Bryan Weekly Eagle publication and postal details
Bryan Weekly Eagle announces postal status as second class matter in Bry an Texas dated April 28 1912. It lists editorial management Lee J Rountree and Bates daily by mail subscription rates for Brazos County including monthly three month and six month options and carrier delivery prices. The paper notes weekly publication on Thursdays and Brazos County pricing.
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Bryan
Texas
Congress
BATES
Brazos County
Denton praises Editor Edwards for legislative support
The Denton Record Chronicle editor Will C. Edwards earns praise after returning from Austin with emergency appropriations for C I A and the North Texas Normal. Denton men celebrate eight pages of advertising, while Edwards is lauded for steady service during the 838th legislature.
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Will C. Edwards
Denton Record Chronicle
Austin
Texas
North Texas Normal
Record Chronicle
Denton
Will
Bryan Daily Eagle
Bill” Edwards
Bill
Rountree
Bill Edwards
Covey
Goree
North Texas tribute to a citizen of Brazos
Denton editor Will C. Edwards praises Lee J. Rountree of Bryan as a strong potential lieutenant governor. Rountree, Brazos county representative, is lauded as a capable newspaperman and businessman with constructive policies and solid opposition to destructive measures.
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North Texas
Brazos
Will C. Edwards
Denton Record Chronicle
Denton
Texas
Lee J. Rountree
Bryan
Rountree
Texas House
Brazos County
Sams Hanging Together in Texas Gossip
A river of names and rumors circulates about Sam Miller Sam Fore Sam Hill and Sam Harben as they discuss mermaids and Galveston plans. The chatter notes unity or separation among the Sams and mocks bystanders in Mineral Wells and Austin with quirky local flavor.
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Sam Miller
Sam Fore
Sam Hill
Austin
Sam Harben
Galveston
Ben Harigel
Nick Houx
Lee Kirgan
Sams
Bryan Eagle
Lee
Sam
Sam E. Miller
Mineral Wells Index
Bryan Eagle Calls for Constructive Local Support
Editorial from the Bryan Eagle urges Bryan and Brazos county citizens to back constructive measures for the public good. It urges honest debate and says the paper favors intelligent, tolerant progress and criticizes self-serving critics.
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Bryan Eagle
Bryan
Brazos County
The
Eagle
Mineral Wells Index
Texas Sam Club swimmers face slim chances in Galveston
Editor Sam Fore Jr of the Floresville Chronicle is said to be too heavy for mermaid swimming in June while Sam P Harben of Richardson also grows heavier. Avordupoise may ruin the Texas Sam Club.
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Sam Fore, Jr
Floresville Chronicle
Texas Sam Club
Galveston
Sam
Sam P. Harben
Richardson
Avordupoise
Texas Sam
Louis Blaylock Elected Dallas Mayor in Landslide
Louis Blaylock won the Dallas mayoral race Tuesday by a large majority. Described as the youngest old man in Texas, Blaylock is a constructionist and vows progress for the city.
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Louis Blaylock
Dallas
Henry
Navarre
Texas
Lee J. Rountree urged to run for Lieutenant Governor
The Gilmer Mirror notes Hon. Lee J. Rountree, current Brazos county representative and editor of the Bryan Eagle, is urged to seek the lieutenant governorship. The comment highlights his potential suitability for the office.
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Lee J. Rountree
Brazos County
Bryan
Courtesy Prevents Misunderstandings, Says Proverb
A proverb notes that courtesy prevents half of misunderstandings and smooths the rest, emphasizing polite behavior as a social lubricant. The saying underscores the value of respectful language and consideration in daily interactions.
Tick Eradication Proves Safe For Texas Cattle
Figures from a Washington bulletin show an average loss of less than four cattle per 1,000,000 dipped. In 1922 Texas accounted for over 61 million of more than 72 million cattle dippings, underscoring the campaign’s success and refuting opponents’ claims. The Austin American notes the program is not experimental and saves millions for cattle raisers.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington
Texas
Bureau
Livestock Sanitary Commission
The
Livestock Commission
Austin American
Hub Delay Urges Civic Righteousness and Loyalty to Law
The Tyler Courier-Times credits evangelist Hub DeLay with a strong community service during a local meeting. He urged a general awakening to civic righteousness and greater loyalty to legal authority while criticizing Texas officials who pretend to enforce laws yet bow to the lawless and bootleggers.
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Tyler
Texas
Neff
Dallas
Hub DeLay
Taxation in Texas Compared by Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The Star-Telegram criticizes perceived inequality in Texas taxes while noting the state constitution names commissioner courts as boards of equalization. It argues that counties render land classes at differing rates, like $7 and $21 per acre, and claims no demand exists to fix the system.
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Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
Henderson County
Texas
Star- Telegram
Consolidation trends in U S newspapers across the Valley
The Brownsville Herald argues that urban newspaper multiplicities hinder development and notes a national move toward consolidation for economic efficiency. It praises the Lower Rio Grande Valley press as representative and commends established papers for enduring competition in their communities.
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United States
Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville
Sam Club Poem Push Reflects Texas Spring Delays
The Bryan Eagle and Clarendon News note that spring poetry from Sam Club members in Texas is postponed. Poets such as Sam Harden Sam Fore and Sam Miller are urged to wait for better reception as others anticipate Galveston sessions and annual gatherings.
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SAM Club
Grand Old
Texas
The
Eagle
Sam Harden
Sam Fore
Sam Miller
Sam Braswell
Sam Holloway
Sam Chestnutt
Sam Hill
Sam Roberts
Texas Sam's
Bryan Eagle
Lee
Sam
Galveston
Clarendon News
1924 Texas Gubernatorial Race Names List
Among names mentioned for the 1924 governorship are Hon. Luther Stark of Orange Judge Lewis T. Carpenter of Dallas Lieutenant Governor T. W. Davidson of Marshall Hon. R. E. Thomason of El Paso Former Lieutenant Governor Lynch Davidson of Houston Former Assistant Attorney General Sweeton of Greenville and perhaps others.
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Luther Stark
Orange
Lewis T. Carpenter
Dallas
T. W. Davidson
Marshall
R. E. Thomason
Il Paso
Lynch Davidson
Houston
Sweeton
Greenville
No son the ravens wont feed you go to work
The speaker advises a son to stop relying on others and begin earnest employment. If one has wandered aimlessly, it is time to change course and seek work promptly.
Tabor Couple Visits Bryan at Eagle Office
Mr and Mrs Walter Armstrong of Tabor were in Bryan today as pleasant visitors at the Eagle office.
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Walter Armstrong
Tabor
Bryan
Eagle Office
Electric Shoe Polishing Co Organized and Officers Elected
The Electric Shoe Polishing Company is organized with a $250 000 charter and officers named for a nine member board. David Sivewright serves as president with ties to local banks and businesses. M B Lawrence is vice president and general manager, C A Harris vice president and sales manager, J L Edge vice president, E M Schlegel secretary treasurer. Other directors include Henry H Flaspoller, Hortman Lumber Co president, C Hartman, Judge W C Davis, and Dr W H Lawrence.
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Louisiana Board of Commission
C. A. Harris
New Orleans
Harris
David Sivewright
Sivewright
Providence Building and Loan Association
Hartman Lumber Company, Inc
American Liberty National Bank
Sivewright and Schlegel Wholesale Provisions
M. B. Lawrence
Tabor Club Trip Outing and Local News Summary
The Tabor Club members plus chaperones traveled to meet Kurten clubs but Kurten failed to appear, so lunch was shared with no company. Easter egg hunts occurred in Tabor, while Mrs Richardson and family from Rosebud visited Walter Armstrong. The Country Gentleman visit boosted about forty new subscriptions with school half proceeds. A picture show and lecture by Rev and Mrs Brown drew a large crowd at College. First Baptist church organized by 45 Tabor residents at A and M College. Prof Ammon's visit took Mrs Ammons to Bryan General Hospital after months of illness. School trustees Joe Locke and J Harris elected unanimously. Seventh grade to graduate next Saturday night at 8 30. District Interscholastic contest participants Tom Ayers Jim Huggins Annie Laura Smith travel to Navasota with Prof Ammon and Mrs Benbow. Corn replanted due to black birds. Ella Elliott improving after Galveston trip. Mr Cooper John Barnes Bud Cross and others share a large fish story.
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Tabor Club
J. L. Cobb
Mary Locke
Laura Belle Roten
Kurten
Kurten Club
Tabor
Richardson
Rosebud
Walter Armstrong
A. and M. College
W R. Ammons
Tom Ayers
Jim Huggins
Annie Laura Smith
Navasota
W. R. Ammons
Benbow
Ella Elliott
Galveston
Galveston. Mr. Cooper
John Barnes
Bud Cross
Navasota District Interscholastic Meet Postponed
The District Interscholastic Track Meet at Navasota has been postponed to Friday April 20 due to heavy rains. Poor track conditions and bad roads will hinder delegates and representatives traveling by car.
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Navasota
Miss Roten visits Grimes County meet
Miss Laura Belle Roten Brazos County Home Demonstration Agent visited Anderson on April 6 to judge clothing and food exhibits at the Grimes County Interscholastic League meet. The event showcased club girls and impressed the local community with her capable demonstration.
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Anderson
Laura Belle Roten
Splendid County
Brazos County
Roten
Grimes County
Miss Roten
Liquid Borozone Healing Remedy Ad Run
An ad touts Liquid Borozone as a powerful healing remedy for flesh wounds sores burns and scalds. It lists prices 30c 60c and 1.20 and notes availability from all druggists.
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Ady
Visitors Honor Guests At College Campus Home
Mrs. Oscar M. Ball invites Bryan and College friends to meet house guests Mrs. Summerfield Taylor and Mrs. Charles Houston on Wednesday afternoon April 18 from five to six o clock at her College campus home.
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Oscar M. Ball
Bryan
Summerfield Taylor
Charles Houston
College
Hen babysits kittens near Bry an resident
A boarding house visit to Mrs Mary Ewing in Bryan revealed a hen caring for two speckled kittens. The hen nests in a manger and the mother cat shares duties, nursing the kittens and allowing the cat to continue its own life. The scene reportedly stirs affection for youth in observers.
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J. R. Fain
Union Barber Shop
Mary Ewing
Boost for Firemen's Convention Here 1924
A Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce and firemen group met to raise 3500 dollars to bring the 1924 State Firemen's Convention to Bryan Brazos County. Committees will canvass Bryan and the county for public subscriptions to support the effort.
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Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Bryan
Brazos County
Rev
Moylan Bird
Tyler Haswell
W. S. Barron
E. E. McAdams
T. K. Lawrence
Oak McKenzie
Survey Brazos River for Dam Sites Begun
Mineral Wells Texas April 183 J A Norris chief engineer of the State Board of Water Engineers arrived here and left for various Brazos River points in Palo Pinto county. Norris heads work authorized by the Legislature under the Roundtree reclamation bill with $600000 for preliminary river surveys for dam construction and water conservation. Several Brazos sites in the county are under consideration as dam locations.
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Mineral Wells
Texas
J. A. Norris
State Board of Water Engineers
Brazos River
Palo Pinto County
Secretary Eberstadt Heads to Wills Point Texas
Secretary S. E. Eberstadt of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce left Wednesday for Dallas to handle organization business and then proceed to Wills Point Friday morning to lecture on Building and Loan and Chamber of Commerce Bryan plan in the afternoon and evening before returning Saturday.
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S. E. Eberstadt
Bryan and Brazos County
Torpid liver overhaul with Herbine advertised
An advertisement touts Herbine as an overhaul for a torpid liver. It claims immediate benefits including increased energy, restored appetite, and sound sleep. The price is 60 cents and the product is sold by all druggists.
New Western Union Manager In Office At Bryan
J B Baker and wife arrived in Bryan from La Grange Texas. Baker was checked in Wednesday as the new Western Union manager replacing J E Dishman who resigned after over two years. Miss Mary Ferguson relief manager for the district arrived Wednesday and also checked in. Baker's wife can serve as clerk if needed. Ferguson visiting Rev S Moylan Bird.
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J. B. Baker
Bryan
la Grange
Texas
Baker
Western Union
J. E. Dishman
Cotton Exchange
Mary Ferguson
Weanay
Miss Ferguson
S. Moylan Bird
For Sale Fresh Jerseys Near Bryan on Benchley Road
A. J. Jaworski advertises fresh jerseys for sale three miles from Bryan on Benchley Road priced at $30 and up.
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Bryan
Benchley Road
A. J. Jaworski
Lutcher Stark Honored for Chicken Fancier Club Gift
Orange official Lutcher Stark, vice president of the International Rotary, is described as a chicken fancier and member of the Flowers for the Living Club. He presented Gabe Cazelle with 100 Barred Plymouth Rock eggs from his Orange chicken ranch as a token of appreciation for Rotary service.
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Lutcher Stark
Orange
International Rotary
Flowers For the Living Club
Gabe Cazell
Stark
Mr. Cazelle
Mr. Stark
Rotary
Guaranteed Mills Hosiery Ad Seeks Sellers in Norristown
Wanted man and woman for full time and spare time sales of guaranteed hosiery. Earn 75 dollars weekly full time or 1.50 dollars per hour spare time. Attractive spring line offered. Located in Norristown Pennsylvania.
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Norristown
West Side PTA Holds Successful Rummage Sale
The West Side Parent-Teachers Association led by Mrs. E. H. P. Bain and Mrs. P. A. Tardy held a rummage sale Saturday on Main Street in the old White Front Cafe building. Net proceeds reached 116 dollars to fund playgrounds and basement furnishings for the new West Side school, with plans for regular sales throughout the year.
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West Side
Parent-Teachers Association
E. H. P. Bain
P. A. Tardy
Main Street
Friends of
Visitors Bring Little Marga ret Ann From Waco
R V Gaities W k Fairman and party traveled to Waco by auto to fetch little Margaret Ann who had been staying with her grandmother for several weeks. They returned with Mrs. S A Long Miss Roxy Long and Miss Pearl Chesser and plan to attend College galas with Anna McCarty and Ouida Wileman of Mexia as guests.
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R. V
W. Kk. Fairman
Waco
Margaret Ann
S. A. Long
Roxy Long
Pearl Chesser
Delightful Dinner Party Honors Major Coughlan
Mrs. J. O. Chance hosted an informal six o clock dinner Sunday night in honor of Major J. D. Coughlan. The event celebrated Major Coughlan s birthday with wisteria decor, crystal candle chains, and lavender accents. Guests included Mrs. George G. Chance Mrs. J Chance Major J D Coughlan Lt Seawright Lt Ruth and Dr. W H Oliver.
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George G. Chance
J. ©. Chance
J. D. Coughlan
Seawright
Ruth
W. H. Oliver
Mild cathartic Her bine praised by ladies for cleansing
An advertisement promotes Her bine as a mild cathartic enjoyed by women. It purifies the system without griping or upsetting the stomach and is offered for 60 cents through all druggists.
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Ady
Allen Academy star athlete aims for fourth letter this year
Henry Grelen of Bryan Texas star end on Allen Academy football team last fall captain elect of next year joins Coach Hudsons baseball squad to seek a fourth A He also excels in basketball pole vaulting 11 feet 6 inches and tied for first at Baylor meet He is a hard hitting fast outfielder and strong asset despite spring illness
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Henry Grelen
Bryan
Texas
Allen Academy
Hudson
Grelen
Baylor University
Academy
Louie Hamiton
Carroll Ward
Charlie de Ware
Vermifuge remedy for wormy children advertised
An old advertisement claims White's Cream Vermifuge cures worms in children, restoring color and cheer. It notes the product is sold by all druggists and urges readers to buy promptly.
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All Druggiets
Adv
Howell Returns From Texas Lumbermen's Convention
W S Howell returned from Dallas where as president he led the 37th annual Lumbermen's Association of Texas meeting. He opened with plans for a legislative committee and a rotating 45 member directorate to serve three years. Delegates totaled 1447, a record, and Howell praised the Bryan Building and Loan Association as vital to small towns and state growth.
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W. S. Howell
Dallas
Lumbermen’s Association of Texas
Howell
Association
Bryan Building and Loan Association
Texas
Bryan
Baylor Club Elects Officers for Coming Year
The Bryan Baylor Club elected officers Saturday afternoon with Miss Louise Hillyer as president and Miss Corrie Suber as first vice president. Mrs. W. L. Stangel is recording secretary and Mrs. E. B. Reynolds is corresponding secretary. Miss Frances Wallace serves as treasurer. The group will attend Baylor Home Coming in Belton on Friday April 20 with Mrs. A. S. McSwain and the three officers.
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Bryan Baylor Club
Louise Hillyer
Corrie Suber
W. L. Stangel
E. B. Reynolds
Frances Wallace
Baylor
Belton
A. S. McSwain
Rainfall totals near three quarters inch in Sunday storm
Rain from eight o'clock Sunday morning to noon totaled .70 inches with .44 inches falling before eight o'clock. John M. Lawrence, local flood authority, said no news is good news and the river is receding after last week's rise and is not expected to rise further. No danger is anticipated.
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John M. Lawrence
Rainfall Totals Pass One and a Half Inches
A storm bringing intermittent showers from Wednesday noon into Thursday night produced 1.55 inches of rain at the C. R. Gardner Insurance gauge, tracking over an inch and a half between eight Wednesday and Thursday morning. The weather continued into the night with no clear signal of improvement and strong winds accompanying the heavier rain.
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C. R. Gardner Insurance
Ballard's Snow Liniment Advertisement
Apply Ballard's Snow Liniment to joints that ache. It relieves bone ache muscle ache and neuralgic pain. Three sizes 30c 60c and 1 20 per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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Ballard
Rountree Opposes Any Reclamation Appropriation Cut
In Austin a conference in the governor's office debated merging the Board of Water Engineers and the State Reclamation Department. Arthur Stiles urged cutting the $600000 topographic and hydrographic survey appropriation, while Rep. Rountree pledged to oppose any reduction, warning it could cripple conservation and reclamation work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas News
Austin
Board of Water Engineers
State Reclamation Department
J. A. Norris
S. C. Clark
A. H. Dunlap
Arthur A. Stiles
Rountree
White Leghorns win March in Texas Egg Laying Contest
At College Station April 11 the St John’s Poultry farm Orono Mo won March honors in the Texas National Egg Laying Contest at A & M College. The farm topped pens with 114 and 111 eggs and an individual with 28 eggs. Barred Rocks from M A Lee Sea Drift and WY J Boriskie College Station tied for second with 27 eggs.
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College Station
St. John’s Poultry Farm
Oronogo
Missouri
A. & M. College
M. A. Lee
Seadrift
WY. J. Boriskie
Tabor traders meet Bryan merchants in today’s exchange
J. Harris J. T. Crenshaw and Joe Locke of Tabor traded with Bryan merchants during today’s business exchange.
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J. Harris
J. T. Crenshaw
Joe Locke
Tabor
Bryan
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Bryan Weekly Eagle
Mgr
Edii
Associated Press
Edwards
Electric Shoe Polishing CO
Tabor News
Eberstadt
Wills Point, Texas
Hon
Flowers For Living Club
Lumbermen’s Convention
Baylor Club Officers
Boriskie Henties
Federal Land Bank OF Houston
Bryan Association
Bryan Marble and Granite Works
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