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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1924
Page
4
An editorial opposes allowing bankers to act as insurance agents under certain conditions, arguing it harms public trust and community service. It cites risks of unfair advantage, breached confidences, and potential rebates, urging bankers to remain focused on banking duties and customer stewardship.
Edge club women staged a Friday evening play in the auditorium with Prof. A Ernst supplying Allen band music. Auction for a piano raised 20.25 from cake sales, aiding auditorium improvement. Attendees included Bryan residents and Edge school teacher Winnie Burrows.
A collection of remarks and reports from the Brazos County Boys and Girls Club Department covers quotes on opportunity and labor, praise for county agent work, and reflections on poultry and farm improvements. It highlights radio broadcasts for club education, terracing and drainage benefits, fertilizer calculation tables, free trips to Chicago for club members, and endorsements from Colorado bankers and President Coolidge. It closes with club contest notes and a 5 acre cotton prize.
Special to Bryan Daily Eagle reports Benchley enjoying sunny days as cotton planting begins. A long list of local visitors and residents visiting relatives in Franklin Bryan and Hearne, plus an Easter egg hunt at Sam Rice residence with participants from Tabor Bellaire and Franklin.
M Nightser a Sedgwick retired banker and Farmers State Bank director credits Tanlac with restoring digestion energy and appetite after three years of stomach trouble and a weak leg from the flu He began in October 1922 and soon looked and felt much better He says each bottle was worth a thousand dollars and continues using Tanlac now and then Tanlac sold by all druggists with no substitute over 40 million bottles sold.
At the egg hunt event Miss Eula Henry won the girls prize and Everett Haltom was the top boy finder. Curtis Haltom received the booby prize.
Miss Lurline Dowling led a picnic and Easter egg hunt for children with several adults assisting. John Kincannon won the egg prize. A moonlight schoolhouse picnic ended with hungry visitors from the Consolidated School at College. A Bright Light cemetery cleanup led to a new cemetery association and planned fencing and grounds layout. Easter morning was calm with calls for a union service next year. Rev. Handy learns his Fort Worth son was injured. little W. C. Rains fell ill. Annie Ruth Dowling visited. Mrs. W. C. Rains hosted an Easter egg hunt party Saturday night with friends reporting a delightful time.
RELIANCE RECORD RELIANCE April 24 We enjoy pleasant spring weather as farmers plant corn Easter activities included egg hunts for the young. Mrs John Utsey and children visited relatives at Kurton over the weekend Miss Lizzie Slaughter stayed with Mr and Mrs John Mathis Mr and Mrs R T Smith of Houston visited relatives in the community Robert and Miss Ophelia Riley visited Independence Sunday Mr and Mrs J Sidney of Bryan spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs C H Mathis Mr and Mrs Walter Lloyd spent Easter Sunday with Mr and Mrs D B Lloyd Misses Maxine Julia Mathis and Thurman Mathis Alva Holligan visited Miss Irene Outlaw Sunday Evening The ladies club met with Miss Laura Belle Roten Friday the 18th Great help to all Three women are in the kitchen contest The girls club met with Miss Laura Belle Roten Friday evening April 18 Some girls are finishing their first year sewing Both clubs will have a picnic or all day club meeting the third Friday in May at Mrs George Saxon’s home Anticipation of a splendid day
A J Jawaisk of Woodville community was transacting business in the city on Saturday, identified in a brief local report.
A promotional piece touts a few weeks of directed effort leading to a salary capable of funding a comfortable home. It cites former students who rose from obscurity to affluence and mentions special rates for applicants.
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