City Council Considers Lease and Aid at Regular Meeting
The Bryan city council held its regular session at city hall with Mayor Harris and Aldermen in attendance. A land lease to BE Astin was approved pending survey results. Fire company No.1 asked for $200 aid. finance committee to report. A rate request from the railroad for street lights on Bryan street was deferred.
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Harris
Haswell, Levy, Vick
Wilson
Adams
R. T. Smith
Bittle
C. G. Smith
BE. H. Astin
Hillyer-Deutsch Lumber Company
Houston & Texas Central
Mr. Astin
C. EF. Jenkins
John Reid
W. J. Christian
Chemical Company No. 1
Bryas
J. W. Doremus
International & Great Northern Railway Company
Bryan Street
International & Great Northern
Canning of Soups by Home Canners
Department of Agriculture guides home canning clubs to turn scraps into soup. Steps describe making beef stock from bones, then vegetable soup with lima beans rice carrots onions potato and pepper, thickened with flour stock, canned and sterilized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Texans Halt National Guard Deployment to Border
Governor Ferguson announced that conditions in Cameron Hidalgo and Starr Counties have improved enough to halt the Texas National Guard drawdown. He met with Congressman Garner Adjutant General Hutchins and local officials to assess cross border raids and discuss sending more troops to the Rio Grande valley if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rockport
Tex
Cameron
Hidalgo
Starr Counties
Texas National Guard
James E. Ferguson
Gulf Coast
Ferguson
John N. Garner
Henry Hutchins
Yates
Cameron County
A. W. Gill
Caesar Kleberg
Norras Ranch
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Death
Through The Eagle we express heartfelt thanks to all who offered help sympathy and flowers during the sickness and death of our husband and father. Those deeds of love will not be forgotten by Mrs Mollie Carson A B Carson R C Carson and Mrs Ida Ramsey.
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Moliie Carson
A. B. Carson
R. C. Carson
Ida Ramsey
Real Estate Transfers in Brazos County Reported
James Tobias and others transfer 65 acres in the I Curd league Brazos County to John T Cloud for 1900 dollars. Louie Rush of Alabama sells a 1/136 undivided interest in 150 acres in two Brazos County tracts to L Williams for 23 dollars and 45 cents.
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James Tobias
John T. Cloud
I. Curd
Brazos County
Louie Rush
Alabama
L. §. Williams
Augustus Williams
Maria Kegans
Federal migratory bird rules strict through open season
The Agriculture Department warns sportsmen that Federal migratory bird regulations issued October 1 1914 will be strictly enforced as open season approaches. Zones are defined for breeding and wintering areas with detailed dates for waterfowl rails coots woodcock shore birds and other classes. protections extend to several species until specified dates.
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Washington
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Pulitzer Made Flight Over German Trenches Near Front
Ralph Pulitzer of New York flew from a suburb of Paris to the front in a double motor biplane. The pair covered ninety three miles and viewed German trenches and shell bursts before returning safely to Paris.
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New York
France
Associated Press
Paris
Ralph Pulitzer
Strickland Braswell Bout Declared Draw in Heat Hit Moose Hall
The Strickland versus Braswell wrestling match at Moose Hall ended in a draw after one hour with no fall. Both wrestlers showed good form and were evenly matched in weight though heat hindered them. A rematch is planned later this year in cooler conditions.
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Strickland
Willard Open to Rematch with Johnson for Big Purse
Philadelphia August 11 Jess Willard agrees to meet Jack Johnson again if Editor Bottomley in London posts the $25,000 backing and Willard adds the same amount. The English offer favored Johnson and this signals Willard’s readiness to reenter the ring with the Havana foe.
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Philadelphia
Jess Willard
Jack Johnson
Editor Bottomley
London
Willard
Havana
Allies Send Joint Note to Bulgaria
Paris reports that France Russia Great Britain and Italy delivered a joint communication to the Bulgarian government seeking its collaboration with the Allies as part of a Balkan powers accord. The move mirrors messages to Greece and Serbia following Bulgaria’s June 14 request for Quadruple Entente information about potential advantages for cooperation.
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Associated Press
Paris
Salonika
Havas
France
Russia
Great Britain
Italy
Balkan
Greece
Serbia
Bulgaria
Quadrane Entente
Weather forecast warns of continental disturbance Aug 15–19
Washington reports a cross continental disturbance from August 15 to 19 bringing a warm wave Aug 14–18 and a cool wave Aug 17–21. Storms, including tornadoes in central valleys and possible hurricanes, threaten southern and eastern coasts with heightened risk around August 17. Readers urged to avoid risks.
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Great Central Valleys
Cotton States
Pacific Coast
Pacific Slope
Gulf of California
Texas
New Mexico
Pacific
Cuba
Hawaiian Islands
Rockies
South Africa
Europe
Drouth
W. T. Foster
Washington
Local couples receive marriage licenses in county
Jim Andrews weds Miss Bettie Gibbs. Joe Rice weds Miss Hattie Sheffield. Hosea Grace weds Miss Alice Green. Wilburn Oliphant weds Sallie Ward. Henry Jefferson weds Eliza Lightfoot.
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Jim Andrews
Bettie Gibbs
Joe Rice
Hattie Sheffield
Hosea Grace
Alice Green
Wilburn Oliphant
Sallie Ward
Henry Jefferson
Eliza Lightfoot
Teller Confesses to Bank Robbery in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids Iowa on August 11 police say Lee Perrin paying teller of the Cedar Rapids National Bank, robbed a week ago, confessed to the crime. He was taken from the vault in a hysterical state and treated for temporary insanity in a hospital.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lee Perrin
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Perrin
Sam B Wilson Returns Home With Health Boost
Sam B. Wilson has returned from Battle Creek Michigan where health improvements are noted. He reports readiness for a busy fall and winter and has bought an elegant stock of fall and winter goods for Sam B Wilson & Company from New York and other wholesale centers before returning home.
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Sam B. Wilson
Battle Creek
Mich
Mr. Wilson
New York
Sam B. Wilson & Company
Mrs Rockefeller Buried In Secret at Cleveland
The body of Mrs John D Rockefeller was secretly buried in Cleveland today after lying in the John D Archbold vault at Tarrytown since her death on March 12 and was surrounded by guards during burial.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Tarrytown
Four Americans Convicted in Tampico Counterfeiting Case
Passengers from Tampico report that four American men were sentenced to long terms in a Veracruz penitentiary on a counterfeiting charge. They said the group was taken aboard the gunboat Bravo to Vera Cruz for the proceedings.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Tampico
Bravo
Vera Cruz
Rev Wheeler Returns From Henderson Revival
Reverend C C Wheeler pastor of the Free Baptist Church reports a successful revival in Henderson with eighteen professions and restorations. He will remain at home with his churches for the rest of the year.
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C. C. Wheeler
Free Baptist Church
Henderson
Rev. Wheeler
German drive to envelop Russian flanks advances front
London reports German forces massing for a major center drive to envelop broken Russian flanks. Bavarian troops progress seize towns once held by Slavs as Petrograd and Berlin dispute casualty counts. Von Mackensen pursues retreating Russians toward a key Vaijora highway amid ongoing Argonne offensives.
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Associated Press
London
Petrograd
Berlin
Field Marshal von Mackensen
Vjiora
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