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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
2
Rural Texas column notes diversifying crops with a favorable corn outlook after light showers. Cotton lags as belly bug damages squares while farmers shift to home food production. Kershaw plantings and Irish potato work seen, with local fishing trips and community health reported as generally good. Correspondent signs off.
C W Elliott of Macy asks the Eagle to announce a community barbecue at Cedar Prairie on July 4 inviting residents of Cedar Prairie and adjoining communities. Everyone is invited and urged to bring a basket. J M Hunt of Macy chairs the arrangements committee.
The annual Fourth of July picnic is postponed to Tuesday the 7th at Big Cedar Creek on Bryan and Macy road. Everyone is invited and asked to bring a well filled basket.
An old advertisement notes Coulter’s store with one quart fruit jars and a cent-back return offer. It appears aimed at ladies, mentioning W. J. Coulter.
ST LOUIS June 30 to July 1 H and T C R R sells round trip tickets to St Jops for 24.40 with limit Sept 15. Chicago July 3-4 fare 28.90, limit Sept 15, 1903. Nashville June 20-21 July 3-5 fare 23.95, 15 day limit from sale, 50 cent deposit fee may extend to Sept 30, 1903. Debates to Knoxville fare 29.15 final 15 days from sale with deposit option to Sept 30.
A mixed item set reports distantly connected notices including preserved prices on Mason fruit jars, local crop notes, a 1903 infantry order for target practice, a Cedar Creek lodge installation with Prof W C Davis, travel and bridge repair questions for Leon county, a Free Baptist revival with Rev J L Meads, and tent meeting plans at the H T C depot plaza.
A brief note lists decoy duck prices and various Mason fruit jars including 1 quart and half gallon sizes. The item also advises shooting or giving up the gun and urges not to run out of loads.
A fragmented roll shows guests arriving at various destinations including Corsicana St Louis Shreveport Waco Baltimore New York Athens Chicago Houston Caldwell and Galveston. Names listed include Gibson Rickey Murphey Hardin Merry Mosley Lyons Browne Mayer Chay Harris Dinkelspeil Sullivan and others. Additional entries mention Isabell Atkins and R L Richmond among attendees.
A brisk pattern of refusals and sales shows a retailer alternating between refusing to sell quart fruit jars at times and meeting market prices at others. Sales progress from Monday to Tuesday include multiple time-stamped deals and a Tuesday evening sellout, highlighting hard competition in quart jar availability.
Health of the community is good. Mrs J H Leonard visited her mother Mrs Madden of Plains prairie. Mrs Ellen Royder and son of Rock Prairie visited Mrs Alice Leonard. Miss Susie Leonard spent time with Miss Virgil Edinburg of Bryan. Mrs Alice Leonard fell and bruised herself. speedy recovery hoped. Farmers expect good cotton crops if boll weevil stays away, like last year June Bug.
John R Reeves chairman of the Transportation Committee announces the I and G N and the Denver Road are the official route from Texas to the Denver Y P S convention. All arrangements made for the Texas delegation to assemble in Fort Worth July 7 and depart 9 45 a m for Denver arriving July 8. Through sleepers operate daily from Galveston Houston Waco and other points to Denver via Fort Worth and the Denver Road.
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