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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1903
Page
2
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A Methodist conference adopted a resolution calling for a national divorce law. Seattle men urge Troy mayor to send them wives due to perceived west-east imbalances. Bryan reports school trustees assume water works control under a five year lease with bond security and gratis operation to fund a new building.
Prominent Lake Charles merchant W A Pearce and Miss Mamie McCorquodale were married at the bride’s parents home last night at 7 30. Rev E L Shettles officiated in a quiet home ceremony.
Mr. Pearce, a Louisiana cavalryman with the Blue Rangers, arrived yesterday with his bride in the city for a short stay before their departure. The groom is noted for his pleasing manners and address, while the bride, raised in Bryan and Brazos County, is beloved for her many womanly qualities.
The A and M football team will play the University of Oklahoma at College next Monday the 19th. The date was set to allow Bryan residents to attend by 4 p.m. A corrected schedule will be issued by The Eagle. Judge M. B. Laski visited Wellborn yesterday amid stormy weather. Lightning damaged several structures in Navasota including Dr. Peeples’s two story residence, though no injuries were reported.
In Washington on October 15 a grandson of William Tecumseh Sherman unveiled a bronze statue of the general. President Roosevelt and a large official and military gathering attended as Marine Band music, a salute, and a flag reveal preceded the president’s tribute to Sherman’s Civil War leadership and character.
In Cincinnati on October 15 the third day of the trial of Dante Vorhees Miller of Terre Haute and Joseph M Johns of Rockville Ind resumes. Both men face charges of conspiring to bribe. C A G Christiancy testified about actions involving John J Ryan Co turf commissioners and mail usage in book making. He did not know all letters between Miller and Ryan or Ryan attorneys. Miller did not show him reports to inspectors urging a fraud order against Ryan’s mail use.
New York October 15. Motormen ballot on striking after failing to modify physical test orders from Manhattan Elevated officials. Results to be telegraphed to Grand Chief Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Several are in the Firemen's Brotherhood and will confer with Chief Stone.
The firm of Zimmtman and Forshay suspended stock exchange privileges after an investigation into certain San Francisco street railway bond transactions.
Kansas City October 15 The Monta Fe fast mail from the west partially wrecked near the red Horn. A mail clerk was killed and several others injured slightly in the crash.
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