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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1905
Page
3
Local notes detail visits from Calvert and Millican residents, shop sales at Howell Bros and Norwood's, a May 15 20 sale at Edge Dry Goods, and upcoming events at the Grand Opera House. Public notices include housing rentals, a two cottage rental, and a cyclone aid offer from Wells Fargo.
A list of notaries appointed by the governor across Brazos County including Bryan areas College Station Millican Edge Fountain Reliance Stone City and Stone City noting many named individuals such as W R Cavitt Ed Hall M Nagle Geo A Adams J W Batts C M Spell Ed Derden MG Nall J W Barron and others with associated communities and officials.
The revival meeting yielded a steady stream of new members over the last two Sundays. Baptist church welcomed Herbert and Otis Payne Lillie Barrow by profession and several by letter, while Methodist, Presbyterian, Christian and Free Baptist churches reported new professions and letters with multiple names listed.
The Brazos County Commissioners Court will meet as a board of equalization on June 12 1905. County Clerk W C Boyett and Deputy G R Wicker report the notice appears in The Waco Times Herald. The paper also notes a wedding announcement for Henrie Juanita Cook and Frank Myers of Bryan, to be held privately at home May 25.
Villa Maria Academy announced honor roll lists after monthly examinations. Students achieving 95 percent or higher were recognized across Correct Department Recitations Mathematics Music with numerous named pupils and several masters noted for high marks.
After heavy rain and river alerts, Brazos fears subsided as the river fell above Bryan and rose slowly opposite Bryan. Reported low spots at Carson and Smith's show slight rise and the Navasota remains very high.
The called session passed nine bills including a general appropriation totaling 6 908 662 for two years. Other measures include a state banking bill effective Aug 11, an ad valorem tax bill raising rates, insurance gross receipts tax, Jacksonville independent school district bill, Gulf Coast roadway leases, Sixty Third Judicial District reorganization, Austin city charter amendments for Colorado river dam rebuilding, and the general election law. The total appropriations by the 29th legislature reach 7 530 662, compared with 8 420 771 for the 28th.
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