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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
6
An editor describes a nightly remedy that never failed him as he lists words by alphabet. He used to reach the ninth or tenth letter before sleep, but now he sleeps soundly earlier, as calm as a two year old.
In Virginia, a quarrelsome wife throws objects at her husband until a neighbor shouts a bear is in a backyard brawl. Jim refuses to intervene, claiming the bear started the fight and should exit on its own terms.
The piece declares Washington welcomes the Hardings on March 4 and predicts Harding's crowning will be the most spectacular event in the Western Hemisphere. It claims the national capital plans to profit heavily from visitors, charging a billion for the show.
The piece contrasts how Harding aims for broad cabinet input while Lincoln sought broad voices and Wilson relied on turnover and limited cabinet power. It suggests Harding may differ from Wilson by involving the cabinet more than Wilson did, echoing historic debates over executive control.
The Nation's Business argues that as towns grow the share of long-term residents shrinks. Merchants cannot rely on past fame and should keep advertising. Churches serve as outdoor trademarks with steeple presence and bell ringing every Sunday to remind the public of their purpose.
A World’s Work excerpt shows a one legged veteran in civilian dress boarded a crowded New York subway with a silver wound badge yet received no seat or aid from bystanders. In Chicago a reporter in disguise as an old woman stood for hours to test seating, offering a $50 prize for the first to give up a seat. The piece argues Americans are not wicked, only forgetful.
A year ago money was plentiful yet cheap and talk of unrest spread across classes. The old rich fretted over vanished house servants while others debated the causes and consequences of the mood that gripped society.
The Dallas-Galveston News notes a carefree spree among the wage class buying silk garments theater and railroad goods while regular workers seek similar pleasures on a smaller scale. Farmers freighters and salesmen favor autos mules and oil stocks as unrest spreads and hope remains for another period of rest.
A Corpus Christi Times editorial urges boosting housing supply to lower rents. It argues tenants’ complaints rarely help, while widespread home ownership and building more houses would drive rents down. It favors paying a cash first payment and affordable terms to acquire a home, reducing landlord friction.
In Dublin a December dispatch explains Ireland as wary of strangers where hall porters know guests and credentials matter. Travelers face guarded interactions as social life shifts to cautious, furtive exchanges amid widespread suspicion.
S W Bilsing of the Texas A and M College Entomology Department returns to Ohio for Christmas and will attend a National Entomologists meeting in St Louis. He has conducted insect spray trials on 800 Corsicana pecan trees proving insect damage, not frost, caused Texas pecan losses.
Dallas officials plan a police machine gun squad with eight to twelve members trained by local cavalry and police leaders. Two guns will be purchased and crews will include veterans from army and machine gun units. Duty details will shift January 1 with firemen-detached officers remaining briefly.
Justice J. W. Hamilton presided as multiple criminal cases were arraigned. A. E. Thompson waived examination on abortion charges and posted 500 dollars bond. Fellus Foster held for grand jury on forgery with 400 dollars bond. Colbert Wilson faces examining trial Friday for arson in a barn fire on Pitt's Bridge road.
The quarterly conference of the Texas bank examiners will be held in Austin for three days beginning December 29. Commissioner J. T. McMillin extended an invitation to Edward Hall, president of State Bank and Trust Company of Bryan, to attend. Hall has been appointed by Governor-elect Pat M. Neff to succeed McMillin as head of the insurance banking department.
Christmas night at 10 o clock Rev H C Willis pastor of the First Methodist church united Carl Richards and Gladys Ruth Martin in marriage at the pastor s home. The couple from Navasota where the groom works for the Examiner Review and the bride holds a clerical post with a local firm. They faced delays before locating the Cupid deputy and will reside in Navasota with friends sending hearty congratulations.
County Commissioners Moore George P. Edge and E. B. Holland visited town Monday and urged a strong road law for Brazos County to be submitted to the legislature in January.
Secretary H L McKnight, formerly of Bryan, favors a Texas legislature appropriation of 850000 for initial State Normal College buildings in Nacogdoches. C R Gardner of Waco arrives to lead Bryan Retail Merchants Association and plans to move his family to Bryan after positive work in Yoakum and Hillsboro.
Blue Star Eczema Remedy marketed for French itch eczema ring worm and cracked hands. Roman and Vick Drug Store offers a guarantee. Freddie McAlpine returns to West Columbia after Christmas visit with his mother Minnie McAlpine N F Lockerd returns from a brief visit with his mother.
The Bry an and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce board met to discuss the annual banquet set for Tuesday night January 11. Bill Sterrett of the Dallas Galveston News is invited to speak. attendance fee 50 cents covers part of the cost, with the chamber funding the rest. The Good Cheer Fund received a 100 donation, with about 1,000 already raised.
Mrs. Shields reports the funeral of her brother Samuel U. Scott at the old Tennessee home yesterday. Scott died from appendicitis on December 24 and was a senior at A&M College. His sister and father accompanied the remains home.
Mr. A. W. Kinnard has returned from Dallas much improved in health. Miss Bernadine McKnight who underwent an operation at Bryan hospital Monday is doing as well as could be expected. Jack Holland has returned home after a pleasant visit to Waco.
Mr Cooper Carll, son of Ed Carll Wellborn, marries Miss Edna Todd of Rock Prairie at Rev Trainum's Bry an home with only the minister's wife and two spectators present. The couple plan to live with Mrs James Cooper and resume farm work after the wedding.
The Bryan Odd Fellows Lodge has more than doubled its membership in two months and will meet early Thursday night at the Masonic Temple. C. E. Saunders serves as noble grand and Joe B. Reed as secretary. Navasota Odd Fellows and Deputy Dougherty from Dallas have guided new members in the order.
The Texas Supreme Court cleared Wiley the East Texas logging mule of fault in a suit by Cleveland Hoot against Walker County Lumber Company. The court held that even if the mule stumbled, it did not prove the animal was stiff or unfit. The decision cited famous horses and mules to illustrate that a single fall does not establish defect or unsuitability.
John T. Hanway Jr returns to Port Arthur after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs J T Hanway and sister Mrs Lawrence Parker in this city during the Christmas holidays.
The widow of Shelly Ross, a colored farmer killed at the I G N and H T C crossing near College Station, is improving after injuries. An inquest noted about 42 dollars found on Ross, with funds held for his wife. Local concerns label the crossing a death trap and urge safety upgrades before further accidents occur.
One Early Mawn on the tongue with a swallow of water at bed time. Seld on guarantee by Roman and Vick Drug Store.
Mr and Mrs T B Graham and daughter Miss Margaret Neal Graham of New Orleans were holiday guests of Major and Mrs L L Melnnis in this city and returned home this afternoon.
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