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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1908
Page
2
A Bryan Morning Eagle column surveys moves toward statewide prohibition, political feuding, and fiscal warnings. It cites temperance talk in Nacogdoches, Fort Worth Factory Day plans, county formation debates, and Taft's Roosevelt era spending compared to wartime peaks, with stock opinions on national fiscal risk.
About twenty Bryan business men met in the K P Hall to form the Bryan Retail Merchants Association. J Homer Gaddy of Waco explained aims and benefits, and Eugene Edge was elected president with EB J Fountain as vice president. An executive board and committees on membership and by laws were appointed as the group adjourned subject to the president’s call.
An audience of 800 filled the Steep Hollow Missionary Baptist church lawn for a joint program by the Steep Hollow and Harvey literary societies. The evening featured recitations dialogues and music and was praised for attendance and merit. Candidate Crafin faced strong scrutiny as the election neared with the spotlight intensifying.
A compact notice advertises a five room cottage labeled Anit with convenient water access. Mentioned contact: Mrs R V Kernole, address 235 ae.
From the Topeka Mail and Breeze comes a forceful call for a guaranteed deposit law. The paper argues such a law would have prevented last year’s panic by forcing sound banks to back reckless ones and protect depositors.
In a special session the county created Brazos County Drainage District No. 1 covering overflow-prone land along the Brazos and Navasota rivers. Engineer T. R. Batte Jr. will survey and estimate levee construction and annual maintenance costs. A bond election will follow upon submission of the estimates.
Wesley Pierson accused of mule theft from Hays Thomas was returned to Burleson County Sheriff Henslee at Pitts Ferry bridge on the Brazos River. The transfer also sent Jeff Rogers to Brazos County, and Baker Larkin carried to Franklin with Rector Stonam and Gus Harrison who face Robertson County gambling charges.
Austin Texas Aug 31 Ed R Kane was chosen by the State Democratic executive committee as the party nominee for the office of commissioner of agriculture after R T Milner declined. The selection followed the committee's majority rule adopted to govern nominations.
Relatives and friends in this city were advised by phone Monday evening of the death of ten months old Anna Lee, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Gustavus of Ballinger, who died at 3 40 o’clock in the afternoon. The condolence of many Bryan friends will be extended to the grieving parents.
A convention of Bryan Lodge Knights of Pythias will be held at 8:30 tonight in Castle Hall. All members are requested to attend and visiting knights are cordially invited. J. M. Harb, C.
ASalesman T A Satterwhite of the Singer Sewing Machine Company offers a home trial to evaluate honesty and promises of the Singer and Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines. He claims these brands are world leaders and invites customers to test them with a reasonable time on approval.
The Brazos county school fund for 1908 9 is apportioned by scholastic population among districts 5 through 29 with specific amounts listed for each district. Districts 1 2 3 4 and 26 are omitted. their allocations will appear in a future Eagle issue.
Mr and Mrs Chas D Sterns of Liberty Texas announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Laura Sterns to Lieutenant Abbott Boone of the Cavalry U S A on October 27 The bride elect is a Villa Maria graduate and has many friends in the city who wish her happiness.
In justice court Monday the case of P. M. Raysor versus J. W. Hunnicutt resulted in a mistrial as the jury failed to reach a verdict. The suit arose from a disputed horse trade between the parties.
I announce to the public and old customers that I have reopened sewing parlors temporarily at Mrs. S H Brockman home. Phone 167. School and fashionable dressmaking guaranteed satisfaction.
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