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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
4
A McClure's summarizing piece explains venomous snakes into cobra and viperoid classes. It contrasts attack styles and venom effects noting cobra bites can be swift yet deliver a small fang stroke, while viperoids like rattlesnakes and bushmasters deliver potent venom with rapid danger.
Abstract Books of Brazos County Land Titles offered for sale list multiple properties. Included are 105 acres near court house with cultivation and pasture, 25 acres cultivated, fenced pastures, price 1500, and smaller parcels with houses, wells, cisterns, rents and varying prices from 500 to 4250.
On account of bad health the owner offers about 500 acres west of town for sale. The property includes three houses large barn eight hogsheds a fenced hog proof forty acres with a creek that never runs dry a windmill and well a Bermuda grass pasture. One hundred hogs and one hundred cattle are included with the land or can be sold separately. Beers terms. 256-49.
A collection of humorous and didactic maxims reflecting on vanity adversity wealth and daily life. The author notes social truths using witty quips about alarms death trumpets insincerity and the folly of crowing. The tone mirrors period editorial humor and moral observation.
A New York Press joke recounts Mary, a domestic worker, giving her mistress a month's notice for marriage. The employer pleads for a delay, but Mary explains men must be nailed when ready, or not at all, highlighting a humorous view of marriage expectations.
An old Chicago Record-Herald line poses how residents inhabit a cottage by the lane and a mansion on a hill, revealing the man who wrote the poem that popularized Beasley shaving soap lives on the hilltop estate.
A humorous exchange notes Kerr Mudgeon’s reputed gentleness as Van Schmidt and Fitz Bile debate his kindness toward a woman, with Fitz-Bile claiming he is a bachelor and thus capable of kindness. The quote appears in the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
A witty exchange on parenting shows the comedian suggesting a man can keep respect by sending his children away as soon as they notice him. The joke hinges on the tension between authority and affection within family life.
A Chicago Tribune fragment recalls a customer at Get a Life who praises low half soling charges, while a schoolmaster quips that the complainers are often the worst. Henry's quote adds a caution about who complains.
Montgomery Alabama September 2 Gov Jelks approves the anti boycott measure recently passed by the legislature signaling state enforcement of anti boycott policy and potential legal actions against boycott supporters.
A London Spectator excerpt defines the term turnpike sailor as a traveling beggar type among rural poor. It contrasts ocean tramp and traveling folk, detailing the tramp’s lifestyle sleeping rough, often with companions, rarely paying rent, and using lodging houses only when finances permit.
The Chicago Post notes a playful exchange about new shoes during an estrangement that lasted almost two days. The dialogue hints at discomfort yet affectionate familiarity between close companions.
A guest complains about steak ordering and the waiter cites a cook who believes every detail must be well done, reflecting a clash over kitchen standards quoted by the Washington Star.
A witty exchange from the Baltimore American describes a lamp going out during an evening with a young couple, prompting a humorous dialogue about the incident.
A street scene shows Pat asking for a doctor after being struck by a trolley car and a judge quipping that what is needed is a lawyer.
In Town and Country humor, Mrs Hatterson questions theories on child education while Mrs Catterson counters with a humorous twist about having too many children. The exchange highlights light dialogue on parenting and schooling in a domestic vignette.
A critic recalls an evening with the novelist on Boulevard Malesherbes where Dumas sits like a silent idol amid a circle of actresses and writers. The room features Goethe figures from Faust, and the aura blends myth and romance as Dumas seems both creator and spectator.
A Dakota ranchman argues that deer and antelope are swift but notes any good horse can outrun a deer on level ground. He describes hunting technique, deer vitality, and cautions against uphill chases while recounting how wind and surprise aid a hunter.
A London Spectator note reports that zebras, wild asses, deer, and an ostrich react with rage to a piccolo while showing pleasure to violin and flute. The tiger resists awakening to the fiddle, but calms and naps when the flute plays, indicating distinct animal responses to different instruments.
The dialogue features Mrs. Bangs concealing her remarriage to claim a legacy and outfox the will. Old Bangs comments on her cunning, noting she found the distant relative and wed him. The exchange juxtaposes marriage, inheritance, and witty repartee from period light verse.
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