10 Nov 1905
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1905
Page
1
The twenty sixth semi annual Brazos Valley Medical Association meeting will be held in Rockdale on November 14 and 15. Dr. H. T. Coulter of Rockdale is president as physicians from the area prepare to host visiting medicos. Decisive notes on Ohio elections and municipal reform accompany regional agricultural plans.
Local bakery advertisement notes fresh bread fancy cakes and lady fingers available daily at the Texas Bakery. Special orders receive prompt attention and customers may call 89 for inquiries. Mrs Otto Boehme is proprietor.
Opie Read, famed author and lecturer, appeared at the opera house before a large crowd. Introduced by Hon. Sam R. Henderson, Read delivered a 1 hour 40 minute blend of humor and pathos with vivid character sketches, earning praise as America’s top fun maker.
Dallas account fair and races tickets depart Nov. 10 11 special trains Nov. 11 12 46 a m. pricing 3.10 return by Nov. 12. Houston carnival sales Nov. 12 18 with return by Nov. 20. Carnival trains run Nov. 14 and 17 to Houston with Bryan stop and 1.00 round trip. El Paso sales Nov. 11 12 13. Baptist convention Dallas sales Nov. 13 15. Navasota circus train No. 2 on Nov. 9.
Mrs Culbertson announces formation of a Woodmen Circle at K of P Hall on Thursday afternoon November 9 at 3 o clock. She invites all who wish to join to send in applications promptly by phone at 348 or at the residence of Mrs A B Carr Sr 289.
83 acres with 50 acres cultivated five miles from Bryan on Madisonville road. Well improved parcel offered under terms. Contact 292 Charlie Deluke for details.
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania voters produced a sweeping reform wave with the regular Republicans losing every contest. William H Berry, backed by Democrats and allies, is set to win state treasurer by near 100,900. The City party triumphed in Philadelphia with a 43,333 plurality, while a $4 million grade crossing loan passed.
Wil lam J. Walker an electrician for the Shreveport Gas Electric Light and Power company was electrocuted while helping fellow worker Manuel Sherman a negro helper. Sherman climbed a pole without a stool and touched a charged wire causing both men to be shocked and hang on the line before Walker died after three hours of medical efforts. Walker had come to Shreveport eight months earlier from Charleston South Carolina to live with his family.
RB Pyle, a Mineral Wells resident, struck a pocket of oil in his own well at 247 feet this morning. The oil depth reached about thirty feet in minutes and is described as high quality lubricating oil. Indicators suggest nearby oil may be abundant with more drilling likely.
Robert Coker a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad section foreman was found dead near his Hamburg home after three pistol shots were heard. A former resident of Athens Texas he leaves a wife and two young children and had been in Hamburg about a year.
In Taylor Texas on November 7 the Taylor Daily Democrat editor W T Jones filed criminal libel charges in Justice J O Frinks court against Perry Hawkins editor of the Taylor Daily Journal. A warrant was issued for Hawkins arrest.
Racine Wis Nov 8 Mrs Alexander Horlick wife of a prominent businessman in Racine claims to be rightful owner of 324 acres in central and outlying Austin Texas. The land was secured by Arnold Roberts a Mexican war veteran who died several years ago in the past.
During a horse race at the Lexington Fair grounds a stray dog dashed across the track in the home stretch. G W Payne's leading horse struck the animal, both horse and dog died instantly from broken necks, and jockey Barrett Haynes suffered serious injuries.
An elderly bachelor named Howell was murdered ten miles north of Henderson Texas. He lived alone and was found with a severely mutilated head, indicating a brutal killing. Police are investigating the case as a homicide with few leads.
Bessie La Rue, star of Liberty Belles in Shawnee Oklahoma fell during a specialty at the opera house and faces amputation of her right limb due to serious injury as of November 8.
In Houston on November 8, judgment was entered for Mrs. Mamie Rutland against the Houston and Texas Central Railway Co for $20,000 in a case arising from the death of her husband who was asphyxiated while employed by the railroad.
Fire broke out Tuesday night at midnight in the Chronicle office. The entire upper part was then in flames, causing extensive damage to the news building.
Mayor Johnson of Cleveland was re elected. The body of a newborn baby was found at El Paso Colorado. Bookwalter, Republican, won mayor of Indianapolis. A American party candidate won Salt Lake City mayor. Rice planters in Orange Texas offered 3 75 per barrel for sacked rice. A Shreveport grand jury returned 273 bills after two weeks. The child of R C Butler died at Port Arthur Texas from a spider bite. Doc Ganbury broke his back in a sand slide near Mineral Wells Texas. Creek council seeks 50 000 per tribe for schools. A powder explosion near Belleville Illinois killed four men and wounded several. S J Carswell was stabbed near Tyler Texas. Sam Hanson was arrested. Ground broken in Richmond Virginia for Jefferson Davis monument costing 40 000 to be dedicated in 1907.
Mrs. 8S. P. Mize returned to Austin yesterday after visiting Mrs. D. C. Zuber of this city. She was accompanied by her father Capt. W. P. Zuber of Iola, a noted veteran who at 85 remains active and will make his home in Austin.
John T. Garrett & Co. of Calvert has sold its entire dry goods stock to Gorman Bros. & Co. of Carbon, Texas. Mr. E. C. Smith is in Calvert acting for Gorman Bros. to pack and ship the stock to Carbon.
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