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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
4
An astronomer speculates on alien weights and heights across planets and stars. He posits a Martian at one ten-millionth Mars weight, Jupiter beings sixty feet tall and 1750 pounds, a sun man 600 feet tall and 17 500 pounds, and Sirius users a mile and a half high with colossal facial features.
A satirical sketch describes a football hero who is rough and unkempt. It notes his constant need for baths, excess dirt, and minimal cuticle. The piece mocks players shedding epidermis on the field and their notably flattened noses.
A Detroit Free Press item notes that reds and blues dominate color trends this year. It says a football hero lasts only a few weeks before his look is reset, with hair cutting and a face vacated after Thanksgiving to let battle wounds heal.
The report lists U S employment by occupation with figures for agriculture, professional services, manufacturing, and other groups. It notes centers of population near Columbus Indiana and Rome Georgia, state populations, foreign born distributions, and historic family sizes. It also includes brief jokes and a Virginia Military Institute food protest.
At A and M College of Oklahoma the engineering students operate a nearly self constructed searchlight of one million candlepower.
At the San Antonio fair prizes totaling 100 were awarded for livestock judging aligned with official judges. Cattle led with C. M. Evans 490 of 500, H. Van Zandt 483, M. S. Church 479. Horses went to J. Ashton 90 of 100, H. G. Yakey 88, J. W. Loving 86. Swine awards: J. W. Loving 358 of 400, A. C. Wright 353, C. E. Jones 351, H. Van Zandt 350. The Battalion.
Russell H. Chittenden discusses based daily dietary standards, estimating the average man doing light to moderate work requires about 120 grams of protein, 50 grams of carbohydrate, and 60 grams of fat for roughly 3,000 calories. He outlines example meals to meet these nitrogen and energy targets and notes variation with meat or plant heavy diets.
The history traces Santa Cruz through Spain, England, Holland, France, Malta, Denmark, and a Danish crown, with periods of ownership, abandonment, depopulation, and transfers to private firms. It highlights repeated changes in control from 18th century to 19th century, ending with Denmark.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat excerpt compares ringer play in quoits to English longbow mastery, noting wind reading as essential. It describes calculating angles to overcome wind for precise aim and references expert, mathematical play that conquers gusts in a contest.
A narrative highlights Indian servants' strict obedience to orders. Lord Roberts once ordered a bath at a fixed hour, and a servant braved bullets to announce it. An unnamed officer recalls a servant waking his master late after being told to wake him earlier.
An Atlantic City lifeguard warns that sun soaked bathers can drift far out after dozing on August afternoons. He recalls a Camden man who slept atop Chelsea while floating away. The expert notes most swimmers fail to float: the body should form a broad curved V with relaxed muscles.
Meyerbeer’s son composed a funeral march mourning his father. He asked Rossini to play it, and the maestro, moved to tears, admitted he wept to imagine being the father. The exchange showed deep emotion and dramatic irony in a shared moment of grief.
J W Batts advertises land and houses around Bryan Texas including 52 acres near city limits, a 125 acre farm north of Bryan at 1650 dollars, 78 acre tract at 10 dollars per acre, 400 acre river land at 12 50 per acre, 15346 acres along mail route with cultivation and fences, 242 acres eight miles out with homes and barn, 274 acres twenty miles north east with timber, multiple houses including a 5 room near school, Tenn room with 40 acres in city, and several city lots with prices from 300 to 750 dollars. Terms easy.
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