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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1908
Page
2
The Eagle reports Democratic primary candidates for public office. Rufus Hardy seeks reelection to Congress in the Sixth District as announced by Carnes and Wallace.
A Bryan Texas correspondent offers a cheeky path to wealth advising poor men to marry. The piece dials through Oklahoma agricultural politics and charity, then covers Sam J. Hampton of Ft Worth speaking to local farmers on union aims and crop diversification with a slate of upcoming talks across the county.
Over one hundred new hats arriving Monday include large Merry Widow and Sailors styles richly trimmed with flowers and foliage. Special prices listed at 4.50 6.50 and 7.50. Edge Eugene at 97.
E. Boyett and Rudolph Myers have purchased the Mitchell insurance agency. They took charge yesterday with company transfers completed and a strong line of policies. Myers has long served Mitchell’s agency and Boyett brings county clerk experience, inviting public patronage.
Uncle Mark Wilcox marked his seventy fifth birthday yesterday in the city. He shows no aging signs and remains energetic and industrious with three children and sixteen grandchildren. His birthday dinner was skipped due to grandchildren having whooping cough.
Statewide interest marked the corner stone ceremony for the Goodwin Hall dormitory at A and M College. The procession included the College band Corps of Cadets Masonic Fraternity and faculty with speeches by Dr Harrington Judge Green and Dr Brooks. A dress parade and dinner followed. An ear of corn bottle of cottonseed copies of papers and catalogues were placed in the stone. Goodwin Hall will be the campus’s largest modern dormitory with first story walls up.
Otto Beigelsack finds his bride of a few weeks unconscious in their home after a ransacked house. A handkerchief saturated with red liquid was forced into her mouth and a diamond earrings worth $500 missing. Police investigation follows as city chemist analyzes the liquid.
New York March 28 a riot scare broke out at the Broad Street outdoor market as for the first time shares of a widely advertised mining property were offered. In a five minute dash more than 500 brokers and messengers rushed to reach the sale agents. Ninetieth percent had buying orders and collisions left men and boys knocked down. Traffic halted and spectators gathered as the crowd surged. After about an hour the excitement subsided and normal business resumed.
Kansas City dispatch reports Southwestern coal mine owners ready to stand a strike by 35 000 miners across Missouri Kansas Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas starting April 1. Charles B Keith, leading operator, says an operators association would attend a conference to seek settlement terms and that a long siege is possible with large coal stocks on hand.
Harder and Buckhaults advertise ready stock for hay and feed needs. They claim North Texas Hay and White Wolf Stock Food are on hand, with a pointed comparison that two sacks of bran equal one sack of their stock food, priced higher. Phone contact listed as 251.
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