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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1914
Page
8
IRL Sanders recalls a strenuous climb from Poughkeepsie to the Mohonk Lake valley. Eight hikers ride ferries and trolleys, scale steep zigzag trails to a castle like sanatorium, enjoy ice water springs, blueberry feasts, and seven state views from the mountaintop.
Waco reports a six foot fall on the Brazos River with levels at Valley Junction 29 feet 6 inches, Hempstead 28 feet, Rosenberg 16 feet nine. River rising below Valley Junction but no danger unless more rain falls. The Bryan area shows the river opposite town largely unchanged from yesterday with no overflow fears.
Notices spread through Bryan as the court house lamp presented by Mr. Lawley of the Bryan Power Co. failed to burn. Local officials and residents sought the cause after an investigation began and reports suggested the light had been out.
A call from Texas business leaders urges county mass meetings August 22 to elect delegates for a Dallas Cotton Convention August 24 to seek funding and strategies to stabilize cotton prices. Leaders note Congress may provide 60 million in currency and stress urgent action to save Texas and the South from valuation collapse. Delegates from counties and New Orleans meetings will discuss relief plans with merchants bankers ginners oil mill men and spinners.
The first shipment for Bryan Dry Goods Company has arrived. Manager Mr. Allen plans to receive later consignments and aims to open for business some time next month in the old Edge Dry Goods building.
Richard Harmann of Sealy Texas and Alda Lewis of this city were married yesterday at 1 pm at the home of Rev J N Thomas First Christian Church with Rev Thomas officiating. The groom is a respected Sealy business man and the bride, daughter of Mrs C H Lewis, is beloved for her Christian character. They will reside in Sealy after the ceremony.
Mr. Jordan T. Lawler told the editor this morning that the light would blaze forth with more brilliant lustre and with marked improvement relative to the present darkness of the Lawler light.
The text proclaims a city will soon shine again with greater glory, likening it to a beacon that will illuminate the region. It notes current inactivity due to awaiting an automatic switch to turn on power at fixed hours, with Bryan Power Company set to donate electricity once installed.
Washington August 18 The Associated Press reports Attorney General McReynolds will fill the Supreme Court vacancy official confirmation states.
August Stulz a merchant in Old Washington across the Brazos from Navasota was shot and killed Saturday night about 10 o'clock. Found later near his home with wounds from a shotgun and pistol. Indications point to two or more parties. Investigating officers say Stulz leaves a wife and family.
Complaints were filed today in the justice court against Laura Finley Miz Nero and Minnie Davis for a three woman fight on a College bound 11 o clock car Saturday night. They were removed near Dellwood Park by the conductor and fought on the ground. Minnie Davis was cut badly and one other woman struck with a beer bottle. All three live at College and Deputy Sheriff Jolly went out to arrest them.
By order of the board of trustees the city schools will open on Monday September 14 1914. Pupils in first grades come in forenoon. higher grades entrants report for classification in the afternoon. The city institute meets September 7 in East Side school. first teachers meeting September 5 at 9 am. Oak Grove school included. W C Lawson Superintendent. April 17 1914.
About two hundred Woodmen of the World camps in Texas join the annual encampment in Galveston beginning today through August 22. Four hundred wall tents and two thousand army cats are set for housing, with the camp site spanning four seawall blocks. Seventeen thousand dollars is appropriated to support the event as one of the state’s largest military gatherings.
A postcard mailed from Heidelberg on July 26 to Mrs. A. A. McKenzie from Mrs. M. W. Sims recounts two months of European travel and notes widespread excitement over the outbreak of war as Americans abroad react.
Reports from London Paris and St. Petersburg describe the French fleet sweeping the Adriatic and sinking an Austrian cruiser while German cavalry moves toward Wavre near Brussels. Russians skirmish with Austrian forces along a fifty mile front near the border and the French Premier rejects mediation while defending France against aggression.
The War Office reports a rapid French push along the SchirmackStalley in upper Alsace yielding about a thousand prisoners twelve field guns eight rapid fire guns and cais sons. Schirmack lies seven and a half miles beyond Saales which the French seized on Saturday. French artillery effectiveness is shown by trenches full of German dead. French cavalry has moved to Muelhausen and a French official statement lists many villages marking the advancing line.
The French official dispatch reports the German main force engaging Allied troops while Russia advances an offensive. Germany and Austria are described as on the defensive after Austrians are routed in Galicia. An American businessman in Berlin cites paralyzed trade and looming food shortages. Russians and Austrians skirmish.
The writer expresses extreme fear about being held and moved by trains repurposed for troops. The message hints at potential combat involvement and stresses that the situation is serious, not humorous, as uncertainty and danger loom for those awaiting transport.
County Treasurer J B Priddy reports the Brazo County finances for the quarter ending July 21 1914. Commissioners approve the report showing balances in the road and bridge fund court house bond fund bridge bond fund warrant fund and poll tax fund with figures including 8610.24 8683.44 241.86 620.81 and 62.87 respectively.
The report tallies Allied armed forces at 14 000 000 with 950 000 older battleships and multiple cruisers and says Japan ranks fifth in naval strength. It notes total trained and untrained forces around 2 000 000 and lists naval officers. Britain’s contribution is limited to England Scotland Ireland and Wales.
War Office quotes a captured German-prisoner exchange where a soldier states he carries a slice of bread instead of a rifle to lure pursuers. The remark is attributed to a guard who says the bread draws the enemy toward camp, signaling a quirky wartime tactic.
London August 17 An official of Greece claims Turkish troops are crossing Bulgaria toward Greece which is prepared to resist.
Reuter reports the Kaiser travels to Mainz with his staff. Germany acknowledges President Wilsons mediation offer with no comment, Russia remaining unacknowledged. An Amsterdam dispatch claims a Dutch steamer sighted a damaged German dreadnought at Thondhjem harbor, unconfirmed.
New York Aug 18 The American and Red Star lines announced that six steamers under the American flag will launch a twice weekly Atlantic service to Liverpool starting tomorrow under a Post Office Department arrangement. CRAP SHOOTERS GUILTY In Kurten five to seven of twenty black craps players were tried last Saturday with some pleading guilty and others convicted and fined ten dollars and costs as trials for the remainder are set for next Saturday.
Austin officials said the Thirty fourth Legislature should appropriate 100000 dollars per year to help Texas schools establish domestic science manual training and agricultural departments. They noted 50000 dollars will be available September 1 but the State Superintendent of Public Instruction believes this amount is insufficient to extend aid to all eligible schools.
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