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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1907
Page
4
The Bryan Texas scene reports railroad wrecks and adjourned legislature leaving issues unresolved. A Tennessee mother kills her son in law after a drunken homecoming. Wheat and cotton crops face major shortfalls. Local chatter notes fashion, phonograph records and slang, while a street comment mentions penitentiary road expansion from Rusk.
The text notes rapid forest destruction. there are about 700 million acres of forest remaining in the United States with Texas and Oregon leading the list at over 30 million acres each. Texas 41 million, Oregon 35 million, Minnesota 33 million, Washington 31 million.
The advance copy of the Long Horn pleases with tasteful artistic layout from cover to cover. It is dedicated to Mrs. Marion Sansom, former president of the Board of Directors, and praised as a true friend to the college. The leather binding, printing quality, and graphs are praised while poems and sketches appear up to standard. The reviewer notes the work is commendable for the college and the student body.
The Junior Class elected officers last Sunday night for the Long Horn of 1908. T. J. Beesley was chosen Editor-in-Chief, Lem Adams Business Manager, and Luther Jones Art Editor. They will begin work immediately and may appoint assistants. The Battalion approves the choice as likely to reflect credit on the class.
R L Burney, graduate of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, is named chief of a surveying party for the Madeira Mamore Railway in Southwestern Brazil. He will later join construction work at a salary of 250 dollars monthly plus living expenses, after rapid promotions with the Santa Fe, Pennsylvania, and other lines. Burney, Austin-born, notes strong demand for technically trained graduates, with this post yielding substantial earnings.
The 1907 cotton crop faces heavy losses from April freezes and cold rains. Reports show widespread replanting needs and seed shortages. Boll weevils threaten buds in the southwest, with limited uptick in acreage except in western TX and OK. Much land will lie fallow or shift to other crops.
The Cotton Journal notes crops intended for cotton have suffered extensive damage beyond farmers’ initial expectations. If conditions do not improve soon, this year’s crop will be much smaller than the past three years’ yields.
Parmerton elected county seat of Parmer County Texas. A Midland Valley train derailed near Skintook I T with no injuries. In Lake Charles Louisiana a white man was killed on tracks. An elephant show moved wagons from Wylie to Farmersville. Multiple local deaths and incidents across Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana include accidental shootings, stabbings and drownings. A Tokyo? No. A Fresno? Not present.
A humorous vignette aboard a ship features a smoker gifting his cigar case to neighbors who refuse to accept since they do not smoke. After polite refusals, a wife nudges her husband to offer it to the captain, who declines himself with the remark that he also smokes.
A stranger seeks to play at North Berwick and asks the official for his name. The official dismisses odd names refusing to engage with De Neufeldt, directing the stranger to start at ten fifteen as Fairgusson.
A dialogue about progress and golf hints at familiarity with the game. Mr Jones admits limited play but has worn golf clothes and walked the links to grasp the language. A reflective quote on beauty accompanies the snippet.
A collection of aphoristic thoughts argues excuses and lies. It notes that easy questions coax falsehoods and good behavior yields better outcomes. It claims life problems are solvable, opportunity excuses shiftlessness, and wealth skews judgments of eccentricity versus crank.
In a New York Post note a theater box office clerk faces a lone persistent man who, after being asked to buy seats, declares he will pay any price and for any time. The exchange ends with two tickets awarded and a stunned, cheering crowd.
A Philadelphian praises the late Judge M Russell Thayer for learning and integrity. He cites Thayer’s will noting a small estate for his children and wife, and recalls Thayer’s fairness as lawyer and judge including a quoted remark about fees and a client’s saying about ruin from a Washington Star column.
The Gold and Silver Gospels, a rare book in the Upsala library, is printed with metal type on violet vellum with silver letters and gold initials. Questions about its printer or methods spark scholarly interest but remain unanswered.
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