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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1903
Page
2
Palestine plans a crate and basket factory to support the growing fruit and truck industry in east Texas. The move aims to boost local agriculture and manufacturing while leveraging regional growth trends.
A country youth seeking a Washington government clerk job with Col. Ingersoll through his father’s introduction is told he would trade any post for a rustic life. Ingersoll says he would prefer land a log cabin a wife a child and a spring with flowers over any government position.
A list of hotel arrivals and guests includes Miss Crume of Boston with William Besserer and an orchestra in Austin. Also present are C G Perry of Galveston, G P Trimble, W M Stephens of San Antonio, Ss A Moses, E C Fain, Waco residents Mrs T 5 Thorn ton and Lee Neblett, and others from St Louis Chicago Dallas and Iola. Additional entries note J E Fisk of College, J F Dobbs and family at ARCADE, and H O Ferguson of Hempstead. Fresh English peas offered. Cox & Odom phone line. Norwood's Shoestring belts advertised.
Dr Minor C Baldwin of New York, famed solo organist, appears at Bryan Methodist Church Saturday night May 9 at 8 oclock. Admission 25 cents. tickets sold before church. Recital marks Baldwin’s area appearance after prominent expositions in Chicago Omaha Philadelphia Buffalo Charleston and West Indian shows. program features Bach Handel Rossini Gounod Meyerbeer and a commissioned piece The Storm in the contains.
In behalf of myself and family I express heartfelt thanks to many friends for kindness during the illness of Capt. Polk and for attention at his death. Mrs. George Polk.
Mrs James K Polk, a wealthy widow and Sweden-born daughter of a celebrated artist, perished last night after she silently battled a blaze in her apartments. Dispatches from New York report her life was given to prevent waking sleeping families, despite surgeons' efforts.
Captain Persing's column defeated the sultan of Amparanganos' Moros at Tara caco on Lake Lanao Mindanao. Ten Moro forts were taken. Moros suffered 115 killed 13 wounded and 69 taken prisoner. Two Americans died and seven were wounded. Peace movement reports from Kentucky. Corsican Capuchins expelled after barricades. Slater named Fifth district postal supervisor in Kentucky Tennessee line. Carnegie honored. Kitzer receives gold medal. Schley's daughter aboard Hamilton aided Saginaw survivors. Willis Sweet named Porto Rico attorney general.
Bold hold up at William Mani saloon in Chicago on Wednesday night by three armed men. They took six hundred fifty five dollars in negotiable checks a watch and chain and one hundred dollars from Mani. A cigar case behind the bar with about one thousand dollars was left untouched.
At the annual meeting B C Creel, a Mexico banker, was elected to the board to replace Richard Olney of Boston who resigned. No other changes occurred. The Bells manuscript, Poe’s work, sold for 2100 dollars to George H Rigby of this city. Transvaal loan of 175 million dollars will be issued at par with 3 percent interest, redeemable in 1953.
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy contributed $100,000 in addition to the site for the Christian Science church in Concord New Hampshire as of May 7.
Channing elected county seat of Hartley county Texas. W J Bradley of Childress Texas committed suicide at Fort Worth by taking laudanum. Junior Order of United American Mechanics held its annual convention at Dallas.
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