English Home Life Observations From Mrs Stiles
Mrs Robert W Stiles formerly Kathleen Sims spends a year in London with her husband a Kellogg Company consultant describes English life. She highlights differences in family life dress schooling policing and social behavior noting strong tradition restraint and reverence for class and heritage alongside greater personal independence for children and women in business.
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Robert W. Stiles
Kathleen Sims
M. W. Sims
England
Stiles
Shool
Eton
Rugby
Farm Women Market Opens in Brazos County Shows Local Farm Delicacies
The first Farm Women's Market in Brazos County drew attention at the Chevrolet sales room with home made goodies including smoked sausage cottage cheese cookies and fresh eggs. Miss Givens reported strong sales as the market attracts local housekeepers seeking direct farm products and surplus conversion to cash. Pat Newton is reported missing due to flu.
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Brazos County
Chevrolet
Miss Givens
Bryan
Mitchell County
Smith County
Collin County
Texas
Nicol Family to Hold Reunion Here
Mr and Mrs Geo Nicol of Houston visit Bryan for Christmas with Mrs Tatum and Mrs Emmell hosting. Mrs Rudolph Meyer and John Nicol join the Christmas house party and family reunion, an annual event of Nicol relatives long resident here.
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Geo. Nicol
Houston
Bryan
Ollie Emmell
Morris Tatum
Nicol
Tatum
Emmell
Rudolph Meyer
John Nicol
E T Oliver Dead After Long Sickness in Bryan
E T Oliver aged about 52 died Saturday morning at 7 15 after a lingering illness in Bryan hospital. He is survived by four brothers and three sisters including Dr W H Oliver and F C Oliver of Bryan and Charley B Oliver of Caldwell. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 3 PM at Caldwell from C B Oliver's home with interment in Caldwell cemetery.
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Bryan Hospital
W. H. Oliver
E. T. Oliver
Mr. Oliver
F. C. Oliver
Bryan
P. D. Oliver
Dallas
Charley B. Oliver
Caldwell
W. H. Handley
J. C. Wembley Caldwell
Jas H. Webb
C. B. Oliver
Caldwell Cemetery
Mrs Mary Tabor Dies After Illness of Ten Days
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Tabor widow of A J Tabor died Friday night at her Bryan home after a ten day illness from pneumonia. Funeral services were held at 3 PM this afternoon at First Baptist Church with Rev R E Day and visiting pastors officiating. interment followed at the city cemetery under Dansby Furniture Co. direction. Pallbearers included Truman Carroll and others. honorary pallbearers listed. Born September 19 1883 in Anderson Texas she was 101 years old. She moved with her family to Bryan after her husband’s death and leaves two sons and four brothers and a sister.
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Mary Elizabeth Tabor
A. J. Tabor
First Baptist Church
Tabor
R. E. Day
Chas. E. Bullock
Hearne
R. L. Brown
College Station
J. J. Pipkin
Bryan
City
Dansby Furniture Company
Trumond Caroll
Sam Todd
E. W. Crenshaw
Thurston Etheridge
John Boriskie
Chas. Niteh Jr
Bob Shaw
Arthur Gan‘dy
J. B. Todd
Clifford Mitchell
John Krenek
P. L. Barron
John Stasney
J. B. Sanders
Ky A. Greeland
E. R. Spencer
Anderon
Texas
The
Baptist Church
Husband
Brazos County Marriages Rise While Divorces Fall
The 1927 report shows Brazos County issuing 397 marriage licenses and 76 divorces, with marriages up from 1926 and divorces down. An annulment count is zero in both years. The per thousand rates compare with the state, marriages about 13 and divorces around 2.38 locally.
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Brazos County
Federal Department of Commerce
A. S. McSwain
Dickersons Welcome Son Home From Waco
Mr and Mrs J L Dickerson returned from Waco Tuesday bringing home their son Egan Dickerson who is employed by Sanger Bros to spend the holidays with home folks.
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Waco
Egan Dickerson
Sanger Bros
Southwest Telephone installs 30000 feet of new wire in Bryan
Ben H. Noel reports the Southwest Telephone Company has laid over 30000 feet of distributing wire in Bryan to replace failing cables and improve service. The firm plans steady upgrades and rapid use of modern equipment.
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Ben H. Noel
Southwest Telephone Company
Bryan
Noel
College Student Marries Girl from Reliance Friday
Miss Florence Means daughter of Mr and Mrs W P Means of Reliance and Joe Lloyd son of Mr and Mrs J B Lloyd of Bryan united in marriage at Rev R L Browns home with Miss Hazel Kelly and Edgar Peters as attendants. The couple plan a Houston Galveston honeymoon and return to Bryan to reside after the holidays.
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R. L. Brown
College
Florence Means
W. P. Means
Reliance
Joe Lloyd
J. B. Lloyd
Bryan
Rev. Brown
Hazel Kelly
Edgar Peters
Brown
Raids by Sheriff Net Whiskey and Four Arrested
Sheriff J H Reen led three Saturday raids in Bryan to curb whiskey. Four pints found at a bottling works site led to three Salvato brothers and a woman arrested on illegal possession bonds set at 500 dollars. A Smetana road filling station yielded whiskey and a contraband sale charge against the woman. a third raid found no contraband or arrests.
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J. H. Reen
Bryan
Salvato Brothers
Smetana Road
Carell Family Visiting Bryan for Holiday Season
Mr and Mrs Gabe Carell and family of San Antonio are in Bryan for a holiday visit with relatives and friends. They plan to remain until after January 1.
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Gabe Carell
San Antonio
Bryan
Brazos County Hens Lead In November Egg Contest
Texas A M College reports results from the 12th Texas National Egg Laying Contest. Golden Rule Poultry Farm led in Barred Plymouth Rocks with 174 eggs, Borderbrook second with 173, and Golden Rule also topped S C White Leghorn pens with 199 eggs. Individual highs include College View Hen 475 with 26 eggs, Golden Rule Hen 4 with 25. Sixty two pens and 620 hens participated. average 11.9 eggs per hen. high pen set a November record with 210 eggs by a S C White Leghorn pen entered by Lullywood Poultry Farm of Woodville, Wash.
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Brazos County
A. and
M. College
Department of Poultry Husbandry
Plymouth Rocks
Golden Rule Poultry Farm
Borderbrook Poultry Farm
S. C
Golden Rule Farm
College View Poultry Farm
College View Farm
Lullywood Poultry Farm
Woodville
Wash
Farm Market Saturday Success In Brazos County
Farm women of Brazos county under Miss Lucy Givens direction ran a market last Saturday with net proceeds of 72.75 dollars. An effort to hold markets at regular intervals in the future is planned. Participants included Mary Locke Minnie Locke Lawrence Korner Rose Kopetsky J. M. Cahill Keith R. L. Wilson Pansy Sousa res Lynn Sample M. Conway and Louie Holubee.
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Brazos County
Lucy Givens
Mary Locke
Minnie Locke
Lawrence Korner
Rose Kopetsky
J. M. Cahill
Keith
R. L. Wilson
Pansy Sousares
Lynn Sample
M. Conway
Louie Holubee
Good Cheer Fund Boosted to 1204
The Good Cheer fund rose to about 1200 on Monday reports showing a total near 1200, similar to last year. Leaders fear rising illness may demand more, and appeal for additional contributions from those not reached during the drive.
Plan to Organize Baylor Student Employment Bureau
Plans were presented to the Chamber of Commerce and the Baylor University student organization to form a student employment bureau. The bureau would help worthy students find work to finance their education, with actual operations set to start in fall 1929 after Christmas holidays.
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Waco
Chamber of Commerce
Baylor University
Pass It Along Club Christmas Reflection
The Pass It Along Club sends wishes of happiness and peace for Christmas 1928. It reflects on a year ending, asks if duties were met, and ties cheerful thoughts to religious meaning and the season’s blessings.
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Bryan
Isabella Drynski
Bryan Girls Make Good
Fort Worth dispatch notes Emma and Frances Beason sisters from Texas Woman's College who left Fort Worth for Bryan to spend Christmas with their parents. Both are Freshmen active in school organizations and listed on the honor roll at mid-semester.
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Eagle
Fort Worth
Emma
Frances Beason
Texas Woman's College
Bryan
C. L. Beason
Susan M. Key Literary Society
City Seeks Bids for 5000 Sq Ft Paving Project
Bryan city officials issued announcements seeking bids for five thousand square feet of paving likely covering proposed work on Baker avenue. Rev. and Mrs. A B Nelson of Mangum Oklahoma arrived in Bryan on Christmas Day to visit Mrs Nelson's parents Mr and Mrs John R Edmonds. Mrs Edmonds has been ill with flu but is improving.
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City of
Bryan
City Commission
Baker Avenue
A. B. Nelson
Mangum
Okla
Nelson
John R. Edmonds
Bunting Couple Return Home To Fort Worth After Christmas
Mr and Mrs James Bunting returned today to their Fort Worth home after spending Christmas Day in Bryan with his parents Mr and Mrs F A Bunting.
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Mrs. James Bunting
Fort Worth
Bryan
Mrs
F. A. Bunting
Dairy Industry Pays the Farmer Says Marlin Man
Sam Pharr and his son James of Marlin discussed a newly signed contract to install a $40 000 cooling plant linked to the Borden Milk Plant in Waco The plant will concentrate local milk and transport from Falls county farms will be 20 cents per 100 pounds The price to farmers will match Waco rates from 2 to 2 20 per 100 pounds with farm output of 100 300 pounds daily The plan aims to ease transportation and boost local prosperity through dairy farming and related jobs
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Sam Pharr
James
Marlin
Bryan
Pharr
Marlin Chamber of Commerce
Borden
Waco
Borden Company
Falls County
Fallas County
C. R. Pearce
Gail Borden
Texas
Fort Scott
Kan
Former A M Man Visiting in Bryan In U S Service
Dr J C Stallings former professor of agronomy at A M College visits Bryan for holidays and will head the Shreveport La agronomy office after January 1. Mord H Sacks will temporarily lead Atlanta and Shreveport duties. Stallings holds degrees from A M Iowa State and has worked as agriculturist and farm director in Mississippi and at Auburn.
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J. C. Stallings
A. & M. College
Bryan
Shreveport
Atlanta
Mord H. Sacks
Stallings
Iowa State
Mississippi
Alabama
Auburn
J. C. Penney-Guinn Corporation
Christmas Notes From College Campus Festivities
College notes describe deaths and illnesses in local families, holidays with relatives, students home from Sam Houston College and medical studies in Galveston. The annual A M College faculty Christmas party at the Y M C A featured a Christmas tree, carols, Santa, and refreshments. Dick and Bob Conner began a Rio Grande Valley trip visiting Cadet John Wright in Mission.
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A. and M. College
Extension Service
C. Bo. Martin
TS. O. Walton
Y. M
Bob Conner
Rio Grande Valley
John Wright
Mission
Brenham Legion Elects Officers and Wins War Trophy
Brenham's Braddy Wright post of the American Legion elected new officers for the coming year including We. W. Grees as commander and Thomas R. Hunter as vice commander. The post, with 60 members, earned 50 percent more than last year and placed third in the Texas department contest, earning a captured German cannon as an award. Mrs. George R. Brar is ill with flu at her parents’ home on West 24th Street.
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America
England
Department of Texas Americanas Legion
George R. Brar
A. J. Buchanan
West 24Th Street
Reese Family Plans Short Holiday Trip to Rotan
Mr and Mrs F L Reese and their family depart today for a brief holiday with Mr Reese s mother Mrs J T Reese in Rotan. They expect to return about New Year s Day.
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F. L. Reese
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J. D. P. Fuller
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Norman Anderson
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Turner Walton
Galveston
D. B. Cover
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Lena Parkhill
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
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Glitch
B. D. Marburger
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Jonesboro
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