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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1926
Page
2
The Texas advertising representative for Usily Press resigns. Details indicate offices at 6 Madison Ave New York and Association Building Chicas.
The article highlights Mr Cobb as a valued personality, noting his four to five years at the Writers Conference and longer involvement with the Short Course. It praises his tireless efforts to uplift urban and rural residents and his active role in Cameron’s Chamber of Commerce.
The Mineral Wells papers lampoon a female editor for wardrobe changes from skirts to shirts. They joke about ink leakage and limotype errors while noting outfits and era fashion quirks.
Remarks praise Miss Gertrude Ederle for swimming the English Channel as the first woman to do so. The speaker notes she proved women can swim faster than men and admires her determination and powerful physique while questioning the motive of notoriety.
A Mineral Wells girl believes a shepherds crook refers to a man who steals sheep while a Bryan cousin interprets Humor esque as a comic song. The quirky misconception highlights slang misunderstandings between towns.
The proverb highlights that experience is a hard teacher but offers deeper learning than other schools. It emphasizes continuous life lessons gained through daily activities and challenges.
A playful fragment riffs on a trolley car mishap and nickel refunds at the University of Washington. The piece shifts to a garbled, surreal couplet about shrinking stature and unreachable fits of a palm beach suit, revealing a playful, experimental mood.
Victor Boriskie invited Brazos County poultry leaders to his farm for a hearty barbecue after a short course visit. About 200 to 300 attendees enjoyed barbecue, cake, and hospitality at the Shire Club House and on the farm grounds.
College Station Aug 17 18 at Sonora Texas A and M College Experiment Station hosts a two day program with prominent speakers from state and national livestock circles. Notables include Claude Budspeth El Paso TA Kinncaid Ozona M Kleberg Kingsville Mildred Horton and Dr T O Walton J C B Denman C H Alvord and Judge Belcher. Topics include Diseases of Live Stock Shrinkage in Transit and Sheep and Goat Breeding Problems with demonstrations in grading and judging livestock.
An article on conserving materials explains dyeing methods for fabrics including black. it covers choosing dyes, dyeing steps, and safety notes. It notes that oil paints in gasoline can tint ribbons and lace, and advises testing scraps and maintaining even dyeing. Also mentions F D Puller at A and M College recovering at home after surgery.
A boys' meeting will be directed by S C Evans state agent of Boys Extension Service. Entertainment features will include motion pictures a dance barbecue and a polo game.
Dr. B Youngblood of the U S Department of Agriculture told the Farmers Short Course and Cotton Association that cotton quality in the United States has deteriorated over years. He urged Texas farmers to know the value of their cotton, promote standard quality, and sell only when the bale’s true value is recognized.
The 566 pound first bale of 1926 cotton, weighed in at the Farmers' Union Warehouse in Bryan, was produced by Mike Wisoski near A and M College. It sold for 25 cents a pound to R M Gordon & Company of Houston, grossing 141.50 with 49.50 from seed sale. total receipts 226.00.
The county nurse details July work including maternity visits, infant and preschool screenings, dental care, and home nursing classes. Notes 291 births, 40 total midwife contacts, 65 hours maternity work, and efforts to fund tonsil and adenoid surgeries for needy children. Reports a typhoid case in Bryan with a positive Vidal test and family cooperation in improving home hygiene.
Preparations for demonstrations at the Short Course at the A and M College were underway. The Home Nursing Class of the Consolidated School made a layette for the county demo doll named Betty Jane Brazos, who wore the latest fashion for the occasion.
Bring your clean cotton rags to The Eagle office. We buy them.
Two people are dead and a third is in the hospital after a shooting at the farm home of C. J. Sparcane in Yorktown. Police say William Mueller, driven by heat, killed his cousin Mrs. C. J. Mueller and shot Mueller in the stomach before fatally shooting himself.
The Allen Field benefit baseball game raised about 150 dollars for Jim Cv in Temple at Scott and White Sanitarium for eye treatment after being struck in the eye during a Sunday School League game. The funds are in a Bryan bank with a check-book mailed to Jim for access. donations still accepted via E. E. Yeager or league officials.
The 1926 Writers Conference closed at the College with the largest attendance yet. Informal gatherings on the Hospital lawn yielded socializing, music, and cross section talks as writers prepared to catch night trains. A. D. Jackson, publicity director for the Experiment Station, led the event to widespread praise.
Miss Susan Landon of Raleigh with the Cooperative Marketing Association appears as a featured attraction at the A M College Farmers Short Course. She advocates community clubs with four aims including public health education welfare and home maker work and promotes farm income and civic pride.
COLLEGE STATION August 7 C A Cobb editor of the Southern Ruralist spoke at the Farmers Short Course at Texas A and M College in Assembly Hall. He urged solving the basic problem of more economic production to raise yields and called for legislative relief for agriculture endorsing a Farm Relief Bill defeated in Congress.
Riley Sadbury a respected Negro farmer died at his plantation home Thursday at 5 pm in the Brazos Valley. Funeral services set for Teal Prairie Burleson County Saturday afternoon conducted by Rev A E Ayers of the New Hope Colored Baptist Church. Sadbury, famed for hard work, left over 1000 acres of fertile Brazos Valley land. Miss Mildred Reed of Fronston visiting her brother J Elmer Reed and wife.
Eighty Texas counties with 132 girls participated in the sixth annual appropriate dress contest at Texas A and M College of Texas during the Course. State winners in class 1 and class 2 were named with top prizes from Singer Sewing Machine Company and civic groups. numerous local winners received awards for dress, slip, tape, and art items.
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