Local and Personal News From Bryan and Surroundings
Localers in Bryan and nearby communities report daily visits and arrivals. Names include Gilpin Hicks Sabo Ferguson Tobias Locke Locks Kurten Williams Fuchs and many more from Reliance Harvey Wellborn Edge Turday through Monday. Notices mention shops, meetings, travel to Waco and Austin, and a health ad for McGEE'S BABY ELIXIR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Je. Gilpin
Kurten
John W. Hicks
Reliance
John Sabo
Harris School
J. H. Ferguson
Harvey
Jim Tobias
F. W. Locke
Charley Locks
Zack
Henry Kurten
Amon Williams
Coleview
Henry Shows
Parker School
Jacob Fuchs
Bottoms
J. M. Higgins
Rock Prairie
R. B. Smith
Relliance
Bryan
George Dunn
Wheelock
Laura Koppe
Houston
Jim
Claude
Will Shealy
Reliance. Co
W. Hedtke
S Grand Lodge
Woodmen of the World
Grand Jury Report from Brazos County Texas 1917
The Brazos County district court in March 1917 received the grand jury final report. They state ten days of service and 30 true bills of indictments including 22 felonies and 8 misdemeanors. They praise jail conditions and thank the sheriff district attorney and deputies. They request discharge from further work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
C. C. Morgan
Grand Jury
Spanish Peanuts Seed Supply Announcement
Advertisement notes a large, sound stock of Spanish peanuts for planting from J. E. Covey and promotes a mail-order trial package from Seto Foley & Co. including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Kidney Pills, and Cathartic Tablets, with sales by M. H. James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Covey
Seto Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
M. H. James
German Raider Seeks Atlantic Waters and Sinks Nine Ships
Rio de Janeiro reports a German raider, named Sea Adder, operating like the Moene, has reached the South Atlantic and sunk nine merchantmen. The French bark Cambronne met the raider March 7, and carried 285 survivors to Brazil after the sunken vessels’ crews were transferred. There is a possible report that the captured American bark Pass of Balmasn was taken to Cuxhaven in 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
South Atlantic
Brazil
Dio Janeiro
Germans Organizing in Mexico For Hostilities
Associated Press reports that General Maximilian Klaus a German Mexican commander is recruiting a brigade of three thousand Germans to press hostilities with the United States in Chihuahua and Sonora as of April 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Aes
Maximilian Klaus
United States
Chihuahua
Sonora
Villa and Murcia Agree to Truce in Chihuahua
A refugee from Chihuahua reports a truce between Vila and Murgia after Carlos Kettelsen urged Vila to halt attacks until the United States declares war on Germany. The plan would unite the factions against the United States when war is declared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Juarez
Vila
Murgia
Chihuahua
Carlos Kettelsen
Chihuahua City
Villa
United States
Germany
Daughter Finds Kidney Cure Says Foley Pills Heal
A Bagdad Kentucky man reports his daughter recovered from kidney trouble after using Foley Kidney Pills. The ad claims the pills strengthen weak kidneys, correct bladder issues, relieve rheumatic pains and backache, and ease sore muscles and stiff joints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Mitchell
Bagdad
M. H. James
Peanut Thresher Ready to Serve Local Growers
J. H. Moorehead of Route 3 Bryan Texas announces a up-to-date peanut thresher ready to operate for all growers. He invites in person talks or letters from growers. Oil Mill Bryan advertises peanuts for planting in Bryan Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Moorehead
Bryan
Texas
Oil Mill
Fine Complexion via Liver Health Herbine Remedy
Promotes liver and bowel cleansing to improve complexion. Claims to purify blood and restore pink white skin. Advertises 50c price and availability at all druggists.
Brazos Hill Tonic Promoted as Rapid Fever Chills Cure
A promotional note touts BRAZOS CHILL TONIC as a safe rapid remedy for chills and fever. It claims a few doses cure any case and advertises 50 cents at Emmet's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet’s
Rankin First Woman in House Receives Hero’s Welcome
Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first woman in Congress, took her seat amid a suffrage era ceremony in Washington. A breakfast, Catt’s keynote speech, and crowded galleries echoed the historic moment as Rankin thanked supporters and answered roll call with a shy “present.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Congress
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Miss Rankin
Evans
Foley Cathartic Tablets Advertised by M. H. James
Special notice promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets claiming thorough bowel cleansing and improved digestion without griping. The ad asserts they do not addict to the pill habit and notes sale by M. H. James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
M. H. James
Matrimony and the Ex Bachelor’s Sudden Sorrows
A pithy notice on marriage trends follows a bachelor’s sudden shift toward matrimony. The piece hints at social expectations and personal upheaval as relationships move to union.
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Claude Moore
Edge
H. F. Prinzer
W. E. Jones
J. H. Dowling
Near College
Joe Kopecky
Rye
T. B. Smith
D. BE. Thompson
Wellborn
Sam Jones
City
Tom Peyton
Benchley
J. P. Gilpin
Henry Koontz
J. D. Goen
John T. Pate
W. S. Mial
W. D. Stallings
Alexander
George Williams
Horace Beard
T. A. Tobias of
Wixon
J. T. Dyess
Herman Wehrman
Smatara
P. L. Barron
W. E. Gandy
John Henry
Eagle
W. J. Moore
Turner Crenshaw
Eagle Office
Pauline Seale
Austin
R. H. Seale
G. B. Hensarling
J. . Newcomb
J. C. Lewis
Macy
Ezra Wilson
John McCallum, Sr
Tabor
G. L. Rea
Mumford
J. C. Griffith
E. M. Meredith
Iola
W. D. Colson
Ora Conway Arived
Ballard
Carl Morgan
Sam Rascoe
Zulch
W. T. Horton
A. A. Casey
Charlie Sanders
North Zulch
Roscoe Cole
Lubock
A. C. Cole
John
Oscar Wilcox
Knob Prairie
S. J. Crawford
Millicen
McGee
W. H. Lawrence
Commerce Building
M. Bonneville
Main Street
Dieelia
Beddie
Grand Jury Report
Reall
Mexico
Murcia
Brazos Hill
Gee
E. Lawrence & Co
Ill
E. J. Jenkins
N. A. Stewart
Snow Liniment
Jas. F. Ballard
ST. Louis, MO
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