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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
4
Senator J. C. McNealus of Dallas argues against abolishing capital punishment in Texas. He defends the death penalty, urges electrocution as a humane method, and warns that abolition could increase lynchings and public danger while criticizing rising taxes and progressive expenditures.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo outlines his views on funding the preparedness program. He favors a taxation based approach over other methods and identifies key measures to raise the necessary revenue for national defense.
The article argues that farm success hinges on home life led by the farmer's wife and daughters. It cites food, rest, kind words, and sympathy as drivers of productivity and safety. A prepared, cooperative household sustains health, unity, and better living, even in tough seasons.
Dallas bakers reduce loaf weight to 12 ounces and say the reduced size will hold until flour prices drop. The note suggests price relief aligns with a Democratic aim to lower living costs, reflecting political speaking points of the time.
The Galveston Tribune reports the American Association of Labor plans a health insurance measure for state legislatures. It would have equal employer and employee contributions with one quarter from the state for workers in manual labor or earning under 100 dollars monthly, offering medical care hospital fees and wage benefits up to twenty six weeks. The measure draws support for merit but faces critique over state funding.
The poem reflects on seasonal change as Thanksgiving arrives. The speaker notes autumn transitions and cold winds while emphasizing gratitude. It calls for songs, greetings, and mirth honoring elders and children, with praise and prayers to the Father during family gatherings.
The Madisonville Meteor urges farmers to stay on their old homes and resist selling now for three times their value. It warns against deceitful promises of quick gains and urges contentment, noting many who left Brazos County returned or regretted the move.
The nation faces a dire security crisis as torch bearers and bomb throwers are blamed for a spreading danger. The Eagle warned that this is the gravest problem for Americans, prompting heightened precautions with double guards around the Capitol and major public buildings nationwide. Reports of bomb plots arson and possible assassinations have prompted authorities to act.
At 9 30 Christmas night Bell County saloons close their doors and a breath of at least two years will begin. Burleson County will not let out her convicts by contract in future, and they will be placed on the county roads under a road superintendent, the plan being the same as that prevailing in this county.
The Belton incident underscores the thinning ranks of Bell County Camp No. 122 United Confederate Veterans. Once 500 strong, today about thirty remain, signaling the near extinction of Confederate veterans in the county. A bottle of wine is to be shared by two survivors when only two remain, honoring the soldiers and the Confederacy.
Madison County lands are acquired as the State purchases 4 343 acres from J A Herring & Company with over 1 000 acres cultivated. The Madisonville Meteor says the purchase is prudent and sees Madison as a prime site for future state land acquisitions.
The article predicts a forthcoming German proposal for world peace through President Wilson. It suggests terms would force all belligerent nations to yield their bodies goods lands chattels and titles to the Kaiser, ending with all crowns and kingdoms and any future reward.
Creamy checks issued weekly and monthly to Brazos County farmers aid farmers and grow retail business. The text urges encouragement of the expanding venture and its promising prospects.
Gov. Ferguson and Gen. Carranza spoke on the international bridge at Laredo and in a subsequent conference agreed on methods to clear up the border situation. It remains to be seen if the terms will satisfy the murderers, marauders, bandits, train robbers and cattle thieves still active along the line.
Former governor Tom Campbell remains amid speculation about joining a Senate bid. The notion centers on potential welcomes from notable figures including Bob Brooks Oscar Riddle and Burgess among others as political waters stay inviting.
The White House wedding enthusiasm has fallen several hundred points and the public shows little concern about details such as how when or where it will take place.
Night riders ride through Missouri as the movement chants for higher wages and lower food prices, signaling a protest aimed at economic relief. Riders push for labor gains and affordable essentials amid rising living costs.
A reflection on gratitude for Thanksgiving meals, noting relief that the dinners did not cause illness and expressing continued appreciation for safe, shared meals.
A fragmented plea urges early payment of a poll tax with unclear details. The note lacks full names, dates, or governing authority, leaving the precise action and deadline unspecified.
The article discusses Henry J. Ford inviting governors and leaders to join a peace delegation to Europe. Governor Ferguson declines official business as the reason. President Wilson backs the idea, noting peace could surpass war in significance. The piece praises Ford’s devotion and potential historic impact regardless of outcome.
A composite editorial exchange celebrates home grown food with jokes about possums and potatoes. The Madison County columnists urge neighboring counties Brazos Grimes and Navasota to provide the meat while pledging taters in return in a lighthearted plea for self sufficiency and local abundance.
A Temple Telegram excerpt notes renewed peace hopes with a low priced car maker urging trenches to end by Christmas and claims of belligerent talks on terms. The piece also forecasts near-term war end and broader political shifts including border order, woman suffrage, Bryan’s decline, Cyclone Davis, Wilson marriage, and Judgment Day.
The Temple Telegram notes garlic applied to wounds may stop infection and aid healing, but cautions that rising drug costs push people toward old remedies. A writer laments preferring death from wounds over garlic induced asphyxia, calling it a worse remedy than the disease.
The Houston Post argues the state cannot pay its citizens due to an excess of government workers and commissions. It calls for consolidation of duties and removal of redundant salaries, claiming a spoil system and tax burdens that erode taxpayer leverage.
A Kansas paper questions moral double standards in the prodigal child tale while Port Arthur News and Austin American rail against a prodigal daughter. The column suggests the daughter desires material wealth and domestic comfort over wandering, contrasting expectations for sons and daughters.
The item hints at a supply shortage of possums affecting Christmas dinner plans and urges national readiness. It frames preparedness as essential for the country, linking game availability to holiday feasts and resilience.
Cyclone Davis is in Washington awaiting the Congressional bell to tap on December 6, signaling the next step in its legislative process. The situation centers on the pending action by lawmakers and the stormy event’s political implications.
E B Lomax urges Bryan citizens to back the good roads bond and grade a direct street from the courthouse to College Road or Dallas Street. He argues traffic favors the city and condemns delaying with interurban track concerns, urging action as a token of support for A and M College.
A called city council meeting at city hall presided by Mayor Harris approved the city engineer report on Bryan street sidewalk assessments. The city secretary was authorized to publish the report in the Eagle for ten days and objections must appear before the council on December 5.
Dallas, Texas, Nov. 29. H. B. Sumners, cousin of Congressman Hatton W. Sumners, killed Ed Eakles on his farm near Garland. Sumners says self defense and no charge has been made.
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