Watered at the a, Texas April 22, Class matter note
Public notice styled line shows filing or publication boilerplate from Bryan Weekly Eagle. It mentions Associated Press rights and reproduction terms, with addresses in Dallas New York and Chicago for offices and advertising representation. No clear event details or names beyond standard masthead language.
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Texas
Texas E
Mercantile Bank
Dallas
Madison Ave
New York
N. Y
Association Building
Chicago
Bisness
Tive Daily
Bryan Parks Move Turns Tabernacle Into Clubhouse Value
City Park board plans to convert the Baptist tabernacle into a Sue Haswell Memorial Park clubhouse, praising parks as vital to city growth and public recreation. Texas state tax receipts for March 1–29 show $6,644,599 in the Western District, reflecting broad industry prosperity. Wilson Bradley, Bryan’s new mayor, faces decisive duties guiding civic welfare with prior commission experience.
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Bryan
City Park Board
Baptist Tabernacle
Sue Haswell
Pat Neff
James W. Bass
Texas
New York Applies Indecency Law To Theaters
Bill signed by Al Smith allows closing shows adjudged indecent for up to a year. Show girls and night club performers must wear clothing and obscene lines or scenes must be cut. The move marks a major clean up in New York City.
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New York City
al Smith
New York
Trustees Pick Edwin D. Martin to Succeed Chaney
Friends of the A. and M. Consolidated School regret the resignation of E. W. Chaney, superintendent. Mr Chaney is noted as one of the county’s best educators. The trustees selected Edwin D. Martin to succeed him, a decision described as wise.
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A. and M. Consolidated School
E. W. Chaney
Chaney
Edwin D. Martin
Borger Hoodlum Rule Sparks Texas Fear
Residents of Borger express exhausted patience over gang terror with threats to life and property. Governor dispatches Rangers to Borger to restore order, a move likely to face opposition from the lawless and some misguided citizens.
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Texas
Borger
Nanking
Govenor
Clean-up in Borger Forces Eviction of 260 Abuses
Borger orders 260 undesirables to leave town as part of a broad clean-up campaign. Officials say conditions were intolerable and blot the ideals of Texans, with many more expected to be sent away.
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Borger
Governor Forces Resignations Over Borger City Officials
The governor compelled several Borger city officials to resign citing nearly unprecedented crime over months and alleging officers failed to protect the rights of law abiding residents in the community.
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Borger
Brazos Bottom Plays Critics Laud Dallas Theater Scene
Bryan receives notable publicity for the Little Theater tournament in Dallas as "The Brazos Bottom" gains acclaim from competent critics, highlighting culture refinement talent and education in the city.
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Bryan
Dallas
Secretary Hubert Work's stance on modern women's dress
A dated note discusses secretary Hubert Work defending open neck, loose waist, and short skirts as part of modern dress. The piece urges signed letters only and warns that unsigned submissions go to the wastebasket, reflecting a push for verifiable authorship.
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Hubert Work
Secretary of the Interior
Memorial Live Stock Building at A and M Proposed
Dallas News reports Texas A and M seeks 350000 in Legislature for a Memorial Live Stock Building at College Station. The facility would house classrooms and labs for Animal Husbandry and honor pioneer livestock progress with bronze figures paintings and busts featuring Longhorns cowboys and notable Texas livestock figures. Livestock associations back the project as a lasting educational and memorial landmark.
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Lief the Lucky
Columbus
Texas A
Department of Animal Husbandry
Texas
College Station
Agricultural and Mechanical College
A. and M
San Jacinto
Dallas News
Woman's Club Of Bryan Records Busy Service Season
The Woman's Club of Bryan reports 55 Universal members with eight new additions. They contributed 65 books for Library Day and donated 15 for library grounds upkeep. Children’s Book Week featured a pageant The King of Book Land and posters publicized the movement. They supported school programs, awarded prizes for book posters, observed Art Week, backed a City Beautiful contest, and sponsored rural scholarships and a Woodrow Wilson Memorial film.
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Woman’s Club of
Bryan
Rotary
Lions
Consolidated School
M. College
Woodrow Wilson Film Memorial
Ninth Annual Negro Health Week Observed by Citizens
The ninth annual Negro Health Week was celebrated by the colored community in Bryan. Principal E A Kemp organized cleaning drives, group captains led boys to clear trash, and city wagons collected it. The program included school improvements, whitewashed trees, and a health play “A Lesson in Dietetics” presented by seventh graders. Doctors Hammond, Thompson, and Carter spoke on prevention.
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E. A. Kemp
Colored School
Bryan
Kemp
A. M. E. Church
Hammond
Thompson
Carter
Club Women To Attend TFWC Meet in Port Arthur
Bryan and College Station club women will attend the Fourth District Texas Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Port Arthur on April 12 and 13. Delegates include Mrs. M. W. Sims speaker and Mrs. Webb Howell singer, with leaders Mrs. Raysor Waldrop Rountree Evans Taubenhaus Youngblood from Bryan College Station and Campus Study Club.
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Bryan
College Station
Port Arthur
M. W. Sims
J. Webb Howell
P. M. Raysor
Bryan Woman’s Club
A. M. Waldrop
Lee J. Rountree
Roy Stone
Reading Club
Music Study Club
S. C. Evans
Extension Service Club
O. E. Siecke
C. H. Winkler
R. L. Brown
T. O. Walton
B. F. Clark
Texas Hospitality at R V Festivity Week
Visitors to Bryan and A M College will attend R V festivities this week. Citizens are urged to greet strangers warmly and exchange salutes even without formal introductions. The piece extols friendliness as a key community gift and a core Texan custom.
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Bryan
M. College
Texas
Seguin Shipments Pecan Carload To Cleveland Worth 20000
A large carload of shelled pecans was shipped from Seguin to Cleveland Ohio by a local shelling plant. The shipment valued at 20000 and weighed 42000 pounds. The article urges Brazos county to develop natural pecan resources and plant young trees, saying pecans as a money crop are as dependable as cotton.
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Seguin
Cleveland
Ohio
Brazos County
War Department Inspects Allen Academy April Dates
The War Department board for military schools will visit Allen Academy on April 21 and 22. Only 20 schools in the United States receive this inspection and Bryan hopes the local school earns the top rating this year. Allen Academy stands as a key asset to Bryan and warrants strong support.
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War Department Board
Allen Academy
United States
Bryan
Drama Growth At Dallas State Meet Draws Big Crowds
The article notes rising interest in theater alongside athletics in Dallas with the Interscholastic League adding one act plays to the State meet events. It calls this cultural awakening a tribute to modern civilization.
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Dallas
Bryan Miller Re elected City Manager
Bryan Miller is re elected as city manager and praised for strong leadership and tact. The notice highlights his ability to maintain good relations with residents and officials, suggesting a promising career ahead in the profession.
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R. Bryan Miller
Miller
Bryan
Man sacrifices life to save dog praised as humanitarian
The essay lauds Stuart Wells for risking and losing his life to protect a dog, framing his act as the purest humanitarian gesture and elevating him as a historic figure of compassion.
Bryan directs local arts lineup for May Fete
Bryan leads a sequence of dramatic plays a musical comedy and a minstrel show for the town’s May Fete. The Crowning of Josephine will be held May 10 with youths trained in all the arts.
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Bryan
Josephine
Agent Beason On The Job In Extension Service Report
County Agent C. L. Beason files a March report showing 26 field days and 1 office day, 84 calls, 15 letters, 48 farm visits, 23 meetings with 1207 attendees, 9856 miles traveled, visiting 13 communities. Work split among clubs, poultry, terracing, dairying, agronomy, misc, and cut worm control. April will focus on clubs, pecan budding demonstrations, livestock and field crops encouragement.
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C. L. Beason
Berry Season In Brazos County Returns In Full Glory
Dewberries ripen across Brazos County as the spring season proves plentiful. The wild berry crop is said to be the largest in years, with many dew berry pickers working countywide. Peach and plum crops are also reported abundant, renewing memories of earlier times.
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Texas
Brazos County
Old Brazos
Grimes County Road Jobs To Be Advertised Soon
Bids for grading and drainage work on about six miles of Highway No 6 in Grimes County will be invited immediately and a contract will be let on April 25. A prior injunction against the Ferguson Highway Commission was dissolved in Fifty-third District Court, clearing the way for the next contract awarding.
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Austin
Grimes County
Highway Commission
John F. Buckner
Ferguson Highway Commission
Fifty-third District Court
Health officer reappointed for two years in Brazos County
Dr. R. H. Harrison former Bryan mayor and county health officer was reappointed health officer for two years at yesterday's Commissioners Court meeting. He promised improvements in slaughter pens to be inspected by a State pure food officer, with fruits vegetables and meats required to be covered by screens and dairymen to milk cows on screened concrete floors as mandated by state law.
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R. H. Harrison
Bryan
Brazos County
Commissioners Court
H. O. Ferguson
Edwin D. Martin Named Superintendent at A M Consolidated
Edwin D. Martin chosen to head the A and M Consolidated school for 1927 28 succeeding E W Chaney who resigns at end of the current year. Martin, now principal, began teaching in Mineral Wells and previously lived in Lubbock. He is Abilene Christian College 1923 graduate. The campus serves children from rural districts and children of A and M professors.
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College Station
Edwin D. Martin
Lubbock
Mineral Wells
A. and M
Abilene Christian College
A. and M. Consolidated School For Children
A. and M. College of Texas
Rainbow Girls Observe Anniversary in Masonic Hall
Bryan Assembly of the Rainbow for Girls held a regular meeting in the Masonic Hall Friday at 7:30. Miss Elizabeth Himnnicutt was initiated. A planned April 22 picnic was postponed due to Chau Tauqua week. Next meeting is April 22 with an early 7:00 to 7:30 session and officer elections urged by Mother Advisor Mrs. M. R. Bentley.
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Bryan
M. R. Bentley
Feeding Hogs Pays Him $1 Per Hour
Jack Howell of Murchison Henderson county earned a net profit of $90.95 from feeding seven Poland China pigs over 180 hours. He won a 325 pound gift from Southern Pacific Lines, plus $100 prize value, totaling $190.95.
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College Station
Jack Howell
Murchison
Henderson County
Sterling C. Evans
Extension Service A. and
M. College of Texas
Howell
Southern Pacific Lines
H. M. Madison
J. I. McGregor
Agricultural Club
S. P
FE. R. Budaly
Extension Service
Texas Swine Breeders’ Association
John O. Moosberg
George Henry Turner
Brazos County A. and M. Mothers Club Holds First Meeting
The Brazos County A. and M. Mothers Club met Friday at 3:00 in the Y M C A parlors at College. Eleven members attended and paid $1 membership dues. The by laws were adopted and the club invited wives of college employees and ex students as future members. Next meeting set for May 13.
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Brazos County
A. and M. Mothers Club
J. Webb Howell
R. B. Grant
M. R. Bentley
M. College of Texas
A. and
M. College
M. Mothers Club
M. Mothers
College
Fickey School Closes Friday in Brazos County
The Fickey school in Brazos county closed Friday April 1 due to exhausted funds, the first county school to shut down for lack of money. At Leonard school Lena Terry quit as primary teacher, while Mrs. R F Hearne will continue teaching older pupils for another month.
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Fickey
Brazos County
Leonard School
Lena Terry
R. F. Hearne
Disarmament Talk and War Vessels Bound for China
A wary scene shapes policy as appeals for disarmament meet the reality of warships moving toward China. Separately a classified ad invites renters to lease a vacant room through an Eagle notice.
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America
China
Haswell Honored by City Commission for Service
The Haswell resolution praised former Mayor Tyler Haswell for years of service to Bryan. He served as alderman or commissioner in 1892 1894 1895 1897 1913 1917 and 1917 1927. City Manager J Bryan Miller was re elected and lauded. New mayor Wilson Bradley will appoint committees at the next meeting.
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McInnis
Tyler Haswell
Bryan
J. Bryan Miller
Wilson Bradley
Inter-racial meet in Austin aids race relations efforts
Rev Roy S Holloman of Bryan attended a two day inter racial commission meeting in Austin with representatives of white and black churches. The commission started in Atlanta from wealthy sponsors to ease tensions that could spark a race riot. Texas shows high negro education spending and aims to form more such committees in cities with sizeable black populations.
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Austin
Inter-racial Commission
Atlanta
South
Georgia
Inter-racial Committee
Texas
Roy S. Holloman
College Avenue Baptist Church
Bryan
May Fete Set Here on May 10 at Baptist Class
May Fete will be held here on May 10 under the auspices of Mrs. F M Bunter's Baptist Sunday School class with Mrs Roy Danforth directing. About 200 participants will take part in the entertainment.
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F. M. Bunter
Roy Danforth
Bradley Elected Mayor in Unanimous Vote
Wilson Bradley, 46, Bryan businessman, was elected mayor by unanimous vote at the first meeting of the new city commission. H. A. Burger became mayor pro tem. Bradley, a long time resident and charter member of local groups, pledged to push “Bigger and better Bryan” and requested public support for wholesome development.
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E. J. Jenkins
L. L. McInnis
Wilson Bradley
Bryan
H. A. Burger
Bradley
Chamber of Commerce
Building and Loan Association
First Methodist Church
Agricultural editors tour A and M College in Texas
Sixty leading agricultural editors and farm writers toured A and M College in College Station arriving by Missouri Pacific train. They observed departments from Animal Husbandry to Poultry and visited Sbisa Hall during a broader Southwest inspection through Arkansas Louisiana Texas and Mexico. The group included notable editors from American Agriculturist Progressive Farmer and The Ohio Stockman and Farmer among others.
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College Station
United States
Missouri Pacific
M. College
American Agricultural Editors’ Association
A. and
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Mexico
Southwest
Dean E. J. Kyle
School of Agriculture
Sbisa Hall
Dean Kyle
T. O. Walton
Daniel Scoates
Department of Agricultural Engineering
A. C. Cobb
Southern Ruralist
Atlanta, Ga
Cobb
E. S. Bayard
Ohio Stockman and Farmer
M. ©. Barrett
American Agriculturist
New York
R. A. Blasingham
State College
Penn
Tait Butler
Memphis
Tenn
W. B. Cook
Lee J. Rountree
D. W. Williams
J. B. Bagley
A. M. Conner
George P. Grout
E. P. Humbert
D. H. Reid
St. Louis
Baton Rouge
Louisiana University and Agricultural College
Houston
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Rio Grande Valley
Laredo
San Antonio
4Th Avenue
New York City
M. C. Burritt
Des Moines
Paul Talbot
E. F. Fox
Spencer
Indiana
Geo. Weymouth
DD. W. Bench
B. T. Fisher
Huntington
T. L. Wheeler
Iowa
Frank G. Moorhead
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
James T. Nichols
Michigan
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Geo. M. Slocum
John F. Case
Cleveland
Ohio
L. L. Rummell
Prairie Farmer
Chicago
Ill
Frank I. Mann
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
R. U. Blasingham
Progressive Farmer
W. CC. Lassetter
Birmingham
Ala
L. A. Niven
Eugene Butler
Dallas
W. N. Hutt
Southern Pines
N.C
Southern Agriculturist
Nashville
L. R. Neal
James Speed
Louisville
Atlanta Ga
C. A. Cobb
D. Scootes
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Racine
John F. Cunningham
Coppers Weekly
Topeka
Kansas
A. G. Kittell
Farm and Ranch
Executive Department
W. L. Ziervoge
Missouri Pacific Lines
F. E. Hoeren
E. J. McMahon
A. W. Robertson
Mc Reynolds
M. McDonald
Glenn F. Wallace
Missouri Pacific R. R
Former Sheriff Thompson Dies in Franklin Texas
Will E. Thompson former sheriff of this county died at his home after months of illness. He served as first deputy 1916 to 1920 and was elected sheriff in 1920 for two terms. He is survived by his wife three daughters and several brothers. Burial was in Alexander Brazos county with Masonic rites.
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Associated Press
Franklin
Will E. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Alexander
Brazos County
Masonic Order of
George W. Davlin
Lyndell Henry Awarded Reading Club Scholarship
The Bryan Reading Club met at the Carnegie library in regular session. Miss Lyndell Henry was unanimously elected to receive the annual loan benefit of the Reading Club scholarship.
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Lyndell Henry
Reading Club
Bryan Reading Club
Carnegie Library
E. W. Bullock
Annual Bryan Reading Club Lunch April 19 at Long’s Cafe
The Bryan Reading Club set final plans for its April 19 luncheon at Long's Cafe. Mrs. G. L. Crawford led the program with Mrs. B. Youngblood of College as speaker on her Washington visit, praising her as president of the Fourth District State Federation of Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Youngblood’s Washington tour inspired club members and Bryan Reading Club supports her nomination as second vice president of the State Federation. Mrs. Albert Goodman performed two piano solos, Sento and Japanese Etude, to conclude the program.
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Long
G. L. Crawford
B. Youngbloood
College
Washington
Bryan Reading Club
B. Youngblood
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Albert Goodman
Cyril Scott
Paldini
Neighbor Chickens Drive Garden War to Police
A resident calls the police to stop a neighbor's hens from scratching a freshly planted garden. The short note frames the chicken disturbance as a local quarrel over seed beds and time spent planting.
Eagle Want Ad Column Quick Resultes
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