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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1914
Page
3
An advertisement touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a cure for long standing sores and related pains. It promises relief and healing simultaneously with pricing listed as 25c 0c and 1.00.
An advertisement touts Solace as a medical discovery by three German scientists that dissolves uric acid crystals and purifies the blood. It claims safety, no opiates, and adherence to Pure Food and Drugs Law, with testimonials and free literature offered by the Solace Remedy Co of Battle Creek.
Washington March 2 report details the appointment of judges to conduct the school trustees election across county districts. The list enumerates district numbers, school houses, and three named judges per district overseeing the vote.
Members of the Woman's Club reported a successful Library Day yesterday. A tea in the library reading rooms plus proceeds from two picture theatres boosted funds for library purchases.
The March 5 1899 issue notes visiting professors from the College Nagle Banks Philpot and others in Bryan. Dr Boliver J Lloyd of Galveston travels through en route to Kurton to visit relatives and calls on The Eagle. A A Farley Baltimore dry goods man praises Bryan and contemplates headquarters here. Sandstorms lash streets and push for faster paving. The issue also recalls T P Royett for reelection as City Marshal and H G Rohde announcing for city Secretary.
Deputy Marshal Worley filed five complaints at city hall after officers nabbed gamblers in a Main street building last night. The group was reportedly open about their game and likely believed they would escape arrest.
The Bryan Paper Company could not start street cleaning on the first of the month due to late wagon and material arrivals. They are expected to begin in a few days and take over on the 15th. The council awarded the job at $50 per month. Main Street will be cleaned daily and residential portions weekly.
Congressman Henry Delaware Flood of Appomattox receives birthday honors. A Democrat and lawyer, he studied at Washington and Lee and the University of Virginia and served as Commonwealth attorney for Appomattox County. He served in Virginia’s General Assembly and State Senate, helped push a constitutional convention to readjust franchise provisions, sat on the University of Virginia board, and was elected to multiple Congresses including the Fifty seventh through Sixty second, plus the Sixty third. he authored the resolution admitting Arizona and New Mexico to statehood.
Austin announces the March apportionment of the Texas school fund at 2 per capita for 1,048,570 scholastics, totaling 2,097,140. Including this distribution, 5.50 per cap of the 7 annual apportionment is paid, 75 cents ahead of last year, with 1.50 per cap remaining for the year.
The west side sanitarium work under J B Hubbard is advancing with exterior nearly done and interior trades active. Oak Grove school house finishing touches near completion and Rigby expects completion soon. Wilkinson starts sanders home on Anderson street but bad weather slows progress. McDougalds East Burleson street home near occupancy. J H Wyant adds a news stand at White Kitchen cafe and will stock popular magazines and Houston Daily Post.
President Wilson traveled to Philadelphia with Secretary Tumulty to consult an oculist. He worked on the train answering correspondence during the trip.
A district court jury sentenced Nelson Houston of Betlon to ninety years in prison for the December Caldwell murder of Santa Fe brakeman J. W. Hudson. Hudson died at Santa Fe hospital in Temple after being shot following an incident where he allegedly forced Houston off a freight train for lack of transportation.
The Westrumite Paving Company loaded its large paving mixer and an eight ton roller onto a flat car and shipped them to Houston for the next paving project. A Mexia street contract is pending start. Intersections at the Main street water fountains are finished and will open with the street.
An advertisement touts a claimed instant cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine. It asserts it stops cough and headache and offers a money back guarantee by EK V. GROVE’S signature on each box. Druggists refund if ineffective.
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