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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1908
Page
3
Abel Pond refuses library committee's bid for a desirable lot unless six hundred dollars. He offers seven hundred to the committee and promises a one hundred dollar check to help kickstart subscriptions, urging others to contribute. The exchange shows Pond's bargaining cunning and civic-minded push.
An Atlantan recalls editor Joel Chandler Harris showing how to issue a proper apology with a Transvaal retraction. The item quotes A C du Plessis retracting claims about G P Bezuidenhout, calling himself a genuine liar of the first class.
A discussion of mullahs as religious leaders in India and the East, noting the sacred view of their person and the Ulima principle that injury to a mullah merits death as atonement, with examples such as the sultan of Turkey and Habibullah.
A Philadelphia Bulletin warning explains drowning can come from inhaling water during swimming not cramps. A lifeguard notes spray enters the nostrils and windpipe, leading to rapid, speechless drowning. swallowing water is not the danger, breathing it is. Prevention methods remain unclear.
The piece recounts an old Sussex remedy using sparrow shot in milk for lung ailments and a tale of a boy treated with ice on his temples. It contrasts quirky beliefs with a narrator’s reflection on conscience and neighborly sins. A cafe scene captures diners ordering varied sweets while a fifth man declines a chocolate cake request.
A long list of parties contesting in the election includes Democratic Republican Socialist Prohibitionist Socialist Labor People’s and Independent with candidates for governor and presidential electors noted. Local Brazos County Democratic nominees for precinct offices are listed, while national figures Eugene V Debs Eugene Chafin and others are discussed along with campaign moves and a tent meeting in Bryan ending with the author’s departure.
In a Kansas City sermon Rev. Charles Ferguson extolled universal education calling the public school the finest achievement of modern civilization and democracy. He argued the schoolhouse as society’s center and contrasted federal checks and balances with absolute authority in older monarchies.
Warning to hunters that all lands owned by the Dansbys are posted and hunting is prohibited on the property. Signed by H. B. Dansby and D. M. Dansby.
Ash Pond on W. S. Mial’s Bra zos bottom property has been leased for hunting for five years. Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Notice dated October 19.
Carnes and Wallace sell out to The Eagle Printing Company and appoint H. G. Greenwood to settle debts. Greenwood will present bills to local and college customers between now and the 20th, with statements mailed to distant parties. Settlements expected by the start of next month.
A brief note states willingness to sell items if offered at a fair price. It directs sending descriptions to Wilson and Erskine in Wellborn, Texas.
Advertisement lists 1476 acres in the Moses Hughes survey near Edge with price and terms, plus 80 acres adjoining the M. and College land, a half acre with improvements near the speaker’s home, 190 acres with Double Sulphur Springs on the Navasota river known as the George Platter place.
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