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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
2
The Daily Eagle notes a new company chartered to transform Beaumont oil into a substitute for linseed oil. It also mentions President Roosevelt's interest in visiting Texas and his fondness for the state, even suggesting a move of government to San Antonio if feasible.
Jeffries and Fitzsimmons have chosen training quarters as the public awaits their lead up to the ring. The piece hints at expected vocalizations and prefight rhetoric before they meet.
An attorney general argues taxpayers should pay property taxes without a poll tax. It suggests making poll tax receipts a voting qualification would increase taxes or reduce votes, challenging the fairness of the poll tax.
J. W. Hornsby of Austin withdraws from the rail road commissioner race leaving O. B. Molquitt of Terrell as the clear field. The writer predicts little action at the Democratic state convention unless a rival like Jim Hogg intervenes.
The remains of D C Zuber arrived in Bryan by railroad with family and Mr D McDougald. Funeral services were held at 4 pm at the family residence by Rev E L Shettles and Rev J D West. Interment followed at the city cemetery under Brazos Lodge No 64 Knights of Pythias. A large crowd honored his memory with kind tributes to a man noted for honesty and justice.
Democratic voters of Brazos County Precinct No 4 are notified that the precinct convention will meet at the Bryan court house at 2 p m on Saturday June 7 1902 to elect delegates to the county convention at Bryan court house on Saturday June 14 1902 and to transact other proper business Rupert Armstrong Democratic Chairman Precinct No 4 Brazos County Texas.
Democratic voters in Precinct No. 3 Brazos County Texas meet at the schoolhouse at 2 p m Saturday June 7 to elect delegates to the county convention at the courthouse in Bryan Saturday June 14 at 2 p m Precinct Chairman J E Marais announces the gathering.
Democrats of Precinct No 2 are called to meet at Beth El Academy at 2 p m Saturday May 31 to elect delegates to the county convention to be held at the courthouse in Bryan at 2 p m Saturday June 14 and to handle other business.
Democrats of Precinct No 7 are called to meet at the Bohemian hall at 2 p m on Saturday June 7 to elect delegates for the county convention at the Bryan courthouse Saturday June 14 at 2 p m and handle other necessary business. R R Roy Att
The democrats of Precinct No. 5 meet in Stone City on Saturday June 7 at 2 p m to elect delegates to the Brazos county democratic convention at the Bryan courthouse on Saturday June 14 at 2 p m and handle other business. C. A. Glenn.
The Eagle reports an invitation to attend the graduating exercises of St. Mary's College of Dallas. Miss Daisy Ethel Astin will graduate from the College and from the school of music. W. C. Colson and J. M. Barron were in Lola yesterday.
Miss Berryman and her music class presented twelve numbers to a notable audience last night. The vocal and instrumental selections showed careful training and evident talent among pupils Bertha Roberts Amber Nall Arrie Cole Mabel Robinson Corinne James Laura James Nellie Cole Charlotte March Mary Ross Parker Frances Chance Gussie Wittmann Sarah Allen Clara Mawhinney Irma Collins Hattie Lou Hudson Irene Beard Minnie Barrow Anna Berryman Lucy Wilson Ruby James Olive Goodwin Robin Webb George Brandon Roger Nall and Albert Dailey.
Er A Smith of Pankey yesterday states the survey for the Madisonville branch of the I G N passes through north Grimes twenty eight miles from Bryan. For Rent until September a new five room furnished house with garden water and out houses. Address P O box 351 Bryan Texas.
A narrator battles a huge musky, sweating in the cool dawn as the fish makes a final leap. The guide shoots behind the fish, weapon in hand, and the creature is finally hauled to the boat amid exhausted triumph and awe.
The passage recalls Fourier the socialist and notes his precision made predictions laughable when tied to specifics. It contrasts his grand foresight with anecdotes from Charles Gide showing how imaginative detail undermines credible forecasting, yet arrives at similar outcomes via later tech like telegraph and telephone.
The Washington Post recounts General M. C. Meigs the Civil War quartermaster general who erected a granite tomb at Arlington. On burial his body could not fit a coffin into the sarcophagus, so pallbearers lowered the body in the general’s uniform without a casket.
A scientist explains thundercloud darkness and grotesque shapes arise from electrification. Lightning can travel upward from ground to cloud and continues until the cloud rises too high for tension. Clouds lift, lightning path goes vertical, thunderheads seen far away, glass breaks, clouds form a six mile height haze, lightning may fall vertically at the haze limit and cause rain showers.
A meditation on truth as the foundation of character. It argues that a boy who always tells the truth, even when costly, will avoid mean or dishonest acts and remain steadfast in upholding right, regardless of material gain.
An official proclamation declares olive growers must harvest their crop by a set date or risk loss to the public. Guards alert owners that any fruit left unpicked after the deadline becomes public property and may be gathered by the authorities or community.
A narrative recalls a bold philosopher who allowed scorpions to sting him repeatedly to build resistance. The tale claims the poison loses effect with repeated stings and the man endures only brief pain each time.
Two men joke about leaving a house as the parlor darkens and a cuckoo from a clock proclaims the hour in a Philadelphia Record snippet.
A brief life column quotes a sharp exchange where Flow taunts a collector about visiting a house. The debtor refuses to pay, claiming past doubts about the collector and vows never to settle the bill.
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