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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1929
Page
2
Lee J. Rountree, managing editor, notes this item from the Associated Press. The piece references congressional action dated March MRE and lists AP rights and city office locations in Dallas, New York, and Chicago as standard agency notices.
A quotation by Dr. Seaman A. Knapp extols a republic where rural and civic pride unite, praising refined taste in country living and wealth from the soil aiding the development of nature’s enduring domain for the people. The speaker frames farming as a cornerstone of national heritage and prosperity.
Residents hear rumors of small pox but city officials and local doctors confirm no case has been found in Bryan this month. Health authorities pledge immediate action if a positive or suspicious case appears. The city has faced a severe chicken pox outbreak in recent weeks.
Physicians urge vaccination for those未 who have not had preventive inoculation in years and compare the measure to yard cleanups and other public health campaigns. City authorities stress preventive medicine as raising health standards and reducing death rates, urging residents to trust health officials and stop rumor that smallpox is unchecked.
Prohibition Commissioner Do ran plans a grape juice survey while suggesting action against known gangsters before extending into byways and hedges. The remark frames enforcement as a priority before broader outreach.
In Waco on April 13 the Bryan team of Marie Graham Beth Locke and Mary Martha Black under coach Miss Clara Calhoun earned second place with 34 words a minute. Waco placed first with 37 wpm and Marie Graham won top individual honors. The event included teams from Bryan Marion Cameron and towns. The other note warns of a future pivotal moment in business history linked to Harry F Sinclair.
A large fireworks spectacle will accompany the East Texas Chamber of Commerce pageant during the East Texas Meet at Texas A&M. F W Hensel chairs the pageant committee with S C P Vosper directing. The event will include 21 acts in the stadium with Queen of East Texas and princess processions.
Experts spotlight a new well in Grimes County near Carlos with Roy Deering of Dallas as operator. Landowners W H Lawrence M E Wallace W P Trant and J T Turner of Bryan hold title. Derrick timbers arrive, derrick builders move in, and equipment will be staged next Monday. Houston and Dallas financiers back the project. Three top state geologists deem the location favorable for oil and gas production.
In a few weeks significant drilling activity may be seen in this territory. Mr Deering praised Bryan hotel accommodations and progress indicators, saying the city would be the headquarters for the Carlos project team and its investors.
Temple hosts the Ninth District P T A convention with telegrams from Bryan announcing East Side P T A scrap book first prize and the East Side school exhibit winning hand craft prizes money and a silver cup. H L Durham and staff helped prepare the exhibit and the East Side P T A pledged life membership for the superintendent. F H Millis of Wichita Falls visits Bryan.
A fragmented note references ROMAN AND VICK with a cryptic line about removing a competently condoned obstacle and achieving an attainable result. The text reads as garbled guidance or puzzle like prose. It mentions an ostrich themed phrase and vague instructions.
J E Stanford plans to return to Bryan to edit Texas for the Southern Agriculturist. He resigns from East Texas Chamber of Commerce and will launch the Texas editorial office at Bryan to cover state agricultural development. Roger Davis will succeed him as assistant agricultural director of East Texas organization.
A Navasota committee E M Perry H N Sandall T B Terrell visited Erren to pledge Nevrascta’s support for the East Texas Chamber of Commerce convention. They met E H Astin and S E Eberstadt and said Nevrascta will close on Monday May 5 and the town will attend the convention and parade.
The half way mark for Citizens' Military Training Camps enrollment in the 8th Corps Area is announced at Fort Sam Houston. Fourteen hundred fifty youth have been accepted or tentatively listed, with definite orders already issued for some to attend camp. Final instructions will be issued one month before camp opening, urging Brazos County youths to apply promptly.
For service standing for public service excellent Percheron Morgan Thoroughbred and Saddle stallions 4 feet tall. Fee 7.50 except Sade stallion 12.50. Fees due at time of service. Demand on good horses and mules is improving. SAnigas Husbandry Department College Station Texas. For sale many bushels of pure Mebane cotton planting 2.50 per bushel. Grown 6 Agronomy Farm College Station Texas. Phone COLLEGE 243 try Eagle to sell anything you wish to dispose of.
Aged warning copy asserts up to one billion seven hundred million germs may inhabit a drop of water and warn that cuts can allow infection. It promotes using Liquid Borozone to wash wounds and Borozone Powder to speed healing, listing prices.
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