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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1909
Page
3
A notice from the Bryan Post Office urges subscribers to report delivery issues or address changes promptly by telephone to ensure continued newspaper service and proper carrier assignments.
A Palmerston style column reviews accusations of corruption in the Texas legislature over submission on a political measure. It defends the Heralds stance while criticizing the Bryan Nagle and anti submissionists. The piece references Governor Campbell, Carrie Nation, and Nadogdoches cigars amid broader debates on party loyalty and reform.
Opinion praises women serving on school boards and notes good results from experiments. It condemns using saintly language for sensationalism and comments on Leon county Antis winning local option by a small majority. Also notes Wells College girls resolving to quit kissing for sanitary reasons.
The passage condemns Democrats who sided with Republicans for favors such as committee assignments, calling the act despicable unless done to better serve constituents, in which case no censure is deserved.
The piece notes that a preacher may use terms like kyind guard and eyether but warns such affectation distracts listeners. It cites failed attempts to revive old Anglo-Saxon vowel breaks once common in England and still found in isolated regions including moonshiners of Tennessee and North Carolina.
Campbell says he would have vetoed the bill establishing a penitentiary inquiry if Kennedy had appointed the house committee members. The remark threatens a whitewash unless the investigation proves it is thorough and satisfactory to the public.
The Eagle rejects state or city curfew laws but urges every household with minors to pass and rigorously enforce a curfew. It asserts parents owe duties God assigns and should not rely on government to assume them.
A Chicago teacher was arrested for sending objectionable letters through the mails. The notes claimed Pontius Pilate reincarnated in Theodore Roosevelt and that King David has lived a thousand times, presently named John D. Rockefeller, and identified William Jennings Bryan with Ezra the Scribe and with Andrew Jackson.
A Baltimorean, Mr. A A Farley, residing in Bryan, Texas, received a surprise reception and banquet last night at Hotel Murray on Lom bard street near Charles street. Friends organized the event, with J E Tyson, hotel manager, overseeing the banquet. Farley spends most time traveling in the Southwest and only visits his former home twice yearly.
The report lists egg prices for hens and fliers, broilers, geese, ducks, guineas and roosters with ranges from $1.80 to $4.50. Demand is excellent for all poultry types while the egg market remains dull and declining.
Mrs. James A. Groves, formerly of Fort Worth, was shot three times while in bed at an East Fifth street rooming house in Austin. Her husband, a barber who came from Fort Worth, is jailed on a charge of shooting after an attempted reconciliation. The wound to the left breast, left arm, and a skull glancing blow are not believed fatal.
Notice declares all lands and leased lands posted under law and promises prosecution of trespassers to the full extent. Signed 2293 Jno E Astin.
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