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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1907
Page
2
A burning question in Ft. Worth concerns whether to lick or not lick the youngsters. A building on the corner of the grounds of the east side city school would serve well for a manual training class. Vice-President Fairbanks plans to speak on Confederate day at the Dallas Fair and will likely be greeted with the rebel yell.
Mayor Jas B Baker of Waco met Bryan citizens and business leaders at Carnegie hall to review the second Brazos river lock and dam site near Munson's Shoals eight to nine miles from Bryan. Government engineers outlined acres required for right of way totaling 29.13 in Burleson and Brazos counties. The project, with a government expenditure of about 300 thousand dollars for the dam and ongoing maintenance, could boost regional trade and is part of eight dams planned between Navasota and Waco. President Saunders of the Bryan business league will seek right of way before Congress.
A call urges farmers to use their influence to enforce the game law. It notes farmers’ best friends are the little birds. A University of California professor claims thirteen ounces of peanuts equal one and a half pounds of porterhouse steak in nutritive value.
A visiting woman from another region notes Bryan is praised for its churches and schools. She recalls John Wesley popularizing the cleanliness proverb and urges a revival of primitive Methodism to improve towns and their beauty.
The national department of agriculture introduces the so called stingless bee named the Caucasian bee. Although it lacks a sting like other bees it retains a defensive weapon and will only fight when greatly provoked.
The passage describes rain ending a dry spell with dark clouds, falling water, and fresh growth. It notes streams flowing, breezes blowing, green grass thriving, cattle lowing, and flowers blooming, signaling a shift to wetter, productive weather.
A Wyoming State University expedition reports a 314 foot long lizard-like skeleton found in shale, remarkably preserved with bones in place. The nearly complete specimen, weighing over a thousand pounds for one vertebra, will be housed at the university with its renowned fossil collection.
Marble pedestals and columns from Jordan marble mountain near Alpine will ornament the Holland hotel entry. The rare black marble is exceptionally hard and polished beyond any American source, making the pieces highly desirable though accessibly priced for a builder willing to pay the cost.
Fort Worth Sept 10 Employing Job and Commercial Printers of Texas met with President Perkins of McKinney presiding Topics covered included cost of labor and paper impacts on revenues The Typographical union hosted a banquet at Hotel Worth with seating for 125 delegates and guests.
Ex-president of the Farmers' Union, after touring the central and southwestern belt, says Texas cotton output may fall to less than half of last year or around 2 million bales. He cites very bad conditions from Brownwood to San Angelo and fears even a partial recovery is unlikely.
In Texarkana on September 10 a two story frame building used as a negro boarding and lodging house at Elm and Fifth streets burned. Emma Sweat, a Black woman, jumped from a second story window to the ground during the blaze and fractured her back. She lies in critical condition. The owner was John Roe and the building valued at $1,500 with no insurance.
An elderly Manchester couple aged seventy and sixty five, who waited twenty five years for the act legalizing marriage with a deceased wife’s sister, have filed notice of their intention to wed.
M Grimmett county attorney of Childress county was drowned in the city lake when his horse struck him in the face while the animal was being ridden into the water. Witnesses from shore say he did not resurface after sinking the first time.
A hotel in Cleveland Springs North Carolina burned after a lightning strike. Miss Smith of Elbro North Carolina and two unidentified Black guests died in the blaze. Loss totals about $25,000 with $15,000 insured. Guests reportedly saved little.
Fire at Alvord Texas destroyed ten business houses with damage estimated between 30000 and 50000 dollars. Six structures were stone and four ironclad. The John Be. Zuarl es Lumber Company suffered a 20000 dollar loss, half insured.
An east bound Texas and Pacific engine and caboose derailed three miles east of Arlington Texas. Engineer John Stevensen was buried beneath the wreck and Fireman Anchor jumped and is severely injured. The cause remains unknown. Main line traffic was blocked four to five hours delaying passenger trains.
Heavy rain and a fierce electric storm struck Krum Texas on Monday. The Myers residence suffered about 200 dollars in damage and two family members had a very narrow escape.
J. E. Rogers of Tulsa Oklahoma drowned while bathing on a Galveston Beach on September 10. The drowning occurred during a day of sunshine and lifeguard presence. Investigators listed no further details at this time.
More than 1 100 persons filed for first citizen papers with the naturalization bureau of the U S court in New York City on a Monday. The record drew applicants from multiple nationalities including a large contingent of Russian Jews.
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