Road improvement progress in Brazos county hints at early contract awards
Report from the state highway commission in Austin says bridges on Highway 21 over the Navasota and Brazos rivers likely to be awarded at the January meeting. Plans for Highway 2 west of Bryan must be completed and right of way secured for potential letting. Progress aims to boost county development through all weather roads, with increased farming and trucking activity.
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Bryan
Brazos County
State Highway Commission
Austin
Navasota
Brazos
Iflet
Grimes County
County Commissioners Court
Good Cheer drives Bryan relief for families in need
Bryan citizens mobilize for funds as the Good Cheer Association launches a drive to aid more than twenty five local families lacking shelter clothing and adequate food. Many homes suffer because breadwinners are absent ill or unemployed leaving children inadequately clothed and fed.
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Bryan
Good Cheer Association
Good Cheer
Beiy Tyler Journal
Fifty Fifty Cannery Plan Faces Farmer Financing Hurdle
Brazos county farmers show limited interest in financing a cooperative cannery proposed with 60 percent farmer stock and 40 percent Chamber of Commerce funding. The venture targets salvaging crops not fit for market and late harvests, with farmers paying a nominal canning fee or contributing produce as payment. The chamber’s aim is to boost growers’ profits, not to profit itself, and civic bodies are unlikely to fund establishment. Farmers are urged to act to aid self-help efforts before the Christmas shopping rush.
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Brazos County
Bryan and Brazos County
Davis Favored as Lesser Evil in Senate Race
The passage suggests enough senators viewed Davis as the lesser evil despite Grundy leading in campaign funds and supported his election while opposing the protectionist stance championed by the arch apostle of protection.
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Davis
Grundy
Large Relief Fund Drive Launched For Good Cheer Association
The Good Cheer Association announces a Thursday kick off for a fund drive, seeking 3000 to support relief work for the coming year. Local leaders say the need mirrors a worldwide economic downturn, urging the community to unite and fund aid for destitute men, women, and children.
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Good Cheer Association
Good Cheer Organization
Bryan
Return of Frank Merriwell Author sparks nostalgia
In New York a column recalls Gil Patten known as Frank Merriwell and his rise from dime novels to a modern Bob Hunter persona. It notes Patten’s prolific output, the Swift Story Magazine Co. venture, and contrasts with the fading era of hack writers amid changing publishing and film dynamics.
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Dee
R Bert L. Standish
Frank Merriwells
Gil Patten
Up Bangorway
Ilo
Frank Merriwel
Clare Briggs
William ‘Johnston
Ewing Galloway
H. T. Webster
Rev. Rohn
Herb Roth
Gil
Frank
Patten
Swift Story Magazine Co
Bob Hunter
Phoenix Growth Inspires Warm Praise From Visitor
A traveler in Phoenix notes the city does rapid growth with strong enterprise and wide irrigation works. He cites Roosevelt project irrigation, 500 miles of roads, and a thriving commerce scene under Arizona Publishing Company leadership, predicting continued expansion due to tourism homeseekers industry and agriculture.
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Anz
Phoenx
Morning Republic
Evening Gazette
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Charles A. Stauffer
W. W. Knorpp
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Gazette
C. G. Nuckolls
Ward Adams
Republic
Ithem
United States Reclamation Service
San Angelo guest and Taber visitors noted in social
Miss Louise Lee of San Angelo visits Mrs. Norman Dansby. J. L. Sample, J. Harris and Joe Crenshaw are in town from Taber today.
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Louise Lee
San Angelo
Norman Dansby
J. L. Sample
J. Harris
Joe Crenshaw
Taber
Lasting Love in Hebrews Welcomes Strangers
A daily Bible thought cites Hebrews 13 1 2 urging brotherly love and hospitality to strangers. It notes that entertaining strangers may involve angels unseen and reminds readers to practice lasting, welcoming kindness.
Twenty Five Years Ago from The Bryan Morning Eagle
A brief collage of 1905 items: Mrs P A Raynor visits son Dr P M Raynor in Chappel Hill, Mrs G M Brandon returns from Austin to see son George at Texas University, Crescens the champion trotting stallion sells for 21000. An 18 year old in Chicago is fined five dollars for making cigarettes. Texas Federation of Women's Clubs members visit Elizabeth Ney studio in rain. Governor Lanham hosts delegates at the mansion. Reports say Galveston Negroes may sue Southern Pacific over denied transit on a Galveston Houston motor car. The third court of appeals allows plaintiffs to be examined in damage suits. Agricultural courses in public schools could curb farm youth leaving for city industry.
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Bryan
Chicago
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Austin
Elizabeth Ney
Lanham
Galveston
Southern Pacific Railway
Houston
Third Court of Appeals
Prohibition Blame Faces Mixed Public Opinion
In a period debated by sensible readers, the Antis pin many sins of the era on Prohibition while many still doubt their broad accusations and stance. The discourse reflects lingering skepticism about enforcement and moral claims.
Advertising as a driver of recovery urged by experts
Mexia News quotes Dr Julius Klein and Sturges Dorrance on how advertising boosts business during low spirits. They cite studies showing firms increasing ad spend fared better in downturns and that mass psychology can dissipate fear, guiding a climb toward prosperity.
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Julius Klein
Sturges Dorrance
Pro York
Dr. Klein
Mexia News
Prohibition debate and wet propaganda in Texas era
The Tyler Journal critiques former prohibition opponents who now push wet propaganda. It recalls local option battles, unlawful actions by anti-prohibitionists, and how national prohibition followed, blaming wet influences for undermining law and contributing to prison populations.
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Texas
Union
Editor Letter Sparring Over Sheriff Sale of Stills
A reader cites a Houston sheriff sale of about thirty thousand dollars worth of stills to a junk firm for a few hundred, criticizing the value and legality. The letter laments low market demand for secondhand liquor gear and mocks the notion of donating proceeds, while weaving in satirical references to coffins, ships, and danger from liquor.
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Secon
Akers
Les Akers
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