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Newspaper
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1912
Page
3
An assortment of social items lists guests, engagements, and events. Names include Thayer, Lomax, Whittaker, and De Cine Tod. a bridal trip for Mr and Mrs Gordon is noted. Invitations are sent for a Friday event in December with a dress code, plus a Christmas party and scattered household notices. A lost white pony and a reward are also reported.
The Bryan City Council orders a January election to decide issuing ten thousand dollars in waterworks bonds with 5 percent interest, redeemable after twenty years, to fund water system improvements. Polls open at City Hall with J. Frewton as presiding judge and two assistants. Voters must be property taxpayers and ballots must read For the issuance of waterworks improvement bonds or Against the issuance of waterworks improvement bonds. The election follows Chapter 149, Twenty-fifth Legislature, and notices will be posted publicly in Bryan, Texas.
The Bryan city council orders an election for January 7, 1813, to decide issuing twenty eight thousand dollars in bonds for street paving and grading. Voters who pay city taxes may vote yes for street improvements or no against bonds, with ballots listing one side for the bond issue and the other against. The election follows Chapter 149, Acts of the 5th Legislature, with polling places in Bryan Brazos Texas and notices posted at three public places for at least thirty days.
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