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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1931
Page
4
A timeline entry recalls the life of Stephen Phillips, poet and dramatist, noting his death on December 8, 1915, and highlighting his literary career and period influence.
The Good Cheer campaign in Bryan involves Supt. H. L. Durham and the school staff rallying students to donate through personal sacrifice. The goal is at least 4 009 dollars to support winter relief, with emphasis on teaching responsibility and the value of gifts that hurt a little.
The New York Herald Tribune links farm woes from a one crop system to Treasury gaps caused by the fluctuating income tax. It warns that relying on this tax risks deficits in hard times while urging broadening the revenue base rather than raising surtaxes on the rich. It notes Hoover’s call to put funds to work and promotes Good Cheer efforts to aid Bryan residents seeking work.
A one day terracing school will be conducted Monday December 21 at the Jim Francis farm about a mile north of the Tabor school in Brazos County. M R Bentley and A K Dad Short with C L Benson will lead along with Dutch Hahn. Attendees will learn leveling spacing field planning and running terraces as a statewide effort to meet Federal Land Bank expectations and demonstrate big machinery.
Multiple couples including M. W. Wilder and Cornelia Williams Evander Williams and Fannie Hinton and Walter Andrews and Lola McCoy filed notices of intention to marry on Saturday with County Clerk Jess B. McGee in Brazos County. The Eagle offers cash for clean white cotton rags.
Horace W. South of Houston bursar of Houston Junior College featured in the Houston Post-Dispatch in a Bryan interview. The piece notes he organized and played on the first Texas A and M football team and recalls work as a paid gunman protecting Mexican oil fields. He served with the Y M C A in France during World War I and is the son of Rev. W. S. South and his wife, Bryan pioneers.
Brazos county commissioners receive formal notice from the late highway commission that 25000 of the county's share in highway improvement funds held in escrow will be released. Funds will cover county payment for right of way on Highway No. 6 south of Bryan after talks among Senator Gainer County Judge McSwain and City Manager Williams with Ely and Martin.
Data from the Eagle shows Bryan rainfall reaching .93 inches since the previous report published Monday. Local observers note precipitation contributing to the area’s ongoing wet spell.
In 1931 Manhattan the private homes of Belle Livingston and others have been transformed into opulent salons with crystal, tapestries, and velvet carpets. Notable spots include The Royal Box run by Joe Zelli and The Five o Clock Club guided by John and Cristo. General Pershing’s hotel call and nightlife anecdotes round out a portrait of a city in glittering excess as the economy falters.
Miss Susie Anders, long time employee at the Texas Bakery, will move to Caldwell to live with her sister Mrs. H. A. Fox.
Daily Bible Thought citing Deuteronomy declares God as Rock with perfect work and just judgments. It affirms God as truth, without iniquity, guiding rightness in all ways.
A 1906 Bryan Morning Eagle column recalls Rev I F Betts presiding at the Texas Conference in Tyler. Locals Higgs and McCulloch advertise evaporated fruits. Mrs Volney Cavitt and Miss Ruth Cavitt visit from Wheelock staying with the Armstrongs. Lakes Guild to meet at Mrs J W English’s home. W T Brooks and Effie Long wed by Rev B F Hall with others on an elephant during the ceremony. Kate Rogers returns to Corsicana after visiting Miss Daisy Worley. J F Parks and W E Astin return from visits to McKinney and Mumford areas.
The piece urges advertisers to develop a purposeful, result oriented program and follow it to business growth. It asserts that advertising through print reaches the world, builds trust in well advertised goods, and helps dealers offer top quality products with confidence.
The Mexia News argues against cutting county agents and agricultural teachers during funding squeezes. It says these officers create wealth, lower production costs, and raise farmers’ profits, with a cost under 15 cents per year per capita. Dropping them would worsen poverty and tax burdens, while keeping them promises future prosperity.
A Cartersville Oklahoma sheriff raided a moonshine operation and found barnyard manure used with other substances in bootleg whiskey. The writer snarkily links manure fertilizer to stronger effects and more talky drinkers, noting tasteless hazards beyond manure and urging more caution for thirsty drinkers.
The British National Government backs a federation uniting British India and native states. The Round Table Conference shows federation is practicable and could calm communal and caste tensions. Gandhi and Congress resist at times, but leaders are urged to embrace federation and pursue full self rule with patient, cooperative effort.
The Bryan Reading Club met at the Woman's Club house with Miss Lacey Harrison presiding. Mrs. C. O. Henderson led the program on Texas Sculpture, with members recalling statues and memorials, noting erection dates and places. John Edge played a piano solo before Mrs. J. Coulter Smith gave a sketch of the life of a notable figure.
Elizabeth Ney, the Texas sculptress, is featured in a program that includes two vocal numbers by Mrs 8 B Alexander with Mrs Charles Cochran as accompanist and an engaging paper on Texas Sculpture of Today by Mrs W wick Wimberly. Mrs G Madeley and Miss Alice Burtis hosted the afternoon, decorating the club rooms with chrysanthemums and potted plants.
The George Washington portraits will be given to every schoolroom nationwide via congressmen. County superintendent D J McDonald says rural teachers were listed to Congressman Luther Johnson. The plan includes framing the Athenaeum portrait and displaying it permanently in classrooms along with Washington education materials and tests.
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