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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1907
Page
2
The item surveys local politics in Milam and Brazos counties, noting fifteen liquor license applications since the local option vote, reports on cotton crops and price signals, weather bureau remarks on a heat wave ending, and plans for business and commerce in Bryan Texas with references to Governor Campbell and regional markets.
The piece cites Hobson urging a strong navy to avoid humiliation and warns of building ships before February. It also describes a One Hundred Year club by US chemist H W Wiley promoting longevity with six simple rules including moderation, outdoor exercise, ventilation, and steady work without costly dues.
The Eagle reports a telegram from New Orleans showing a ticket rush for The Clansman fare well engagement at Tulane theater. A crowd of purchasers stretched three hundred yards with six officers needed to maintain order as box window tickets were suspended at times. The Clansman is bound for a four year world tour after this American run. Bryan is slated for another engagement this season.
Austin reports unorganized Texas counties will receive no land for county school funds as 25 leagues previously set aside have been exhausted. Of 326 leagues allocated in 1882 for county schools, 325 leagues are used, leaving Garza and unorganized counties without the permanent school land.
Galveston Sept 12 Nine Negroes began work on Southern Pacific docks after a special train from Beaumont brought a party of thirty five. Many refused to work, fearing a strike, while guards kept nine workers on a train and escorted them downtown. Fifty checking clerks quit when Negroes were hired, halting handling of cargo. Three ships arrived with perishables and lemons rotted aboard. no violence reported.
District court records show judgments for personal injury damages totaling 600 in favor of B J Benefield and 500 for Fannie Franklin against the railroad. Multiple divorces granted including Birdie and Willie Stubblefield Carrie and Eugene Lee Annie Jones Maggie Wyatt Jennie Wilson and Jim Wilson Allen Davis and Victoria Davis plus Adline Hollinsworth and Isaac Hollinsworth. Partition actions ordered and commissioners appointed with J H McCullough CA Foster and Frank Clarke to report.
A Macon Georgia report Sept 13 describes a key winding toy showing a man with smashed hat holding bottle and glass. Winding makes him stagger and drink, a satirical as New York sidewalk pedlars sell the item under Trinity shadow and Twenty third street.
San Antonio report from the Texas Truck Growers association shows 356 964 crates of onions shipped this season totaling 742 cars. Gross receipts were 647 271 38 dollars with net returns about 478 234 69 dollars after charges. Acreage nears 6 000 acres, up 25 percent from last year. Despite 12 000 crates less than last year, growers earned more than twice as much.
A barefoot burglar pried open the door of E. D. Campbell home in Paris Texas at 2 am. He rifled Campbell trousers on the back porch and took a purse and other items. He then probed several other homes and tried to steal horses from three barns, securing one before fleeing toward Atlas on a southbound Texas Midland train pursued by officers.
Coblenz Prussia Sept 13 further arrests in connection with betrayal of military secrets have been made totaling additional suspects in the espionage inquiry.
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