Winners Announced In 1927 Ten Litter Contest At A M College
A. D. Chambers Gatesville and J. P. Keaton Pearl Coryell county won top prizes in Texas 1927 ton litter contest conducted by Progressive Farmer and A and M College. Chambers earned for greatest total weight 3431 pounds with eleven pigs and Keaton for greatest average 830 pounds per litter eight pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
A. D. Chambers
Gatesville
Coryell County
J. P. Keaton
Pearl
Texas
Progressive Farmer
Extension Service A
M. College of Texas
Chambers
Eudaly
Itasca
Keaton
Fred Wiese
McGregor
McLennan County
A. T. Quicksall
Ames
Term Of Harrington On State Board Of Control Ends Soon
In Austin on December 28 Dr H H Harrington chairman of the State Board of Control faces a January 1 term expiration. Governor Moody may appoint a successor among three contenders Claude Teer Senator A E Wood and Harrington who seeks reappointment. The post pays 5000 dollars annually making it a prized state office amid wider interagency jockeying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Harrington
State Board of Control
Austin
H. H. Harrington
Moody
Harrington
Claude Teer
Highways Commission
A. E. Wood
Granger
Walthall
Senate
Miriam Ferguson
Nacogdoches
Neff
Oil and Gas Division
Railroad Commission
Roy I. Tennant
Temple
James E. Ferguson
Tennant
Ferguson
Burrington
Teer
Highway Commission
Wood
Prize winners in local theatre book sale contest
Mrs Travis Bryan and Mrs Jim mie Page won first and second prizes in a local theatre book sale contest. Mrs Bryan received 400 dollars and Mrs Page 800 dollars after several weeks of selling the largest number of coupon books. The contest closed Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Bryan
Jimmie Page
Bryan
Page
Riverside farmer John Kosarek dies after short illness
John Kosarek 56 a lifelong Brazos county resident died Monday night at his Smetana home six miles west of Bryan after a brief illness. Survived by wife and seven children, he was active in local W O W and Bohemian lodges. Funeral Wednesday at 3 o'clock from the family home with burial at Smetana cemetery. Rev Jesse Thomsen to conduct services. Judge W C Davis to speak at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kosarek
Riverside
Brazos County
Smetana
Bryan
Colorado County
Texas
Harris County
Henry
Lewis
Charles Kosarek
Joe Wehrman
Emma
Lillie
Victoria Kosarek
Henry Regmund
Corpus Christi
McCull
Direct Marketing of Livestock for Southwest Debated
Dec. 28 College Station Texas. D W Williams of Texas A and M College outlines the growing debate over direct marketing of livestock in the Southwest at the upcoming livestock short course January 9 13. Eudaly notes hogs can reach market weight in six months or less boosting profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
United States
D. W. Willliams
A. and M. College of Texas
Southwest
Williams
E. R. Eudaly
Extension Service
Eudaly
Reunion Held At Myers Home In Bryan During Christmas
A happy family reunion is in progress at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Myers in Bryan. Many relatives arrived today with more due Christmas Eve, gathering members from Houston Waco Birmingham College Station Hearne and Lubbock for a weeklong visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
J. Allen Myers
Myers
Rudolph R. Myers
Hudson Myers
Charles B. Stillwell
Houston
Frank Myers
Lollie Myers
Bessie Holt
Waco
Allen Myers Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Dean
EB. J. Kyle
Lillie Bess Kyle
College Station
Make Dresses Just 2 Inches Longer Is Plea Of Farmers
A Houston postal memo and public letter drive collect ideas to boost cotton use and stabilize prices. Dale C. Rogers cites dress length, silk and cotton hose as ways to raise consumption by 500000 bales yearly. Suggestions range from cotton awnings to wallpaper and linen backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Dale C. Rogers
Ernest L. Tutt
Department of Commerce
Tutt
United States Child Health Bureau
A. P. Strude
R. F. Grow
Harris Named Brazos County Commissioner Succeeding John Sabo
J W Harris a Beat 2 resident and longtime Brazos county farmer was named county commissioner by County Judge H C Ferguson, succeeding the late John Sabo. The judge praised Harris as an able efficient choice and noted his familiarity with county needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Harris
Brazos County
Harris
John Sabo
H. C. Ferguson
Judge Ferguson
Abalone Ode and Texas Visit Recap
Poem dedicated to Miss Marie Elizabeth Webb from Bloomington Illinois poet Eugene Clay Ferguson dated December 1927. Also notes Mr and Mrs Arch W Cloud visiting Bryan Brazos County from Goose Creek with family, returning to old Reliance roots and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Elizabeth Webb
Bryan Texas
Solomon
Eugene Clay Ferguson
Bloomington
Ill
Arch W. Cloud
Goose Creek
Bryan
Sleep Restores Our Used Energy
SEEP extols sleep as Nature's provision for rest and recuperation. It states that living in harmony with natural laws would make sleep our daily rest, refreshing muscles nerves and organs and restoring energies. The piece asserts rest is essential and that recuperation follows from rest.
Rest and Diet Advice From A Health Note
The text extols rest as vital, noting energy use by brain and body is reduced during sleep and relaxation. It then prescribes a daily sleep quota and outlines a sample meal plan with orange juice, eggs, gluten bread, vegetables, fruit, and modest beverages. It ends with a mailing address for McGovern at 4 West 42nd Street, New York City.
Henry Locke To Direct Lions Minstrel Show This Year
Henry Locke, respected local businessman, will manage the Lions Club minstrel show with full control of production. Locke directed last year’s show to great success and promises one of the best in the state. Two performances are planned. The president outlines committees for executive, cast, business management and advertising led by Locke and local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Locke
Lions Club
Locke
Lions
The
Jess E. Hensarling
Rip Erskine
Bill Wimberly
Norman Dansby
J. Bryan Miller
Fred Hale
M. F. Vitopil
W. §&. Dowell
Tom G. Luther Clifton Franks
Joe Kaplan
Bob Armstrong
Dr. F. D. Fuller
Rev. A. F. Ainsworth
Coulter Smith
Sam Eberstadt
W. E. Neeley
Christmas Visit Keeps Bakers Near Relatives in Bryan
Mr and Mrs Hershel Baker of Athlene enjoy a Christmas visit with relatives and friends in Bryan. The trip highlights family gatherings during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershel Baker
Athlene
Bryan
Curtis T Williams Named Choir Director at Bryan Free Baptist
Curtis T Williams of Vernon Alabama accepts appointment as director of the choir at the Free Baptist church of Bryan and will start January first. He is acclaimed as a leading Alabama singer and recently won a statewide Atwater Kent Radio contest among 20 competitors. Williams, 23, graduated from G L Rogers Music School Corinth Mississippi and later from Ganns Music Store Birmingham Alabama in 1925. Rev M L Hollis praises his talent after years of acquaintance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis T. Williams
Vernon
Alabama
The
Free Baptist Church of
Bryan
Williams
Atwater-Kent Radio
G. L. Rogers Music School
Corinth
Miss
Gannus’ Music Store
Birmingham
Ala
M. L. Hollis
Free Baptist Church
January Radio Program at AandM College
WTAW Texas A and M College Station will air a January program listing daily noon talks on fertilizers water supply soils and farm management plus evening sessions on farming practices bees diseases foods and a series of chapel services. basketball games include SMU and Rice Institute matchups with the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Sandstedt
D. W. Williams
Lola Blair
T. W. Leland
J. F. Rosborough
J. O. Morgan
S. W. Bissing
G. W. Barnes
Bernice Claytor
E. A. Miller
Loia Blair
J. A. Clutter
Fuiday
F. R. Jones
W. H. Thomas
E. N. Balmgreen
Southern Methodist University
Texas A. and
M. College
R. L. Hunt
F. R. DeForest
C. H. Alvord
P. C. Mangelsdorf
F. S. Jamison
Rice Institute
Texas A
Spinners Margin Declining in November 1925 Texas
Spinners margin fell in November, marking the 14th straight month of decline and the lowest level since 1923. The index dropped from 156 in October to 148 in November, eight points below normal, with 187 a year ago. Cotton and yarn prices shifted, and the yarn market remained weak amid rising yarn stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AUSIN
Bernard Nicholas
Texas Business Review
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Nichols
Liverpool
Manchester
Little Felix Gelber Dies After Weeklong Illness
Little Felix Gelber four year old son of Mr and Mrs W F Gelber of this city died Saturday morning December 24 1927 at 12 16 am at the family home on West 27th Street after an illness of one week He was ill starting December 16 and the family sought temple hospital but were given no hope for recovery He is survived by his parents a sister Cecile and a brother Joseph and many relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Gelber
W. F. Gelber
West 27Th Street
Temple
Bryan
Cecile
Joseph
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Prison Commission
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Board of Pardons
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Gibb Cunningham
John Turek
J. J. Holick
Frank M. Vance
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J. D. Martin
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W. L. Powers
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J. T. Maloney
W. S. Higgs
Myers’ Home
Joel Hunt
Texas Aggies
Westerners
Hunt
Brazos
O& A
Mr McGovern
West 42Nd St
New York City
Big Minstrel
January
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W. Bissing
Daniel Russell
C. B. Webster
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Order of the Eastern Star
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T. A. Adams
R. L. Brown
Albert Buchanan
Gussie Ballerstedt
Kathleen Bullard
Guy Harris
Elizabeth Holmes
R. M. Dansby
Mildred Reed
Forrest Jones
Jack Garrett
Mrs
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Waller, Texas
Lamar Bethea
New York
Philadelphia
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Chas. Kosarek
Scotton
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