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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1902
Page
2
The Daily Eagle notes Waco plans a Christmas carnival while Houston street car workers strike for shorter hours and higher pay. Governor Lanham delays inauguration to late January. A killing frost hits north Texas after snow in Alabama and Tennessee.
The current Century issue offers historical and statistical information on the steel trust, presented without moralizing or advocacy. It aims to inform readers with a neutral, factual overview.
Many Italian landowners in Brazos county are offering their places for sale, and but few if any are buying real estate. They started in briskly a few years ago, and people thought this would be little Italy, but they are showing a tendency to weaken on that policy at present.
The piece argues that burdens or pests like the boll weevil can be blessings in disguise and urges gratitude for all experiences. It reflects on human misperception of afflictions and blessings and suggests a future view may reinterpret current troubles as good.
A Bryan era column criticizes Roosevelt for not appointing a reputable black postmaster in northern Republican cities. It cites Alabama revenue officer removal from a state convention and argues that genuine courage would be to promote qualified negroes in the North, highlighting tensions in party representation.
In eighteen months Palestine has seen claimed railways opera houses railroads and factories grow in imagination while the Herald pledges to publish only Missouri sourced content. The paper asserts it will require signed contracts before printing future ventures.
Max Sukawatski an Austrian, believing he killed Mrs Julia Gerber, leaped seven stories from her East Seventy Fourth Street apartment. He shot Mrs Gerber in the arm and shoulder before jumping to the sidewalk, dying instantly. The woman likely survives.
The Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture reports about 100 notices of foot and mouth contagion. The secretary of agriculture bans cattle exports from Boston and sets a quarantine on cattle sheep and swine in New England. Reports come from towns within seventy five miles of Boston and Brighton stock yards closing will disrupt traffic of 500 to 700 cattle daily.
A fragment from the Palestine Herald notes that public attitudes toward the streetcar and opera house are becoming a standing joke, reflecting local frustration with transportation and cultural venues.
A plea asks anyone with information on the present whereabouts of J G Wenzloff or his heirs to report to the Eagle. Wenzloff, a German, was said to reside in Bryan in 1877 with John A Woods, a carpenter, when he was single.
In San Francisco on November 28, chemical analysis showed the candy that sickened Dr. Manley M. Enos of Oakland and his attendant Miss Mar aannn Mamlinane contained arsenic. Dr. Enos declares no charges and believes the drugged candy was not meant for him or Miss Cooper. The detective in charge has dropped the case.
Francis Reu bel Bryan an American aged 70 from Philadelphia was found dead in his room in Paris with a gunshot wound to the heart. A World dispatch from Paris says the death appears self-inflicted after he left a private sanitarium and returned to his Faubourg St Honore apartment. The body was discovered Monday and investigators maintain secrecy.
Five and a half lots with 160 feet frontage on College street on the east side near the new residence of R. S. Webb offered by 11 Cliff A. Adams, Agt. Terms easy and a big bargain. The Jacksonville Banner criticizes con artists and patent agents as a paradise for fakirs, urging showing up of lightning rod and steel range iron sellers.
A New York Herald report says a large stake in the Pere Marquette railroad in Michigan and the Lake Erie and Detroit River line, recently acquired by Pere Marquette, could pass to new owners in the first week of December. Options to acquire about seventy thousand shares are expected to be exercised. A syndicate led by St. Louis businessmen,is said to be pursuing the purchase, its exact role unclear.
On December 13 17 21 22 23 and 26 the Houston and Texas Central Railroad will sell round trip tickets to northern eastern and southeastern points at one fare plus two dollars with a thirty day return limit. Through Pullman sleepers Denison to New Orleans via Houston and direct connections with all lines. Oil burners no dust smoke or cinders. Write for details to M L Robbins G P T A Houston Texas.
William H. Fuller a renowned art collector in New York dies at his home at sixty two. A Yale graduate of 1861 he spent most of his life assembling a notable collection of works of art.
San Diego observers conclude the Raja Yoga school at Point Loma is well run after a formal inquiry by the San Diego Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children trustees.
Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of the Masonic Lodge set excursion rates in Houston Texas. Tickets go on sale November 23 and 24 for trains arriving in Houston the morning of November 25, and again November 30 and December 1 for trains arriving the morning of December 2. Return limit is December 16.
At the monthly Milk Exchange meeting in New York an advance to dairymen from 3 1 4 to 3 3 4 cents per quart was agreed. It is described as the highest wholesale price in twenty years due to scarcity and rising demand, signaling higher retail milk prices.
New York Nov 28 Harry Pulliam of the Pittsburg Baseball club has secured at Plainfield Conn the signature of Warren McLaughlin to a contract for next year.
Eagle men toured Sam Higgs Springdale stock farm on Thanksgiving Day admiring the Pol an China hogs. The operation features piped water to all pens, a raised water tank, windmill pumps, and gasoline engine backup. Higgs fattens two to three carloads of bulls weighing 1200 to 2000 pounds for market. Presbyterian Church members are urged to meet after Sunday service for urgent business.
An advance notice promotes Dice of Death as a well crafted comedy drama with strong emotional scenes. The production emphasizes realistic scenery, climactic moments, and high quality language, featuring a car-load of scenery and high class specialties during the performance.
Southern Pacific Sunset Route offers round trip tickets at one fare plus 32 with limited sale on December 13 17 21 23 23 and 26. Double daily service Pullman buffet excursion sleeping cars free chair cars and day coaches. Direct connection at New Orleans both east and west bound. Write for quotes and schedules.
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