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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1906
Page
2
Press dispatches report an English syndicate plans to purchase 40 000 acres in Brownsville country for a cotton plantation. The move signals significant foreign investment in local agriculture and regional development.
Two Covington women argued over a rain barrel, with husbands stepping in to settle. One husband died and the other was charged with a crime. Football this season will feature strong kicking under new rules as punters are in demand. Kicking is for the pigskin, not for players.
Texas population reached 3,048,710 in 1900, up from 2,235,526 in 1890 and 1,591,749 in 1880. Over twenty years the state nearly doubled, with the later decade showing a larger rise than the earlier.
Bryan earns praise for rapid student enrollment and expanding cultural influence. This growth marks the town as a center of education with bright young people from many regions, while the colorful student attire signals school pride.
The Brazos County district court grand jury submitted a final written report to Judge J. C. Scott in Bryan Texas dated Sept. 11 1906. They indicted eight felonies and nine misdemeanors and noted the jail is in excellent sanitary condition. They urged appointing a finance committee to audit county books by the next term. Foreman John Ferguson signed the report.
I N Conyers of Marlin unloaded a car of the best Texas raised mules in Bryan last Saturday along with three good horses. The stock is three to five years old, heavy bodied and well broke. He operates a large horse and mule business with headquarters in Marlin and invites buyers to view the stock near the I N G N depot. He offers to help buyers arrange financing if needed.
H and T excursions schedule train departures with rates to Houston and Galveston. Houston Galveston Sunday trip at 3 40 p m September 15 and 2 48 a m September 16 with limit September 17. Dallas sale September 20 and morning 21 for Presbyterian Synod. Greenville sale September 16 and 17 limit 21 for Knights and Ladies of Honor.
W. W. Griffin of Bryan Texas offers stove repairing work of all kinds with parts supplied on request. All work guaranteed. Phone 217.
Regular Elks meeting announced with business of importance. F C Oliver serves as Exalted Ruler. meeting to start at o'clock.
Edge resident Sol Mabry and Rev A J Frick visited the city while families and students from Perry Iola Mex ico Willow City and Waco moved youths into Allen Academy Texas Woman's College and local public schools. People announced jobs housing rentals and travel plus a death in the Darwin family.
Immigrants reach Galveston with arrivals noted at Parsons' hotel in New Boston Bowie county Texas where a fire caused losses under 5000 dollars. Ex County Judge Plummer shot himself in Brady Texas. Twelve cattle from La Belle Missouri die near Springfield Illinois from Texas fever. Louis A Hill on a Yazoo City Mississippi train drops his pistol and a bullet hits his heart.
Havana dispatch reports sixty or more residents indicted for complicity with rebels. Bail denied. Rebels seize Rincon junction of United Railway branches causing Western line trains to be halted and searched. A Havana troop train was attacked near Artesmia early Monday, rebels driven off with machine guns.
A southbound Iron Mountain passenger train derailed at Galion Louisiana. Locomotive overturned. Engineer Lon Leady died from scalding injuries while Fireman S M Blake was seriously hurt. No passengers were injured.
The Southern Pacific carmen strike involving about 500 workers across Louisiana ended Monday night. Workers will resume duties with an average wage increase of roughly $3 per month.
The Louisiana State Fair association invited William Jennings Bryan to visit the state fair, to be held in Shreveport on November 19.
Dallas reports a thief took a new balloon belonging to Charles Broadwick the nightly ascender at Lake Cliff park He had used the balloon once and retains another ready for use in upcoming events
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