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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
4
Opinion says state wide highway bonds funded by gasoline tax lift road progress, raise values and revenues, and spur growth. It argues Texas will adopt the plan soon, and Brazos County should pursue a local version to build north south and east west arteries before state adoption.
Texas A and M College faces serious funding shortfalls after biennial cuts. The board urges a conference with Governor Moody to restore funds for salaries, maintenance, and county extension work as enrollment climbs and demand grows. The note references Hoover on fishing as a president’s ideal recreation.
G C Jones editor of the Daily Courier of the Oranges asserts home buying is more enjoyable. He describes the friendly local shopping experience where neighbors and local stores provide goods, engagement, and community support, arguing people prefer buying at home over distant mail order or big city shops.
Gus Nations sues Ma Bel Walker Willebrandt and Current News Features for libel over prohibition articles. He asserts the pieces imply official misconduct during his tenure as federal prohibition chief. Garnishment targets funds due Willebrandt and the Feature Service via St Louis Post Dispatch. The suit may also be filed in Washington DC. Nations cites specific passages as evidence.
Galveston led Texas ports in exports for the fiscal year ending June 30 with 242,726,557. Houston was close behind at 324,763,582. District exports totaled 675,253,466 while imports favored Houston at 12,928,498 with Galveston at 12,681,488.
The text notes realty and personal taxes are assessed on an average of 33 1 3 percent. It states a total around 4 000 000 000 dollars equates to over 12 000 000 000 dollars in actual wealth.
A 1904 Bryan Morning Eagle reel notes the Agricultural Benevolent Society formed with J M Sala diner as president and John Depuma as vice president. Ohio and Indiana migration schemes, Galveston seawall dedication plans, and a long letter from Sam Knox in Ruidoso, New Mexico, describe travel, scenery, and church services with vivid local color.
Two young women Miss Nelle B. Stogsdall of South Bend Indiana and Miss Margaret Warner of Lincoln Massachusetts were named vice consuls. Stogsdall will serve in Beirut Syria and Warner in Geneva Switzerland. Both posts are important and they recently passed the foreign service exams and attended the service school at the state department.
In Oakdale Louisiana a five foot black diamond rattlesnake was killed by Douglas Chavis about a mile from the city near the Calcasieu river. The Chavises were returning from a ride on the Oakdale Elizabeth highway when the snake was seen crossing the road and slain with a club.
A column notes the shift in Chinese women's behavior and attire from modest dress to short sleeves low necklines and fashionable frocks. It mentions flappers riding astride in breeches and women entering roles as clerks typists bankers and professionals while praising freedom.
Texas leads all states in bird life with about six hundred species recorded. Researchers note the diverse habitats across the state support a wide range of birds, including waterfowl, raptors, and songbirds.
County Agent C L Besson and Demonstration Agent Lucy Givens report on J F Curtis farm near Floresville where a dairy herd grew from nine to 180 cows boosting cream income and enabling land payments. They preview a field meeting at Tabor on August 26 to showcase fertilizer trials, dairy topics, and county fair exhibits.
The Swiss flyers vanished after leaving the Azores with no reports of sighting along their route toward Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Officials flooded beacons and feared a landing at sea unseen by observers, while the French land plane carried no sea landing gear and each pilot wore a rubber suit for possible survival.
Thomas B. Adams a 39 year old colored farmer from Cedar Hill died of acute arsenic poisoning after eating a chicken that had eaten arsenic poisoned cotton worms. A Brenham physician confirmed the cause. Adams fell ill soon after and died eight o clock that night.
Confeder ate pensioners under 75 will not receive a state check on August 31. The preferred class will get 67 dollars for the quarter, short of the 75 dollars required by law, due to funds limits under the seven cents levy. Wearers of the gray under 75 receive nothing. younger widows also get nothing.
A notice of intention to marry and an application for a marriage license were filed with County Clerk Jess hb. McGee on Tuesday afternoon by Eddie Smith and Parthenia Webber.
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