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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1907
Page
4
The paper jokes that a circus with lions tigers and elephants disturbed Dallas bound football players. It suggests the University athletic association should annex a zoo to its training grounds to familiarize players with wild beasts. The mock remark appears amid a column on local sports and politics.
A thirteen year old in a West Texas town earned money from the telephone exchange and, after a friend advised buying town lots, purchased three desirable parcels for $60. A friend lent $10, the deed was made to him, and three years later the lots are worth at least $300 and rising with town growth.
A moral tale contrasts a king who enforces uniformity with a modern audience, noting how rigid standards harm those who differ. It warns that some people mimic Procrustes by imposing narrow norms, causing friction and suffering, and urges shedding such rigid attitudes for a better world.
Local Bryan Texas retailer T A Satterwhite promotes Singer sewing machines sold direct from the maker with low prices and favorable terms.
The A and M College Textile School under Prof J S Wier receives about fifteen hundred dollars worth of gear including a sliver and a comb er for fine yarn production. The department aims to train Texas boys to operate the new equipment as mills in the state expand rapidly and Bryan is urged to build a local mill.
North and South Carolina Klansmen were interviewed during a recent production of The Clansman. Captain Frank West of Spartanburg praised the opening scene as thrilling and a true picture of carpetbag days. Captain Darnell recalled dramatic and realistic situations that brought old Clansmen back to bygone times.
The article describes praise for The Ku Klux Klan members and announces the famous reconstruction drama to be shown in the South on Thursday, Oct. 24, at the local opera house.
The Music Hall at the Dallas fair showcases Seymour's forty five member band Delamotte's quartette performing operatic excerpts Sugimoto's acrobats moving pictures from the Prince of India Anita and Paul gymnasts contortionists Lamb's Merry Maarkens and other acts Three daily programs are free to visitors as part of the spectacle highlighting factory smoke artistry and national liberty themes.
Reports say the varsity team hesitates to face the A and M squad in Houston on November 6. Some observers joke the players fear animals as the coach quipped the team cannot rest with lions tigers and elephants nearby.
John Walker as executor files final account for Luduska Tiebout in Brazos County Court Texas seeking discharge. The hearing is set for October 21, 1907 at the Brazos County Courthouse in Bryan. All interested parties must appear to contest the account and discharge request.
J W Blake administrator declares the final account and application for the estate of L L Foster deceased will be heard on the third Monday in October 1907 the 21st day of October 1907 at the Brazos county court house in Bryan all interested parties must appear and contest if proper W C Boyes county clerk Brazos county Bryan September 20 1907 seal.
For sale a 355 acre pasture one mile southwest of Bryan all fenced with 200 acres cleared, balance timber. Two houses and several cattle sheds, wind mill and galvanized cistern. Suitable for dairy or cattle hog operation. Easy terms. Apply to J. W. English. Oct 23.
All parties are warned against hunting on lands owned by the signed parties. Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Jake Luza. 272 Vincent Luza.
Notice of a light fawn Jersey cow with one straight horn and one drooped horn missing. Very fat. Liberal reward for return to W E Johnson. 256tt
Try This For Cat Free tests are being supplied to all Catarrh sufferers. The Dr Shoop remedy combines Oi Thymol Menthol and Oil of and uses a petrolatum cream for throat catarrh relief. Trial boxes are mailed free to demonstrate value. If catarrh extends, use Restorative as well for complete cure. Write Dr Shoop Racine Wis for book No 1 On Dyspepsia No 4 For Won No 20 On the Heart No 5 For Men No 3 On the Kidneys No 6 On Rheum
The third annual cotton carnival will be held at Guthrie on October 25 and 26 with local communities coordinating events. Green bugs are reported damaging wiren in western and northern Oklahoma while tram roads are planned. Thomas Ramsey sold seven hogs for 128.70 at Bells Oklahoma. Baptist Indian mission prem by on Pawnee reservation near Keen Okla.
A vintage ad-style note claims weak kidneys stem from nerves and promotes Dr Shoop's Restorative to treat back pain urinary issues and kidney disease by targeting nerves. It urges month long use with tablets or liquid and notes druggists sell it.
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