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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
6
The A. and M. College suspends classes for holidays and sends cadets home by special Houston and Texas Central trains. About 100 cadets stay on campus to work during the holidays to cover next term expenses. School reopens January 4.
A large number of the negro cotton pickers who went to Runnels County and other West Texas counties have returned to Bryan. One or two cars of their household goods arrived with their owners. They report the weather too cold in West Texas for cotton picking.
Notice announces a sheriff sale in Brazos County Texas on January 5 1915 to satisfy a $160 judgment in the case John McCorquodale versus J P Patrick. The property is a 60 by 80 foot parcel in Bryan's Addition conveyed in 1910, with sale at the courthouse door. Sheriff T C Nunn signs the notice.
For sale 75 bushels Spanish peanuts seed at 1 dollar per bushel with 22 pounds per bushel. 50 bushels speckled pea seed at 3 dollars per bushel with 60 pounds per bushel. 50 bushels clay peas best stock seed at 2 dollars per bushel with 60 pounds per bushel. Small or large orders by mail express or freight fob here at 10 bushel lots. Freight allowed. Send remittance with order to J W Rosprim Salmon Texas Anderson County.
Moran retiring athletic director Charles B. Moran was honored by 875 students and college officials at Agricultural and Mechanical College College Station on December 18. A dress parade, talks, and a rally followed, recognizing Moran prior to his move to Horse Cave Kentucky to run a mercantile business with Mrs Moran and son Tom. The Shrapnel magazine paid tribute, and Moran planned to devote time to his Kentucky venture.
A pre nuptial afternoon party hosted by Misses Corinne and Laura James at Mr. and Mrs. W T James honored Miss Robbie Seale ahead of her marriage. Guests from the Bachelor Girls Club wrote proposals and refusals on cards with prizes for the best Santa drawing and calendar. The county schools plan Christmas programs and some new buildings, desks, maps, and books were added to several libraries. The county exam results included state and county certificates with one question on air changes in a room of thirty adult students.
The sale of Bryan Steam Laundry closes Saturday after a deal with T. P. Boyett Sr. and George R. Wicker Sr. as proprietors. The buyers include the American and WII interests.
The notice urges supporters to spend money to boost their favorite candidate and claims votes count on election day. It argues the contest is not for sale and rewards loyalty, noting 65 acres of amusement grounds and festive plans in San Francisco for party members.
Oscar Wells, recently Dallas Federal Reserve Bank governor, will be succeeded as vice president of First National Bank of Houston by F. M. Law of Beaumont. The selection, confirmed by John T. Scott, will take effect at the January 12 meeting or earlier if Law is secured sooner.
The cost of the war to France for the first six months of 1915 is officially $1,185,888,573, about $200,000,000 per month. This includes $101,100,000 for soldiers' families, $4,000,000 for the unemployed, and $10,200,000 for displaced persons, with the Parliament budget totaling $1,705,052,831.
A collage of quotes and witticisms from Puck to Goethe, Conundrums and humorous lines on travel health marriage and toys. Includes jokes about possums and a tale of a tenth wedding anniversary with medical misadventure.
Secretary of War Garrison says General Bliss did not threaten Mexican delegates at Naco during a boundary firing conference. No threats were used as the meeting addressed Mexico’s boundary dispute and related incidents.
Brazos County Texas sheriff will sell Cash on legal hours in Bryan Lots 9 and 10 Block 28 Oak Grove Addition to Bryan to satisfy a 370 dollar judgment in favor of Allene Rohde McAshan and costs. Property is community of Allena Rohde McAshan and H N McAshan. Sale dated December 4, 1914.
A Kentucky couple article recounts Bettie Bullock praising Cardus, a tonic she credits with easing four years of womanly troubles. She states she can walk two miles now and performs all her work, urging others to try Cardui and contact Chattanooga Medicine Co for guidance.
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