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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1902
Page
4
Mixed city real estate listing detailing cottages tenant houses wells brick cisterns and multiple houses with prices from 550 to 1950 and per acre farm land near Brazos Bottom 20 dollars per acre with options to subdivide and sell in tracts.
An advertisement touts Red Dyspepsia Tablets for stomach indigestion and heartburn. It promises a money refund if they fail to cure and lists price at 50 cents, signed by WF James, described as the leading drneeter.
An article mocks diet fads claiming foods nourish all parts of the body equally and warns dyspepsia ruins nutriment. It extols Green's August Flower to aid digestion and liver function, touting Dr G G Green remedies at Wilson Jenkins Drug Co. and urging readers to get the Special Almanac.
Druggists offer refund if Quinoria fails to cure bills fever or malaria. Price 50 cents per package. Mr James the leading druggist Bryan Texas. Bryan leading druggist.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Bryan that the election of Mayor and two city council members shall be held by qualified voters at City Hall on the first Tuesday in April. Voting follows city charter ordinances and state election law. J B Mooring, Mayor. City Secretary.
An advertisement urges relief from dyspepsia and heartburn with Rex Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims druggists will refund money if not cured and notes a 50 cent price per package. The ad names M H Jamorghé as the leading druggist in Bryan, Texas.
London reports Lord Kitchener confirms Methuen’s defeat stemmed from a wide gap in the convoy and a weak rear guard causing a panic. Delarey spares Methuen after surrender, ordering return to Klerksdorp with nephew and physician. Boer acts and Delarey’s humanity praised amid heavy fighting and attempted rerouting.
The eight months ended Aug 31 1901 show Imports valued at 19 618 596 and Exports at 16 935 405, compared with 14 580 457 imports and 15 928 015 exports for 1900. Imports from the United States rose 84 percent. Hemp led agricultural exports. manufactured articles nearly doubled. mining products rose.
Washington reports state department officials and friends have long believed Ambassador White will retire next November at age 70. Health concerns and other reasons push him toward private life.
A cyclone struck Piper in Bibb county on Sunday morning, wrecking 40 houses and damaging 35 more. Ed Turner was killed, John Allen and three children were severely injured. High damage also at Garner Junction and Belle Ellen. mines in the area flooded and shut for days.
Major Blake L. Woodson former Virginia legislator 1868 to 1871 and noted Confederate Army officer died Sunday in Kansas City of apoplexy at age 66. He held numerous public offices in Virginia and was a leading Kansas City lawyer.
A shooting affray at the Ihard farm in Brazos bottom five miles from Reagan Texas injured Aaron Spencer and his grown daughter, both in the arm, and killed the couple’s two year old grandchild. The wounds to Spencer and the daughter are not serious. It is believed the same bullet hit both the child and the woman.
In Seattle on March 17 the Chinese community held the greatest feast of its kind for the infant son of Charlie Dong Yoke, a wealthy local merchant. Two lavish banquets were served at a heavy cost while about two hundred leading Chinese merchants attended, presenting gold and wool as wishes for good luck.
Lexington reports Nathan Stubblefield sails to Washington for a public demonstration of his wireless telegraphy on the Potomac river. The initial test was six weeks ago at Murray. If successful, he plans a longer sea demonstration.
The Texas Supreme Court grants a partial writ of mandamus in the Hazlewood v Rogan land case. It orders reinstatement as purchaser and awards three of four school land sections in Kimble County to P W Hazlewood, with the land commissioner Rogan upheld on part of the ruling.
George H. Van Tassel, a veteran engineer for New York Central, brought the Empire State Express into Grand Central and collapsed dead on his way home. He had steered the throttle for thirty years.
Waco Texas reports that Prof. J M Ferguson has been informed one of the two unknown bodies from the Southern Pacific wreck is his aunt Mrs Knight of Yuma Arizona. She was traveling from Alabama to her home in Yuma.
Representatives from all Illinois classes joined in a large state burial for ex Governor John P Altgeld in Graceland cemetery. Mrs Altgeld wished no military display and a public viewing preceded the 11 oclock funeral procession. William J Bryan attended as an honorary pallbearer and spoke at the grave.
In Muskogee Indian Territory on March 17, eight full blood Cherokee men from the Keloowah society faced contempt charges for defying a federal court enrollment order. After authorities threatened contempt, they were jailed and, amid barber chair coercion, submitted to enrollment with leader Red Bird Smith making a defiant speech before signing and release.
Apache chief Geronimo, now eighty, petitions Washington to be released from military prison at Fort Sill after fourteen years. General Armstrong recommends parole and citizenship, noting Geronimo functions as a government scout with a small farm and $35 monthly. About 298 Apaches remain with him.
In Forsythe Missouri hundreds of farmers in the Ozark hills and nearby Arkansas suffer hardship from last summer's drought with many living on short rations. About ten percent report hunger this winter as aid stalls and seed shortages loom. Arkansas governor funds seed relief with personal bank loans.
Stephenville Texas reports that Erath County favored prohibition by about 250 votes though results were incomplete. The vote occurred Saturday in most boxes, except Thurber where prohibitionists did not seek inclusion in the petition to the commissioners court.
Washington March 17 Mr Frank P Sargent head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will accept the immigration commissioner post in the treasury department when offered, it is said the offer will come soon.
A March 17 report notes Detroit at 10 PM with 26 degrees above zero. Strong winds and snow flurries accompanied a sudden statewide drop, with a blizzard in the extreme southwest.
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