Daily Eagle Notice of Second Class Matter
The Daily Eagle entered at the Bryan Texas post office as second class matter. By Carnes and Wallace.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1907
Page
4
The Daily Eagle entered at the Bryan Texas post office as second class matter. By Carnes and Wallace.
The attorney general rules the street patent medicine faker may not operate in Texas. Collin County claims the largest rural population per acre and the worst roads of any Texas county.
The speaker cites Dr. Samuel Johnson on mind and old age, calling dotage a punishment and stressing use as key. It notes wage and farm price rises trail manufactured goods by about a twenty percent gap and reports senior officers in the army stumbling in horses, plus John Sharp Williams ending a leadership tempests and promising to stay in the house.
Experiments show grafting pecan scions onto hickory stocks yields perfectly satisfactory results. Any hickory owner can transform it into a bearer of thin shell pecans with some effort.
In editorial discussion the Austin Statesman and Galveston Tribune debate whether a foul politician is a bigger fool than an old public figure.
The piece quips that if the affinity matches suitable age and the wife of the old man, happiness and wisdom follow. Dancing grows feet, ice cream causes freckles, leaning on the gate brings rheumatism, kissing transmits microbes, and hugging remains the last fun amid claims of doctors finding fault.
A Chicago professor argues that Americans are losing their sense of humor amid wealth pursuit. He notes ninety nine in a hundred will enjoy the chase, but most will find the joke on themselves as they see the speed of the quarry outpace their own.
The note compares Bryan’s demeanor to a silver sixpence among larger Texas towns, citing Pope’s remark about feeling small among tall peers. The analogy underscores Bryan’s outsized presence amid about a dozen bigger Texas cities.
The critique argues the railroad commission's ban on sharing advance information with favored newspapers mirrors improper delays by authorities. It likens the move to a grand jury not letting bailiffs tip off parties about indictments, suggesting systemic bias and obstruction.
A queer tale follows Senor Juan Jose Manda of Mexico after he spots a photograph of a beautiful Milwaukee woman and becomes the latest victim of a romantic whim. The piece links such fancies to classical figures like Phidias and Don Quixote, highlighting comic folly in pursuit of affection.
A man with a violent passion died after his beloved refused to answer his letters. He left her his entire fortune of 100000 dollars, triggering questions about the disposal of wealth amid a heartbreak tragedy.
Mrs. Andrew Moses travelled to Houston for a few days this week. Ms. D. W. Spence spends two weeks in Galveston with her father. Professor Welborn leaves this week for a business trip to Indian Territory. Mrs. T. P. Junkine called to Houston because of her sister’s illness. Mr. and Mrs. Conradi and their little son depart for a new home in South Carolina. They will be missed by friends at College. Mrs. Bennett hosted a Bryan and College gathering with dinner and cards. Miss Beard Garth and McInnis of Bryan and Miss Critz visiting on campus attended. Prof. R. O. Allen of Allen Academy addressed the YMC A on “A Life of Service,” praising local work and offering aid. Meeting closed with hymn and prayer by Dr. Powell. For Sale or Rent five room house on East Side. Apply at Charles Todaro’s shoe shop. 267.
A Davis mill boiler in Hardin county Texas exploded injuring several and killing George Davis son of the mill owner and George Mcrge brother in law. The blast occurred while workers attempted to add water to a dry boiler and wrecked the mill. A wounded young man named Wiggins was reported to be near death.
Grand jury indicts Mrs. Elizabeth Mueller Nettie Steibach and Queeney Steibach for conspiracy to extort money linked to a rape charge against Dr. Frederick J. Fielding. Fielding not indicted. Mueller and daughters arrested following affidavits alleging criminal assault.
Gainesville Texas reports a new creamery to be one of the state’s largest. Local capital backs the project with about 5000 in machinery and a plant expected to start in weeks. The Creamery is seen as boosting Cooke County cream shipments valued at about 40800 yearly.
Jake Salinas, a Mexican shoemaker in Bay City Texas, was murdered about one mile west of town as a train passed. He was found lying beside the track with four gunshot wounds to the back, a wound to the leg and arm, and a fatal head wound. Police or assailants are not yet identified.
Acreage for sale one mile southwest of Bryan totaling 355 acres all fenced with 200 acres cleared and the rest timbered. Includes two houses several cattle sheds a wind mill and a galvanized cistern. Suitable for dairy or cattle hog operation. Easy terms. Apply to J. W. English. October 23.
Warning issued against hunting on lands owned by the named parties Jake Luza and Vincent Luza. Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
One light fawn Jersey cow described with one straight horn and one dropped horn, very fat, liberal reward for return to W. E. Johnson. Also an advertisement for Singer sewing machines sold direct from the maker in Bryan Texas by T. A. Satterhite, agent.
Fireplace mishap at W. H. Gage home near Jennings Texas injures three children. A seven year old girl suffers severe leg injury near the knee with an artery at risk and hand wounds. A boy has a scalp cut and another girl an arm wound.
Five persons accused of dynamiting the Joplin News-Herald plant were arrested at 2 a m Tuesday in Joplin Missouri. Named suspects are Minnie St Claire Charles Smith W S Martin Bessie Beam and Hazel Ray alias Reed. The arrests occurred at Minnie St Claire's home.
The New York Zoological Society shipped fifteen buffalo to the national game preserve of the Wichita mountains in southwest Oklahoma. The herd arrived by express at Cache, twelve miles from the preserve, was hauled on a wagon, and released at the preserve.
Free trial boxes mailed to catarrh sufferers to prove Dr Shoop remedy for nasal and throat catarrh with optional internal use of Restorative if stomach or bowels are affected. Request Nos 1 2 3 4 5 or 6 booklets from Racine Wisconsin.
Eight large oil tanks completed at the Mexican National shops in Laredo ready for freight to Piedras Pintas wells in Duval County.
Fort Worth reports construction starts Monday with about fifty men near Lake Como as crews push toward Mineral Wells via Weatherford.
Fort Worth October 15 A pistol accident fired by a young man injures Miss Julia Ransom of Ennis, shooting her left foot. The incident occurred during a local gathering and police are investigating.
An advertisement urges readers to try Dr Shoop's Restorative tablets or liquid for back pain weakness and urinary distress. It notes druggists recommend and sell the product.
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