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Newspaper
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1916
Page
1
King George approves the rebuilding push as Congress meets in Washington for a brief session. The agenda centers on President Wilson's railroad transportation plan and policy debates on costs and food regulation.
An experiment tested if twelve people could live on forty cents daily by a frugal menu. Dieters avoided margarine, used butter, and relied on cotton receipts from three warehouses in Ryan and Wiryan. Prices ranged from 18 to 19 percent rents per pound with cotton seed on Wiryan streets at 65 dollars per ton.
Washington reporters note renewed anti China sentiment among British French and Japanese ministers. A formal arrangement with China bank is mentioned as driving replies, while a Knights of Pythias lodge holds a regular meeting with dances and social events tonight at eight o clock.
Secretary Lawler announces the Bralos Bralos Poultry Show to be held at the Wars building on 26th street and Beyan avenue with coop installations underway. Entries include 50 cent fees for birds such as Plymouth Rocks and Leghorns, with prizes for best pens, highest scores, and special awards for top females and breeders. Novice class will stay open for entrants through the event.
Announcement by Mr D ly Wade states Frank Webb’s partnership at the White and Webb garage is ending. Friday afternoon the transition was completed and Mr White took control on Saturday. Webb had previously owned the business from home and Webb’s stake appears reduced.
Awetin Trans Dee 1 Righty tour warchyaee and Marketing mengetn Hons have Leen organized and incor porated under the state law during the tat feral year. The department was unable to carry out provisions and will recommend an appropriation for the purpose at the coming session of the legislature.
Major General Dell reports Villistas have evacuated Chihuahua City with loot taken. No Americans killed. Report from Paso, Texas says Villa forces did not use Chihuahua City, bandits seen with Generals Murguin and Trevino in the area this morning.
The solicitor general for the Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to speed up the hearing on the Missouri Oklahoma Gulf railroad case to determine the constitutionality of the Adamson Act.
The police say Chiena W Dee Charles HL Wax has admitted he is the man who acted as Jade with Aline Rae Tanger the New York milliner suing Jace We Oxtorne for 258080. He would waive extradition to return to New York and clear Osborne's name. Tanger and Osborne seek to prove Wax resembles the son who promised to marry her. Police allege Wax swindled more than 200 young women during his career.
Report from Captain Knapp, commander of American forces, details cannon and musket exchanges between U S Marines and Dominican natives at Macoris. Several wounded on both sides as Americans disarm the locals amid ongoing unrest in the Dominican Republic in November 1913.
The Supreme Court decided that the President cannot exercise inherent power to extend a criminal sentence indefinitely. Washington officials and legal observers noted the ruling narrows executive reach in sentencing matters and reinforces statutory limits.
Lannan announced in the House of Commons that King Geared j had approved the government's ree construction and did not deny resignations of all the staff. Lord Coell, war trade minister, pledged radical steps to resolve the Greek question and asserted the revolt at Antwerp involved Constans tine. Reports from Antwerp say two Deltaine Rave arrived and a November 2 revolt killed over two hundred inhabitants and many German soldiers.
Wartime dispatches describe a multi-front German assault northwest of Bucharest with stubborn Romanian resistance. Reports claim Ceritan forces have opened new fronts toward Macedonia while Bulgarian troops retreat toward Troviņa amid ongoing fierce engagements.
Interstate Commerce Commission today sustained the rate on beet and cane sugar moving from California to Texas, as heard in a hearing at Fort Worth. Commissioner Joe A. Hines presided with a chamber of commerce delegation present. The meeting was held at Wan Latah, and host D. R. K. welcomed Mr. WH Nowell and others.
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