State Pays Expense and Politicians Travel on Tax Money
Austin reports critique of lawmakers on junketing funded by the state. The penitentiary committee tours prisons and a boundary dispute panel visits Austin and Oklahoma City. Governor Moody vetoed a Washington lobbying plan, while Speaker Barron and Lt Governor Miller stay home or focus on other duties. Typhoid link blamed on a goodwill trip and beer stands, as primary business slows and primary salary hikes are challenged.
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Associated Press
Austin
House of Representatives
Penitentiary Centralization Committee
America
Texas
Gover
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Washington
National Capitol
Congress
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Moody
W. Ss. Barron
Bryan
Barry Miller
Dallas
Odd Fellows of
Grand Nutler
Banking Board
War Trace
W. Gregor Heteher
Ceneral Fleud Pollard
James Shaw Hias
Capitol
State Health Department
Miss Hutson Lectures on How to Sketch Landscape
Miss Ethel Hutson spoke at Isaac Delgado Museum in New Orleans on How to Sketch Landscape as part of a series on Technique in Art. Hutson, formerly of Bryan with her father W A Hutson tied to A M College, now writes for the Times Picayune.
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Bryan
Ethel Hutson
Isaac Delgado Museum
New Orleans
Art League of
Better Method in Soil Utilization Needed
F M Law of Houston, president of the A and M College board, urged improved soil utilization and conservation. He praised Texas experiments as key to advancing agriculture and noted reading Bryan Daily Eagle articles on better Texas land use.
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A. and
M. College
Texas
F. M. Law of
Houston
A. and M. Collége
Bryan Daily Eagle
Bryan Texas Raw Milk Rated Well by USP UL
Bryan earns two of the top ranks in a state survey on milk ordinances and enforcement. The United States Public Health Service evaluated Texas cities, placing Bryan among the higher-rated for raw milk quality with Corsicana Houston Jefferson Longview and Texarkana ahead in certain categories.
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Bryan
USP
Texas
United States Public Health Service
Ligan
Corsicana
Houston
Jefferson
Longview
Texarkana
Eure
Kurten Farmer for Good Roads
John Yeager of Kurten reports 30 acres of cotton with expectations of five bales this year. He predicts his first bale next week and notes his farm supports cows hogs and chickens with a good garden. He backs the good roads bond issue and has followed The Weekly Eagle since 1910.
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Brazos County
John Yeager
Kurten
Yeager
Eagle
Bandmasters' Band Concert Delights Bryan Audience
A surprise party marking the 25th wedding anniversary of Dr and Mrs T O Walton featured a concert by a bandmasters school in Baylor University proceedings. Victor Jean Grabel of Chicago directed with Major R J Dunn and McCracken assisting. Mrs G Ward Moody sang two pieces with the band, including Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms and Love's Old Sweet Song, dedicated to the celebrants.
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Bryan
A. and
M. College
Allen Academy
Bandwkatsters
T. O. Walton
Hest
Baylor University
Victor Jean Grabel
Chicago
R. J. Dunn
Texas A
McCracken
Baylor Band
Dallas
Texas Bandmasters
Meier Dunn
Muse
Furmish
Thomas Otto Walton
Riverside Dance Pavilion Fire Destroys Venue Near Bryan
Fire swept the Riverside dance pavilion owned by the John Kosarek estate about four miles west of Bryan destroying the building at about 4 am Sunday after a Saturday night dance. The origin is unknown but a cigarette or cigar stub dropped in dry grass nearby is suspected. Loss is estimated at 2000 with 1800 insured.
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Bryan
Riverside
John Kosarek
Ticks Block Brazos County Dairy Push, Rock Prairie Man Says
AFR Atkins of Rock Prairie told County Agent C. L. Benson he found the South Central Texas tour educational and plans dairying to pay more than cotton. He cites ticks, lack of homegrown feed, and inadequate market facilities as main hindrances to dairy development in Brazos County.
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Brazos County
Rock Prairie
Afr Atkins
Braxo County
C. L. Benson
Cee
South Central
Texas
Dallas
Atkins
College Creamery
Rainbow G irl Stage Farewell Party Honors Members
Rainbow for Girls at Assembly No. 41 held an initiation for Miss Gussie Branch who leaves for Florida. Members and officers led by Mrs. George Smith attended, with 25 guests later sharing ice cream at a confectionery. Misses Gussie Branch and Frances Branch named honorees and given handkerchief gifts.
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U. of
First Baptist Church
Porrest. Jones
Spon
Allen
Wiley Higgs
Ny. McCullough
Niat Branch
Fllorida
Nita’ Branch
Mildred Adten
Dorcas Higgs
Martha Jane Nunn
Jack
Donald
Douglas Conlee
Bryan
Order of the Rainbow
Gussie Branch
Florida
George Smith
Eastern Star Chapter
Hazel Adams
Minnie Lee Ayres
Lucile Vick
Charity
Elizabeth Sloop
Hope
Ann Bentley
Frances Branch
Margaret Benson
Getta
Marie Answers
Joyce Smith
Shirley Reed Walker
Iola Barron
Shirley Johnson
Leis Kraft
Fidelity
Mary Jane Nall
Bess Maude McGee
Gussie
Rainbow Organization
Refreshing Rain Douses Smetana Area Sunday
A light shower fell late Sunday afternoon west of Bryan in and around the Smetana community. Bryan residents who drove into town reported the rain as a brief refreshing shower with no major impact noted.
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Bryan
Smetana
Neeley Reported Better After Sinus Operation
John M Barron of this city motored to Marlin Sunday and visited his son in law County Attorney W Neeley who is ill in a hospital in that city following a sinus operation Mr Barron reports that Mr Neeley was resting reasonably well Sunday and his condition somewhat improved
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John M. Barron
Marlin
W. . Neeley
Community Honors Dr and Mrs Walton 25th Wedding Anniversary
Hundreds of Brazos County friends gathered at the Walton home for a surprise 25th anniversary celebration for Dr. and Mrs. T. C. Walton. A six o’clock dinner at the Baileys preceded an evening on the lawn with music, speeches, and a six piece silver service presented as a token of appreciation.
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T. C. Walton
Walton
Brazos County
A. W. Simwong
HW. H. Williamson
Ethyl Turner
Otto Walton
East Texas
Long Branch
W G. Davis
Dr. Walton
Baker’s boy stows away on Graf Zeppelin probe
A reader asks if a bakery apprentice secretly boarded the Graf Zeppelin due to inability to raise funds. The inquiry notes interest in aviation stowaway motives and hints at expressed reasons in public notices.
Brazos County highway bond plan eyed to pave two major routes
A county veteran outlines a $2 million road program funded by a state gasoline tax proposal. The plan supports paving Highways 6 and 21 across about 60 miles with $500,000 local to Brazos and $1.9 million matched by state and federal engineers. The proposal includes $274,000 for lateral roads and $826,000 to retire existing debt, with a tax shift to fund the effort and potential state take over in 2–4 years.
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Highway Commission
Dtate
Texas
Brazos County
M. College
Brazies County
Brazos River
Little Brazos
Navasota
Court House
Bryan
Commissioners Court
Steep Hollow
Harvey Road
Bird Fond Ferguson Crossings
Davideson
Sheriff Reed
Paines Roads
Coles Gin
Commissioners Precinct
Pock Prairie Road
Wellborn Pock Prairie Road
Itaan
Lyn
Tones Bridge
Eon Kopre Bridge
Clay
Yuma
Millican
Allen Farm
Peach Creek
White Switch
Thompson Road
Bird Pend
Turkey Creek
Commissioners
Kurten
Reliance
Tabor
Robertson County
Benchley
Fountain
Jeakee Heros
Mooring
Steeles Store
Bryan Junction
Sandy Point
Mudville
Little Brazos River
Statutskies
Brazog County
Commissioner's Court
City of
Banks of
Houston
U. S. Department of Sta
Meai Brazos County
U. S
Ems
Andy
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Ed Chytil
W. J. Boriskie
P. L. Barren
Walter Murray
W. E. Graham
J. M. Atkins
Clyde Goen
P. H. Hensarling
George W. Johnson
Emmett Holland
Amon Williams
Lynn Sample
Irv. Todd
J. H. Wehrman
John Ilobarta
W. T. Conaway
Charles Locke
Charles Presnal
Walton Party
Nita
Rainbow Girlf
Neeley
Mrs
Grasbel
Gene
Curtis Vinson
Ch Man
Merc
B.D. Marburger
Lee J. Rountree
J. Webb
FE. Actin
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Moeollege
W. A Duncan
G. Bailey
B. D. Marburger
C. B. Martin Fregram
H. Winkler
W. C. Davis
Ton
Mies
Mildred Horton
Av Conner
S. G Bailey
Lee
Rountree
W. A. Duncan
Be Kyle
H. H. Williamson
Highway Department
Miles Road
Miles
MO. M. Lawrence
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