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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1899
Page
2
The Daily Eagle notes Orchard and Garden discuss orchard cultivation with quotes from Mr Hale, urging diligent care for trees to avoid drought and death. The piece likens neglect to starving a pig, stressing attention to soil moisture and weed control for healthy fruit growth. Also mentions insurance and flour salesman Joe Reed.
The Navasota Examiner notes a cotton factory project is nearing realization and urges stock offerings that help small investors join the effort. The Denison Herald adds that unity makes towns prosper, stressing collective effort over population size.
Washington reports a grave yellow fever epidemic at Key West with about 400 cases and rising daily. Fifty four new cases and two deaths occurred Sunday and Monday while the outbreak expands to New Orleans with ten total cases. Mississippi officials deny any cases at Hattiesburg despite Ellisville rumors.
A trimmed list shows arrivals at the Exchange Hotel including y G Curry Wheelock G E King Taylor J G Booth Austin Gus T Weill Cincinnati C W Carr Houston F W Price Kansas City W A Greenfield New York Miss Crume St Louis J G Fitz hugh Austin D N Doyle M Storm San Antonio. Also farm sale notice describes 290 acre Brazos bottom Hyers farm between Little and Big Brazos rivers offered at a bargain through Hudson and Nall Real Estate Agents.
Unverified Cape Town rumor hints at a more conciliatory Boer message to Sir Alfred Milner but wartime tension persists. London papers foresee potential Boer initiations and troop movements, while ships head to Kimberly and from Portsmouth via Cape Town. Additional items note currency circulation requests in New York, a Manila court-martial case, and Texas friction over a $25 million syndicate charter amid regulatory opposition.
In Madison County on September 6 at the bride’s parents home Lula Davis married Robert Seal. Rey Black officiated the Baptist ceremony with attendants Eddie Burney Edwin Vernon Rosy Taylor Nina Reddin. A candy breaking followed as friends wish the couple a long and happy life. Also notes of local visits, a return from East Texas, and local shop ads.
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