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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1898
Page
2
The Daily Eagle lists Bryan Texas's post office entry details and pricing. Subscriptions cost 10 cents per week.
The item lists candidates by office including Co l A Culberson Browning Finger Robbins Mayfield Kendall Brown Brooks Henry Henderson Scott and others. It also quotes a satirical stanza about shopping away from a store and not buying there anymore, criticizing advertising.
The Allen Academy scholarship contest gains attention as more entrants join the list. The report lists candidates including Edna Drake Ben Bailey Claud Searcy Edwin Burney Luther Payne Elisha Williams Frances Roberts Jasper R. Donaho Bertha Madole Ona Casey and Edwin Vernon among others.
On September 10th the G N R R will sell one way and round trip tickets at reduced rates to St. Louis Kansas City Memphis and points Affected. Roundtrip tickets expire September 15th with thirty day extension option for extra payment. Insist on tickets via The Old Reliable route. For details contact nearest ticket agent or D J Price G P and T A Palestine Texas.
A fragmented excerpt shows cotton yard tallies for Bryan yards including Lawrence Warehouse 1231 Farmers' Cotton Yard 1015 Kernole Cotton Yard 530 Brick Warehouse 486 and Darwin and Ponder 6.5. It notes a brass and string band recruitment appeal by W. W. Harris and Miss Nannie Berryman teaching music at the graded school. It also advertises round trip train tickets from Bryan to St Louis for 16.35 with returns by Sept 15 and extensions if deposited by Sept 13.
Excursion rates to Cincinnati, San Antonio, Monterey, Saltillo, and Mexico City offered with specific travel dates and limits. See nearest ticket agent for full particulars or write D. J. Price, G P and T A.
Charles S. Cheesborough of Galveston H E Jarvis of Bryan J P Reeve of Galveston N W McCall of Calvert J F Lovett and wife of Franklin A B Matthews of Waco N W Falsig of England G O C L Mayer of New Orleans hk A Sangster of Navasota arrived at the Exchange Hotel.
Miss Sue McLelland says she will teach music again this session in public schools. She teaches six instruments besides harmony and uses new methods proven successful and practical. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited.
The I and G N R R offers excursion tickets September 10 to Hot Springs with return at low rates Palestine 5.50 Galveston and San Antonio 7.50 and other points pro rata Tickets valid to September 15 with 30 day extension on payment of fare Further details From nearest ticket agent or D J Price G P and T A Palestine Texas
On September 10 1898 the H and T C R R will sell round trip tickets from Bryan to Eureka Springs Arkansas for seven dollars. Tickets must be stamped at Eureka Springs for return on or before September 14. Tickets may be extended 30 days if deposited with Eureka Springs agent by September 14 and ten dollars and ten cents paid. Leave Bryan on night train for close connection. Also Miss St Leon millinery parlor showcases ribbons ceilings early fall hats and other seasonable goods with daily new arrivals inviting Bryan ladies to visit.
In Colorado Springs a faction clash at the opera house leaves Charles Harris of Denver dead from a bullet wound to the abdomen. Broad supporters attacked Sprague loyalists guarding the hall as an internal party power struggle escalates. rifles and revolvers are seized and arrests follow.
Washington reports the navy department prefers keeping vessels like the Gloucester in government service. A board evaluating wartime auxiliary ships has proposed selling many, but Gloucester and peers are valued for glory. If sale occurs, ownership may pass to other agencies, though retention is hoped. General Carey injured in Cincinnati parade when horse fell. spine believed seriously hurt.
Washington reporters confirm that on September 7 the president elevated First Lieutenant Charles H. Laucheimer of the United States Marine Corps to the rank of captain.
The piece extols Mexico’s September 15 and 16 holidays, Diaz’s birth date and Independence Day, describing the Battle of Flowers, public displays, and democratic revelry. It invites American travelers to visit Mexico City via the I and G N R R, with tickets sold September 10 and 11 for round trips, stopovers allowed, and a 30 day final return limit.
City directory page lists officers including Mayor C. A. Adams, Marshall T. P. Boyett, Deputy Marshal R. H. Smith, Treasurer H. G Rhodes, City Sexton H. H. Jones, Constable C. L. Baker and Aldermen R. G. Tabor W. Howell W. W. Harris C. H. Wyse Jno. M. Lawrence.
Judge W H Harman presides with Clerk G W McMichael and Attorney A G Board. Tax offices led by Tax Collector J J Adama and Tax Assessor R M Nall. Sheriff T C Nunn and Treasurer R W Carr. District Clerk J CO Williams. Commissioners are R J Deens Peter Thomas Felix Phillips and P H Arrington.
The notice lists weekly worship times for Baptist W Finley Methodist J B Cochran Christian and Free Communion Baptist churches with pastors names and Sunday school at 9 45 or 10 am plus evening services. St Josephs Catholic Church with Father Pelnar offers Mass at 8 and 10 am Sundays.
A compiled notice lists multiple fraternal groups in Bryan with meeting nights each month. It includes Ivanhoe Commandery No 8 Knights Templars, W T Austin Chapter No 87 Royal Arch Masons, Brazos Lodge No 19 and 64, Vulcan Lodge No 37, Bryan Lodge 1032 K of H, Brazos Camp No 104 W o W, Bryan Tent No 16 KOT M, Bryan Lodge 980 Home Forum, and Bryan Lodge 409 National Aid, with officers and meeting cadence.
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