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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
3
Sheriff Conlee traced a horse stolen from Mr. Mills Josey to a buyer near Ennis, recovered Josey’s horse after confirming a trade, and shipped it to Bryan. The suspect thief remains at large, with plans for March court.
The Bryan Eagle notes a question about the duration and method of anchoring houses using log piers and dead men. It discusses structural practices, potential durability, and safety considerations in historical building techniques.
Work crews of the B. and T. Interurban replace track washed away by the recent flood. Traffic manager Mr. Hewit says it will take at least ten more days to complete replacement of all track.
General tonic claims highlight quinine and iron content. Advertises malaria and fever relief, refreshment for nursing mothers and pale children, and blood purification. Promotes appetite, liver action, and overall strength. Sold by druggists for 50 cents.
Six enterprises controlled by the Sigel Stores Corporation in New York and Boston were declared bankrupt in a friendly proceeding. The companies reported annual gross business around forty million dollars and cited weak Christmas sales and reduced banking credit. Henry Siegel & Company and related firms faced liquidation, with Henry Siegel and F B Vogel pledging 3.5 million to protect depositors in the associated bank.
Associated Press dispatch from Laredo Texas notes fighting at Nuevo Laredo starting at 5 45 am with 300 shots and one cannon. Federals and Constitutionalists clash, deserters shot, and a Mexican child is killed on the main plaza amid civilians gathering with belongings.
In Nuevo Laredo this morning the Constitutionalists launched a major attack. Red Cross reports over two hundred dead and many wounded. Both sides used machine guns. a company of sixty five Federals was cut off and reportedly all were killed. The first assault ended with the Constitutionalists retreating, promising another attack possibly this afternoon.
Corn prices slid sharply today with January delivery down nearly three cents a bushel as a leading operator hedged by selling May options. Bears pressed the move with bears as speculators sold, pushing corn from about seventy cents to sixty one and a half cents.
An ad claims a product named LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine cures a cold in one day with cough and headache relief. It promises a refund if it fails and bears E W GROVE on each box.
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