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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
4
Frank Sidney mentors Lydia Rayward in music at Dovedale and Beechwood. Amid parental disapproval and a crushed violin, Lydia confesses love as Sidney offers support and a new home with his sister at Beechwood.
A portrait of Prince Bernard von Bülow, Germany's long serving statesman and diplomat, highlights his 19th and early 20th century career from secretary of legation in Rome to ambassador to Italy and foreign secretary. It notes his rise, later ill fortune, and role in imperial expansion including the 1899 treaty with Spain acquiring Caroline, Pelew, and Ladrones Islands.
London report shows rising medical rejections among recruits with defective teeth. An army program charged $15 for artificial teeth to enable enlistment proved unsuccessful and was discontinued. The piece notes falling overall recruitment, a shift to retired officers as recruiters, and expanded gymnastic instruction for physical training at home and in South Africa.
In England a titled figure, the Earl of Onslow, has advanced a measure in the House of Lords to appoint a special committee. The panel would study American insurance firms to craft protections for British policy holders. The Earl, long active in public life and owning 13,500 acres, is heralded for varied service and governance roles.
The piece tracks Keir Hardie once chairman of the Independent Labour Party and now a prominent labor figure in Britain. It notes his pledge for Labour members to abstain from alcohol during sessions, cites his mining origins in Scotland, and follows his early roles as Miners’ Union secretary, editor of the Cumnock News, and editor of the Labour Leader after first winning Parliament in 1892.
The British public protests Prince Louis Battenberg promotion over senior officers as second sea lord. He is closely tied to royal and European royal families, with ties to Edward VII, Victoria, Beatrice, and various czars, kings, and princes. He began as naval cadet in 1868 and previously led admiralty intelligence and the royal yacht.
Archbishop Ireland born in Kilkenny Ireland rose to high rank in the United States after studying in St. Paul and France. He served as chaplain in the Civil War with the Fifth Minnesota and later became bishop and archbishop of St Paul. He championed northwest development, temperance, colonization, and a Catholic university in Washington.
Chicago report notes the death of Mrs. Philo Rogers at 6223 Ada Street at age 123. Born in Missouri, she witnessed the Missouri Compromise era, the Emancipation Proclamation, and migrated to Chicago where she lived in modest health until a swift decline. She left a large family behind and few details of her early life remain.
The Hedjaz railroad intended to carry pilgrims between Damascus and Mecca crosses deserts for about 1200 miles with branch lines planned for commerce. German supervision and Turkish labor drive the project, while Somerville South Carolina celebrates a homegrown tea farm expanding to 12,000 pounds this year and competing with world markets.
Government chemist Professor Harvey W. Wiley argues simple fare like brown bread beef graham bread and potatoes is nutritious and suitable for both rich and poor. He cites London dinner guests Morgan Milner and Belf to support a plain diet for health noting beef is preferable to fish for keeping hunger at bay and aiding digestion.
Washington reports roving wolves and mountain lions threaten cattle and sheep near the Wichita reserve in Oklahoma and the Gila reservation in New Mexico. Hunters like John Goff fail to exterminate them, prompting calls for presidential action and government measures to curb the predators.
In Polk County Indiana near Franklin on Martin Sellers’ farm a beech tree bears a carved inscription reading James K Polk 1848. The letters appear deeply cut and the date suggests the inscriber hoped Polk would be renominated in 1848. Also notes Dr Seale Harris of Alabama warns the Negro race may face extinction due to consumption with death rates surpassing births.
San Francisco consignors sent 3000 tons of scrap iron to Philadelphia by sea to save high railroad rates. The cargo arrived after a 14 000 mile voyage around the Horn, leaving San Francisco on November 24, 1906, enduring repeated gales. It may be the first Pacific coast to Philadelphia scrap iron cargo.
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