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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
2
Notices indicate paper mailing details at the Bryan Texas post office with subscription guidance and carrier service requests for delivery issues or address changes. The item emphasizes prompt telephone contact to the office for unresolved delivery problems or reshipment needs.
Obituary notes the death of George Thorndyke Angell at eighty six. He founded the American Humane Educational Society and edited Our Dumb Animals for forty two years. He also started the American Band of Mercy, claiming two million members and seventy three thousand branches. His work suppressed cruelty and promoted kindness to animals. The piece critiques Texas politics and governor appointments as well.
The article notes President Taft's inaugural remarks are brief and nontechnical, praising lawmakers' intelligence. It also recounts Stamford Tribune’s tale of a mule team pulling a wagon whose tongue pierced a telegraph pole yet remained intact, suggesting the pole may have been rotten inside.
The New York American printed a Washington letter by Alfred Henry Lewis imagining Taft's Southern policy. It suggests Taft would court Southern Democrats, appoint many into office, and court black voters, portraying a political swap of Republican loyalty for Democratic influence in the South, presented as a provocative prophecy.
The passage compares a rising political figure to Machiavelli and March madness. It notes Taft planning to appoint the widow of ex Senator Carmack postmistress in Columbia and comments on political trends, race, and self interest with sharp, colorful language.
W. O. L. reports ribbon cane as a large vigorous sorghum resembling sorghum but sweeter at the bottom. He exhibited it at the 1907 Mississippi Fair in Jackson and plans to produce 2000 gallons of home made Louisiana cane syrup this season.
Land owner Jno E Astin posts all lands and leased lands in accordance with law and warns trespassers will be prosecuted.
An ordinance sets an election for City Marshal Secretary and three Council members to be held on the first Tuesday in April at the County Court House in Bryan. The mayor and city secretary certify adoption on March 4, 1909 following City Charter and State Election Laws. A dated ad fragment about Singer Sewing Machine promotion appears alongside.
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