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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1901
Page
2
The Daily Eagle reports Allen Academy will begin its third year in Bryan on September 11 with four male instructors and a limit of 80 boys. Enrollment is already underway. prospective students should request the new catalogue and information from the principal.
Sterling P. Hart and Tillie Walker were married Saturday evening at the bride’s home with Rev. W. C. Finley officiating. The couple, after a quiet ceremony, left for Galveston and will reside with Mrs. W. Walker. Hart is an experienced printer with Brazos Pilot ties.
The H and T C Railroad announces round trip Homeseekers tickets to California on July 2 and 16, August 6 and 20, and September 3 and 17. Tickets cost one first class limited fare with fifteen day transit limit and twenty one day final limit. Through sleepers run Houston to California via connections with Southern Pacific Sunset Route and Ft Worth and Denver routes. Contact local agent for details.
Parents urged to enroll children in the city school census by June 25. Several students remain unregistered, please contact the city secretary’s office immediately to address the outstanding enrollment for each scholastic age child.
The Texas Conference Woman's Foreign Mission Society held its third day meeting electing officers for the year. President Mrs Sallie Philpott Dew and vice president Mrs Jno E Green Houston lead a slate with district secretaries named for Houston Austin Calvert Brenham Huntsville. Bastrop chosen as next meeting site. A reception for delegates followed at Mrs W H Webb’s, with Ladies Aid of the Baptist church as invited guests, and the anniversary gathering held that evening.
H. & T. excursions from Cincinnati and return priced at 31.75 with sale dates July 2 and 3 and a July 14 limit. Extensions to Aug 31 if deposited by July 11 with 50 cent fee. San Francisco trip 45.00 sale July 6–18 final Aug 31. Tenn. and return 22.75 with sale June 30 to July 12 and limit in August. W. S. Wilson, Agent.
The Exposition Saloon in Bryan advertises a premium selection of cigars. J. E. Ponder, proprietor, promotes a top lineup noted as the best in town.
H T C will sell round trip tickets to Waco for June 27 at 1.50 each. Tickets good for one day only. Details given by agent W S Wilson.
Advertises Rex Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion with a refund promise if not cured. Price listed as 50 cents per package. Signed by M. H. James, a Bryan Texas druggist, as the promoter.
Bryan Grocery adds 4000 spring chickens and 38600 dozen eggs amid mixed demand. Eggs rise in price while egg scarcity hits city trade. J B Mike plans large scale spring chicken sales next year and orders incubators. Mayor's court processes fines totaling 267.10 for various cases. Oil news from Keith well. church prayer meeting tonight on Growth. Several residents travel or return from trips.
A broad note touts Quinoria as a four day cure for chills fever or malaria with a refund offer if it fails. A list of varied ills and deaths follows including accidents and crimes across several states, highlighting figures such as M H James of Bryan Texas and others.
Frederick H. Davies longtime civil engineer for lines out of Chicago died after guiding a hand car and his wife away from danger near Milford Indiana. While trying to move the hand car off the tracks he was struck by a freight train as it backed toward them. A brakeman on the caboose warned the engineer and slowed the train before the crash.
In Chicago seven people were stabbed by Harry Williams who barely escaped lynching as police intervened. Williams stabbed one man five times and then two dozen others attempted to stop him before officers seized the weapon and dispersed the mob. Separate dispatches report US Russia tariff remarks and a Boer attack in Cape Colony.
Delegates gather in Columbus for the Republican state convention. George K. Nash is expected to be renominated for governor, with contest focused on nominations for judge and clerk of the supreme court. In Boston, the City of Bangor collision sinks three. Estelle rescue operations follow in dense fog near Deer Island beacon.
Homer Bales, son of farmer J. H. Bales near Dale, Oklahoma Territory, died from an accidental gun discharge while hunting as he tried to climb a fence. In Texas, Gregorio Cortez confessed to the murders of Sheriff Morris, Sheriff Glover, and Mr. Schnabel after identification in Laredo and jail. W. C. Holden, noted newspaper man and politician of Kearney, Nebraska, died in Hutchinson, Kansas.
An historical ad claims August Flower as the leading cure for indigestion and related ailments, touting its cleansing and liver-regulating effects. It also promotes Rex Dyspepsia Tablets and states druggists will refund if not cured, with Wilson Jackins Drug Co and M. H. James of Bryan named as sellers.
Lightweight cambric night shirts offered with or without collars for 50 cents and 1.00. Sale advertised by Parks & Wall Drops.
Land listing describes 300 acres adjoining the A and M College road as a desirable hill tract. It highlights location near two main railroads and future Bryan developments including a cotton factory and rail projects. Owner W. H. Cavite.
Quicka claimed to cure all diseases with a pharmaceutical product hailed by druggists. Price set at 50 cents per package in Texas. The note mentions a batch labeled Al aa with unclear details.
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