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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1899
Page
3
A fragmented schedule shows a trip east bound with stops in Hearne and San Antonio from 3 to 10 pm. Entries include 11:55 am and 12:50 pm times amid unclear notes and stray phrases.
Local daily notes residents and guests visiting Bryan including Skains Martin and Cocke, Mrs True, Deenes, Hudspeth and McDonald. Rentals and sales offered for piano, cottage and house as part of a bustling town day. Governor Sayers invites college faculty to Austin. commencement plans and local school graduates noted. Community ads include cigars, filters, shelving work, and sales of the Bryan Brick Cotton Warehouse.
A Wednesday night meeting at the city hall elected W. W. Harris as manager and a full committee to form a local band. They plan to raise 350 dollars for instruments with a quarter paid upfront, nine monthly payments, and free concerts as repayment. Also noted is the A and M College appropriation totaling 103900 dollars for maintenance building dormitory and water works.
The school board re elected Miss Shields as teacher and approved diplomas for seven graduates at the white school and seven at the colored school. Baptisms added six new members to the Baptist church after a prayer service. There is no prayer meeting tonight due to graded school exercises. Rev E H Wylie of North Texas preached at the Christian church Wednesday and will speak Sunday at 11 AM and 7 PM. The community is invited to attend. Local social events note Mr and Mrs Joe Honeycutt hosting a young folks gathering. Also listed are ads for insurance, auctioneering by W A Reed, and merchandise at various Bryan stores. Commencement at Bryan graded school set for 8:45 PM at the opera house. Other notices include wallpaper samples by pon Johnson, Pickles and preserves at John B Mike’s, Miss Alice Montgomery returning from Sherman, a rental listing, and Dr Julius Zulch’s visit from Willow Hole.
Miss Parker hosted a large gathering of Bryan and College friends yesterday afternoon in honor of her sister Mrs. S J Bain. Miss McKenzie hosted a J A O club party last night with Miss Gibson of Dallas as guest of honor. About thirty couples attended with six handed euchre and light refreshments served.
A general notice from Willis & Coleman denies selling anyone’s picture without permission and warns that photographing after the notice will incur liability. The piece also mentions Howell Bros selling samples of watermelons and cantaloupes from gardener McDuff Simpson and lists several local residents visiting from Grimes County, including Mrs. Mattie Matthews returning from Chapel Hall after visiting her daughter.
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