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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1905
Page
3
Railroad time table and schedules for north and southbound trains listed with numbers. Local notices include house for rent, visitors to Navasota, and a string of short notices about people from nearby towns visiting the city, with rental and sale inquiries and a music class opening.
Greenville Texas September 13 A circular urges all state and southern unions to meet on September 23 to ratify a minimum price of 11 cents per pound for the season s cotton and coordinate efforts against price depressors. Ed Hill and Rachel Counter Jeff Williams and Rosa Searcy Frank Barnes and Lillie LaSalle among marriage licenses issued. Prof T A Taylor from University of Texas visits Allen Academy to arrange for his son s placement. Morgan Cross and his little son visit before traveling to Hearne to see Major and Mrs Kirlicks.
A Black man named Jeff Williams was jailed by Deputy Marshal W A Reed on a shoes theft charge. He arrived to town to marry, attempted an exchange for the shoes, and the wedding proceeded with Judge A G Board officiating.
Governor Lanham returned from Huntsville after attending a penitentiary board meeting. He said he was pleased with the penitentiary system. Also noted are a Galveston to Texas common point emergency rate dispute with E L Sargent of the Texas and Pacific, Health Officer Tabor’s San Antonio fair talks, and plans for an interurban Dallas to Sherman line with charter filing and rail commission consultations.
New York Sept 14 detectives say Interborough company workers stole about 10000 dollars worth of L tickets each month. Thefts involved a partnership between sellers and choppers. A steel rod with gum used to extract wet tickets from a chopping box enabled the disposal through ticket sellers. One man was arrested and held for examination.
A bolt of lightning struck a crowded poultry exhibition tent at the Union County fair in Indianola Iowa on September 14. Four men were killed six were seriously injured and about a dozen others stunned as the storm damaged the tent and forced evacuation of attendees seeking shelter from rain.
A shot pierced Civil War flag once in Illinois was returned to the Thirteenth Virginia Volunteers. The banner, captured at Pooleville in 1862 by the Figath Illinois regiment, was taken to Chicago and then handed back at a United Confederate Veterans Camp 8 meeting.
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