Broadway victim shot by husband in Bryan hotel room
Riedel shot and killed Broadway in a Bryan hotel room after arguing over his wife Ruby Gustine Riedel. Broadway's body to Madisonville. Riedel charged with murder with a $5,000 bond. Riedel claimed he acted after discovering his wife with Broadway. coroner ruled gunshot wounds caused the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Madisonville
McCulloch-Dansby Company
Brazos County
Bryan
George Butler
Butler
Houston
Riedel
W. R. Allen
A. J. Buchanan
Colerye
Ridel
Peop les Column on the Extension Service Gospel
The piece laments the Extension Service as a misused teaching tool exploited by Business Mammon. It contrasts the true mission of aiding farmers with a corrupt shift toward agrarian and commercial interests, calling for the reform of the service to serve agriculture rather than profits. It imagines two maidens representing Faustian and Delilah tensions, urging redemption of the Extension Service for Texas counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers of Commerce
AAA
NRA
National Chamber of Commerce
Yonder
Margaret
Faust
Texas
Mammon
Agricultural Writers Elect Officers For 735
At the closing session of the Agricultural Writers Conference in connection with the Farmers Short Course officers for the year were elected. E B Shoaf of Quitman editor of the Wood County Democrat was chosen president. Joe Daniels editor of the Paris News became first vice president. Miss Katherine Pollard of Bay City was named second vice president with Mrs M R Bentley elected secretary.
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Agricultural Writers Conference
Shoaf
Quitman
Wood County Democrat
Joe Daniels
The
Paris News
Katherine Pollard
Bay City
M. R. Bentley
Soil Erosion and County Development Notes
Three weeks saw seven carloads of cattle from Bryan shipped to Fort Worth, signaling growth for the county beef industry. Plans for a county planning board are explored, with potential joint city county chamber highway input and WPA projects under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Fort Worth
D. W. Williams
Funeral service for D M Shannon in Normangee
Dr Thomas Gordon Watts led the funeral at First Methodist Church for D M Shannon who died after a week of illness. Interment followed in Normangee Cemetery. Surviving are his widow three sons Ivan Deward and Roger Shannon and brother John Shannon of Normangee. Shannon was a rural route mail carrier for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gordon Watts
First Presbyterian Church
Normangee
D. M. Shannon
First Methodist Church
Watts
Ivan, Deward
Roger Shannon
John Shannon
Funeral Service For J H DuBois Held At Sardis Church
Funeral services were held at Sardis church near Jewett Leon county for J H DuBois 63 husband of Mrs W S Barron who died of angina pectoris in Palestine. Rev W B Breazeale led the service. DuBois formerly worked for Magnolia Oil in Cameron and later under the state comptroller in Palestine. He is survived by his wife and two daughters Mrs Barron and Mrs W W Gunn of Sherman. Local relatives attending from Bryan included Mr and Mrs Barron and children A S Ware Mrs W E Neeley Mrs Minnie Walker Mrs Mike Coleman and others.
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Tillis
D. D. Jolly
Riedel
Houston
University of Texas
Galveston
Citizens State Bank
North Zulch
Madison County
MecCulloch-Dansby
Broadway
Sardis Church
Jewett
Leon County
J. H. DuBois
W. S. Barron
Palestine
W. B. Breazeale
College Avenue Baptist Church
DuBois
Cameron
Magnolia Oil Company
Barron
W. W. Gunn
Sherman
Bryan
A. S. Ware
W. E. Neeley
Minnie Walker
Mike Coleman
Adult Education Teachers Leave For Special Work
Teachers under the relief program and nursery staff left Bryan on Thursday for Austin or Prairie View to take courses in adult education and nursery work for a month. Listed are numerous teachers headed to Texas University and Prairie View with tuition free, travel allowances, and salaries during training. Black cardboard 6 ply 22x28 inches at Eagle Printing Co.
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Bryan
Austin
Prairie View
Texas University
Marjorie Morrison
Dorothy Buchanan
Catherine Fisher
H. Hetty Curry
Mary Fulgham
Maggie Henderson
Lizzie Patterson
A. J. Hearn
Bernice Lee
Gary Minkert
Lola Price
E. J. Beard
Gold Star Emblems Awarded 4-H Club Members at Kyle Field
COLLEGE STATION August 1 Two hundred Texas farm boys and girls received gold star emblems at the 26th annual Texas 4-H Club awards ceremony in Kyle Field stadium. Miss Mildred Horton announced the awards after a candlelit procession. A D Jackson delivered a historical sketch tracing the origin of farm club work from 19th century agricultural education and Farm and Ranch magazine advocacy.
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College Station
Texas
Kyle Field Stadium
Mildred Horton
Kyle Field
T. O. Watton
H. H. Williamson
Extension Service
A. D. Jackson
American Land Grant Colleges
Agricultural Experiment Station
Farm
Farm and Ranch
Frank P. Holland
Col. Holland
Texas A
M. College
Experiment Station
Smith-Hughes
Wood County
B. Youngblood
Mineola
America
George Putnam
Roxbury
Mass
Henry Lyncoln Clapp
J. H. Connell
Texas Experiment Station
Farmers Congress
Col
Holland
Connell
Texas Farmer Boys and Girls League
Former Citizen Finds Friends Of Other Days Gone
R. I. Blakeney of Muskogee Oklahoma and his wife and daughter visited Bryan on Thursday to see old friends from forty years ago when they lived here. The daughter Miss Carrie Goodykoontz is identified by her former name before marriage. While a Bryan resident, Blakeney worked as a bookkeeper for Henry Kernole, a local grocer.
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First National Bank
Heatley Furniture Co
A. B. Tabor
Tabor
Bryan
Mr. Blakeney
H. O. Boatwright
W. J. Roberts
H. C. Robinson
Brady
J. W. Howell
F. M. Law
Robi. S. Webb
James H. Webb
A. J. Buchanan
R. I. Blakeney
Muskogee
Okla
Gordon’s Compound Promises Stomach Relief
Druggist H G Allen of Sulphur Oklahoma touts Gordon’s Compound as effective for acid stomach excess acid gas heartburn and dyspepsia. An elderly Hillab or Texas woman reports relief after use and a money back guarantee on the first bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Allen
Sulphur
Oklahoma
Gordon
Tor
McCreight
Luke Gordon
Use Texas Stone to Increase Employment
Wilbur C. Hawk urges Texans to use native building stone to boost employment. Ivy Hawk notes reliance on imported stone has overlooked a vast resource. The Bureau of Economic Geology showcases a wide range of building stones, with an exhibit open for architects and builders.
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Wilbur C. Hawk
Texas Planning Board
Mineral Resources Committee
Ivy Hawk
Bureau of Economic Geology
University of Texas
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Sam Cavitt
Little Brazos
Navasota
Izaak Walton
State Game Commission
East Texas
Tola
D. L. Wilson
Emmett Trant
Howell Grocery Company
County Relief Agency
Federal
State Relief
G. S. Parker ,Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Penicks
Fountain Switch
Washington
T. D. Brooks
E. R. Bryant
E. R. Canady
J. KE. Conway
W. J. Coulter
J. M. Ferguson
Sankey Park
Lee J. Rountree
Daniel Russell
E. E. Yeager
Peoples Column
J. M. Jones
WPA
Commissioners Court
County Plan Board
County Planning Board
Jones
Ferguson
City Commission
County Commissioners Court
Chamber of Commerce Highway Department
Yeager
Business House
Bryan Pastor
Sardis
Eagle Printing Co
Texas Boys and Girls Agricultural Association
Dr. Connell
Oklahoma A
Rufus J. Nelson
Boys and Girls League
League
Chia
George W. Jenkins
A. H Harbers
D. C. Zuber
Adolph Hrdlicka
J. T. Haney
North Carolina
Withers
J. A. McQueen
Gordon’s Compound
McCartney
First National Bank OF
Cairo
Blue Lake
Arledge
Crockett
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
McDowell
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