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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1909
Page
4
Rail timetable updates list No. 8 North bound at 1 38 p m and No. 2 South bound at 3 40 p m with other schedule notes. Local notices mention residents visiting Hempstead Rock Prairie Houston and Calvert, rental ads, second hand cart sales, court attendance, and various social calls plus shop ads and a band of Gypsies passing through.
The weather report from New Orleans indicates tonight and Wednesday will be unsettled with showers. No significant temperatures are noted.
Galveston reports a high pressure area covers the eastern half of the country with generally fair conditions. Light showers occurred in the eastern cotton belt, while moderately heavy rains hit the lower California coast and central plateau due to a central depression in San Diego. Temperatures are cooler in the East and South, warmer in the North-central states, with 40 in Amarillo and 70 in Brownsville. Cloudiness in the Rio Grande valley. Texas mostly fair.
W P Stewart Acting Section Director states there will be no important change in the Trinity Brazos and Colorado rivers under current conditions.
The first honk of the wild goose was heard yesterday morning as it departed the sunny lakes and marshes of the south on its long flight north. It signals spring’s arrival and prompts gardeners to start digging fish bait, tending onions, lettuce, and other garden produce.
The Elks announce a lodge meeting tonight at 8 o'clock led by Exalted Ruler J. E. Butler. Nomination and election of officers and other important business will be discussed. all members are urged to attend.
Editorial urges Brazos county to stop importing vegetables and instead cultivate Irish potatoes locally. It argues the region's climate supports two potato harvests yearly and could supply Bryan and surrounding stores year round, urging farmers to diversify beyond cotton and develop storage and shipping to meet demand.
In Hempstead, witnesses testifying in the Fenzini murder trial report slow progress. Testimony from yesterday shows many witnesses remain to be examined and both sides’ counsel are still arguing as the case drags on.
Washington in March reports a new District of Columbia vagrancy statute arresting able bodied idlers who rely on dependents for support. In four days over two hundred arrests occurred, mostly of Black men, with women cited as tending to loiter near Negro hovels while white women seek work elsewhere.
A large land sale aims to settle an Italian colony at Zulch between now and fall. Towns along the proposed line are growing rapidly as development accelerates.
The Houston Post reports the Italian consul in Galveston has taken an option on 15 000 acres of prairie land near Zurch along the Trinity and Brazos Valley. He plans an Italian colony by next fall, as immigration agents push settlement from Ft Worth to Houston and beyond.
On the same steamship as the Roosevelt party a passenger bound for Africa plans marriage in Alexandria. Miss Charlotte Clany of Iowa, Monmouth College graduate, will wed Dr. Thomas Lambie in Alexandria before traveling up the Nile for missionary work started three years ago.
Two recent shipments of Pattern Hats arrived ahead of the opening. Prices are $7.00, $4.50, $5.00 and $4.50. New models in Messaline and Lingerie suits to be shown. staff ready to display goods as more stock comes in.
Local baker Mir Suto offers a line of fresh home made fruit cakes and fancy cakes with assorted candies. Patrons can enjoy handmade confections and seasonal flavors from this small shop.
The Commercial National Bank of Beaumont began operations at 9 am with $150,000 capital. It opened in a temporary location at Park Bank and Trust, planning to move to a permanent site soon. Officers are John C. Ward president T. W. Garrett active vice president F. M. Law cashier and Rupert Cox assistant cashier.
A large audience attended a benefit musical at Turner Hall last night for Tuam Avenue Baptist Church. Organizers praised J Bert Graham and Miss [name] from Texas Woman's College, Bryan and Miss Sadie Luke of Houston for their assistance.
Rev. J. A. Coneer returned to his Arkansas home after leading services at the Presbyterian church. The congregation extended him an unanimous call to the pastorate and he will accept if released by his presbytery. If he comes, he will be here about May 1.
Clarence Elott of Pitts Bridge spent Sunday in Bryan with his parents.
Easter hats showcased in the millinery parlor with customers urged to place orders. Wilson and Derden promote new shapes for Easter headwear and promise satisfaction.
An article warns sour taste in the mouth signals undigested fermenting food and gas. belching and a heavy stomach feel follow. It advertises E. J. Jenkins tablets for 50 cents with money-back guarantee if they fail to cure acid stomach, belching, dizziness, sick headache, and foul breath.
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