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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
3
The piece urges Brazos county residents to back a broad Bryan development program including water, streets, sewerage, factories and interurban lines. It argues contentment beats money, cites political figures like Roosevelt and Taft, and invites farmers to self reflect and consider selling to those who can better utilize Brazos county’s natural bounty.
The U S Circuit Court denied a rehearing in the Standard Oil case, upholding the reversal of a $29 240 000 fine. The court left the case for a new trial, with Attorney General Bonaparte likely to seek Supreme Court review.
The passage notes St Martin’s Day superstitions about winter weather and mentions the saint’s life. It recalls that Saint Martin led the See of Tours from 374, converted pagans to Christianity, and died November 11, 397.
More than 500 DKE members gather in New Haven for a major convention begun with a Yale chapter smoker. Delegates plan business sessions in Hartford Thursday and Friday, with a Waldorf Astoria banquet Friday night in New York hosted by toastmaster Charles P. Taft. Speakers include Senators Beveridge and Brandegee, Secretary Metcalf, ex-Governor Black, Bishop Johnson, and Chung Men Yew, Yale’s Chinese varsity Y wearer. The Democratic Party is noted as enduring beyond predictions of its demise.
A Southern view argues wealth and population growth will shift political power. Citing L F C Garvin's prophesy on Taft and Bryan, the piece states the South must accelerate material development to gain national influence and duty to uplift its resources and population.
An Arkansas county reclaimed 250000 acres via canals at about 700000 dollars. The piece argues Texas should amend drainage laws to spur similar progress. Brazos County favors levees to guard its rich lands from overflow and pursues them.
Washington on November 11 hosts the opening of the National Grange Patrons of Husbandry annual meeting. Sturdy American farmers with their wives and daughters fill the crowd amid attendance by several governors ex-governors and other public figures in the national capital.
Notice to hunters warns against hunting or trespassing on J. W. English pasture southwest of Bryan. All found there will be prosecuted.
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