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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1902
Page
2
We are authorized to announce J. Mooring as a candidate for re election to the office of Mayor of Bryan at the ensuing April election. The notice appears in the post office dated Saturday March 1 1902 by Connelly and Carnes publishers.
Brenham reports it has raised nearly all the 150000 dollar goal to establish a cotton mill. J D Cunningham is appointed state revenue agent to succeed Joe Lee Jameson who resigned. Beaumont reports a gas well that emits ice chunks which burn, per a Galveston News correspondent.
The state Democratic convention will meet in Galveston on July 15. Primaries in counties without fixed dates are set for June 14.
Navasota Texas reports a weekly Sunday gathering where 400 to 600 men from Methodist Episcopal Baptist and other denominations join in prayer from churches and stores. The voluntary, sectarianism-free meetings run from 2 to 6 PM and emphasize common good across all creeds.
Mrs. E J Fountain hosted a Thursday reception at her home with the Shakespeare club ladies and guests from 3 30 to 5 00 in the afternoon and a later evening event for members and husbands. The highlight was a grand spring millinery opening with hat trimming prizes won by Miss Laula Coulter and Sam B Wilson.
Davis and Stump Ashby split on the prohibition issue in Comanche county as they work to rally voters with entertainment during the campaign.
A tomato cannery is planned for Garrison located just north of Ennis, signaling a local agricultural expansion and potential new employment opportunity for the area.
To Cure Chills or Malaria in 4 Days, Take Quinoria. All druggists are authorized to refund the money in any case of chills, fever or malaria if it fails to cure. Price 50c per package. M. H. James, the leading druggist, Bryan.
A list of names and places connected to hotel arrivals includes Chicago Galveston Waco St Louis Dallas Houston New York and Jacksonville. Notable entries feature individuals and firms such as Exchange W M Updike J D McGill and Texas Construction Co alongside cities like Corsicana Marlin and Palestine.
Sealed bids for buying the old Methodist church building in Bryan Texas are due by 12 m Tuesday March 15 1902. Ed Hall secretary will receive bids with a $50 certified check per bid. Building must be removed within 40 days of award. movable contents are reserved. Chairman H Derpen. Secretary Ep Hall.
A six year old hound with blue speckles and a red mouth disappeared from near Cross on Thursday February 13. Reward of 2.50 offered for information leading to her whereabouts. Ollie Scott Cross Texas.
H B Dorsey proprietor operates Three Expert Union Barbers with elegant fixtures hot and cold baths porcelain tubs next door to the Exchange Hotel. Patronage solicited.
Great ice gorges form on the Allegheny as Montrose and Sandy Creek gorges collapse sending high water downstream. Steamers D T Watson and George Brawdy struggle amid moving ice packs while residents flee to higher ground. Freeport road submerged and town sections flood as water rises.
A southbound Columbus branch train fell through a weakened trestle near Zetella Georgia killing engineer A F Matthews baggage master J L Hill mail clerk Leo C Murray and fireman Isaac McDowell. Several passengers injured but not fatally as the washout halted service in heavy rains.
Heavy rains push water to flood heights on the Chattahoochee Ocmulgee Savannah rivers. Four deaths from a washout wreck near McDonough Georgia. Freight wrecks increase as plants in Columbus Phoenix City Girard close. Columbus water mains wash away leaving city without water. Railroads flooded miles of track. Athens reports Occoneriter in buildings. Southern line near Macon forces operator to flee to avoid being washed away.
A Norfolk and Western freight train wreck near Radford Virginia kills Brakeman Lloyd Preston. Severe washouts near Marion Virginia halt traffic and flooding along Beaver Creek in Bristol disrupts the city. Rivers rise across southwestern Virginia and eastern Tennessee damaging railroads. In Montgomery Alabama heavy rains produce washouts and stop south and eastbound trains.
Mobile Alabama reports its connection to Montgomery severed by a washout on the Louisville and Nashville line halting traffic and communications to the capital.
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