt delivery of fresh seasonable groceries by wagon. Customers are urged to call 2386 for questions and orders, with quick responses and reliable service.
At Brazos Union Lodge No. 129 A F and A M a regular meeting elected C E Saunders M A L Mondrick S W Ed S Derren J W Dr Paul M Raysor reelected Secretary R W Howell Treasurer Thos Rowan Tiler Building committee named W E Saunders Chairman H G Rhodes and R W Howell to advance construction of a new Masonic Temple scheduled for the near future.
State Senator A J Harper announces his bid for re election from the 12th senatorial district. He cites six years in office and a record supporting Texas and A and M College including the Textile Building Engineering Building Soil Laboratory and other equipment additions. He says the college can rise to university status with experience in the 31st legislature and will visit Brazos County constituents.
Earl L Beard and Miss Mattie Norris Tabor wed in Gainesville with Rev Spraggins officiating. They traveled from Bryan to Gainesville and Fort Worth then back to Bryan, with reception of congratulations upon arrival. Both bride and groom are natives of Bryan with admired, amiable portraits.
A man identified as Sol Ashford was jailed on a mule theft charge linked to Hutson. The animal was pastured by Maj. W. R. Cavitt before being sold for 15 dollars plus pasturage. Authorities tracked and detained the suspect yesterday after Cavitt recognized him.
San Francisco June 23 rates on excessive baggage on the Southern Pacific lines will be cut one half beginning July 1. The current rule charges 2 cents a mile for 100 pounds of excess baggage. After July 1 the charge becomes one sixth of the passenger fare for the trip or one half cent per mile for each 100 pounds of excess baggage.
A fire near Skelton ranch in Colorado Springs swept embers from a camping party, destroying $25,000 of ranch property and $50,000 of timber in Pike's Peak forest reserve. It marks the third major fire in three weeks in the reserve.
Austin June 23 Governor Campbell will push a constitutional amendment to validate the school bonds declared illegal by the supreme court. The move aims at restoring funding for education as the state rewrites the legal basis for the bonds.
Washington reports President Roosevelt will be paid 100000 dollars by the Collier’s magazine for articles on his forthcoming hunting trip to Africa. The sum is to be paid by New York publishers for the serialized pieces.
Three men died in an 85 blast near Fienne British Columbia on June 3 as investigators probe the deadly accident. Authorities said the explosion occurred in a remote work area and the victims were identified as local workers. Emergency crews responded but recovery was complete at the scene.
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