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Rates for mail matter entered at the post office are listed for weekly and monthly periods by Connelly and Carnes. The notice shows per week and per month charges, including a 40 cent amount.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
2
Rates for mail matter entered at the post office are listed for weekly and monthly periods by Connelly and Carnes. The notice shows per week and per month charges, including a 40 cent amount.
This item states that obituaries and resolutions are charged at two cents per line when not strictly news content, while news matter regarding deaths is not charged and is selected. It notes lodges associations or individuals may submit, and distinguishes obituary notices as not billed.
The note references New Orleans aiming harder than Pennsylvania and reporters dodging Johnson. Brazos county campaign progresses with little danger of a hot box. Republicans prefer peace reports from Pennsylvania to the Philippines. Mrs Nations tours Texas and stirs public attention with lectures.
The report notes 310 Confederate veterans in the Austin home and 103 approved applications for admission.
Texas railroads handled 5657 cars of fruit and vegetables in the past season. The line notes spotlight a growing agricultural transport volume and industry impact.
An east Texas man was appointed district judge but refused the office. The region’s growing fruit and truck industries are noted as fueling prosperity and population growth.
A critical remark notes the president sidestepping a coal strike by leveraging a tariff muddle. The author implies political maneuvering hides deeper losses and consequences.
The Morgan syndicate used twenty five millions in cash to form the steel trust and has realized forty million dollars in profit. The venture is described as highly lucrative, yielding substantial earnings compared with trivial amusements like a merry go round.
Residents fear a weak home market for truck crops and diversified farm products in Brazos County. A cannery could alleviate the issue, with a sugar mill offering even greater relief by boosting local processing and sales opportunities.
Oil has been struck at 90 feet near Rita Burleson county and described as superior in quality to Beaumont oil. While not yet in paying quantities, indications are favorable and boring will continue.
Citizens of Bryan are urged to report lodging capacity and meal provisions for visitors during the fair. Instructions name Malcolm Carnes of the Eagle and J. M. Hare at Norwood's as contacts, asking for number of beds or rooms, daily lodging price, and single meal prices.
Streets and alleys must be cleaned immediately and all rubbish removed from back doors of businesses. Evans Bros. sells saloon in Bryan and H D Evans buys it. W L Douglass shoes for boys advertised. Norwood's advertises Bunker Hill and Security shoes and new kids shoes. Derrick accident injures Will Sutherland in Corsicana with non fatal injuries.
In Austin on Oct 9 the Riggins impeachment case from McLennan county is scheduled for a hearing on Oct 22 in the court of civil appeals. Separately, Corsicana Refining reports 580 producing wells and 22 gassery in the Corsicana oilfield as of Oct 7.
General Perchin and Gaston Polla nais fought a sword duel in France with no serious injuries. Eli Baskett killed his wife and then killed himself at Atlee Virginia. Temporary in Sanity the cause. Soft coal sells for 9 dollars a ton and anthracite ranges from 15 to 35 dollars in New York City. Ex Governor John B Nell died in Columbus Ohio.
In Brenham Texas on October 9 Miss Annie Nolte 19 and Miss Minnie Winkelmann 20 drove a buggy to the Western bridge when a frightened horse toppled the rig. Winkelmann escaped injury while Nolte suffered a concussion with bleeding from mouth nose and ears and her condition remained critical.
The Southern Triate Medical association met in Dallas on October 9 and elected officers for the coming year. President is Dr. J. C. Loggins of Ennis, first vice president Dr. R. J. Grabill of South McAlester, second vice president Dr. J. B. Rolatin of Oklahoma City, third vice president Dr. F. Paschal of San Antonio, and secretary treasurer Dr. M. Rosser of Dallas.
The new Waco courthousecosts between 200000 and 300000 dollars is nearly finished and furniture moving has begun. The old courthouse used for over thirty years will be vacated and likely sold with occupancy of the new building set for next month.
Extra westbound freight trains on the Southern Pacific struck a broken rail two miles east of Seguin and wrecked. The track torn up and a negro injured. No crew casualties reported.
Austin October 9 The governor issues proclamation setting November 4 as the special election date to fill the Fifty third district judgeship vacancy caused by Judge F G Morris resignation.
Ten members of the state Democratic executive committee attended the Austin gathering on October 9. The required quorum was seventeen, so the meeting adjourned until Saturday.
Profit in Peanuts reports J. S. Crumbaugh of Terre M. has three acres yielding 250 bushels this season. He has dug 50 bushels already and sold them at one dollar per bushel.
Thirty corpses discovered Wednesday in a cold storage room behind an ice cream factory on Blighth Street in Louisville. The plant’s cooling pipes fed a shed where the bodies were kept, initially thought to be from Indianapolis. Kentucky colleges deny illegitimate acquisition from state penitentiaries and asylums.
The Republican congressional convention for this district met in Mineola Texas and nominated Jack Yates of Longview for Congress.
The state monument to Confederate soldiers was unveiled in Danville with about ten thousand attendees. News items report on political nominations, violent incidents, accidents, and broader world events including Macedonia unrest and the Venezuelan revolution outlook.
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