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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1903
Page
2
Bryan readers are urged to join local residents for a railroad celebration in Madisonville on Tuesday. The item promotes low rates and a good time for attendees, noting Roosevelt’s recent storm day and the Houston Post’s coverage.
The I. and G. N. announces sale of round trip train tickets to Madisonville for travelers arriving in NavaSota on September 21 evening or September 22 morning. Tickets cost $1.50 for Madisonville and return, valid through September 23. D. C. DeMaret, Agent.
The Texas Epworth League conference of the colored Methodist church held a regular session at Lee Chapel this week with Rev. B. M. Taylor of Jefferson presiding. Officers were elected and adjournment set to meet next in Houston. A Colored Fair Association was organized with H. D. Evans as chairman and E. W. Knox as temporary secretary, $70 in shares taken. Charlie Brietz has been transferred to the Hartford naval training ship for a West Indies cruise. Prof. E. E. Marriott will teach the Reliance school with Miss Shealey assisting. opening Oct. 6 with about seventy five pupils. Wagner & Brandon offer imported Chinese matting.
Miss Nannie Berryman announces the opening of her graded school music class on Monday September 14 with instruction in piano and stringed instruments. She thanks patrons for past support and hopes for its continuation. Webb Bros. advertises Homespun fabrics at 50 cents a yard.
The report lists names including Miss Allie Nutt Miss Hattie Ray Harbers Miss Carrie King Mrs Adele Dodson and others as part of a cotton receipts tally. It notes season totals for Lawrence Warehouse Brick Warehouse and Stover's Cotton Yard with figures showing one thousand five hundred six and seven hundred fifty in the season so far.
Members of the A C U W are called to their lodge room for the next meeting night on September 24. Joe B. Reed will explain new rates and A W Buchanan will give an address about the order. Country members are especially urged to attend. Text also mentions fabric prices.
The I. and G. N. offers round trip tickets on the evening of September 22 and morning of September 23 to Roans Prairie and return for 1.25 dollars. Limit September 24. G. DeMaret, Agent.
Webb Bros. on yesterday received for Mrs. W. H. Stuart the sum of $2000 tied to her son H. L. Stuart as beneficiary of a Woodmen of the World certificate. The notice also lists sales on ladies skirts, corsets, fleece lined vests, and millinery purchases from St. Louis. The ad cites prices and wholesale offers from Norwood and Wagner & Brandon, with Ring Dansby & Dansby promoting flour.
The Empress 472 long hip Royal Wooster corset sells for $1.00 at Webb Bros stores located at 246 248 250. The sale highlights a budget item for supporters of durable undergarments in local retail outlets.
The Louisiana railroad commission proposes cutting freight from Logansport to Shreveport to 13 cents per 100 pounds from 20 cents, with a parallel cut from Washington to Shreveport. The change aims to attract east Texas cotton from Galveston to Shreveport and shift traffic.
A four year old girl, child of Mr. and Mrs. J Ursey, north of Mineola, Texas, was burned to death when her clothing caught fire during a family wash. She died after several hours of suffering.
A man identified as White, while taking a Winchester to shoot a hawk, was killed by a gunshot from his little daughter amid a shooting incident northeast of Paris Texas near Kanawha. Parker Chambliss of Kanawha was also involved in the sequence.
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