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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1899
Page
3
A fragmentary transit notice shows No. 1 and No. 3 trains departing, along with references to East Bound times and a late afternoon schedule around 8:58 p.m. and 4:39 p.m. passages, indicating a commuter timetable snippet.
Weather forecast: Saturday fair and warmer. Local notes include visiting relatives, sales offers, restaurant opening, and a marriage announcement. A regional event highlights an Old Maids Convention at the opera house hosted by Baptist church ladies with M. Arnold Weslow leading.
An advance notice says the farce Skipped by the Light of the Moon will be shown at the Grand opera house on Thursday Nov 9 with new features and a strong cast. The piece previously enjoyed success in the United States England and Australia and returns to delight fans. End of items note various local society and business notices follow including visits sales and rentals.
Jeffries defeats Sharkey in a brutal twenty-fifth round after both men absorb heavy punishment. Jeffries loses a glove and Sharkey strikes during the glove change, leading the referee to award the bout to Jeffries. Spectators credit Sharkey as the stronger fighter overall.
The Duke of Norfolk ends a historic pension dating to Flodden Field. An ancestor, the Earl of Surrey, won a perpetual grant of 200 dollars a year, paid annually for centuries, now extinguished with a four thousand dollar lump sum to the country.
Promotional copy stresses careful selection of mens underwear offering reliable brands in sizes 34 to 44. It promises comfort and proper fit with well made garments and avoids ill fitting or scanty options in stock.
A Sunday Sabbath strict man dies while scorning others who enjoyed the day. At the pearly gates St Peter explains his punishment for condemning Sabbath pleasures and notes his death could have happened on any other day.
The actress Sarah Bernhardt presents a novel approach in her Hamlet act. She uses her real manner with her company and hides behind Ophelia's hair during the players scene. At the finale she holds a torch to the king's face to study expression, claiming originality versus Booth or Irving.
The article surveys how cultures assign baby names through rituals such as candle flame tests in Egypt and alphabets in China, with variations in Japan Germany and among the Ainu. It also recounts a Nashville sham battle incident where soldiers feigned death and were fined, reflecting on theater practices and battlefield mimicry.
A Waterville Maine mill girl found her name on cotton and later got a note from an Arizona woman claiming the cloth is bought by Uncle Sam and used to make garments for an Apache school. The writer notes historical Apache cruelty, contrasting past scalping with current use of cloth for uniforms.
A Puck joke features a horse dealer who says they sell most horses through matrimonial ads. A friend asks why. The dealer replies that when a man advertises for a wife he is a good prospect to buy a horse, implying the man is reliable.
An Egyptian Court recounts Cazzion His Love recalling fifteen years of confinement. A mirror reveals a changed life as battle and release bring mixed emotions, including the death of his wife and child and years of hurt exposed in a single reflection. He weeps before the glass, seeing the story of his suffering.
During a Victoria party visit at Watts River the governor hosted a swag man who refused wine and chicken, preferring bread and water. The exchange unsettled the governor, who remarked on the swag man’s abrupt departure and his frayed nerves for the afternoon.
Reports describe violent lightning discharges along wires used for flying scientific kites. Some flashes burned and destroyed thousands of feet of wire while a foot diameter column of fire reportedly followed the wire. The disturbance on Franklin’s wet kite string was minor by comparison.
A brief note on how plants lift earth and rock as they grow. Beans and acorns push earth toward light. Mushrooms have displaced stones in various cases, illustrating nature’s lifting force.
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