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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1906
Page
4
The Eagle prints candidates for congressional district six and district attorney twenty along with representatives for district forty five and county offices J G Minkert Lamar Bethea and J L Fountain seek re election and Henderson Hardy Mays and M Ralston are named for respective posts in Bryan Texas May 26 1906 plus local notes on trolley plans and civic matters including church unification and anti trust law commentary.
Dr George B Butler returns from Robertson county with 500 dollars in cash and pledges for the Texas Woman’s College. He will travel to Henry Prairie and stay until next Wednesday then return for the college commencement. His Franklin meeting yielded sixty conversions forty five baptist additions and several more to other churches.
Texas King piano representative Mr. H C Collier calls Bryan a musical center with the finest teachers for its size. He notes many talented married and single women, and says Bryan leads in piano sales for its size in Texas. Collier and assistant Hugh Richardson spent two weeks in Bryan selling several King pianos. Collier is based in Waco.
Sealed bids for a campus lunch stand during commencement at A M College of Texas due by 10 a m Saturday June 2. Privilege includes ice cream soda fruit and cigars with lunch sales no alcohol. Right to reject bids reserved by H H Harrington president.
Church services listed for A. C. I commencement at First Baptist with organ works, hymns, and a sermon by Rev. Chalmers MecPherson on From Dust to Glory. Several area churches note altered morning schedules due to the A. C. I. event and invite the public.
The Bryan city council enacts traffic rules for 1906. Drivers must stop for frightened horses and limit speed to eight miles per hour within city streets. Violations carry a fine of ten to one hundred dollars. attested May 11, 1906 by J. W. Barts, secretary pro tem, and Mayor J. E. Burer.
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