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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1902
Page
3
Uncle Pete writes from Bryan Texas that truck growers plan to quit advertising and focus on crops. They have planted beans cucumbers cantaloupes watermelons and okra with potatoes doing well. Cutworms were severe but rain should reduce damage and prospects for selling to northern markets look favorable this spring and summer.
Local items report Dr Ethel Morris en route to Waco to buy drugs, Norwood's selling W L Douglas shoes, mattings at Levy Bros and new iron beds. Various residents returned from Dallas Franklin and Edge, church services, real estate trips and upcoming sales and licenses listed.
George Angarzia a Mexican was convicted of theft from the person and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Cases of Tom Williams charged with assault with intent to murder his uncle Jake Williams and John Dean charged with seduction were continued. The habeas corpus case of Paul Haley against custody of his son Buster Haley was decided for the respondent with humorous chase scene in court.
The Eagle notes Bryan merchants push a canning facility to back a Truck Growers Association, aiming to spur diversification despite scarce water. The project advances with energetic local backing and optimism about growth opportunities.
Dr. Y M Milam, who visited last Thursday, will relocate here with his family. He led the medical and surgical work at Seymour for months and has fourteen years in Louisiana practice. He knows eye ear nose throat work but will do general practice here and will join Dr Seymour. He met his old friend Dr W C Finley, college president in their boyhood days, whom he had not seen in thirteen years. Rex Dyspepsia Tablets promise to cure indigestion and dyspepsia in four days with a 60 cent price.
The writer recalls a prior movement to establish a Bryan cannery with farmer subscriptions and asks what became of it. They urge business leaders to back diversification, support a cotton mill, and push for the cannery as a small but impactful boost to town growth and this season's truck crop.
The author states that advance seat sales for Gov Bob Taylor's address tonight are unprecedented with every seat reserved downstairs. One hundred fifty extra chairs will be placed over the house so no one is denied a seat. A special train from the College will bring faculty and cadets, ensuring seating before the speech begins at eight.
The Building Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Bryan Texas invites sealed bids for constructing the new church. Bids due by 10 am April 14 1902 and opened then. A $500 certified check accompanies each bid and the winning bidder must furnish a $3000 bond. Plans available at the Bryan pastor study or J E Flanders Dallas office. The committee may reject any bid. Communications to Ed Hall secretary Bryan Texas.
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