Bryan Civic League detailed financial statement 1915 16
Bryan Civic League reports receipts from January 1915 to January 1916 totaling 1101.52 with disbursements of 1087.33 leaving a 14.19 balance. Dues and donations listed include Young Ladies Reading Club and Pythian Sisters. park works, lighting, and landscape tasks cited. annual appeals urged and future park costs estimated at 214. The report credits local clubs, merchants, and individuals for contributions and efforts toward the City Beautiful project in Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic League of
Bryan
A. M. Waltrop
Civic League
Walp
Reading Club
Frank Moore
Sam Parker
J. S. Doane
Park
Bally
W. S. Wilson
Willie Rogers
Sims
Ousley
Emory
Beneft
Pythian Sisters
Julie Wipprecht
Civic League Park
E. H. Astin
M. W. Sims
G. S. Parker
Mr. Harris
Parker-Astin
Awbor
Yabor
Commercial Club
Eagle Printing
R. J. Kirtley
G. N. Railway Company
City National Bank
Weague
Eagles
Tlemen
Sunset Central Lines
Gardner
Adams
Sam Fountain
A. and M. College
Railroad
Young Ladies’ Reading Club
League
Messrs. H. T. Lawler & Son
Soldiers Returned From Mexico After Rio Grande Swim
Privates Wm. C. Wheeler and Viggo Pederson were captured by Mexicans during a Rio Grande swim and returned to Brownsville under Carranza authorities. They wore Mexican clothes after being decoyed by a mescal offer. Four soldiers drowned with bodies not yet recovered. A court martial will decide the fate of three lieutenants who led fourteen privates into Mexico. Wheeler and Pederson were delivered to the American Consul Johnson after a night in jail and transfer at Matamoros.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Tex
Wm. C. Wheeler
Viggo Pederson
Rio Grande
Mexico
Carranza
Wheeler
Pederson
Rio Bravo
Matamoros
Johnson
Bodies of Cowboys Reported Found Unconfirmed Near Guerero
A report from Western Chihuahua said to confirm the finding of American cowboys Benjamin Snell and Frank Woods near West Cusihuachiac, but confirmation was lacking. They were last heard a week earlier while aiding Dr. David Kramer who hid from bandits. Roy and John Kramer were with them. George C. Carothers, a state department representative, arrived from Los Angeles and planned to return.
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Benj. Snell
Frank Woods
Guerero
el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Benjamin Snell
Cusihuiachic
David Kramer
Roy
John Kramer
Dr. Kramer
George C. Carothers
State Department
Los Angles
Culberson Seeks Re election for United States Senate
Washington Jan 27 C A Culberson announces he will seek re election to the United States senate in the Texas primary He notes his past support for President Wilson and says his campaign will rely on friends and Democrats rather than a statewide blitz The announcement ends speculation on Culbersons Fate and suggests Burleson and Bailey will not run in 1916
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Washington
C. A. Culberson
United States Senate
Democrats of
Texas
Wison
Candor
Cc. A. Culberson
Culberson
Burleson
Bailey
Rockefeller doctors start typhus vaccine mission
In Laredo Texas on January 27 three New York physicians from Mount Sinai Hospital left for Aguas Calientes carrying one hundred tubes of typhus vaccine. Drs Carlos Husk Peter Kolitsky and Geo Baegr will conduct experiments to fight typhus among Mexicans.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Rockefeller Foundation of
New York
Mexico
Aguas Calientes
Carlos Husk
Peter Kolitsky
Geo. Baegr
Mount Sinai Hospital
No Ultimatum Given Germany
Secretary Lansing denied reports that the United States gave Germany until February 5 to disavow the sinking of the Lusitania. The item references news dispatches and includes stray literary and biblical snippets from unrelated sources.
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Lansing
Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Texas Farmers Cut Texas Feed Sales Shine in Diversification Push
Campaign for crop diversification shown by light feedstuff sales in Texas. James Sullivan of the feed control service reports few tags shipped to outside mills this season, while Texas mills see a rise in home feeding. He notes widespread issues with cotton seed meal quality and stricter labeling.
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Texas
James Sullivan
Feed Control Service
Agricultural Experiment Station
A. and M. College
Feed Tag Standards Assessed by Texas Feed Control
The feed control service enforces a tagging and composition standard through periodic inspections of products from Texas mills. The goal is to ensure buyers receive exactly what they pay for as reflected in the feed tags and tested content.
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Texas
President Wilson speaks on preparedness in Pittsburg
President Wilson visited Pittsburg to address preparedness with an overflow crowd. He urged dispassionate national defense, stating I love peace but I know that peace costs something. He was guarded by 500 police as he traveled from hotel to hall amid applause.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Wilson
Union Station
Okla Oil Town Fire Claims Two In Drumright Blaze
Two men died in a January 29 fire that swept the business district of Drumright Oklahoma destroying goods valued at about 100000. Two bodies were recovered and not identified as authorities feared more victims may remain.
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Okla
Associated Press
Drumright
Floods Cause Enormous Damage Across Arkansas
Associated Press reports the Mississippi River is ten feet above flood stage in Little Rock with levels rising to a peak by February 10. Arkansas River crests will be held back, as experts predict, amid extensive flood damage statewide.
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Mississippi
Arkansas River
Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Sunset Limited Derails Near Luling Houston Area
Engineer J. W. Gregory was killed while a baggageman and a porter were injured when the Sunset Limited eastbound to Houston derailed between Luling and Ivy Texas on January 29.
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Luling
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
J. W. Gregory
Porter
Ivy
Bomb hits Halifax military school during lecture
A bomb exploded during a lecture at a Halifax military school injuring eight people, two seriously. George Crawford, colored, was arrested on horse theft charges, held on $500 bond, and released with examining trial set for next Monday. A stray human-nature observation follows.
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Associated Press
Halifax
George Crawford
T. C. Nunn
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Bryan Civic League
C. A. Culberoon
Democrats
Rockefeller Foundation
George
Mary
Indianapolis Star
Jesus Christ
John
Arkansas
MR. Farver
Oliver
J. I. Case
Legion
Brazos County
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