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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
3
A collage of quirky exchanges and sketches unfolds with a police magistrate quizzing about weaponry in a domestic dispute, a violinist and pianist joke, a crumbling mood piece about gloom and rain, and a weary social observation on mood and hair.
In Houston the Post reports a dialogue fragment about a canoe incident. The quoted exchange suggests the speaker’s assertion that the other person did not embrace in distress but rather the opposite occurred during the upset. The fragment provides no clear names or dates.
Hyker questions Pyker about leaving his former bank job three weeks ago. Pyker confirms he is now self employed and seeking new employment opportunities.
A brief exchange on tone and doubt. The dialogue notes that tone cannot express certainty when one man concedes another's expertise. The remark underscores the limits of assurance in professional matters.
Brother Dickey quotes a harsh sermon economy in religion noting winter coal shortages force sermons about hell to heat congregations. The Atlanta Constitution cites the quip as a humorous critique of fire and brimstone preaching.
A humorous exchange describes a man famed for clever wording yet unable to write. He juggles a pen and tosses it behind his ear, nine times out of ten dying it in a trick that ends suddenly with his death.
An intimate friend asks if discouragement ever comes to Mr. Comstock. He replies he will not be discouraged and could resort to growing his hair long, guiding religious enthusiasts to Heaven and living in comfort if forced to abandon work in the colony.
D'Auber returns from a month painting in rural Maine. Crittick questions the need for signs where few people will see them. The exchange suggests tension between artistic work and publicity strategy.
A comic exchange between a friend and a doctor ponders patient habits. The doctor admits he cannot compel a patient to quit habits, while the friend notes the difficulty of treating someone who has none. The humor hinges on expectations of patient reform.
Rodney asks why drivers wear goggles. Sidney replies the goggles hide a scared look in their eyes. The joke implies safety or vanity as purpose for eye protection in driving.
A brief exchange notes Briggans bought an automobile two months ago implying past wealth. The responder jokes his current poverty shows he once had money. The line captures a wry mood about changing fortunes.
Cutten Jorgins boasts about his wife’s cookery claiming she is more than a famous cook she is a dynotist. He says she has Jorgins under perfect control so he will eat anything she makes no matter how bad it is.
A Magazine of Fun item recounts Bessie being questioned about disposing of a dead guinea. She explains that she and Connell's kids marched in single file and sang a quip about eternity before burying the guinea on Grandma's grave.
Nell-Miss Ann Teek proclaims she has reached marriageable age amid chatter about delays and social expectations.
A fragment depicts a sentimental young woman in a fast moving automobile. The companion notes the meter seems irregular as the vehicle struggles with its control levers. The car then stalls and refuses to move further, creating a tense moment in the scene.
A professor laments the public’s lack of interest in science while a cautious man notes people focus on gas bill fears over solar eclipses. The exchange contrasts scientific curiosity with everyday household anxieties.
An office seeker offers temperate honesty if granted a post. The political boss probes the meaning of temperate honesty. The wry reply clarifies a preference to avoid excess in honesty.
A Golden Days feature describes cats at New York’s wharves recognizing days and times by calendars and clocks. The meat man notes cats approachers, divides them by blocks, and adapts to Saturday 9 o clock late arrivals, trusting public clocks and office calendars to tell the day.
Hiram Johnson, a colored window cleaner at the Frick building, hung for about thirty minutes on a single strap after a hook failed. He was on the twelfth floor outside, leaning back to clean the upper pane when the strap held his full weight. coworkers in the office and passersby heard his cries and rescued him from the perilous position.
Mike and Pat discuss a committee to break sad news to a widow. Pat plans to take the dispatch to the tilegraphy office and deliver it so the widow may faint at the moment of receipt for a painless shock.
Towne and Browne discuss Subbubs purchasing a houseboat not as a luxury but as a necessity to travel from his house to Swamp hurst station, noting affordability concerns.
A brief excerpt shows a bold declaration as a woman refuses to marry without a suitor asking her father. The companion warns that the father’s weak heart could be endangered by sudden joy.
A shabby scene depicts a floor that slopes toward one side as an agent suggests turning the space into a nursery, implying the property could provide amusement for children despite concerns about safety. The dialogue highlights a cautious buyer and a practical but lighthearted property critique.
A Kansas City Telegram joke features Willie asking Pa about equine and ox meanings. Pa hesitates then explains the confusing term equine ox as a wether, delivering the punchline with sheepish retreat.
A judge discusses a married woman's choice to hyphenate her surname. The woman insisted she would keep her own name, but circumstances led to an unexpected outcome as the names Hart and her former name clash in tone and usage.
A stone near the old Kirk Braddan churchyard entrance bears an inscription for Rev. Patrick Thompson who served forty years and died in 1689, though listed as aged sixty seven in 1678. Similar oddities appear in Onchan churchyard with a memorial to a man who remains alive.
Seventeen year old Francis Riley of Sugar Notch Pa. barely survives after being pulled toward a shaker chain and a large cog wheel at Hadleigh colliery. In a burst of strength he grips the chain tearing it apart and freeing himself as colleagues fail to pull him away in time.
A colossal exhibit at the Minnesota state fair features a bread loaf measuring fourteen feet long and two and a half feet in diameter, weighing about 300 pounds. The display attracts curious visitors and showcases baking scale.
Orchid collectors celebrate the return of a rare Cypripedium Fairicanum after fifty years. A 1857 India import led to a Liverpool dealer Mr. Fairlie and Sir Trevor Lawrence, president of the Royal Horticultural Society, owning the famed plant. A Tibet expedition specimen recently bloomed at Kew Gardens, confirming the rediscovery.
Mortimer Fagan of Troy New York boasted of killing a fox with a golf ball. While practicing on the links a strong wind forced a drive that struck a stone pile and ricocheted into bushes. The ball then hit the fox as it drank by a brook, fatally wounding it.
A relic of past discipline at St. Leonard's Church Shoreditch, England shows hand stocks and a whipping post preserved as church property. Officials cite church records of parental church punishment for erring members, recalling times when church law governed conduct.
A New York man develops a letterless keyboard with a card showing the key diagram. He places the card before him to type, ensuring he can write while the diagram is visible but others cannot operate the machine without it.
The longtime King Philip's Seat overlook at Sugar Loaf near Amherst College has been moved from the cliff edge to a safer front location. The site, a sandstone formation with Pulpit Rock, once drew numerous travelers despite past near falls from the 300 to 400 foot drop. Authorities note the change improves safety for visitors and preserves the historic legend.
A dignified passenger on a London bus lights a cigar and drops a burning match into his urn. A gust of wind fans the flame, sending the urn aloft like a flaming parachute as the man overbalances and tumbles off the omnibus rail, yet lands upright and unhurt on the road.
The Imperial Chancellor Prince Von Buelow ranks beside the Kaiser's Chief Chamberlain as the most decorated man in Europe. He has 115 stars orders and ribbons plus numerous medals. A German mathematician calculated that worn all at once they would cover his breast back and spill down to the knees.
The king of Siam, a keen automobile enthusiast, faces ministers who fear for his safety as motor travel accelerates. A petition urged curbing use or reducing pace. The king replied that danger lies not in motors but in people's hearts.
The United States government experiments have introduced Caucasian bees as the gentlest bees in the world. They are not completely stingless but rarely sting, making bee-keeping safer for most people. The Washington experiments highlight their exceptional gentleness and usefulness for apiculture.
After John Q. A. Olney's 1897 death his widow learned of a $1600 Milford bank deposit unknown to her. Recently workers repairing the Olney cobble shop uncovered a tin box under the floor containing $85.
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