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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1898
Page
2
The Bryan Eagle reports the Citizens Band of Bryan formed with 22 members including W. W. Harris as manager and F. Cain as assistant. A fundraising pledge will equip and maintain an orchestra and band for city use, with city custodianship and mayoral call for events.
The poem presents a riddle about a created being linked to Adam, claiming a life of service yet lacking a soul and fear of death. It suggests the being travels from pole to pole, laboring to aid fallen man, while denying belief in Scripture and its heaven or grave, ending with a prompt to search the Bible for its name.
A Sunday cold wave signaled winter’s approach while town life continues. Notable items include a Baptist church supper raising fifty two dollars after expenses, multiple travels and farewells, and local weather described as brisk, clear and dry after a period of wet, muddier days. A funeral for Little Buck Dawson and condolences to his mother are noted along with various short community updates and a humorous Boston Transcript quote about a Boston Water Works inscription.
In London a church on Ratcliff highway preserves four hourglasses used to time sermons. The relics sit in a brass framework and remain in perfect preservation, a unique collection among ecclesiastical edifices described in London Tit-Bits.
City officers include Mayor C A Adams Marshall T P Boyett Deputy Marshal R H Smith Secretary H G Rhodes City Sexton H H Jones Constable C L Baker Aldermen R G Tabor W Howell W W Harris C H Wyse Jno M Lawrence County officers list judges clerks and treasurers with names. Religious and fraternal groups note pastors church services and meeting times Knights Templar and Royal Arch Masonry sections included.
Meeting calendars for Masonic and fraternal orders in Bryan list fifte en groups with monthly patterns on specific Mondays Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays. Officials include John Q. Tabor H P Joe B. Reed W M A M Waldrop and others. The St Leon Millinery Parlors announce a fall and winter hat stock is now open with ribbons velvets feathers.
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