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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
8
Monroe Graham, a Civil War dispatch bearer who rode with General Sheridan on his famed twenty mile ride from Winchester, died at his home in Village Chester, Pennsylvania. He recalled at Grand Army gatherings his quick delivery of a dispatch and Sheridan's rapid departure to the front.
An advertisement promotes Preventics as a fast acting remedy for colds and grippe. It claims no quinine and no nauseating effects, offers a free booklet, and urges readers in Racine Wisconsin to request the sample and learn how Preventics may shorten illness.
The sixteenth annual session of the National Association of Letter Carriers opens in Canton Ohio with delegates from all regions. Membership stands at 20 740, up 3 220 in the year. Agenda includes building a home for carriers in Springs Colorado and a pension system with adequate retirement income. Sick benefit may be raised to ten dollars a week and First Assistant Postmaster Hitchcock will deliver the main address.
A probate filing in Pittsburg unveils a letter by John Kelly a tombstone maker who shot himself August 1 The letter suggests a plan for burial and directs that the estate valued at 2500 dollars be divided among his stepmother brothers and sisters The full letter was presented in the probate proceedings with unclear wording due to damage in the source text.
Austin defeated San Antonio 4 to 1 on September 5 to clinch the Texas Baseball League pennant for 1907. A separate note reports Judge Floyd fining Jim Dukes 31 for a single cuss word after an arrest for drunkenness at Confederate Park. A line mentions former Judge John J. Jackson dying in Atlantic City at age eighty three.
The taking of testimony in the suit against the Standard Oil company was postponed again to September 17 to allow counsel to prepare statements from the company’s books in New York.
Tacoma dispatch recalls a blaze that consumed the Webb hotel in Shelton, about twenty miles from Tacoma. Seven bodies have been recovered and two residents from Shelton Miss Bailey and Mrs. Mudge are confirmed among the missing. A death toll of fifteen is reported awaiting more details.
New York report states the failure of Watson and Company, grain and commission brokers, is announced on the New York Stock Exchange. The firm has recently been active in selling railroad stocks.
A lightning strike split a tree that toppled onto a house in Falls, killing seven men and injuring ten. The incident occurred on September 5 near Buckhorn.
Grand Duke Constantine, cousin of the emperor, is declared insane in St Petersburg. An administrator will manage his children’s affairs.
Elmer Jones a nineteen year old is jailed on charges of assaulting his mother Mrs Mary A Jones at 125 Pear Street after a dispute over support and a clock taken from the parlor. Captain George Henry intervened and halted the attack saving the injured woman.
In Jennings Louisiana Sept one more 1000 barrel gusher is added to the field. Well No 16 is the second new well brought in within a week. Daily production runs around 2500 barrels and the outlook is encouraging.
Oklahoma City hosts the tenth annual convention of the National Firemen's Association of America with about 500 delegates. President McNeil of Fayetteville, North Carolina, calls the meeting to order as factional disputes over the gathering date reduce eastern attendance.
George Commercial Tele was arrested on a state warrant in Chicago for maliciously tampering with Telegraph company wires. A union member allegedly instructed by the union to disconnect lines, Birdsell, of Western Union, admitted involvement and claimed he was chief of Western.
Wellington court of appeals rules the slaughterhouse workers strike and sympathizers illegal. Workingmen involved are violating the arbitration award and may be fined. nonpayment could lead to imprisonment up to one year.
Dayton dispatch reports Fire Chief B H Miller of Franklin shot and killed J H Little in the Franklin police station after Little returned for trial following an elopement with Miller’s wife. Miller, described as a raving maniac, is under guard.
Royston Georgia on September 5 reports John Lester Hays an eleven year old boy weighing 139 pounds. He stands 5 feet 2 inches tall with a 32 inch chest and 33 inch waist. His father measures 9 inches, calf 13.5 inches, and weighs 185. his mother is 17. The fragment provides measurements for a family profile.
William H Abercrombie aged sixty five, formerly United States consul at Nagashi Japan, committed death by own action by asphyxiation in his Stoneleigh Court apartments in Washington on Thursday.
A Detroit News account describes a bleak South East London Saturday night. The scene shows cold, starving families, vagrant shoppers, and shouting vendors at naphtha lamps, with butchers, pawnbrokers, and gin shops creating a suffocating, grim market atmosphere.
Senator and Mrs London during September tour England while Depew of New York lands voyage and visits notable sites.
An unidentified man jumped from a bridge into Niagara Falls on a September day. Rescue efforts were launched as authorities investigated the incident and worked to identify him.
London Notes and Queries cites a mistranslation of a French phrase as lamppost in a street execution setup. It clarifies the lamp hung over the street center with a cord and pulleys, where the condemned person was substituted and the card ends pulled.
A concise maxim attributed to Holmes warns that both knowledge and timber require time to mature before use, implying patience and proper preparation are essential in both learning and construction.
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