Eastbound timetable fragment with scattered times
Fragmentary OCR shows eastbound times 1 06 am 9 05 am and 3 53 am. No clear service details, destinations, or connections readable.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1899
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows eastbound times 1 06 am 9 05 am and 3 53 am. No clear service details, destinations, or connections readable.
The Eagle announces W. W. Harris as a mayoral candidate for Bryan in the upcoming city election on Tuesday September 12 1899. Judge W H Harmon and Dr John W Johnson are also named as mayoral candidates for Bryan in the same election.
H E White travels to Denver while H Hayes of Duke visits. A house for rent is available via T F Cas. Mrs Dr Thompson leaves for Leona, Jessie McLendon heads to Dallas, and Robert Tabor returns from Waco. Dr E F Gregory from Edge yesterday and machinist Fang works at Carrs Hardware Store.
Addresses travels and sales fill the column with items including piano rental requests pony for sale and various visits. Mentions include Miss Leila Suber teaching Union Hill Rev A M Stewart returning from east Texas and John Caldwell in Marlin. Local merchants advertise flour oysters fruit trees and market notices from W J Wallace and R R Royall.
The St Louis Republic notes Miss Lillie Hires a Bryan Texas buyer visiting Gilmore’s millinery market. Local visitors from Madison County include Horace Ford and others as Bryan hosts fashion, church, and social events. Obituary for Mrs. Thomas Rowan reads she died Friday night and leaves husband and two sons. Community notices cover sermons, conferences, sales trips, elocution, and shop news including J J Hopkins, Chas Edinburg restaurant, and new millinery bargains.
The September term of the district court began with Judge W G Taliaferro presiding. District Attorney J C Scott Sheriff Nunn and District Clerk Batts attended. A grand jury was empaneled with W E Saunders as foreman and twelve others named. Bailiffs A G Dunnica C L Baker J E Farquhar Claud Buchanan F W Yeager John Jones Albert Schultz Powell Harvey. Court adjourned until morning for docket call.
The Bryan graded school opened with good attendance and plans for additions this week. Improvements include filled grounds, new plastering, blackboards, a new primary room, and updated drainage and cistern pipes. Supt. T B Minter leads staffing with named teachers for each grade and support staff in music and art.
For information leading to recovery of a 2-year-old iron gray horse colt no brand in good condition and gentle a reward offered. Also lost on Saturday Sept 2 between 3 and 6 p.m. a pair of gold rim spectacles in a black case. Reward to finder who leaves them at Saunders Johnson's in Bryan Texas.
Jamie Gris visits Snaggerly’s shop when a tramp begs for aid. The niggardly grocer reluctantly hands over six pence after the tramp presses him, provoking village laughter at the petty sting and the wit of the master of miserliness.
The Delta Light House reports that at last week’s commencement in Greenville Mississippi the annual address was delivered by Rev. E. P. Jones, described as the velvet lipped orator of the Delta, with Prof. George F. Brown in charge of the music, described as the black Beethoven.
A brief exchange captures a desire for shorter hours and fewer duties. The dialogue shows Billy confirming he seeks reduced hours just as the other speaker agrees to fewer obligations.
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