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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1907
Page
2
Inside a Bryan Texas note, opinion highlights Secretary Root’s visit to Mexico as proof of cordial U S sentiment. Standard Oil expects reorganization after litigation ends, but current prospects show little to reorganize.
Bryan awaits results of paving experiments as Dallas and other generous neighbors back the project for her benefit. The outlook favors bitulithic material at present, signaling potential success for the initiative.
Central Texas pencil pushers push two themes goobers and good roads as the top public interests. The race for priority remains tight with both ideas vying for first place in official efforts.
The statement declares Tennessee will be dry except five towns Mississippi will be dry except six counties and Georgia will be dry without exception starting January 1, 1908. It labels a broad move toward statewide prohibition affecting multiple states.
A Bryan writer urges residents to embrace happiness, calling persistent gloom mere stubbornness and ungratefulness despite favorable circumstances and the city’s charm.
A call for broad farmer solidarity in Texas and across cotton states warns that unified action will force the world to pay fifteen cents a pound for cotton or face shortages. The message argues a united front will compel higher prices or leave buyers underdressed.
Thomas P. Goree will be one of Oklahoma's first Democratic senators and the first blind man elected to the U.S. Senate. His colleague will be Robert L. Owens, with four of five congressmen also Democrats, both friendship with W. J. Bryan noted.
The Agricultural and Mechanical College is a leading state institution now crowded beyond capacity. The Texas press argues the state should improve equipment and avoid closing doors to Texas boys due to inadequate facilities.
The town of Bryan enjoys gulf breezes at their best with a crisp saline air tempered by just the right magnolia and chrysanthemum fragrance, creating a refreshing coastal atmosphere.
Residents and critics question the Corpus Christi lunar rainbow report with some attributing the sighting to overactive newspaper speculation and a few lingering observers.
In a nostalgic note the Eagle reporter recounts witnessing a similar phenomenon over half a century ago, addressing skeptics and defending the carnival company of John Barleycorn against doubters.
The text advocates clearing the Mississippi to navigation for ocean ships. It credits engineer James B. Eads and proposes cutting a straight ditch from Cairo to the Gulf so the current would scour a deep channel, preventing future floods.
A frustrated subscriber receives post office duns and meets the editor who shows his own bills for paper type and rent. The editor explains he can settle debts by gathering reliable help, and the subscriber relents, pays up, and renews for another year.
About four decades ago a 13 year old boy left school to fetch and carry washing for his mother and siblings. By 15 he bore the family burden. Now a man in his prime, John Albert Johnson serves a second term as Minnesota governor after a record statewide majority and is expected to be on the national Democratic ticket next year.
The passage imagines extreme dangers in the president’s planned outing, including encounters with dangerous snakes and other predators in the canebrakes, portraying a tense, speculative scenario without detailing concrete actions.
The Daughters of the American Revolution in Kansas finish marking the Santa Fe trail route with help from Missouri Colorado and New Mexico women. Utah societies are formed to mark the Salt Lake trail. Lewis and Clark route states consider marking spots. The old San Antonio road remains unmarked.
The A and M College president appeals through the press to stop the procession of eager youths toward the school as overflow housing is improvised in tents and rough shelters. Many applicants for civil and electrical engineering, horticulture, dairying, livestock, agriculture and related fields must be turned away due to limited accommodations.
Civil business notes several judgments and divorces in Brazos County District Court. Actions include a note and foreclosure suit against Ward Templeman with a $500 judgment for Johnnie McFerrin et al, and damages suits against H B V railroad with plaintiffs awarded $500 and $509 respectively. Divorce grants given to Emma Rice against Hill Rice and Mary Boise against Sam Boise. Attorneys Doremus Butler and Judge Hudson represented plaintiffs. Judge Garrett and Judge Board presided for the defendant company.
A humorous October forecast lists Taft touring Japan, Roosevelt on a Mississippi cruise, and political and social quips. It mixes playful autumn images with presidents, public figures, and seasonal rituals in a light, satirical tone.
A long, lyrical piece paints autumn scenes and seasonal preoccupations. It weaves images of balloons, sports crowds, and Thanksgiving hum with references to Roosevelt, harvest, hunting, and the approaching November mood.
Write today for a free sample piece and particulars of Dominocards. Cards and dominoes combined. Greatest household game ever invented. Instructive for young and fascinating for old. Excellent holiday present. 50 cents postpaid. Dominocards Co., 1807 Chouteau, St. Louis, Mo.
A local meat market announces motto Everything the best and new fixtures. S. W. Buchanan showcases roomy airy quarters on Bryan Street in front of Buchanan Moore Co. Phone 263.
Relatives mourned Mrs. Fred Hatzell near Huntington when she sat up in a coffin minutes before last rites. The coffin was opened for burial, a pale woman greeted the minister at the door and he swooned. The family, poor and physicianless, believed her dead. she remained in a swoon four days before revival.
The Meteor of the Frisco line derailed on a curve near Dixon Hill, 25 miles west of Rolla. Engineer Frederick Chambers was killed, Mail Clerk Frank E. Tressey perished, and 25 people were injured with four may die. The wreck, at 60 mph, left only one car on the track as flames engulfed multiple cars.
Official advices to Frisco headquarters in St. Louis report two mail clerks injured and two locomotives demolished in a collision near Anaconda Missouri between a southbound passenger train and a freight train. A number of cattle were killed in the crash.
Stein-Bloch claims its Smart Clothes are the foremost ready-to-wear in America. They promise better appearance through careful tailoring and patient workmanship. The retailer urges proof to customers, noting the potential for customers to win by choosing the brand.
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