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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1914
Page
6
A Washington report notes ongoing drilling across Texas fields including Culberson Mexia Trickham Bangs Baird Moran Electra and related activity. It highlights new oil and gas wells with promising yields and rapid development aiming to lower prices and boost output.
A thousand acre tract near Eagle Lake is prepared for the largest fig orchard in Texas. A mammoth fig preserving plant will be built at the site.
Katherine McGill once a healthy girl pleaded with Judge Simms to send her to a cure for drug addiction. Her mother reported the case after she left home two years ago to become a moving picture star, returning as a shadow of her former self. The appeal seeks placement in an institution to treat her condition.
An Austro Hungarian envoy in court as complainant over a wallet theft involving two women and a taxi ride, followed by a report on a new dance called half and half demonstrated at Castle House with prominent patrons. Also covered are a public service deal at Interborough Ward and Burleson backing Horace Chilton in Texas politics with ties to Bryan and Bailey cliques.
Madrid reports a violent storm across Spain causing many deaths. Three people die in Valencia windstorm and several workers die after being blown from a bridge at Puerto Liano.
The Moyer shooting in Hancock Michigan was ruled accidental by witnesses at a copper mine workers hearing held February 25. The Associated Press reports testimony indicated no intent to harm.
Abraham Pepper of Tacoma Washington shot Dorothy Johnston of Missoula Montana, a bride on her honeymoon in San Francisco. Pepper shot himself after the murder. his recovery was unlikely. Pepper had courted Miss Dorothy Danhauser for five years, losing to F L Johnson of Tacoma in the affections.
A small Bryan and Central Texas Interurban wreck yesterday afternoon left the tender of an engine off the track near Smetana and badly smashed. No trains ran today until the wreck is cleared, with service resuming on the regular schedule tomorrow.
Chicago area reports a light voter turnout among registered women on the first day of the new suffrage law. Bad weather contributed to the low participation. Seven Chicago women sought alderman seats with no opposition for three Progressives and four Socialists. Two Democratic women candidates were defeated.
County Superintendent T. W. Parker announced a three day special exam in this city on April 2 3 and 4 for state teachers certificates only.
A light snow fell in New Orleans today marking the first occurrence since 1903. The temperature stood at 32 degrees above zero as residents observed the rare winter event reported by the Associated Press.
By Associated Press from New Orleans on February 25 the report notes snow cover across the region from Laurel Mississippi with six inches to Meridian Mississippi with three inches. People from New Orleans to Charleston took a holiday to view the unusual sight.
The Campesi Brothers hardware stock on Bryan street has been purchased by Fountain Brothers and will be closed out by them. The stock, previously owned by Noto Brothers, was traded to Campesi Brothers for their Brazos bottom farm. The store, closed briefly for inventory, reopened this morning and is ready for business.
More than fifty members braved severe cold to honor the fiftieth birthday of Brazos Lodge No. 64, K of P, with a luncheon after degree work. Toastmaster A W Buchanan, the oldest member present, led reminiscences and urged continued service to the order. Midnight adjournment left members with renewed fellowship and resolve to extend the lodge’s work beyond its doors.
Official confirmation of the hanging of Clemente Vergara, an American citizen, by alleged Mexican Federals near Hidalgo, Mexico, reached American Consul Garrett at Nuevo Laredo. He departed to investigate after Vergara was captured on his Rio Grande island February 13 following his charges that Mexicans stole his horses.
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