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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1908
Page
5
New York fashions show fur coats capes and stoles in directoire style with self trimming favored for sable silver fox and seal furs. Hudson seal from French rat fetches attention while seal returns to popularity among wealthy buyers. Muffs hats and fur trimmed gowns headline the season as black fabrics and velvet hoods gain Parisian influence.
A historic notice details a land parcel surrounding Moses involving 1476 acres offered at public sale. Officials oversee the process with bidders expected to compete for the tract and related rights.
A new elective journalism course for seniors at Smith College in Northampton Mass teaches practical newspaper writing rather than theory. Taught by Miss Mary A Jordan the program focuses on types of newspapers and styles with students planning to pursue journalism after graduation.
New York reports a rare hunting season end with no human deaths and only minor injuries in the Adirondacks. Veteran hunters blame declining marksmanship among city hunters, while other topics cover Dr. Aked’s suffrage remarks and a skeleton naming tale at the National Academy life class.
President-Elect Taft told a Texas News Service correspondent he cannot visit Texas this winter as he has arranged to winter in Augusta Georgia. He has been invited by San Antonio Dallas Fort Worth and other cities to visit the state but hopes to go to Texas in the future.
Nashville reports that a gang of night riders near Henrietta Cheatham county close to the Montgomery county line has driven several black families from the state in the past two weeks. Warnings have been sent urging negroes to depart the area.
United States Judge Cotterall of Lawton stopped the execution of William Johnson at Tecumseh for the murder of Mrs. Samuel Cuppy. He issued a writ of habeas corpus and sent a special messenger to Tecumseh. The messenger arrived thirty minutes before the scheduled hanging.
Atlanta November 13. Chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy exist across the United States and in foreign lands. Reports from chapters show robust activity, with even distant Mexico City sending a report on the thriving organizations.
Advices from Amarillo report three inches of snow and a thermometer at 18. Snow is noted in other Panhandle localities. Galveston records the season's coldest reading as north, east and central Texas endure a widespread cold spell.
A barking dog woke the Booth family, saving B. F. Booth and relatives from a fatal house fire in Georgetown. All escaped in their nightclothes, but the pet perished. Loss valued at 12000 dollars.
Dr. Juan Kuler physician and mayor of Salltillo Mex filed a $55,000 suit against Katy for alleged eye injury from a September passenger wreck at San Marcos. Several others injured in the wreck filed suits.
Wilson Rector, a Democrat, must ride a mule from Smithfield Illinois to Hennessey Oklahoma to honor a wager with his Republican brother Dr. N Rector. He will also deliver a pound of candy to complete the bet after the Bryan result.
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