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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1906
Page
2
A local notice urges residents to visit Smith Drug Co. in Bryan to purchase Scofuline, touted as the universal salve for sores, eruptions, cuts, burns, splinters, skin diseases, scrofula, eczema, and blood poisoning.
Corsicana Texas October 11 Judge Hardy will speak in Franklin Robertson county Saturday as the Democratic nominee. Mays said all overtures are off and the next move is his. Milam county suit and Scott injunction remain, with county clerks choosing which district judge to obey. Navarre county clerk says Cobb is his judge and will list Hardy on the ticket.
Misses Lucy Zula and Willie Allen along with Mrs Exar Dean Earl McCann Will Crouch and Albert Farrar form a group from Grimes county to view the Selis Floto show.
The city council met in regular session with Mayor Butler presiding. Officers attended and routine business proceeded. The fiscal agent reported funds including Public Improvement 1845.61 and Waterworks 71.65. Special Street 1527.78. West Side School 265.23. Special Water 4085.00. School 4.97. Building and Street 666.78. Tax and Fine 719. Street Appropriation funded 308. The secretary noted September collections of 2901.49 and marshal fines and ground rent 11.70. The docket in the corporations court cleared with all fines paid. The meeting time was set to 7:30 p.m. An annual vehicle tax of 3.000 was noted.
A local levy imposed a tax on delivery wagons and hacks and carriages used for hire, with the marshal instructed to collect the assessed amount.
Train excursion rates listed for Denver to Mining Congress events in October and related trips to Buffalo New York New Orleans Dallas and Pueblo Colorado Springs. Fares range from 3.60 to 14.05 with travel and return limits noted for specific dates and events.
Five miles from Bonham a boy drowns in a well. Jalico bank in Guadalajara Texas losses 800000 due to official peculations. Groveton offers 1400 reward for Detective Meyer killer. Red Water Lumber sawmill at Texarkana burns, loss 30000. C H Markham Beaumont buys 500 acres near Tulsa to store 3,000,000 barrels oil. Bartlett shotgun accident kills wife. Georgia First District nominating Savannah's C E Edwards after 801 ballots.
Adjutant General Hulen reports it cost 28,352 dollars to pay 1,920 officers and men for services during the recent encampment at Camp Mabry using federal allotment funds. Secretary Shannon notified county clerks of E H R Green's declination as reorganized Republican nominee and certified Dr A W Acheson as the ticket candidate.
The government’s ouster action against the Terminal Railway Association halted when F. M. Frazier, chair of the eastbound freight committee, refused to produce records. Frazier has been jailed by order of Commissioner Rombauven and will be heard in habeas corpus proceedings next Tuesday before the case can proceed.
At St Andrews University opening of winter season Dr James Donaldson the principal argued for phonetic spelling. He claimed it would let children and illiterates learn faster and save millions of hours of labor as millions already study phonetic spelling. In Roanoke Virginia stockholders of Norfolk and Western railroad voted to issue 34000000 of additional stock. officers were elected and business projected to rise.
Benton Harbor Michigan reports ice one quarter inch thick with a snow drift of eight inches as of October 12. Winter weather conditions continue to intensify with accumulating snow and hazardous travel.
Mobile reports four badly decomposed bodies of men found Thursday along the south coast as recovery efforts continue after the recent hurricane.
Chicago Oct. 12 At the annual meeting the Rock Island railroad re-elected five directors whose terms expired for three years.
General Funston was honored with a farewell dinner Friday evening in Havana by Cuban veterans. The event marked the closing of his Cuban tour and featured remarks from attendees praising his service and leadership.
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