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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1905
Page
3
A New York Times observation notes boys resist baths and washing while enjoying swimming. The piece argues bathing shifts from torture to pleasure as children mature, challenging assumptions about cleanliness and development.
Jeffery Judson, a famed 18 inch dwarf, gained favor with Henrietta Maria after emerging from a venison pie. He dueled a turkeycock and Mr. Crofts, serving briefly in danger and imprisonment. Accused in the popish plot, he died at the Gate House in 1682.
The piece notes how women surrender to the photographer's direction during portraits, with long posing sessions and many attitudes. It likens the photographer to a portrait painter, shaping features and appearances to fit the desired result and emphasize best points.
Brantome’s remark in Duel ing Stories recounts a duel challenge allowing any number of weapons without specifying types. The antagonist pressed for thirty distinct armaments for foot and horse, even detailing horse couriers and breeds to overwhelm the foe and drain resources.
A Country Life In America piece asserts there is a simple path to polo mastery. Start with an old pony that knows the game, then the horse guides the learner through mallet strokes, seat, aim, and strength before regular play.
The text explores how gendered terms affect reactions across ages and genders. It contrasts how different descriptors from chick to hen to kitten to cat provoke varied responses in women, and mentions men reacting to labels like bull, bear, pup, hound, or cub.
I had a horrible dream last night said Huddleston at breakfast. I dreamed I was in purgatory and made to do all I promised my friends I would do if I were in their places.
A peculiar note discusses whether dogs can find their way home from far away. It suggests a dog may return from Africa if valuable to the owner, yet be lost when merely following a routine route.
A Washington Star quote captures a South American president reflecting that sometimes a high hand is real and other times merely a bluff in political maneuvering. The remark frames strategic leverage and perception in regional diplomacy.
The New York Press reports on a rumor about a woman set to marry for the third time, noting she has not been a widow long and implying skepticism about her marital plans.
Absent minded questions about trimming and air of mystery mark a literary aside from a Rochester quotation. The lines imply a dialogue on courage and perception. No clear event or date, but the exchange centers on reading, attire, and character perception.
Historical notes describe 17th century England where women and men used tobacco openly in theaters and parlors. French traveler Torevin de Rochefort reports tobacco as a general custom for both sexes, linked to perceived brain humors, while women shifted to snuff when smoking declined.
The gardener explains a nutmeg tree bears from age ten to ninety. The fruit looks like an apricot and bursts open to reveal the black nutmeg inside a scarlet network. Dried slowly over fire for up to two months, then steeped in sea water and lime before shipping to protect against insects. The nutmeg remains well in insectproof storage for a long time.
A Philadelphia Bulletin note quotes a globe trotter ranking streets by fame and features such examples as Main street Denver the richest Fifth Avenue New York the widest Market Street Philadelphia the shortest Rue Ble Paris and the ugliest Broadway New York.
The London Times describes Warsaw Russia as a milk town where dairies serve as social hubs. Publics linger for conversation and news over coffee and milk, with dairies also hosting business chats, chess, and billiards in these popular public resorts.
The middle of the fourth century marks a probable start for saddle use though not conclusively proven. Zonaras notes Constantine the younger died in year 40 after falling from his saddle, while Sidonius Apollinaris uses a term clearly referring to the saddletree.
A Washington Post quotation features a Pohick philosopher noting two things that break up happy homes. The exchange features the question What’s them and a punchline about a woman’s love for dry goods and a man’s love for wet goods.
A Sunday sermon narrator recalls a minister admitting he forgot his notes and must rely on Providence. The minister adds that the evening sermon would come better prepared, signaling a graceful pivot to nearby readiness.
A sentimental poet asks how to meet his darling and concludes the best method is to approach her from an opposite direction, after careful deliberation.
A public exchange questions if a claim about a large head is accurate. One party asserts the other began the story while the other denies any substantive comment. The dispute centers on interpretation and personal remark.
Diana of Poitiers dominates the era's politics and architecture by expanding the Cherbourg frontier of chateaux. She shocks with a cold heart, builds across rivers, and endures as a serene, formidable patron who reshaped royal residences and left a Venus like sculpture to rival antique works. Century.
Bryan Callaghan wins the mayoral race in San Antonio as two prisoners escape from a Greenville Texas jail. Severe wind damages parts of Clay County Texas.
A dialogue centers on personal choice as Mr. Meekton reveals he often needs Henrietta’s careful consultation before deciding. The exchange foregrounds a theme of influence and independence within family dynamics.
Knicker-Jones and his wife sing The Marseillaise as they brace to discharge the cook. Harper's Bazar notes the scene as a glimpse of daily life and domestic tension.
A reflective note on time slipping away and the futility of claiming sufficient hours. The author emphasizes that once time passes it cannot be recovered and that perceived sufficiency often proves illusory.
The Los Angeles Times describes the Yuha desert plain with graves as mounds of earth and stone borders. Winds and water shaped petrified forms across acres including cabbage patch domes stone plates and dumbbell shapes. Stone cannons and other figures dot the barren landscape as relics of heat thirst and death.
In Yuba a plain hosts two hills that are not craters but monuments of ancient life. The larger hill is made of huge fossil shells, likely ancestors of the modern oyster, while a smaller hill contains tiny brachiopod shells. Both preserve complete valves, inviting a view of vanished mollusk inhabitants.
A satirical exchange frames humanity’s fall to birds who now rule. The flamingo asks about a hat, and the egret reveals it is a woman's scalp, noting a few remaining humans survive in the Everglades' inaccessible fastnesses.
A humorous New York Times line about a judge asking what Sambo was doing in the henhouse and a doctor declaring the wife must have poached eggs. Sambo replies he was poaching a few eggs per the order.
A reflective note on how all human art worthy of praise demonstrates perseverance. The quote by Johnson frames art as the product of steadfast effort rather than sudden inspiration, highlighting endurance as a core driver of creative excellence.
Baltimore on May 26 reports William Stemberler killed in a trolley crash that mangled victims and left thirty five injured, ten possibly dead. Two cars collided at the bottom of a hill and were reduced to total wrecks.
Philadelphia on May 26 reports Mayor Weaver forcibly took possession of the offices of director of public safety and director of public works. Directors Smythe and Costello offered little resistance as four detectives guard the offices.
Andrew Harrington was crushed by a Southern Pacific train in Jennings Louisiana on May 26. Both legs and both arms were severed and the back of the head dragged off with skull fragments and brain matter scattered along the track edge.
The account surveys recurring epidemics from the 12th to 17th centuries England with plagues in 13th and 14th centuries, the 1948 pandemic death tolls, sweating sickness in 1485, and the 1664-66 plague era followed by the 1666 fire. It notes rebuilding with sanitarian aims as a check on disease.
A Chicago Record Herald quip argues genius and eccentricity relate, noting eccentricity can exist without genius. The exchange stresses wit and perspective in evaluating creative minds.
The piece explains how old cuckoos depart south first while yearling youngsters follow later. Adults prefer solitary travel, avoiding the fuss of moving in a brood. It questions whether old cuckoos recognize their offspring, noting their presence near nests tended by hedge sparrows or other birds.
A Whitechapel defender in the London Globe limps to a county court judge claiming rheumatic crippling prevents payment of a debt. The judge orders two shillings a month until cleared. The man lifts the heavy stick, exits briskly, and the crowd calls it a one minute cure.
At the Eutaw entrance to Druid Hill park in Baltimore stands a famed sundial. The bronze base supports a stone instrument presented by Peter Hamilton who designed and built it. The dial allows reading the time quickly and with precision as the sun shines.
The Bryan Eagle offers Ridpath History and the World's Greatest Orators to the country teacher or society with the most votes by June 24. One dollar in subscriptions earns 100 votes in both contests, with Bryan societies excluded. Both 19 volume sets are priced at 36 and 625 dollars respectively.
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