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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1908
Page
5
Train timetable lines show No 3 North Bound No 5 North Bound No 2 South Bound No 6 North Bound with times 12 46 a m and references to 1 G N Schedule No 14 North No 15 South. The readable items imply a rail schedule brief for passenger service.
Local residents and visitors listed include Mrs H B Peverly in Millican J W Mathié Reliance R H Seale Benchley Mrs S C Williams Millican A B Gandy Rock Prairie H P Dansby Steep Hollow R R Knowles back from business Misses Lillie Reed Blanche Mize Hearne D S Ayres College community Marriage license Richard Hogan Mamie Bell Elks Minstrels March 20 at the opera house street parade 10 30 Friday Lt Rev G W Storey Houston to preach at A and M College The Queens arrive for display at The Fashion Shop and notices from Eugene Edge “On the Corner.”
Local ads boast new ladies footwear including three eye short vamp Oxfords and Sailor Tie designs. Spring vehicle sales highlighted by Buchanan Moore Co with turnouts in phaetons and surveys. Residents visit and guest notes cover Mrs D W Smith, Miss Malcolm Brown, and others visiting the Eagle city page.
Mr. Sam Higgs purchased a Purcheon stallion for 1000 dollars in Fort Worth. The animal is due in Bryan today or tomorrow and may be seen at Tucker old livery stable with Blondwood. The horse is under the care of Rawls, who runs the stable and horses. Mr. Henderson plans to resign as Southern Pacific claim agent in San Antonio and return to Bryan to practice law succeeding his father, Hon. Sam R. Henderson.
Mrs. J T Beard learns by wire of the death of her brother G W Pittman at his Tulsa Oklahoma residence. Pittman is father to Anna Pittman known in Bryan and mourned by many friends.
Insurance of all kinds. Fire life accident tornado plate glass and bond and live stock insurance. Phone 161. att.
Webb Bros offers dress linens in Champagne pinks blues and browns with striped options priced from 20 to 50 cents per yard. Located at 87.
Notice to the public calling citizens to begin cleaning up the town. Residents must pile trash for hauling and sanitize premises. Noncompliance will lead to immediate complaints filed. J. E. Covey.
Four sets of hand made gallery setters available at 3 feet 6 inches long and folding. Fifty items priced at $1.50 each. Call 299 for details. J. W. Allen.
The Fashion Shop offers Mercerized Linen Pongees as the new wash fabric for jumper suits in all proper shades. On the Corner.
Fort Worth March 14 The Bailey campaign committee issues a call for meetings in every county clubs to organize delegates for a March 28 state convention. They defend J W Bailey as a Democratic senator and urge loyal Democrats to support delegates at large to the national convention and uphold party rules. Bailey is abroad fighting the currency bill but vows to return to Texas for the campaign.
Five men lose their lives when a towboat traveling from Pittsburg toward Cincinnati struck an exposed pier of the Ashland-Ironton bridge in dense fog on the Ohio River near Ashland Kentucky. The collision caused the loss of many sunken barges and vessels as the towboat and cargoes sank.
Bradstreet's report for the week ending March 12 shows total bank clearings of 2.100384 billion dollars, down from 2.203671 billion the previous week and 3.257566 billion in the same week last year, reflecting a decline in activity.
Augusta Georgia March 14 Tyrus Cobb star outfielder signed a $5000 contract with the Detroit club for the 1908 season after leading the American League last year.
In Rawhide Nevada on March 14 robbers broke into the town post office and stole sixty registered letters. The incident prompts a police investigation and scrutiny of mail handling procedures by local authorities.
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