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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1906
Page
5
North bound and south bound train times listed with partial schedules. Local names mention travelers and visitors from Calvert, Benchley, Mexia, Houston, Navasota, Mineral Wells, Fort Worth, Franklin, Victoria, Caldwell, Hearne, Tyler, and other places. Various sales and goods in Norwood ads include suits, wares, and footwear with reduced prices.
Ground to pieces. Three unknown men mistaken for ash heap by engineer were run over by an eastbound Missouri, Kansas and Texas train Tuesday near Walsh, I T, near the Kansas line. Fragments were gathered by trainmen. bodies were cold, indicating death prior to the impact. A revolver was found nearby. exact cause of death could not be determined due to severe injuries.
Taloga June 27. Judge Orville C. McClung probate judge of Dewey county has died. He was an early Oklahoma pioneer and long identified with the Cimarron Territory later Beaver county when the region was known as No Man's Land before 1889.
The son of B. D. Jordan was swinging under a buggy when playmates backed the buggy against a tree. His head was caught between the tree and axle, his scalp cut across the forehead and torn back three inches. Seventeen stitches were needed to close the wound.
Abenerio Deiro, a Mexican national, is jailed in Austin on charges of assault to murder Rafel Vena a fellow countryman who runs a local saloon. Vena was attacked with a large butcher knife injuring his left hand and arm. Deiro was struck by a bystander with a stool and wounded. Vena lies in hospital.
The article notes Coulter starts a cash clearing sale to move all summer goods to the cash drawer in ten days. Rain improves turnout and crops, urging customers to buy fresh goods for themselves and family before summer ends.
The item notes Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Waldrop departed yesterday for New York and other eastern and Canadian destinations. It mentions Miss Jessie Nall named a Texarkana public schools teacher and visiting in the city. Also reports are given on club elections, Ursuline Academy visitors, a court of criminal appeals ruling, local advertisement, travel to Galveston, and other brief notices.
W J Coulter announces a ten day cash clearing sale starting this morning at 9 o clock. The event runs through Saturday night July 7 with extended clerk staff and special store setup to speed customer service. Coulter plans to depart July 15 for New York to buy fall and winter goods, urging buyers to seize the value oriented event.
The Texas Indian Territory and Oklahoma district of the Fraternal Union of America met in Dallas for its biennial convention. Officers elected included Louis Rogers of Gainesville as president and W. E. Cox of Italy as secretary, with J. R. Russell of Venus and Thomas Lunney of Oklahoma named assistant secretaries.
Willis Lawhon and his wife were shot in the left side with a pistol in their yard on Tuesday afternoon in San Angelo Texas. Both victims are in serious condition but expected to recover. No witnesses have been found.
Dallas June 27 The first annual meeting of the Retail Coal Dealers association attracted about 150 delegates. After several addresses the group left in four sleepers for a trip to Indian Territory and Arkansas. C L Wakefield of Dallas was elected president.
J. H. Moore completed a large purchase totaling 443 acres near Kemp in Kaufman county and 2,411 acres in Grayson county for 44,140 dollars. The deal marks a major land transaction in the region.
In Waco on Monday Douglas Standefer a Black farmer collapsed from extreme heat and died on Tuesday, the season’s first heat victim as a storm approached the area.
President signs postoffice appropriation bill. Brief items note Katy shops extend to ten hours after July 1. Brownwood Texas to add a sixty room hotel. Cudahy keeps Louisville packing house open. Various local incidents report deaths fires and accidents in Texas and Oklahoma. Federal and local officials begin reorganizing Indian Territory into districts for a constitutional convention.
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