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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1906
Page
4
In Bryan on October 12 officials note Secretary expanded authority and discuss long tenure. Ahea Shaw campaigns for governor with reiterated promises. Countrywide tourism spends vast sums in Italy, while Bryan sees strong cotton trade and large wagon-bale shipments. Local stores and banks show remarkable growth.
Booker T. Washington pleads with northern African Americans to avoid incendiary speeches about the South. He argues such airing of views harms Northern and Southern Black progress, risks alienating white supporters, and undermines potential cross racial cooperation.
Austin Oct 11 The Railroad Commission will hold a hearing on Nov 20 to consider ordering the immediate cancellation and destruction of $650000 in bonds issued by Texas Central Railroad allegedly without approval since the 1893 stock and bond law. An injunction case involving the Williams intangible tax law was argued in the court of civil appeals with the state defending validity and railroads contending unconstitutionality and confiscation.
Ed Kennedy returned from the north and east with news that steel and equipment for the Bryan College trolley line have been secured. Actual work will begin within ten days. Mrs Kennedy accompanied him and will be away in Canada for several weeks.
Observant readers note that people can tell male from female at long range by movements not clothing or features. Men’s motions appear ungainly beside the sinuous, practiced motions of women, especially the arms overhead. A trained observer notes this in hair arrangement and graceful handling by women.
A London Standard report describes a hansom driver colliding with a four wheeler on Marlborough Street. The constable testified the driver was drunk, admitting initial doubt until the officer saw the driver note his own number on his coat sleeve.
An impressionist artist jokes that the subject in Harold's painting is not his uncle but a sunset. The artist’s friend notes the original’s complexion is not as red as depicted, prompting playful disbelief about who is painted.
A London Mail quip suggests lending £10 to Jinks Johnson with “proper securities.” The proposed collateral includes a 4 chain and padlock, handcuffs, and a dog, deemed enough to hold him.
In a humorous exchange the professor imagines a patient seized by laughter and uncontainable hilarity. The doctor quips that the remedy would be to amputate the funny bone, a joke reflecting medical bravado and comic exaggeration.
In Chicago the Washington Nationals beat the American League champions 7 to 1 on their field. Ruelbach held the Sox to two hits as White and Owen boosted the Nationals with timely hits and aggressive baserunning. Steinfeldt starred with three hits and a sacrifice.
Local notice urges Bryan residents to treat catarrh early with Hyomei to avoid chronic illness. First day use shows improvement, complete relief expected, and winter coughs prevented. E J Jenkins offers guaranteed satisfaction and Hyomei outfits priced at 1 dollar with extra bottles 50 cents.
A Baltimore American column quotes a playful exchange about a daughter's piano playing, calling it a witty remark on time and talent. The remark suggests the daughter “murder[s] the time” with music, framing the performance as both sharp and entertaining.
Princeton blanked Lehigh 52 to 0 in Princeton New Jersey. Pennsylvania defeated Franklin and Marshall 47 to 6 in Philadelphia. Harvard beat Bates 27 to 0 in Cambridge. Yale defeated Springfield Manual Training School 12 to 0 in New Haven.
The crop estimating board of the department of agriculture issues Oct 1 1906 figures showing corn condition at 90.1 vs 90.2 last month. Preliminary spring wheat yield is 16.7 bushels per acre with condition at 88.6, down from 89.0 a year ago.
The Daily Telegraph reports three armored cruisers, on the Clyde and at Elswick, are in fact battleships with heavy broadside fire akin to the Dreadnought. In Shreveport, A G Lea is appointed United States marshal for the Western District of Louisiana, succeeding B F ONeal removed by the president for alleged general unfitness. Lea was former chief deputy.
Virginia's first snow of the season blanketed Roanoke on Wednesday October 1 as light flurries touched the area.
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