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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
2
State Superintendent J. S. Kendall writes to Tyler Haswell of Bryan Texas, clarifying that the textbook law does not permit exchanging books within the adopted list for other books, even of the same or different grades. Kendall affirms he will continue to buy second hand school books.
The weekly list of letters remaining at the Bryan post office includes numerous ladies and gents with names such as Miss Ma Brown Mrs Dora Daniels Annie Foster Miss Sala Greggs Mattie Harson Leatha Hacker Carrie Harris Sola Hogue Mrs Ane 2 Mickuleuka Miss More Mrs Irra More Janey Nash Mrs Eliger Nelson and many others. A one cent charge is added for each advertised piece. Please state the date when calling and say advertised. Tyler HasweLe P.M.
The Eagle lists legal blanks available for sale including affidavits for accounts and facts, chattel mortgage, crop mortgage, contract for sale of real estate, deeds of various kinds, powers of attorney, and vendor's lien related forms. Prices quoted are for small quantities with larger quantities through the Eagle office.
The Bryan Baptist church invites all to a Thanksgiving service tonight to give thanks for spared members and prayers for friends along the coast. Pastor A. M. Sims urges the community to gather and worship together.
The Press Publishing Company files indicate the census guessing contest will continue for about a month as census returns cannot be counted in Washington for at least two more months. A private family seeks a young man who must be close in. Mrs. W.S. Howell reports returning from a summer in Colorado.
Reports from Houston and Galveston describe 5000 anticipated deaths from the storm with over 100 more loss elsewhere in Texas. Martial law is in effect as rescue and cleanup efforts intensify. euthanized ghoulish acts are reported and authorities promise severe penalties. Water supply stabilizes while relief shipments flood the stricken area. telegraph congestion and looming cable connections underscore the scale of communication disruption.
A Beaumont dispatch says only one death occurred at Sabine Pass during the recent storm, Jeff Guniff the fisherman killed. Other news notes a stalled Gulf and Interstate train near Rollover and uncertainty about casualties among Bolivar Point residents. Free wire use offered to Texas relief officials by Western Union. Steamer Lawrence reportedly lost with 50 aboard near St Joseph. Baden Powell named chief of Transvaal police in Pretoria.
Correspondent reports a slow news week with visits by Messie Athon and Johnson from Macon Georgia and various local residents traveling to Bryan Reliance and Zion s Rest. Cotton suffered damage from a wind storm while an ice cream supper was held at Mr Holmes.
Tabor Texas reports a damaging weekend storm that blew down open cotton and fruit, blocked roads with timber, and harmed crops while residents noted no serious injuries. The correspondent notes one burial at Alexander Chapel for Evanda Abbott's mother, who died five weeks earlier in Robinson county.
The September gale wrecked open cotton and torn stalks across fields in Iola Texas. Officials estimate the crop loss will be tallied later by agriculture commissioners. A three year old girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Neeley, died after illness, on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. L. W. Christian.
Low excursion rates for events in St. Louis Missouri the St Louis Fair Richmond Virginia the National Baptist Convention in September in Mexico Saltillo and other points. Details on sale dates limits and rates available from ticket agents or D J Price G P and T A Palestine Texas.
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