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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1899
Page
4
Local laundry advertises strict first-class cleaning with prompt service and reasonable prices. They offer corrections if mistakes occur and invite patrons to call or mail for pickup, noting they are two doors south of the Exchange hotel.
Washington reports Admiral Geo Dewey formally transferred ownership of the Rhode Island avenue house and its contents to his wife. Contributors to the Dewey home fund denounce the gift as a national misstep and accuse him of disloyalty to the public funding the home. Critics say the nation gave the home to Dewey, not to a private trustee, and lament the perceived shift in fortune away from the Dewey heirs.
A man and an 18 year old boy with red handkerchiefs robbed S I Bunn & Co store in Dixie Pawnee County Oklahoma on Nov 21 taking 50 dollars from cash and 150 dollars worth of clothing silver and jewelry in a 15 minute spree. They forced 10 men in the shop to surrender and fired several shots as they fled on horseback. They used a Winchester and a small rifle.
Dispatches from Ladysmith dated November 16 and 17 describe little actual fighting and quiet conditions despite reports of tremendous battles. Estcourt sources claim heavy Boer losses and British success with flank movement, while other cables question the veracity amid rumors of Boer retreat and Joubert’s movements.
London reports Lord Salisbury's sudden bereavement ends planned government consultations and changes the Emperors visit to a family affair. The article notes South Africa wartime dynamics with reinforcements to Cape Town, Ladysmith, and Mafeking, plus British advances and Boer losses as 80,000 troops operate across the front. It also mentions ships ashore in the Straits of Magellan.
Notice is given of a special meeting of the stockholders of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company in Houston, Texas, on January 19, 1900 at noon. The meeting will authorize a first mortgage on the Waco Northwestern Division to secure bonds up to twenty five thousand dollars per mile, payable within thirty years at up to six percent interest. secretary BK. W. Cave.
Property listings from Hudson and Nall describe Thomas Rowan place near the Grad ed School offering 5 1 10 acres with a house and improvements priced at 350 with easy terms. Mrs White's residence opposite the Catholic church offers two well improved lots for 700. Col H C L Hill near the Graded School is also listed.
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