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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1905
Page
6
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W C Fountain offers crown and bridge dental services and maintains an office upstairs over Burt Norwid's store for patient care and appointments.
A donor plans a $100000 hotel and theater project on a building site in Brownwood Texas. P Adams a Rochester New Mexico barber died suddenly on a train at Torreon New Mexico from apoplexy. Tommy Mayton, a Negro porter, was badly wounded at South McAlester. John Norn, white, was arrested. Four miles north of Hutto Texas J Barkley was struck on the head with an axe by a Mexican and badly hurt. Emil Wailers convicted at Oklahoma City of criminal assault on his fifteen year old stepdaughter received fifteen years.
A New York Herald note reports a German astronomer’s ideas on how changing the sun’s color to blue red or green would alter visible colors. Blue would yield blue and black, red would render red and black, green would keep yellows blues and greens but erase reds purples and other bright hues.
The Bayeux tapestry narrates Edward Harold and William and the conquest in eight hundred years of history. After vanishing from sight from 1476 to 1724 it was rediscovered by antiquarian scholars Pere Montfaucon and M le Forestier. It was saved from destruction and is now restored and displayed framed under glass in a dedicated museum.
A London Star quote describes a biscuit maker boasting of buying vast numbers of eggs and claims workers crack eggs professionally. Five eggs are broken into a bowl at a time to avoid calamity as crews crack up to 1,000 per hour or 10,000 per day.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a child Dottie asking if marriage will bring a husband like papa and whether she might become an old maid like Cousin Charlotte. She then confesses a wish to be a boy, prompting a maternal reply about potential marriage.
An amusing London story recounts Dr. Gore strolling when two boys spot his black episcopal gaiters. They ask what he is, and the reply declares him a Scotchman in mourning, circulating as a lighthearted local anecdote.
Dramatic exchange shows Miss Jackson asserting independence against an implied white authority figure in a confrontational scene. The dialogue highlights tension over identity and control in a racially charged setting.
A short inspirational quote credits H. W. Little and reflects on diligent, attentive partners aligning effort with care.
In a detailed Outsing account F J O Alsop recounts a Hindoo cremation near the ghats. A cremation rite unfolds from a stone rampart with mourners watching as four men bear the body to a wooden pyre. The head is touched with fire and the pyre ignites, ashes scoured into the river for eternal bliss.
In Holland two weeks before a civil wedding the banns are published as an under marriage. The church wedding, a consecration in sentiment, follows with a formal ceremony, prayer, sermon, hymn, and blessing. The couple receive a Bible, then feasts and jokes fill the wait period, toasts echo at dinners, and friends try to keep them from sleep before the wedding.
The story recalls John Sherman and two brothers receiving money to pay their board during a shooting trip at a farmer’s home near Lancaster Ohio. After the week, John paid the bill, but the farmer refused payment, saying Judge Sherman’s sons would always be welcome guests. John then kept the wagon, returning it to the barn and stayed another week. Lip Ppincott's.
In Holsworthy Devon a vicar left funds to reward the prettiest girl who attends church regularly. The annual income from the endowment is given each year to the most diligent churchgoer in the parish, as stipulated by Rev Thomas Meyrick's will from about fifty years ago.
A Boston Transcript prompt quotes a farmer asking a doctor to assess a horse’s soundness. The veterinarian replies that he always speaks plainly and asks whether the horse is for purchase or for sale, illustrating blunt, practical livestock judgment.
The Detroit Free Press note recalls Robson-Miss Blank declining a card party invitation due to inability to play cards. The remark contrasts frivolity with apparent hard sense in a light, humorous tone.
A quote attributed to Porteous: He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over. The remark emphasizes the burden of anticipating misfortune.
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