Bryan’s Business Opportunity and Trade Territory Growth
The piece argues Bryan is financially sound and better positioned than many Texas towns. It urges local business leaders to expand trade territory, improve highways into Bryan, and launch a planned campaign to attract travelers and distant customers, especially from Huntsville, to become regular Bryan patrons.
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Bryan
Texas
Southwest
Huntsville
Bryan Trade
Bryan Business District
Waco
Houston
Bryan Officials Praise City Finances and Governance
Bryan officials report the city maintains a strong financial condition and efficient administration. They note salaries are lower than in similar Texas cities and budgets align with income to avoid red ink, with plans to keep fiscal discipline in the coming year.
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Bryan
Marshall
Mexia
Texas
City Commission
Live at Home program cuts Texas prison costs
The Texas prison system under Lee Simmons shows a sharp shift to self produced food. Horace Coon reports that prison farms supplied 74 percent of inmate provisions in 1931, up from 20 percent in 1930, reflecting a broader Live at Home policy.
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Texas
Agricultural Economics
Lee Simmons
Simmons
Horace Coon
Huntsville
Four Principles for a Happy Life and a Candid Editor Note
LES AKERS argues a simple life yields health wealth and peace. He lists four essentials healthful family necessities respect from neighbors and the peace of God. He blames years of credit for the current economic mess and cautions against greed he urges humility and contentment.
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Peepul
Les Akers
Inexpressible Peace Theme Daily Bible Thought
A devotional note quotes Philippians 4 7 about Gods peace guarding hearts and minds through Jesus Christ. The message emphasizes spiritual serenity beyond human understanding.
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God
Christ Jesus
Gibson proposes disarmament rush on key weapons
Christian Science Monitor praises Hugh S. Gibson for a plan to abolish tanks gas and heavy artillery as a first secure step toward disarmament. The editorial argues scrapping offensive arms could reduce insecurity in nations and enable broader controls despite critics and enforcement concerns.
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Hugh S. Gibson
Mr. Gibson
Geneva
Gibson
Belgium
Liege
France
Verdun
Christian Science Monitor
New Water Mains Cut Fire Risk Across City Sectors
Water mains laid in the past six weeks on south College avenue and in northwest and northeast sections of the city now supply pressure that is satisfactory. Many residents plan to tie into the new extensions as fire risk is markedly reduced in the served areas.
Battle of Lexington and Concord Fought On April Ninth
A brief note recalls the April 9 1775 clash between colonial militiamen and British forces at Lexington and Concord marking an early act of the American Revolutionary War. The entry highlights the date and location as the defining facts.
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Lexington and Concord
Broadway Life From Battery To Riverdale In 1932
A columnist paints a vivid New York panorama of Broadway from the Battery to Riverdale, noting Upper Broadway’s mixed life of apartments markets and theatres, the desolation of Lower Broadway at dusk, and cultural figures like Joseph Urban John McCormack and Pat Rooney in a reflective, personal travelogue style.
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Upper Broadway
Liberty
Uptown
Forties
Broadway
Broadway Central
No Man’s Land
Twenty Five Years Ago From The Bryan Morning Eagle
April 19 1907 highlights Fay Templeton retires from Forty Five Minutes From Broadway and wed to Wm Patterson of Philadelphia Gen H B Stoddard officiates Knights Templar in Texas Grand Commandery in Dallas Snowstorms hit New England J Webb Howell now runs Bryan Oil Mill Lurline Houston treated at Pasteur Institute after dog bite near home W C Boyett ships three carloads of cattle to Fort Worth Luigi Villari Italian vice consul passes Bryan en route from New Orleans to San Antonio No more Texas notaries for two years McKinney firm places 4000 dozen eggs in Dallas cold storage
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Bryan
New England
J. Webb Howell
Bryan Oil
Bryan Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Company
Lurline Houston
W. L. Houston
Pasteur Institute
Austin
W. C. Boyett
Fort Worth
Lugi Villari
Italy
Department of Emigration
New Orleans
San Antonio
Texas Notaries
McKinney
Dallas
You ever stop to think WRITE in FOS Louisville Ky
Editorial notes urge readers to act on hidden money by depositing it in banks and spending to boost national economy. Publisher A S Thompson cites Kentuckian Citizen as oldest US paper since 1807. Emphasizes progressive cities and better child health from good diet and environment. Advises sensible personal finance and avoiding fashions.
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A.S. Thompson
Paris
United States
Texas to color code 1933 Texas plates by college colors
Texas 1933 motor vehicle plates will feature college colors. Passenger cars will be gold and white for the University of Texas and Texas A and M plates will be red and white for trucks. Color selections announced by the Texas highway commission.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas and
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Aber Ae
Texas Highway Commission
Prison Farm Aids Texas Penal System Savings and Health
The Huntsville prison unit increased use of farm produced food by 54 percent over the prior year, with 76 percent of provisions from farms in 1931. Costs for feeding guards dropped significantly and outside purchases saved about 40 thousand dollars. A cold storage plant and canning operation improve food quality and reduce waste while employing inmates, improving health and morale.
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Huntsville
Simmons
Houston Post
Local Folks Return and Travel Plans Highlight Weekend
Mr and Mrs Fred Grey of Port Lavaca return home after visiting relatives in Reliance community Mrs B A Sims will visit Fort Worth this weekend with her daughter Stanley Bransford In law Elizabeth Cline returns from a Dallas visit with friends
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Fred Grey
Port Lavaca
B. A. Sims
Fort Worth
Stanley Bransford
Elizabeth Cline
Dallas
Seed Distribution Through Red Cross Aids Brazos County
Free garden seed packets were distributed by the Brazos County Red Cross at City Hall to 98 families, totaling about 460 people. Packages included Irish potatoes and onion sets with instructions to plant all seeds and can or dry harvests for winter use, plus saving the best mature plants for next year. Communities listed include Wellborn Millican Cawthon Steep Hollow Reliance Smetana Stone City Jones Bridge Prospect Shiloh Boonville Sandy Point Mumford Thompson Creek Pleasant Hill Cameron Ranch Wheelock Benchley Kurten Pitts Bridge Cole's Prairie Riverside Harvey Sparks Bryan area and nearby towns.
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Brazos County
Red Cross
Wellborn
Millican
Cawthon
Steep Hollow
Reliance
Smetana
Stone City
Jones Bridge
Prospect Community
Shiloh
Boonville
Sandy Point Road
Mumford
Thompson Creek
Pleasant Hill
Cameron Ranch
Wheelock
Benchley
Kurten
Pitts Bridge
Cole's Prairie
Riverside
Harvey
Sparks
Bryan
Life Essentials Emphasized at Kings Highway 4 Hi Club Meeting
Rev. Ed J. Harris urged focus on essentials in life during the Kings Highway 4 H Club gathering last Saturday night. Miss Leona McDonald presided, with Adelle Curik as secretary and Mrs. Heath directing games. Harris urged duties in life and farm work reflecting on the person. Curik reported a bountiful garden with a potential $10 prize for best report and a $150 cash prize for the best Live-at-Home record.
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Kings Highway
Ed J. Harris
Leona McDonald
Adelle Curik
Heath
Bounds
Rev. Harris
Rev
Harris
Houston Cotton Exchange Elects New Officers
Houston April 19 The Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade announces J. H. Hutton reelected president K KE Womack reelected vice president and J T Scott reelected treasurer Police none.
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Houston
J. H. Hutton
The
Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade
K. KE. Womack
J. T. Scott
Dallas Editor Speaks at Carnegie Library in Bryan
RF Duckworth of Dallas editor of The Apostolic Way spoke at Carnegie Library auditorium under Church of Christ auspices. He will stay in Bryan for a series of evening meetings on How to Behave in the House of the Lord from Timothy. C H Maddox of Durant Okla joins for congregational singing. services likely daily this week with Wednesday break.
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RF. Duckworth
Dallas
Duckworth
C. H. Maddox
Durant, Okla
Sister Is Shot By Brother Who Takes Own Life
In Tyler on a downtown street Monday afternoon E. Q. Tate killed his sister in law Mrs. J. L. Perdue in a store dispute. He drew a pistol from his overalls and fired wounding her in the shoulder as bystanders watched. Tate then shot himself in the head and died two hours later.
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Sister
Brother
Tyler
E. Q Tate
J. L. Perdue
Bryan Negro Hi Wins Track Meet At Allen Field
The District Interscholastic League track meet for negro schools was held at Allen Field on Friday April 15. Bryan dominated Class B events with multiple wins including 100 yard dash 220 yard dash and mile relay. Calvert Hearne and Bremond posted notable showings while Gooden Mason and Scott starred in several finals.
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Allen Field
Bremond
Calvert
Hearne
Bryans Mason
K. Scott
Mason
Bryan
Powell
Gooden
Wilson
Martin
Dennis
R. Seait
C Wilson
Westbrooks
Singleton
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California Grove
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Pat Rooney
Marion Kent
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Hell Gate
Miss Bankhead
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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Commonwealth College
Mena
Ark
Harlan County
Sam Sandberg
Harold Coy
Lucien Koch
Isaac Greenberg
Leo Gruliow
Kings Hiway
Cotton Exchange Elects
Bryan Negro Hi
Tony Varise
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