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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1927
Page
4
A long reader letter critiques using surplus utility profits for schools and streets and urges evaluating charter amendments. It contrasts national product origins with Texas farming reality, ending with a jab at why cotton profits lag despite buying home goods.
M M Erskine chairs as members including J Bryan Miller W S Howell E R Bryant Harry S Edge W E Neeley and R C Franks oversee erection plans. Mrs Lee J Rountree editor of The Bryan Eagle travels to Waco with A D Jackson from A M College for a reclamation meeting returning Friday. The Bryan Cemetery Association holds a 10 am Thursday meeting at City National Bank per Geo A Adams. Lawrence Motor Co joins Hicks Rubber Co system. Jno M Lawrence Jr manager. Earle E Bruck in Waco spends day finalizing the deal.
New York Mayor James J. Walker visits Castlecomer Kilkenny Ireland his father William Henry Walker emigrated about fifty years ago. The town welcomes him with a 900 strong crowd as a brass band plays and relatives join the parade downtown to the ancestral birthplace.
Cisco dairy men undertake a 1500 mile inspection tour seeking market information. The party includes R. L. Poe First National Bank vice president and dairy committee chair, three agricultural experts, five farmer representatives and Chamber of Commerce secretary E T Peters.
The instrument bears the name of Antoine Joseph Sax, a maker of reed instruments around 1840 in Belgium and Paris who developed several wind instruments including the saxophone.
Wisconsin expert Dean Russell argues for businesslike farming. He cites rising production costs and falling prices, warns against price controls and debt, praises industrial efficiency, and urges farmers to act as businesspeople, adopt modern methods, and pursue cooperative as well as individual initiative.
Reports from Presidio state that E. H. Nelson of Houston and W. W. Hughes of San Antonio have staked 20 claims in Presidio County for guano, potash, and sodium nitrate. They describe rich surface deposits and caves in nearby Mexico with millions of bats, and plan to develop mines and a crushing plant once the railroad arrives.
A Cork oak at Cokesbury plantation in Onancock Virginia, one of a few in North America, was planted by a sea captain who brought it from the tropics over a century ago and it proves cork can be grown in Virginia.
Lustonians aboard the grounded steamer Prince Charles were moved to Prince Rupert and reached the city with all aboard recovering. J W Wilkerson and a party of 10 departed for Vancouver while shipmates left for Houston via Winnipeg. Captain McLean forbade messages during the grounding. Mrs Mable Castles of Bryan was believed aboard and her itinerary matched the report.
Jerry Denny, famed bare handed baseball genius, died in Houston while visiting his daughter Mrs. N. A. Carroll. The Bridgeport Conn., native left a legacy as a premier third baseman and fielder with a glove free record spanning the National and minor leagues. He died August 16 after a career noted for flawless hands and stellar defensive feats.
An explosion caused by gas from a leaking pipe wrecked three stores on Chicago's West Side. One man was reported missing and many families were driven from their apartments. Fort Davis may get its first modern electric light and power plant with a 50 year franchise awarded to Central Power and Light of San Antonio.
Nearly 4000 attendees from Texas gathered at the Farmers Short Course at A and M College. The program, highlighted by youth and adult education, produced trained rural leaders and united the state in a shared mission to raise farming standards and community life.
Miss Vera Ramsey daughter of Mr and Mrs J Z Ramsey and Mr Homer Mathis son of Mr and Mrs C H Mathis were united in marriage at the brides parents home in this city Tuesday evening August 23 at 8 o'clock Rev Jesse Thomson officiated A full account will appear in the Eagle social columns Friday
Mrs. Laura Kestler of Waco, visiting Bryan for the week, was guest of honor Sunday at a family gathering in Sue Haswell Park to celebrate her 66th birthday. The meal featured chicken barbecue and other dishes. attendees included Kestler family members and friends from Bryan, Rock Prairie, Kurten, and nearby areas.
Mrs. Fred M. Court spent a summer touring with Commander A. B. Court in Washington D C and visited New York Niagara and other places of interest before returning home to 616 Kipling. She then visited daughters in Indianapolis Dallas and Fort Worth and plans to stay with her Bryan friends.
Members of the old Independence Baptist church plan a homecoming on Sunday August 28 with services morning and afternoon. Judge Lewis R. Bryan of Houston will host, with addresses by Dr J C Hardy and Dr G W Truett. Former Baylor College of Independence attendees and residents are invited to attend and share memories, followed by a noon picnic under the oaks.
The Sunbeam, Southern Pacific's fast train, struck a five passenger touring car at the crossing near Parker Lumber Company at 2 20 this afternoon. Marshall Glover and Faye Holley, both Negro, escaped with slight injuries as the back wheels were demolished and a steel obstruction kept the car from overturning. The car was heading east and the engine struck only the rear.
The Bryan Sunday School Baseball League shows a strong financial year with a treasury of 122.68 dollars up from 11.67 at season start. It donated 25 dollars to Allen Academy grandstand repairs and paid all debts while using Allen Park for free. President Will Poindexter led a near flawless season with Earle Tatum as vice president and Ty Cobb as secretary treasurer. comparison to major leagues drew praise from observers.
Mrs. L. H. Tucker closes her Bryan boarding house after more than four decades of operation. She hands it to Mrs. J. H. White of Kurten and will remain as a resident in her rented home. The famed Bryan and A. and M. College boarding house served sumptuous meals to many in Central Texas.
The 1926 diamond output reached 5,649,100 carats, about 25 percent higher than 1925. Brazil contributed roughly 50,000 carats, Borneo 5,000 carats, and Africa supplied the rest, with South Africa alone yielding 2,202,100 carats.
Roanoke Virginia touts the nation’s largest hairpin curve and a 2100 foot high mountain with a fine concrete road to its summit. City features highlighted as a notable engineering marvel within the limits.
An attractive prize list is being arranged for the Brazos County Agricultural Fair for Negroes to be held Saturday August 26 and Sunday August 27. Bryan merchants will sponsor numerous prizes in agriculture domestic science domestic art and livestock.
Mrs. R. S. Webb Jr. received a letter from her sister Mrs. Bert Reynolds of Canton South Dakota stating that she and Mr. Reynolds will move to Bryan and join the Reynolds family there.
Reynolds family will depart for Texas soon and reside in Bryan in early September. Mr Reynolds will accompany them to Bryan then return to South Dakota to wind up business interests, visiting his family in Bryan during the Christmas season. Mrs Reynolds known here as Miss Belle Ferguson has many friends who welcome their return as Bryan citizens.
The annual value of Texas commercial well waters is estimated at 20 million dollars, placing these waters among the state’s leading minerals due to their significant economic contribution.
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