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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
2
The note asks about the Central Texas fair and whether preparations for the next event should start. It also mentions the open season for mosquitoes beginning with the fires and ending when pests are eradicated.
A sampler of editorial asides praising roads for business, noting four candidates for the next house speakership in the early third class. Brazos county is praised for good people, order, crops, and business while hints of a short legislative session fill campaign chatter. The piece ends with a quip about Hogg memorial orators and a joke exclamation.
A Black employee of the H. T. C. Ry at section 16 was struck by a hand car north of Bryan yesterday morning. He was taken to the city for examination by Dr. Paul M. Raysor and then sent to Houston hospital. No bones were broken but internal injuries were found.
Morning service at the opera house drew a small crowd due to foul weather but featured Rev Andrews preach on Knowledge of God Love of God and the Love of Souls. Several promised to strive to save others, and one conversion occurred after the evening sermon from Proverbs. Services continue at 10 o'clock today.
Mr. W. B. Dixon the Eagle's Dimmitt correspondent reports ample rain and improving prospects for the coming crop. Dimmitt residents and Brazos County visitors anticipate a favorable outlook after prior dry conditions.
Classified notice offers five lots with a four room residence and barn in a good neighborhood. All conveniences included. Price 1200 dollars and rental 10 dollars per month. Apply to C. G. Parsons at 97.
Friends of The Eagle in the Higgs neighborhood phoned us yesterday that the school at that place would close for the term and invited us to dinner. Weather forced the event to be held in the school house with a grove planned. Music and speeches by pupils, a noon dinner by patrons, and mutual friendships formed with Miss Georgia White of Wixon as teacher.
Governor signs the charter for the Vicksburg and Gulf railroad aided by English capitalists. W. W. Hungerford presents papers to forward to London. The project lists $8,675,000 in capital stock with directors P. M. Harding B. W. Griffith W. H. Fitzhugh W. W. Hungerford Geo. P. Money J. C. Lott and others.
Former New York mayor Robert A. Van Wyck wed Mrs Kate E Hertle on Monday night at the Broadway Tabernacle with only close friends present. The couple sailed for Europe Tuesday and offered no details, saying simply there are none.
Water from the Cedar River rose over eleven feet and breached the West levee flooding Waterloo business district on Tuesday night and Wednesday. Hundreds of families were homeless, Rock Island tracks washed out for a half mile, and railroads tied up. Cedar Falls reported similar displacement and multiple bridges and dams were destroyed. By 7 a.m. waters stood, danger believed over.
Missouri Attorney General Hadley leaves New York after stating he has proved every allegation in the Standard Oil information. He plans to seek Missouri Supreme Court action to punish past violations and secure future compliance. The report also mentions a pending statehood compromise for Arizona and New Mexico and unrelated local notices.
Miss Susie Abernathy of Sterling county is in serious condition after being bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake in San Angelo Texas on March 28.
Testimony in the Smoot case has all been heard and argument will be made next week. Governor Pattison’s physicians report him much better Wednesday morning. The House naval committee will recommend an appropriation of 99,750,000 dollars.
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