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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
2
A collage of brief items cites Democratic primaries announcements a Baltimore preacher’s homecoming from a 40000 mile tour and Kansas polling on Bryan versus Taft. It also notes press quips on hats, religion, a Kentucky Texas ranger joke, Fairbanks Hughes ticket talk, a Ladies Union meeting in Navasota, star gazing and kissing, a Pennsylvania rooster incident, and Bryan’s Richmond speech on public office and embezzlement.
The Bailey rally approved delegates and alternates for the Bailey ticket with Joseph W. Bailey of Cooke County and others named for statewide and legislative posts. Attendance estimates ranged from 4,500 to 10,000, with pledges totaling $20,600 and Bailey planning a statewide canvass after primaries.
Rev Turrentine preached to large congregations at the Methodist church on Sunday marking his first return after two weeks of illness. Sunday school attendance was high and Dr Lumpkin spoke on foreign mission fields for thirty minutes in lieu of the lesson. A missions collection exceeded seventeen dollars. The item ends with an advertisement: When ordering corn meal specify mill meal. Handled by all grocers.97 John Vick.
A crowd witnessed a 2 0 victory as Cornell defeated Georgetown in a tightly played afternoon game. The lead changed through nine innings with Cornell scoring on a triple in the last half of the ninth. A rematch is set for 4:30 this afternoon as interest in local baseball grows with business support and public entertainment efforts.
New York politicians focus on the statewide presidential primaries held tomorrow. Delegates will be elected to Congress district conventions and Assembly district conventions to select delegates to the national convention, with implications for control of the Republican State committee amid power struggles involving Woodruff Odell Parsons and Roosevelt factions. Pinehurst hosts the eighth annual United North and South amateur championship beginning today with 18 hole qualifiers and six divisions advancing to match play.
The Imperial Elks Minstrel troupe from Bryan arrived with the A and M College Band. A street parade drew a large crowd and the opera house show sold out. The Bryan youths performed expertly with home talent praised for a high-class production. The Navasota visit was profitable and appreciated.
Dr. Compton from Owensboro Ky will arrive Saturday and preach Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 45 p m at the Rockdale Baptist church The revival has attracted many converts with fifty professions and 27 additions noted by Dr Geo B Butler Merchants close shops to attend morning services and a great rally is planned for Sunday at 3 p.m.
Insurance notice advertising Fire Life Accident Tornado Plate Glass and Bond and Live Stock Insurance offered by Inc and B Hines with contact phone 161 for coverage.
Indianapolis March 30 Indiana Republicans will hold a State convention on Wednesday with 1400 delegates. Jesse Overstreet of Indianapolis will be temporary chairman. One initial session will elect four delegates instructed for Fairbanks then adjourn to Thursday morning to name a full State ticket. Gubernatorial candidates include Charles W. Miller James H E Watson Hugh T Miller and William L Taylor.
In Austin on March 29 Tra vis County candidates pledged to limit barbecues to four events and contributions to five dollars each. Governor Yon Yonson announced he will not pursue the Democratic presidential nomination but would accept if offered, noting millions of other Democrats could likewise respond.
Boyett and Myers announce they have purchased the J. F. Mitchell insurance agency and invite new customers to consider their services, providing a contact phone number 250 for inquiries. The notice accompanies a brief business expansion update.
Harder and Buckhaults announce expanded stock with Alfalfa Hay North Texas Hay and White Wolf Stock Food. Their advertising claims one sack of stock food equals two sacks of bran and costs nothing extra. Phone 251.
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