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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1898
Page
2
United States Senator C A Culberson and other officials listed for various posts appear in a late ballot slate. A ranch renter seeks pasture space for 300 acres guided by S H Higgs offering 50 cents per head per month for cattle or horses. Local scholars and doctors visited from College yesterday.
At a Bryan gathering, the J A O Club met at Miss Harman's home with many members present though key officers were absent. Frances Parker proposed inviting Miss Nance to join during her stay, and members agreed noting she would be an acquisition. Cards were played, Miss Stella Shepard won less often, and refreshments were served. Next meeting set at Miss Clarke's with initiation fees and dues for two meetings.
The document cites Daniel Webster on the flag and Liberty and Union. It then notes Mrs. Ballington Booth writing about American prisons and slums for The Ladies Home Journal. Local residents from Cypress Wellborn and Madison County are listed with visiting and town activities.
Bishop Worthington of Omaha earned a mining camp reputation in Butte where a fistfight led to $1,800 being raised to fund the town's first church. The future churchman, a former boxer and rower, defended himself in a street clash that became a turning point for his mission.
The Kalamazoo name stems from a romantic Native American legend about two lovers, Kahla and Mahzoo, who watched for each other by the river named for them, a tale contrasting earlier notions of American absurdity with a romantic origin. It also notes Mark Twain’s anecdote about fare tickets inspiring material for stories and a $500 gain.
The piece recounts a Swed ish maid Ina replying to her mistress about homesickness. In imperfect English she voices the universal ache of longing for a homeland, despite wages and kindness. The mistress urges contentment, but Ina says the key is not the place she is but the place she is not.
Brown explains he cannot run due to farm duties road work timber cutting party tensions views on education tax theory and money problems plus his wife’s desire to run. Harper’s Bazar notes a London writer offering to supply manuscripts to aspiring authors who cannot write at a per volume rate. European coal use for house heating is lower than in the United States.
The Real Widow Brown attracted a full house last night delivering a bright farce with a balanced cast. A number of first class specialty artists in singing dancing and character sketches impressed, with credits noted in advance notices.
Directory lists Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Christian and Free Communion Baptist churches with service times. Catholic Mass times, Knights Templar and Masonic lodges, AOH, Wives of Woodmen, K of H and other fraternal groups meet monthly. The St Leon Millinery Parlor advertises fall and winter hats and accessories.
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