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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1900
Page
2
The Daily Eagle notes Tom South, Galveston Post correspondent, returning to Houston barefoot and drenched after crossing the bay in an open boat. He survived several capsizes and reached Houston via Texas City, Lamarque, a hand car, then a relief train. Burt Norwood promotes W. L. Douglas shoes in Houston.
Citizens of Bryan gather at the city hall at 11 this morning to organize relief for Galveston survivors. A Houston and Texas Central car will transport donated clothing and supplies. Please list contents on packages for the distribution committee.
Hillsboro begins construction on a cotton mill as a year earlier local agitation over the matter prompted towns to consider factory development. The Galveston News notes that such discussions often lead to results and may inspire other towns to debate similar industrial ventures.
Debris blankets streets as cisterns collapse and water runs high. Electric plant and telegraph lines are down. schools, churches, hotels, and warehouses are wrecked. Death toll includes Stanley G. Spencer Richard Lord Charles Kilmer and many others. Tremont Hotel serves as a shelter.
Houston dispatch details a cataclysmic Galveston storm with about 1500 dead and $10 million in damage. Bathhouses, hospitals, grain elevators, schools, and steamships were destroyed. Virginia Point and nearby towns suffered extensive wreckage with over 50 bodies recovered there and many more washing ashore.
A fierce gale struck Bryan on Saturday night and Sunday morning, damaging property and crops with no reported fatalities. Cotton crops suffered major losses while buildings, trees, and signs were blown down, and several structures including John B. Mike’s brick building and the Zennatti block faced roof and awning damage. The storm was described as the worst since 1875, leaving residents awake through daylight.
The Bryan community learns of the opening of the Bryan Female Academy with classes starting Monday September 17 at 9 am. The school will operate in a Catholic parish schoolroom, furnished with desks, and limited to twenty pupils from sixth grade up. Tuition is five dollars per month plus one dollar monthly for language courses.
Mrs. Fannie Reese Pugh, principal, announces openings for students in music. Miss Lilian Parks, Nash College Sherman graduate, offers competent instruction and proper advancement for a few pupils.
Health in the community remains poor with several residents on the sick list including Miss Lula Fuller and Fred Zim merman. The sudden death of the Bauch couple’s young daughter prompted a burial at Bickham graveyard. Visitors Walter Edge and Milton Johnson traveled from Kurten and Macon to the area last week. Cottonwood’s Bryan barbecue drew broad local turnout. An all day Ebenezer singing attracted many youth from the vicinity. Church attendees joined services and singing at Alexandria last Sunday night with upcoming Baptist services and an invitation to all.
The company states no bill will be paid without a superintendent authorized order for services or purchases and no receipt will be recognized unless signed by the superintendent. By order of the Company W H Harman Supt.
A brief note touts Lemp's bottle beer as the best. An advertisement mentions a residence for sale at a cheap price on easy terms. J Oscar Hall, 42 is referenced.
J G excursions announce low rates from St Louis to the St Louis Fair October 1. Chicago to August 27 September 1 for G A R Encampment. Richmond September 17 22 for National Baptist Convention. Menico September 15 and 1 for Mexican Independence Day events. Mexico Saltillo and other points. Tickets via D J Price Palestine Texas G P T A.
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