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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1903
Page
2
Foreign representation at the St Louis World’s Fair will include forty five countries. The item notes a Bryan Texas date sep 15 1903 and mentions a poster about postal matter and language restraint as a side remark.
The Salvation Army plans actions in the Kentucky and Tennessee mountains to curb moonshine operations and related feuding. Local volunteers marshal aid programs while authorities coordinate enforcement efforts in mountainous communities.
The notice cautions readers about mass mailings promising large profits in grain markets. It warns that such schemes lure with easy money and urges skepticism and avoidance of investment with unknown guarantors.
The statement calls for pursuit of the opponents who made corrupt bargains with Sam Park and vows that justice will be done, urging action against those responsible.
The note imagines turning Brazos county cotton into lamp wick by local artisans in Bryan. It asks for a calculator’s result showing who profits, considering cotton weight per pair of 25 cent cocks produced by machines and output rates. The piece invites precise figures on costs, yields, and margins.
The article argues a rice mill is unnecessary in Brazos county and that an ordinary grain separator would suffice. It notes shipping grain to Houston could be cheaper than local milling and questions land suitability for rice due to water supply and soil absorption. Further experiments may alter this view.
Readable lines indicate Angelina and Comanche counties were added to the dry column on Saturday, marking a shift in water usage status. No further context provided on impact or scale.
Trains passing Bryan Saturday September 19 give round trip fares to Galveston two dollars and to Houston one dollar seventy five. Tickets valid on regular trains until Monday September 21 from Galveston and until September 22 from Houston. Agent 245 W.S. Wilson.
Parks & Waldrop, Men’s Outfitters, announces ten day sale on boys shoes. All calt and vici shoes priced at 2.00 now 1.45. Patent vici shoes 3.00 now 2.25. Kid oxfords reduced from 2.00 to 1.45. Sale emphasizes limited time and wide selection.
A Munsey's Magazine reader valued property at $600 and suggested ads. The author replied that advertising would cost $400 more than the property, leaving the reader likely stunned and silent. The note reflects widespread unfamiliarity with ad costs.
The program for the W C T U meeting on Tuesday September 15 at 4 p m in the Sunday school room of the Methodist church includes devotional singing scripture reading Psalm 1 prayer reading a sketch of Miss Willard and roll call with Bible texts. Followed by business minutes reports of officers and committees new business.
Miss Nannie Berryman announces the opening of her music class at the graded school starting Monday September 14. Instruction covers piano and string instruments. She thanks patrons for past support and hopes for continued patronage. The I and G N railroad offers round trip tickets to Palestine on September 16 for 150 cents, valid to September 18. Franklin Bros advertise clean meats and Millican visitors Lula Scrimshire and Eva McLeod visiting Bryan.
Dr L P Sessions reports several yellow fever cases in Monterey prompting state health officials to reinforce quarantine. Dr J H McKnight received the telegram from Dr Tabor directing stricter enforcement, baggage fumigation, and ten days detention in place of five.
In Oyster Bay a dinner planned by the Sewanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club sparks an international issue. Misunderstandings over guest list lead to the impression of a slight to Sir Thomas Lipton and put President Roosevelt in an awkward position about attending if no other guests were present.
Morning Post correspondent in Kirk Kilisse and Adrianople says massacre and pillage reports from revolutionists are greatly exaggerated. He notes Albanian troops behave badly and are beyond control, a view shared by several Constantinople reporters.
Yellowstone Park Wyoming reports six inches of snow across the region on September 14. The white covering affects travel and daily activity as winter conditions begin to set in.
A roll of late items reports Texas and nearby events: Col umbus suffers a $100,000 fire. San Antonio plans $50,000 in school bonds. Angelina County goes dry by a small margin. a Rockdale horse and mule die from lightning. Texas penitentiary population hits 3982. Texas counties vote dry margins in Comanche. Washington carrier Denham kills his wife and suicides. rail and railbed improvements announced for Choctaw division. Guthrie printing plant nearly destroyed by fire. Mobile hardware firm suffers a $100,000 loss from fire and water. a white woman is abandoned from a bluff into the Missouri at Kansas City. Secretary Hitchcock to dispatch a secret agent to Indian Territory. a Kingsland fisherman possesses a $5000 violin per Rev Dr Briggs. a car powder explosion at Pittsburg injures Bob Hanna and others. Willacy buys $77,000 in town lots and oil lands at Sour Lake. alleged $20,000 Catholic church propaganda shortage in Rome. a milk opal found near Ravia valued at $50. Alabama House passes bill barring cotton from Texas boll weevil areas. Republicans in Texas district elect Dr Max Orwitz to Congress. an Olympia car alcohol explosion kills two men and an apprentice. Frank Day’s Milwaukee race car crashes fatally. Joseph Comeaux is hanged in Lake Charles for poisoning a well. Wharton tea farm proves successful with future cultivation planned. John E Crawford of Texas dies at San Angelo.
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