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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1899
Page
2
Women send messages to dressmakers or dry goods with postal cards, says Ladies' Home Journal. A bit of cloth or ribbon used as samples makes cards unmailable and sent to the dead letter office to be destroyed. Men sometimes add jokes or fragments that never reach the recipient. No writing is allowed on the message side. only the address may appear.
A list of names from W E Campbell to N I Shumate appears as part of a notice. It states a wagon is ready to deliver cotton seed meal to portions of the city and instructs ringing number 47 or placing orders with the Bryan Cotton Oil Mill KE J Fountain. It also mentions Mount Vernon Pure Rye at a saloon position 160f.
The piece argues serious friendship requires character not whim or chance. It contrasts light, frivolous bonds with enduring ties, calling friendship austere and sacred, aligned with natural and moral law. Emerson is cited on fleeting friendships failing to endure true depth.
The New York Record advocates establishing a U S school of tropical medicine. Citing the London Times it notes Tirah campaign hospital admissions 1000 for battle wounds and 11000 for fever and dysentery, arguing similar needs for U S soldiers.
The lower story of the Lode building known as the Baptist church will host a new school opening September 4. It will offer primary, preparatory and high school branches with promises of diligent service to pupils and a request for public patronage. Mrs. Edna Winkert Miss Mary Minkert will teach.
An appeal describes a training school where a son will receive instruction and his interests will be cared for under principals ee ey allen and R. O. Allen at 727. The message mentions D. Mike Jr and Cosella Battle Axe Fleur Ander as guarantors.
Report from Key West on September 4 notes reduced fever activity and strict harbor checks. Two vessels remain under inspection, Dr. Porter arrives to assess the scene, Lampasas sails to New York with many acclimated travelers, while New Orleans and Washington relay updates showing no new cases in three days and favorable conditions at the Hampton Soldiers Home.
Johannesburg reports the Transvaal Republic replies to the British communication withdrawing franchise proposals and in principle accepting the Capetown conference. M Paken of the Transvaal Leader is released on bail, charges reduced to dress law violation. Norris Lord heir to Indiana estate. Missouri family to relocate. Calcasieu Parish assessment totals 9 322 745, banner parish outside Orleans. No fever changes in New Orleans. quarantine in place. Eldora marks 15th county settlement anniversary at Lavon Hill.
Henry Emde, a carpenter in Chicago, murdered his wife and fatally wounded his 5-year-old daughter before killing himself with a hanging in the kitchen of their home. In Bradley, Illinois a post office was robbed with a dynamite blast and a loss about 31500.
Mrs. L Collins dies and four children gravely ill after eating ice cream from a tin freezer in Birmingham Alabama. Other brief items report masked robbers near Abilene Kansas stealing 2100 dollars, John R. Rainey’s morphine overdose death near Denison Texas, and the US cruiser Olympia arriving at Gibraltar with Admiral Dewey aboard.
Pittsburg Coal company raised coal prices to $1.10 per ton as of September 4.
Philadelphia on September 4 reports rapid crowding as Grand Army of the Republic veterans arrive. Local organizers anticipate large turnout for events and reunions.
Washington dispatch reports 20 soldiers died from different diseases. General status notes 20 fatalities among troops with no further detail on units or locations.
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