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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1905
Page
2
Bryan Texas newspaper item notes that The Morninghag le enters the postoffice as second class mail matter under Connelly & Carnes with a weekly price of 15 cents and a monthly rate of 40 cents dated November 12 in Bryan Texas.
Crowds gathered in Bryan for circus day with white and Black residents traveling from all directions. Spectators watched trains unload gilded wagons and horses as tents rise and bands play. The scene centered on the parade and open air kitchen activity, with merchants, hotels, and lunch stands buzzing as the pageant winds through town.
A lively traveler urges hurry to see a nearby circus with a quick side show and a longer menagerie. The narrator warns of boys tempted by animals and promises a bustling ground as bands play and crowds surge, vowing to witness the spectacle before it passes.
The piece argues life’s real business is enjoying labor by buying thoughtful Christmas presents. It contrasts local shops with catalogues, praising Bryan merchants for refined stocks and personal selection. The Galveston News notes reform momentum across cities, suggesting party lines bend to voter will.
83 acres of good land including 560 acres in cultivation five miles from Bryan on Madisonville road. Well improved. For terms call or address 292 Charlie Deluke.
The second annual meeting of the Texas Leaf Tobacco Growers association will be held in Houston on November 14. The program promises many interesting and important subjects. East Texas tobacco farming is noted as a profitable crop. Transportation discounts are offered by I G N R R and D J Prick along with G P T A of Palestine Texas.
An eastbound Texas and Pacific passenger train with sixteen coaches and two engines derailed near Aledo fifteen miles west of Fort Worth at 9:30 am. The forward engine jumped the track. the fireman was buried. Engineers and another fireman were scalded. one passenger suffered a broken arm. Mail clerks, baggage handlers, and seven passengers sustained minor injuries.
Terrell Texas reports the asylum holding 1455 patients with 611 white males and 624 white females, 108 black males and 112 black females. Capacity is full and additions under construction will add room for 500 more patients.
Denison reports W. W. Copeland of Pottsboro lost his left shoulder when a rifle discharged accidentally. The injury required amputation of the arm and is described as serious but not life threatening.
Sylvester Berg was sentenced to five years in prison for the murder of J. L. Gaines of Waco, in Beaumont on November 11.
Laredo reports the death of Professor J J Kennedy, a leading educator in the community for twenty years, at his home. The obituary notes his long service and impact on local schooling and students.
Suffolk county grand jury indicted Dr. Percy McLeod as an accessory after the fact to an abortion that caused the death of Susanna A. Geary a Cambridge chorus girl. His bond rose from 20000 to 25000 dollars as he was arraigned in Boston on November 11.
Waters from the Gulf of California flood the Silton basin through underground fissures after the earthquake, creating a vast inland sea that now lies along the Southern Pacific main line for about 100 miles and extends 25 miles from the track toward the foothills.
In Kishineff, Bessarabia prisoners demanded freedom and set their jail on fire after denial. Troops fired on the crowd, killing twenty two miners and wounding many as reinforcements arrived.
In Colma Willie Fitz gerald defeated Fred Landers by a knockout with a right cross to the jaw. Landers led until the fifteenth round, then Fitz gerald took over. Landers was helped by the crowd in the twenty-fourth, and Fitz gerald knocked him down three times in the final round.
Agnes Pfifer aged sixteen an orphan heiress to a large fortune was seized at school during recess. Two men forced her into a closed carriage and fled. Police search ongoing for captors and motive.
Pittsburg November 11 Edward G Cunliffe the Adams Express robber was sentenced by Judge McFarland to six years in the western Pennsylvania penitentiary. Cunliffe faced two larceny charges totaling 101000 dollars.
The Hamburg America steamer Graf Waldersee ran aground on the flats off Red Hook while leaving New York harbor for Hamburg. The incident occurred near the Erie Basin on the Brooklyn side of the channel.
John Dixon once private secretary to Senator Clark of Montana was found dead in his Kansas City hotel room after a period of illness. Local authorities reported no immediate cause. Dixon had served in the senator's office prior to his illness.
Fire in Bristol on Meadow street at an early hour Saturday morning destroyed a large tenement building. No further details on casualties or cause are provided in readable text.
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