Bryan High School alumni return as students note
Walton Cole and Lois Pipkin visited Bryan High School reflecting on past excellence at the University of Texas and Baylor. Other returning alumni and current students are praised for strong performance. exam results show high pass rates with top scores in English and geometry among tenth to eleventh graders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton R. Cole
Bryan High School
Walton
University of Texas
Lois Pipkin
Baylor University
Baylor
Bryan
Lucy Harrison
College of Industrial Arts
Noah Dansby
M. College
Walter Holmes
Tyler Commercial College
George R. Wicker
Tyler
Thomas Fletcher
Strayer
Teachers’ College
New York
Eugene Edge
Alma Holden
Maude Brown
Leslie Ballard
Charles Cole
George Davidson
Hettie Edge
Bryan Oil Mill Closes Season Amid High Seed Costs
The Bryan oil mill shuts for the season after a short run under new management. Manager J. W. Howell notes weekly day labor payroll around 400 dollars, with seed prices driven up by speculation and war, reducing crush and earnings while farmers enjoy high seed prices for next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Howell
Bryan
Howell
U. S
Europe
Fragmentary Note from Brn Nat Riv Report
A garbled OCR fragment from the Brn Nat Riv report notes a participant accusing another of banishment or restraint. It includes the quote I arch and references EvI thog not have. The readable text provides little coherent context or conclusive details.
Gets-It Crowned World’s Best Corn Ridder in Bryan Ad
Advert says Gets-It relieves corns easily and is endorsed by M. H. James and the Smith Drug Company in Bryan. It presents corns as pleasant to remove and promotes Gets-It as the world’s greatest remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Getst
EB. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Bryan
M. H. James
The
Smith Drug Company
Woman Implicated inft Worth Murder
Fort Worth reports wealthy ranchman W L Warren slain with four pistol wounds found on body. Officers identify a woman as implicated after shoe prints near the creek where his body lay. money and jewelry untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ft. Worth
W. L. Warren
Taxes Being Paid Readily Delinquent Notices Due Tomorrow
Delinquent tax notices from Tax Collector W I McCulloch and Deputy Roy Hudspeth are due tomorrow. Recipients face suit if taxes remain unpaid as collectors report higher than expected collections and busy days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. McCulloch
Roy Hudspeth
Japanese Liner Yasaka Maru Sunk in Eastern Mediterranean
A Japanese liner with 120 passengers including one American was sunk without warning Tuesday in the Eastern Mediterranean by an unidentified submarine. A French gun boat recovered the passengers and crew and landed them at Port Said on Wednesday. The ship was identified as the Yasaka Maru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mediterranean
Port
Associated Press
Tokio
Marine Insurance
Electric Lineman Killed Working on Houston Pole
Houston, Dec. 23. David R. Culp father of a five day old baby was electrocuted at 4 15 pm Wednesday while working on a Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company pole at Houston avenue and Crockett street. A voltage of 2300 passed through his body and he died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
David R. Culp
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Houston Avenue
Crockett Street
Houston Man Takes Own Life
O H Hawley telegraph department employee for the Texas Company died in Baptist Sanitarium at 2 30 PM after being found in his room suffering from bowel hemorrhage due to chloroform poisoning An empty bottle containing chloroform was found on the table near his bed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
O. H. Hawley
Telegraph
Texas Company
Baptist Sanitarium
Pittsburg Savings Bank Closed With Over 10 Million Held
A Pittsburg bank for savings with more than 10 million dollars in deposits failed to open and The state banking department ordered its closure. Many deposits were Christmas money and among the depositors were 30,000 school children who made weekly deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Bank For Savings
State Banking Department
Bryan Press Squeezes About 20,600 Bales of Cotton This Season
Officials of the Bryan Compress Company report the Eagle press squeezed 20,140 bales of cotton this season up to last Sunday. About six hundred bales were pressed on Monday, bringing the total to about 20,600 bales for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Compress Company
Bryan Press
Katy Shops 10 Be Kept Busy
Denison Texas reports contracts awarded today will keep Katy Railroad shops busy for three years affecting several hundred men. A separate note details a burglary at a small grocery near East Side High School, where the thief forced the front door, stole 70 cents, and did not gun any goods. Sheriff Nunn cites difficulty policing small stores without proprietor help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison, Tex
Katy
Claude Lawson
East Side High School
Perpetual Joy Not For Him
L. S. Williams and his wife Ellie of Coleview pursued a dream of perpetual happiness by purchasing a celestial joy. After years of work they tested a ride with their African chauffeur, but a Ford broke down on the road and a salt wagon nearly caused a derailment, leaving the couple unharmed and convinced money cannot buy all things.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S
Coon) Williams
Coleview
Ellie
Bryan
Ford
How To Make Your Orchard Fruitful
A Farm and Fireside account shows New England apple grower E H Fitzhugh buying a Connecticut farm in 1912. After pruning failed to yield, he used dynamite to loosen soil around four trees, enabling root expansion and better soil aeration. By 1915 the trees produced a crop, with lasting prospects for renewed fruiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
E. H. Fitzhugh
New London County
Conneticut
Linking the School with the Farm in Hamburg NY
A Farm and Fireside piece credits Hamburg High School with integrating real agricultural work for students. Seven of ten male graduates pursue farming. June graduates totaled seventeen with nearly all boys choosing farming. The program boosts term attendance and has kept agricultural students in class unless ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
N. Y
Hamburg High School
Buffalo
Enormous Loss of British Men at Gallipoli
London reports Britain suffered 112,921 officers and men lost at Gallipoli by December 11. The tally reflects heavy casualties among British forces during the Dardanelles campaign as World War I progressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dardanelles
Great Britain
Associated Press
London
Sinking of Vessel Causes Big Excitement
Reported military tensions and naval losses from Europe and the Middle East spark unrest. Details describe Greek border worries, Bulgarian actions, Varna bombardment, and a sinking of Tasaka Maru with heavy insurance losses. Turkish artillery claims successes at Dardanelles and Mesopotamia fronts with sinking and damage to enemy vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lby Associated Press
Constantinople
Anatolian
Dardanelles
Mortoliman
Tekkeburnu
Irek
Mesopotamia
France delays reply on German vessel removal protest
The State Department said France will not answer the American protest over removing Germans from U S vessels until the Descartes commander files reports France seeks to obtain those reports before replying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
France
Descartes
Austrians Halt Montenegrin Campaign Reported
The Montenegrin consul in Paris says Austria halted their campaign and is fortifying the Sanjak front. The population and livestock are being moved from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Sanjak
Germans Retake Summit of Hartmans in Berlin
Berlin reports regaining the summit of Hartmans, Weiserkopf, with the capture of fifteen hundred French prisoners, according to official statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hartmans, Weiserkopf
United States Demands Austria Acknowledge Ancona Sinking
The United States warns Austria that its admiralty admission that the liner Ancona was torpedoed after stopping and with passengers aboard sustains U S demands for disavowal restitution and punishment of the submarine commander. Lansing notes good relations hinge on Austrian action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Austria
Ancona
Lansing
Vienna
Baron Zweidinck
Imperial and Royal
Department of State
Admiralty
Austria-Hungary
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Mas Vogastee
Alex Harris
Sip Wa Setae
Bodnha Harris
Henry Harrison
Arno Henderson
Velma Hensarling
Jack Hyland
Ardella Jones
Myrtle McCullough
Louis McCullough
Frances Mike
Tilman Moore
Dean Osborn
Elbert Robinson
Ruby Shaw
Floy Smith
Frank Shramek
Brn
W. Harper
Ole Massa John
Joe Groginski
State Banking Department of Pennsylvania
Nunn
Iit
Greece
Epirus
Varna
Black Sea
Hartamans
Weilerkopf
Aden
Arabia
House of Commons
India
of Hartmans
U.S
K. N. Coners
Marlin
Texas
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