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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1907
Page
4
Two carloads of hogs fattened on peanut diet sold in Cameron at six cents a pound. The Brazos country farmers note peanuts and other staples as key crops while contrasting national gov ernment spread and banking role. News touches on bread and pie price trends in New York versus Washington.
The friends of Parker mobilize to energize a presidential bid while Bryan faces defeat rumors. Parker appears overwhelmed as supporters push forward in a tense political moment of speculation and pushback.
A flock of Pennsylvania geese fed on pomace at a cider mill and became intoxicated. After sleeping off the effects they refused to return to the scene, showing more sense than some people.
There is no disputing the fact that high quality raw materials for a brick making plant of unlimited capacity are available at Bryan. The opening offers a money making opportunity as plans for development have been under consideration for some time.
Report notes many Carnegie libraries faced neglect from bats and spiders and Hague Peace Conference failure rumors. It counters by stating Bryan library is not affected and remains intact despite other claims.
The Pullman company warns it may discontinue intra-state Texas service if the railroad commission orders higher rates for the privilege. Without the price increase, light chair car occupants face less risk of being crushed between heavy sleeping cars and the engine.
Express reports ten carloads of Mexican school children have arrived in San Antonio in two weeks and more are coming. About seventy percent stay in San Antonio while the rest are sent to other Texas points. Approximately a dozen are at Allen Academy.
A Farm and Ranch critique labels Standard Oil as the daddy of all trusts while accusing the protective tariff of manufacturing the brood. The piece calls Standard Oil the biggest and most depraved offspring of tariff policy and widespread corporate power.
A Washington correspondent reports Roosevelt would rather be in a dim region condemned to wear a fur-lined coat forever than endure reactionary party foes again in the saddle. He prefers not to run again and would rather be in hell than see Fairbanks or Foraker in the president’s chair.
Sept 28 report from College Station notes 306 freshmen, no dormitories or teachers available, overcrowded rooms and full schedules. Cadets drill on campus as Commandant Moses journals the entering class while wealth and class distinctions dissolve in daily life. The piece also cites Roosevelt GOP stance, Texas cotton mill dividends, and a vanished corporate safe in related notes.
Samuel Langdon was arrested in New York on a charge by Newark jewelers over obtaining two diamond rings worth 1225 on September 17 by false representations. He allegedly used 1000 first mortgage bonds of the New York and Pittsburg Air Line Railway Company as security, and police found 51 bonds plus railroad passes and pawn tickets on him.
Federal court in New York appoints receivers Daniel B. Allerton W H Carpenter and Seymour P Thomas for the contracting firm Scho field & Co on an involuntary bankruptcy petition. Petition claims assets worth 500000 within the court’s jurisdiction.
Mobile dispatch reports a militia unit moved to Plateau three miles from Mobile following wild rumors of a planned negro uprising. Authorities found no credence and no trouble occurred as families from a nearby factory expressed fears tied to the lynching of Mose Bassett for attempted rape. The scene remained calm by 7 am.
Rev Geo B Butler, founder of Texas Woman's College of Bryan, was in Hearne last week to promote the college. He says opening attendance was strong and prospects for growth are very favorable, noting sound business principles and qualified instructors.
The State Fair will feature over a hundred new and revived attractions including the Oriental Concession Constantinople with a 50000 dollar investment. Highlights also include the Scenic Railway Shoot-the-Chutes Monkey Faced Family Tours of the Globe and Wild West Hippodrome among others with performers from many lands in native costumes.
A Saniare train wreck near Devoe Station Cal left four dead as debris caught fire. In Denton Texas T A McGalliard produced 1700 cans of fruits vegetables at his cannery. A malady cripples cattle near Mount JoyDelta county Texas causing them to fall and not rise. Suspected theft of 400 in gold and silver from A Beebe San Antonio jewelry shop. Frank J Constantine convicted in Chicago for murder of Mrs Arthur Gentry with life term. Suamer Pictonia burned in Toronto valued at 100.00. Minnie Hatch and George Kleskie roasted to death. George W Letten arrested in New Orleans with 2000 cash. Robert Drach drove 1000 miles in 21 hours in Milwaukee. H W Sanders earned 200 bushels of large peanuts at 2 per bushel near Denton Texas.
Schloss Bros Co invites customers to visit during the coming week to view the latest fall fashions in men s wear and become acquainted with their Correct Clothes for gentlemen line at the store.
The Madisonville Meteor warns against false cotton market boosts by distant towns and explains how inflated prices draw bales away, then reveal the market drop. The piece also reports on dengue fever, its spread by mosquitoes, and a US Army medical study from the Philippines noting non yellow fever carriers but similar harm, with hopes for prevention.
Texas reports seventeen cotton mills now operate in the state with 108,600 spindles and 2,158 looms. The rise from 1905 shows a 55 percent gain in spindles and 7 percent in looms, with cotton consumption increasing accordingly.
The Caldwell News-Chronicle reports Texas mills have rapidly grown since 1905, with wage earners and looms increasing in step while spindle output gains from skilled workers. Waxahachie mill plans immediate doubling of capacity without extra capital or stock subscriptions.
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