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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
4
The local weather bureau reported 103.5 degrees in the shade at College Station, a new record for recent years. Bryan residents note shade readings up to 106 while the state weather service claims 108, as heat waves persist with Monday marked as the peak that year.
The Chicago public library, now the world’s second largest, began after the 1871 Great Fire. British sympathy funded 12,000 volumes and a memorial Thomas Hughes Room, with gifts from Queen Victoria and many scholars. By 1874 the fireproof iron tank library opened, expanding to 1,100,000 volumes and eight million annual circulations.
State forester E O Siecke head of the Division of Forestry will address the East Texas Mill Masters Association in Galveston at the Galvez hotel on forestry topics. Miss Elizabeth Boriskie returns from a summer vacation with relatives in San Antonio.
The column lists numerous Bryan area residents and guests: Mr. and Mrs. John Kopecky of Rye in town on business. J. E. Covey and J. D. Martin in Houston for a hardware association meeting. families visiting relatives in Keith and New Orleans visitors departure. Also notes Card greetings from Chautauqua NY, a Abilene visiting the Smiths, and Fr iere from Brazil visiting Bryan before attending A and M. A weather event near Smetana is mentioned.
The September Farm Boys and Girls Leader presents the national club creed urging civic, mental, moral, and physical training. Local farmer J. W. Crenshaw and others discuss sustaining agriculture during hard times, with plans for work and hay harvesting. A county club meeting is set for August 27 at sun down with contests, songs, and an agricultural address led by local and state leaders.
State department urged American oil firms bound for Mexico City to seek a direct, amicable solution with Mexican officials over the new petroleum export tax. The move follows protests to Secretary Hughes and hints that a treaty of commerce may affect representations about the tax. Walter Teagle of Standard Oil would lead the proposed delegation.
Mr and Mrs J M Williams issue ecards announcing the marriage of their daughter Namee Cora to Mr James Walter Smith. The ceremony occurred Wednesday August 17 1921 in Bryan Texas with reception at home Millican Texas.
A half inch of rain is reported. J. O. McWhorter and Prof. Frank M. Vance of North Zulch are in Bryan today. Mrs. Gracie Watson returns to Mart after visiting Mrs. Jack Johnson. Sam Luther of Leonard School joins visiting farmers in Bryan. Marvin Elliott of Tabor is a business visitor. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bethany return from trips to Galveston, Houston and Hempstead. Miss Margaret and Ada Stevens reside with Mrs. J. S. Deane on College avenue. W. Hubert Willis departs to visit his sister Mrs. George Call in Jefferson.
The McLennan County A and M College Former Students Association held its first regular meeting in the Chamber of Commerce. President H P Jordan urged every member to recruit one new member. Future meetings move to Hotel Raleigh with Sept 21 next session. Plans for social features are under way and the state association aims for 500 new members by Nov 1.
In San Antonio at Kelly Field seven soldiers remain seriously ill in hospital after eating uncooked sausage. One soldier died and another is not reported in danger, with clinical tests pointing to botulism. A lab test is underway to confirm the cause as authorities race to save the remaining patients.
In Bryan Texas Governor Small appoints a new Republican to fill an office formerly held by a white Democrat in a August dispatch. The Bryan Daily Eagle notes the letter from readers and the Wendling exchange while Waco News-Tribune reports the political shift.
A. J. Gillen of Maxeys reports a bedridden woman of three years regained strength after one bottle of Tanlac and began home life after two bottles, then cooked for eight. The account is from a credible customer and copied from a letter. Tanlac is sold in Bryan by N. A. Stewart and leading druggists.
The Colored Baptists Congress began a weeklong session at Third Baptist Church with Mayor Tyler Haswell delivering the welcome. Delegates from across the state attended as Rev. S. E. Diggs spoke, followed by T. R. Batts on Sunday School and P. E. Parks on A Good Citizen. sessions move to West Side Park due to crowd and limited church space.
Adrian Wilkinson Watkin Wilkinson Paul Hanna and Ralph Reynolds came back to Bryan after six weeks traveling through Northwest Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado and New Mexico in a flivver. They camped hunted fished and earned a little cash, returning with tanned complexions and stories of the west.
Mrs. W. H. Cole and her father W. A. Gustavus left Bryan Saturday night to rush to Ballinger after a telegram reported that her brother, A. Gustavus, was critically ill. The Gustavus family, well known in Bryan, are remembered for their charm and numerous friendships as they face the serious illness.
Notice from Eden Gin & Fuel Co and partners stating they will gin cotton for cash only to reduce expense and trouble for sellers. The message is signed by G S Parker H B McDowell and Palermo Bros. Also mention Mrs Newton Clifton and her two daughters visiting from Fort Worth in Harvey.
Farm engineer M. R. Bentley, renowned in A and M extension work, visits Waco and county areas with County Agent A. P. Swallow to assist with drainage and terracing problems.
At the First Methodist parsonage on Monday evening Miss Lottye Godwin daughter of Mrs E L Godwin and Mr W M Smith of San Antonio were married by Rev H C Willis in a small ceremony attended only by relatives. The bride, long loved in Pryan for her character, and the groom a prosperous business man formerly of St Louis now in San Antonio, will reside in San Antonio.
A. S. Ware, A. D. Graham, M. M. Daugherty and Dale Weddington left Bryan at 6 PM after work to fish the Navasota River slough. They set trot lines and hooks, ate a rich supper, and returned a little after midnight.
Miss Della Lawrence grand secretary of Kappa Kappa Gamma seventy returned from a Denver grand council meeting at Brown Palace with royal entertainment and sightseeing. On the way home she visited Norman Oklahoma Gainesville and Fort Worth inspecting chapters and reports a delightful trip.
Mrs F O Martin and her young daughter Dale Pascua are in Corsicana visiting Mrs Martin’s parents.
Fort Worth Texas August 24 G W Orms district agent of the Texas A and M extension service and F W Kazmier poultry husbandman arrived from College Station for a day of inspection He conferred with Miss SalNe F Hill and Miss Nettie Shultz of the Tarrant county home demonstration department and inspected the county poultry work Kazmier visited area poultrymen to promote the annual egg laying contest and collect data For upcoming poultry school Aug 24 25 Orms and home demonstration staff will travel to Bowie while Kazmier goes to Dallas.
Sheriff L E Morehead received a tip from City Detective Martin about two girls thought to have stolen a Ford and headed toward Dallas via Bryan. A car matching the description was found with two women, Mrs Ora Ellis 27 and Vivian DeLaney 16, who were taken to rest. A man named A A Ellis appeared claiming the car and the elder woman as his wife, ending the Dallas trip, and the trio returned to Houston.
City officials under Charles Ramsey head of Bryan Power Plant begin grounds work surrounding the facility. The north lawn is plowed leveled and sodded with drainage added. Hedge plants bright beds and a white painted concrete water reservoir will improve the site.
Mr and Mrs E W Crenshaw and their son Sam left Monday for a ten day automobile trip to the coast They will visit relatives in Houston and enjoy Galveston and other coast resorts before returning to Bryan.
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