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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1899
Page
3
Fragmentary notes mention multiple arrival times and stations with references to Larrivee and numbers 245 and 122lpm. The readable data suggests a timetable or progress log with various timestamps but lacks coherent context or complete events.
Weather forecast by the Weather Bureau promises Friday fair. Local briefs note visits from Wellborn, Marquez, Providence, and Reliance residents. Social items include millinery promotion, theatre ads, and upcoming events at the opera house. College announcements cover contracts for A and M and Prairie View dormitory buildings. A football crowd heads to Houston to see the A and M game. Local shops advertise carpets, hats, corsets, and baked goods with sale prices and hours.
Scene shows Mesdanes Banks and others en route to the convention. Delegates enter the hall for opening address, roll call, welcome, solo, duets, and a string of performances. Talks of marriage, a court scene, and a cake walk conclude the night session with planned songs and acts.
Mayor I R H Harneon calls Bryan residents to rest from labor on Thanksgiving Day November 30 1899 and attend religious services across the community while uniting with nationwide observances cited by President McKinley and Governor Sayers.
Listed hotel arrivals include Waco residents W N Griffith Geo A Jacobs Ed H Hardin J Cole St Louis and others from New Orleans Chicago Dallas Austin and New York. The Old Maid's Convention fills opera house rows with shows at the Friday Nov 10 performance. Also notices for restaurant hours bread bakery and real estate ad plus a lost watch chain reward and seed hulls sale.
Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company will hold a special meeting at its Houston office on January 19 1900 at noon. The purpose is to authorize a first mortgage on the Waco & Northwestern Division to secure bonds up to twenty five thousand dollars per mile for up to thirty years at six percent. The loan funds will pay for completing improving and operating the railroad and its franchises. E W Cave secretary.
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