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Newspaper
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
2
A legacy letter recounts a family voyage from Old World roots to Houston, detailing origins, hardship, and a baker’s trade, intersecting with political notices listing Democratic candidates for county offices and public concerns over national economic policy, rail freight costs, and proposed remedies. The piece blends memoir fragments with a voter guidance section and economic arguments about internal strife and railroad regulation.
George H Hermann and others presented deeds to Mayor Campbell for 286 acres valued at a million dollars as a public park. The ceremony at the city auditorium Sunday featured Mr Hermann delivering the deeds and a formal tribute by a dignified elder. The address cited blueblood lineage and urged youth to seek virtue and progress.
Fragmented excerpts describe mediation talks and demands affecting UAC and constitutional ties, with reference to Mexico, a looming revolutionary stance, and potential shifts in political alignments. The text notes Fort Worth figures, college ties, and Senator Morris Sheppard amid turbulent public sentiment ahead of a primary ballot.
Dr Charles W. Eliot president of Harvard has elected three poems for child readers. The Village Dackamith Alin Len Adder To a Waterton all feature moral and religious lessons. A unitary view of providence and gentle guidance for youth emerge, with mentions of poems and a notable education focus.
May Texas climatology shows a mean temperature 1.8 degrees below normal across stations with ten or more years of data. The highest monthly average reached 105 degrees on the 6th and 7th at a location, while the lowest fell to 40 degrees at a city on the 12th. Statewide daily temperature range reached 65 degrees. Precipitation averaged across the state remains to be noted.
A fragmented notice advises actions to reduce pests. Do not store garbage openly, cover water barrels and rain barrels, and spray areas around pools to prevent mosquitoes. Disinfect the home by light applications two or three times a month, attributed to WA Jenktson.
Industrial notes from Texas list multiple projects and figures including $114,500 in wages, a 90,000 note for a building, a $195,000 medical school grant, a $54,000 corpus for Corpus Christi street work, and a $25,000 four mile project. Mentions Waco, Bonham high school cost, and a large west warehouse project. Also notes butter market strength and Texan cattle movements at Lone Star Stock Yards.
The article recounts Jeet of thewaande tf Floriogyenmparke’s injury and recovery after being wounded by a highwayman in Detroit in 1913. Cobb played through the injury, with trainer Mary Tuthill and surgeon approval, finishing the trip with grit.
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