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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1906
Page
2
An excerpt from Bryan's Commoner highlights higher tests of manhood beyond war. It cites Quaker poetry and Charles Reade on quiet valor, praising anonymous sacrifices of both men and women and urging focus on good deeds over cruelty and vanity. It ends with notes on self sustaining penitentiaries and a planter’s claim about whisky-water repelling boll weevils.
A train on the Houston and Texas Central railway encountered a pile of cross ties two miles south of Sherman. The engineer slowed the train and the locomotive pilot was slightly damaged. Deputized marshals and MK&T guards ride trains on the Choctaw division seeking those responsible for train wrecking attempts.
Secretary Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange reports the 1906-07 U S cotton crop at 11,345,988 bales, down 2,219,897 from 1904-05. Texas and Indian Territory drop about 558,000 bales, Other Gulf states fall 1,431,000, Atlantic states shed 231,000 bales.
At Comfort Texas on September 5 a wedding celebrations ended with a fatal shot. Eighteen year old August Spenrath, a band member, fired a 32 caliber rifle and died instantly after the incident. He appeared to be enjoying the festivities prior to the tragedy.
In Millican Texas on September 4 a Black worker named Jones was found dead in bed at about 7:30 am. Justice of the Peace John Thompson held an inquest and ruled heart failure as the cause of death.
Memphis Baptist convention trip for colored group priced at 14.10 with Sept 11 12 13 dates. Oklahoma City excursion by Order of Ho Hoos runs Sept 7 8 9 limited to 14 participants at 14.10. Mexico City trips listed for Aug 15 to Sept 1 and Sept 3 to 14.
Amateur photographers are invited to join the Kodak class at Carter's studio with free tuition. Details are sparse but the notice emphasizes accessible education for photography enthusiasts.
Robert Cotton was hanged at noon in Vinita, Indian Territory, after being found guilty of murdering his wife Cynthia Cotton on August 6, 1905. He stabbed her seventeen times and was condemned to death by the federal court jury, which deliberated ten minutes.
In Norfolk county a coroner's jury met to hear an inquest on a supposed corpse. The supposed body sat up just as testimony was to begin, startling the jurors who fled to safety.
Rangers raided a house near Douglas Arizona and seized revolvers and dynamite. Twelve arrests were made as officials allege the group planned to invade Mexico.
Butte, Sept 5. Mike Sullivan posts $1000 for a fight with Joe Gans. The Butte Athletic club wires offering Gans a purse of $5000 for the match. Governor Folk III at Jefferson City, ill after Bryan reception in New York.
Washington September 5 General Mc Caskey commanding the Southwestern division recommends restoration of the canteen.
San Francisco street car men voted to return to work and submit hours and wages to arbitration. The move ends a strike and places the dispute under a formal labor arbiter for a decision on pay and schedules.
Short news squibs report incidents from Texas and nearby areas including deaths by train in Tulsa, a midwinter poultry show in Denton, a new 50000 church dedication at Fredericksburg, a fatal lightning strike at Sartinville, a murder in New Orleans by Isafia method, a railroad accident near El Reno, gunfire at a revival in Kaufman County, a murder in San Antonio, a jail term for Willie Bengo, a car overturn injury near Orange, and injuries to Dr Richardson and C E Slade from the same wreck.
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