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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1905
Page
3
Local notes describe train schedules, visiting residents, and city life in Bryan. Movements include D. J. McDonald and J. L. Fountain in from Harvey and Austin, social visits from Millican and Dallas, and ongoing church and revival activities. Community ads mention canned goods sale, rooms for rent, and a runabout for sale.
Ardmore reports 127 cases on the court docket. Notable items include Aunt Narcy Fullbright’s death in Paris Texas and Washington Duke’s death in Durham North Carolina. Accidental shooting near Pecan Gap Texas. mine damage at Wilburton. Brackenridge donates park land in San Antonio. El Paso streetcar sale linked to W C Greene. Fort Worth shooting of Jack Norman and a Katy train death of Walter Fehr. Dr E H Starke acquitted in Paris Texas murder. Fires at John Kenton home near Hinton Oklahoma. Drowning while rescuing livestock on Trinity River. Theodore Orr killed after family dispute in Ida Grayson County. Vesta Draper loses both legs in Frisco locomotive accident near Fort Worth. Lemuel Walker shoots wife in Mansfield Georgia and attempts suicide. Illinois Central reduces fares amid interurban competition. Cameron Texas remands Wyatt Padgitt Jim Austin and Ben Outlaw over a case involving Mamie Sproles under fourteen. Rumor of massacre in Zehitomir, Russia, unconfirmed.
Berry Sanford an elderly former Kentucky slave in Battle Creek attempted to kill himself at Nichols hospital cutting his throat with a jack knife while immobile on his right side since paralysis five months earlier. A nurse discovered him and disarmed him. He is expected to die. Sanford was the last surviving witness of the 1848 invasion by armed Kentuckians seeking a fugitive slave at Cass county’s Quaker settlement, an episode linked to the fugitive slave law.
The final games of the season at A and M College are set for Friday and Saturday with A and M facing Baylor. Friday's game starts at 4 30 p m and Saturday at 3 p m. Baylor is described as a strong state team and the piece urges attendance to witness the last opportunity. Also reported is the death of Helen Cady eight months old daughter of Mr and Mrs John P Cady of San Antonio. The illness was brief and the death unexpected.
An advertisement from T R Batte & Co promotes various insurance policies including accident, life, sickness, and health coverages. It lists weekly indemnities, annual costs, renewal increases, and livestock insurance. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York is represented by A. D. McConnico in the office.
An advertisement touts a new germ theory linking stomach health to overall wellness. It argues Mi o na strengthens digestion, neutralizes disease germs, and prevents indigestion, promising relief from headaches and malaise. It claims the product is a universal stomach cure except cancer and urges readers to request the guarantee from E. J. Jenkins.
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