Bryan Country Club Considers Major Spring Building Plan
Bryan Country Club directors vote to collect $4,000 in outstanding dues by May 5 to fund large spring improvements. The plan includes bathhouses around a swimming pool, a concrete walkway, and stucco clubhouse design. Golf links will be ready this week while awaited funds prompt early clubhouse work within sixty days.
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Daily Eagle
Bryan Country Club
O. E F. Saunders
Bryan Aid College
Golf Links Committee
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Death
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness and help during our husband and father's illness and death. Special thanks to those at the Sryan hospital for their kindness. Mrs. Ik. A. Huggkins and family.
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Sryan Hospital
Lk. A. Huggkins
School Board Installs New Members and Elects Officers
From Thursday's Daily Eagle H. P. Dansby and James W. James were installed as new members of the board of school trustees at a meeting held yesterday afternoon. Elected officers include President W. T. James, Vice President M. B. Parker, and Secretary J. S. Doane.
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Daily Eagle
H. P. Dansby
James W. James
W. T. James
M. B. Parker
J. S. Doane
Health-Boosting Tanlac Aids El Paso Motorman
El Paso motorman Robert A. Land reports drastic health recovery after Tanlac treatment. He spent much of his savings seeking relief from stomach issues, malaria, and multiple pneumonias, noting improved appetite, sleep, energy, and weight. Ta lac advertised in Bryan Wellborn Edge Allen Farm and Tabor areas by local dealers.
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Robert A. Land
el Paso Electric Line
San Antonio Street
el Paso
Texas
Taalac
Talac
Bryan
N. A Stewart
Wellborn
J. P. Royder
Edge
Moore & Payne
Allenfarm
Terrell Brothers
Tabor
J. K. Presnal
Advy
Liberty Loan Subscribers List by Bank and District
A detailed roster shows Liberty Loan subscribers by bank location and district with prior totals and yesterday’s sales. Names include Millican Wellborn College Steele's Store Harvey Kurten Tabor Edge Smetana Bryan and numerous individual donors with varied contributions.
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Daily Eagle
First National Bank
Farm Loan Bank
Millican
Wellborn
College
C. C. Hedges
H. B. Paris
F. W. Bell
H. J. Reinhardt
John J. Howard
M. W. Coll
Mary Jesse Stone
W. S. Symonds
Floy Ellen Smith
Virginia Spence
Steele’s
Joe Bonaco
Harvey
J. T. Pate
Dave Thompson
Wade Overstreet
Pfb. Duncan
E. Solard
Kurten
W. F. Odom
B. F. Lloyd
Sam Yeager
Tabor
Edge
Smetana
Lenardo Lapicelo
Tony Canatella
Mike Lamposona
Paul Stallone
Frank Diniana
Joe Salidiner
Paul Delaio
Tony Piccolo
S. T. Piccolo
Henry Masco
M. S. Bradley
Anna Holstein
Henry Regmund
Bryan
S. B. Wilson
C. G. Parsons
H. O. Boatwright
Ivanhoe Commandry
Knights Templar
J. H. Webb
Bonnie Cu
J. B. Davenport
G. W. Tillery
J. F. Crismore
Fire Protection Company No. 1 Votes for Bond Purchase
Fire Protection Company No. 1 held a called meeting to vote spending treasury funds on a Liberty bond. Treasurer’s report showed $101 on hand and a $3100 bond purchase was approved leaving one dollar. Dues receipts swell the treasury for another bond issue at the next call.
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Fire Protection Company No. 1
Treasury
Waldrop Returns to Town Amid Liberty Loan Festivities
A. M. Waldrop arrived home by car from Waco and reported widespread flag displays honoring the Liberty Loan. He noted a large flag raising at Reisel with celebrations described as beating the band.
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A. M. Waldrop
Waco
Reisel
Negroes Invest in Liberty Bonds in Local Subscriptions
The county’s Black residents invest in Liberty bonds mainly in 50 and 100 dollar classes. In Robertson county Riley Sadberry, a longtime local trader, bought the largest Negro subscription yet, $1,000, adding to his several thousand acres of land and farm equipment.
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Brazos
Riley Sadberry
Robertson County
Marriage licenses issued to R N Smith and Eula Holland
Public records show marriage licenses granted to R N Smith and Eula Holland and separately to Gus Symms and Mrs Dora Stucky. The notices list names and approval by the issuing clerk with standard ceremonial details.
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R. N. Smith
Eula Holland
Gus Symms
Mrs
Dora Stucky
To Cure a Cold in One Day Claim
LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine advertised to stop cough headache and cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. HR. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. For sale by sellers nationwide.
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HR. W. Grove
Gets-It-2 Drops Then to the Dance
An ad touts Gets-It-2 as a remedy that relieves corns and corn pains. It promises corn removal and comfort, inviting readers to try the product despite concerns about tight shoes and damp weather. The copy notes various corn types and locations on the feet.
Proclamation by the Mayor Calls Holiday to Promote Liberty Bonds
Bryan Mayor John M. Lawrence proclaims Friday April 26 1918 a patriotic holiday. Businesses to close that afternoon to help Bryan and Brazos County meet their third Liberty bond quota.
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United States
John M. Lawrence
City of
Bryan
Bryan and
Brazos County
A. D
First and Last Warning To Violators Closing Law
Yesterday seven stores on Main Street stayed open at 6 15. The Food Administration urges cooperation in the early closing wartime measure. Those who ignore the ruling will be reported. German sympathizers are known by what they do and how they do it. County Food Administrator Co L Beason.
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Main Street
Food Administration
Co. L. Beason
Freezone Corn Remedy Ad Offers Quick Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts Freezone to remove corns and calluses without trimming. A quarter ounce applied directly to a tender corn stops soreness, shrivels the corn, and pulls it out root and all with minimal risk to surrounding skin. The product is described as harmless and non irritating.
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Ady
Astin reports defense meeting and German teaching ban
Hon J R Astin returned from Washington where he attended a national council for defense meeting. He says representatives discussed after war assimilation and a policy for foreign education. A resolution urged Congress to bar teaching German in elementary public schools, while high school German could continue.
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J. R. Astin
Washington
National Council For Defense
Texas
Lane
Interior Department
Astin
State Councils of Defense
Montana
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
South Dakota
Chambers of Commerce
Navy Department
Daniels
State Councils For Defense
Gifford
Townsend
Delaware
Maryland
National Council
Congress
Manning
South Carolina
New Jersey
State Council For Defense
Harvey spring outlook and community notices
Harvey reports a favorable spring with good crop prospects though cut worms reduced gardens. Some replanting underway and a method to deter worms noted. School activities include staff changes, Essie Jones illness, and the superintendent election of Mrs Lee Andrews. Religious services, Red Cross progress with shirts and garments, and a new Coleview society with Mrs Alice Cole as president are mentioned.
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Harvey
Professor Ford
Chester Jones
Essie Jones
Essie
Ford
Jones
Lee Andrews
Harvey Sunday School
Tatum
Free Baptist Church
W. FE. Bard
Red Cross
Coleview
Alice Cole
Larin Ferguson
St. Louis
British Raid Destroys German Sub Base Entrances
British naval forces raided Ostend and Zeebrugge and blocked submarine channels by grounding six ships loaded with concrete. The operation reportedly reduced access to Bruges canal, with one German destroyer torpedoed and British losses of one destroyer and two coastal craft.
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Associated Press
London
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Admiralty
North Sea
English Channel
Bruges Canal
Ric Geddes
Lord Admiralty
House of Commons
Eric
Millican Highway Gets state and federal aid funds
Bryan and Brazos County Commercial Association members learned the state highway commission awarded Millican road district 37752.25 toward a 75000 project to build the designated highway. Bond sales will fund the remainder with sinking funds and local banks to cover the shortfall in four to five years.
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Daily Eagle
J. T. Maloney
Bryan and Brazos County Commercial Association
State Highway Commission
Bryan and
Navasota
Bryan
Liberty Day in Brazos Observed With Mass Meeting
Friday will be Liberty Day by presidential proclamation and local business houses are asked to close in the afternoon for a mass meeting at 2 o'clock. Sam B. Wilson A B O Flaherty and E Eberstadt lead the organizing committee. Dr W B Bizzell to open at the college with a livestock show for visitors.
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Ellington Field
Fred Cavitt
Eberstadt
John M. Lawrences
R. E. L. Knight
Dallas
Knight
United States
Sam B. Wilson
A. B. O'Flaherty
8. E Eberstadt
W. B. Bizzell
Community works to beautify Bethel cemetery
Mo visits John Fergu son family while Weldon Jones recovers and Taylor Wyett grows sicker. The Bethel cemetery is cleaned, services held in the church, and later repairs improved the other church cemetery. The effort shows the community’s commendable care for the final resting place of the dead.
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John Ferguson
Weldon Jones
Taylor Wyett
Bethel Cemetery
Torpid liver relief with Herb In medicine
A dental style ad claims bad breath dizziness and a general malaise signal a torpid liver. It promotes Herb In as the medicine to energize the liver vitalize the blood and regulate bowels. Price 60c sold by E J Jenkins.
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Bryan
Mhm
James
J, Jenkins
E. J. Jenkins
STUMEZE Purchaser Praises Quick Stomach Relief Ad
In Coronado California W C Me Dougal says one dose of STUMEZE relieved years of stomach trouble within twenty minutes. He praises the medicine and urges others with gas sour risings and dyspepsia to buy it from their druggist, calling it a master prescription for digestive ills.
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Stumeze
W. C
Dougal
Coronado
California
Adv
California Syrup of Figs Ad Endorsed for Children
A vintage advertisement urges using California Syrup of Figs to cleanse a child’s stomach liver and bowels. It contrasts old castor oil calomel and laxatives with this gentle fruit laxative, claiming it pleases children and prevents illness tomorrow. It warns to avoid counterfeit products and to buy from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Ady
Birth certificates filed in county clerk records
April 19 entries include a girl born to Mr. and Mrs. William Hunter of Tabor. A girl was born April 15 to Mr. and Mrs. Seaborn Keith of Kurten. A girl was born April 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Neff Outlaw of Kurten. A boy was born April 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Sam August Yeager of Kurten.
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Ferguson
William Hunter
Tabor
Seaborn Keith
Kurten
Neff Outlaw
Sam August Yeager
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