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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1905
Page
3
North bound and south bound train times listed from the H and T C schedule and I G N schedule. Arrivals and departures show No 1 and No 12 trains with respective times for each direction.
The First Baptist pastor calls a mass meeting at Carnegie hall this afternoon at 6:5 o'clock to discuss the Female College. At 8 o'clock the mass meeting features President Houston of A and M College and other local figures speaking on locating a college in the area.
A genuine cyclone swept through Celina area Thursday morning, lifting and wrecking unoccupied houses at Hubbard farm and near Prosper fracturing a box car. The funnel cloud, seen by locals, moved northeast through Woodbine Cooke county with property damage and no serious injuries.
A severe Thursday storm battered Paris Texas with many houses blown down and at least one area reported as wiped out. Wires were down disrupting reports while the old mill roof and Frisco roundhouse fate were recorded. Rain fell in torrents with a few nonfatal injuries.
Denison May 26 reports say a severe Thursday morning storm demolished the Hardman church and tore the tin roof from Eppstein's business house. Many windows were broken, fences fell, and several houses were blown from their foundations with extensive country damage.
A May 25 report from Waxahachie Texas notes a Christian church at Red Oak burned off blocks, a warehouse and several buildings demolished at Boyce, and a cotton mill roof blown off at Itasca.
An advertisement claims Mi o na relieves indigestion by soothing the stomach and improving digestion. It asserts improved weight gain and reduced gastritis and skin issues, offering a money back guarantee through E. J. Jenkins if not satisfactory, though it excludes cancer.
The Twentieth Century Fund report to the Presbyterian General Assembly shows $300,000 pledged with $168,000 from North Carolina. Beneficence totals $526,656 across church branches. The executive committee on colored evangelization was filed and docketed. Foreign missions asks $275,000 to expand work including China and Korea missions. A complaint by N. E. Thurmond against the Synod of Missouri was not sustained.
Thebe s Ill May 25 Governor Folk of Missouri and Governor Dineen of Illinois opened a new double track bridge over the Mississippi. The Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Co built it for several railroads including Missouri Pacific and Illinois Central. The feat ends ferry crossings and promises rapid southwest growth with direct Chicago to Texas traffic. A St Louis delegation arrived for the ceremony.
Little Ollie Buchanan seven months old died at the family home in Beaumont and was laid to rest in Bryan in the Bonneville vault with relatives present. The school board met to review bids for the west side school building but found bids not in shape to act and set another meeting.
Captain J. W Black president of the Sullivan Timber Company applied in the chancery court for appointment of a receiver. The firm, capitalized at 100000 dollars, has conducted an enormous lumber and timber business in the south.
Wednesday afternoon’s session of the Christian convention focused on ladies’ missionary organizations with engaging talks by Miss Bertha Mason of Dallas and Miss Mattie Burgess of Indianapolis.
The Eagle notes receipt of an invitation from the Bryan High School senior class to attend the commencement exercises Friday evening, June 2. The class roster has been published in the Eagle. Ice cream and cake will be served by the Catholic church ladies at the parochial school grounds Friday from 7 to 11 p.m. Music featured. all are invited.
All parties with bills against the estate of Capt. Geo. W. Smith up to May 6 are urged to present them immediately to W. E. Saunders 147 Executor.
A black spotted stray cow with a 6 brand on the right hip and a young calf is in Caldwell pasture. Owner may reclaim by contacting John M. Caldwell and paying for pasture costs as stated in this notice.
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