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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1919
Page
3
Tampa April 22. Mayor McKay proclaimed that any May day protest against Debs and Mooney arrests would be stopped by police. Lockhart Texas April 22. Caldwell county votes May 24 on a 15c maintenance road tax per $100 assessed value to fund road repair after prior cancellation.
An aviator taking part in the victory loan drive in Chicago fell with his airplane into Lake Michigan and is believed drowned.
Paris reports a revolution in Turkey with a soviet government proclaimed and a revolutionary committee formed in Constantinople, per a Bolshevik commander in Odessa.
New Orleans announces a direct steamship route between New Orleans and the west coast of South America via the Panama Canal. The service will begin May 1, operated by the New Orleans and South America Steamship Company, per the foreign trade bureau association of commerce.
Joseph Gerard Adams a 19 year old sophomore at A and M College was killed Saturday when a side car motorcycle with two cadets left the road and crashed into a ditch near Bryan Country club. Adams died instantly from a crushed chest. The other riders escaped with minor injuries. An investigation found no one at fault.
Governor Hobby cites Texas as fifth in the nation for wartime enlistments, noting 250000 Texans served and asserting he raised an army beyond the prewar U S force. He urges Texans to support the victory liberty loan, appealing to patriotism and Texas’s proven record.
Dallas April 19. Governor R L Van Zandt of the federal reserve bank of Dallas warns investors about circulars offering to buy war savings stamps at steep discounts. He notes illegality and swindle as stamps are non negotiable and redemption should be at full cash value through the post office.
Dallas reports show splendid feeling over the victory loan district wide. Presidio County with Marfa leads, oversubscribing 105000 and nearing triple the goal. Shreveport notes Marie Stone as first caller and Malcolm Cullom as the first Louisiana life lost. Houston pledges to meet its quota as citizens canvass banana vendors and local businesses.
In a Monday crash one mile past Navasota, John B. Walker and E. Sapp suffered serious injuries while vehicle occupants Louis White and Joan Winters were less affected. Sapp, already serving a life sentence for murder, is to undergo surgery at Bryan hospital. Walker sustained a crushed chest and a broken collarbone. Winters and White were briefly shaken, with Winters slightly hurt. Local residents aided, and the injured were taken to a doctor in Navasota before returning toward Bryan.
Washington reports a wave of upbeat telegrams arriving at the Treasury as the Victory Liberty Loan campaign kicks off, with officials noting a distinctive optimistic tone in the initial responses and public enthusiasm.
London dispatches report that Christian mission members at Teigonari clashed with gendarmes. The uprising led to twenty deaths and many wounded as forces opened fire on the group. Ballard's Horehound Syrup advertised for cough relief. Sold by Jenkins' Drug Store and M. H. James.
A. C. Love of the A and M College civil engineering department writes for the Eagle outlining a Dallas style plan to finance and build a county highway system in Brazos. The article explains forming a Committee of Arrangement, public conventions, and a May bond election, stressing state and federal aid and careful local material use.
San Antonio April 21 Ten tentative plans for a statewide world war veterans association were decided at a meeting of leading state military men. Col Claude V Birkhead commander of the 131st field artillery was elected temporary chairman. Over five hundred delegates attended from across the state. Delegates to the national veterans convention in St Louis may be selected.
The colored farmers of Brazos county and citizens of Bryan are urged to meet April 26 at the Brazos County Courthouse to hear Prof J H Ford state agent for colored people. Prof L A Nash county agent aims to boost grain yields and livestock care so farmers can live at home and bring products to market.
An old ad fragment touts quick relief for coughs and colds sold by druggists for decades. It appeals to every age group and urges readers to try the product, noting long-standing availability and local presence.
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