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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1901
Page
2
News item notes half a million metal workers in the United States threaten a strike for shorter hours. Also reports a list of 281 oil companies printed in the Galveston News and ongoing organization work. Includes obituary note on George Q Cannon and details of his heirs.
The Eagle commends Sheriff T. C. Nunn for careful enforcement of the law and vows support from the majority as the new order of things brings observable benefits.
Lakeside on the Cane Belt railroad will house a $50,000 rice mill and receive a $350,000 sugar refinery. Garwood, named for ex Senator Garwood who wed Miss Hettie Page of Bryan, lies on the Colorado river’s west bank.
Mayor J S Mooring vetoes the May 10 vote repealing Bryan’s stock law and orders the matter returned to Aldermen. The circular from Marshal Boyett warns stock found at large after May 13 will be seized, sustaining the existing prohibition while the mayor argues the nuisance goods and damages justify the law.
Dr E O Taylor draws big audiences with talks on good citizenship scientific temperance and everyday living. Topics include Citizenship in the Light of Christ and Paul That Boy of Yours Microbes and Men and Modern Science vs the Liquor Traffic.
An advertising pitch promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a superior treatment for severe threat and lung troubles, claiming it heals tissue, destroys germ disease, reduces inflammation, aids expectoration, and ensures restful sleep. It urges trying one bottle and notes broad druggist endorsement and availability through Wilson-Jenkins Drug Co.
The year book of the United States department of agriculture for 1900 will be ready for distribution about July 1. The regular edition is 50,000 copies with 470,000 reserved for Congress and 30,000 for the department. All others must apply through their senators and representatives.
In White Oak township Bloomington Illinois Merritt Chism fatally stabbed his wife as she prepared to go to church and wounded his stepson Harvey Freeland who tried to intervene. Chism then attempted suicide rumoured to be insane as police investigate motive and mental state. In Columbus Ohio Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World convenes for a 10 day session with a committee to revise the order's laws after a week of meetings.
An open trolley car with about 115 passengers slipped from a motorman near Fort Lee New Jersey and rushed down Leonia hill. All aboard were bruised with three seriously hurt and one reported near death. In New York the International Power Co ordered locomotives for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, filling plant capacity for the year.
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