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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1921
Page
2
The item records publication details for the Weekly Eagle in Brazos County with pricing and schedule. It notes editorial pressure to push for homes and improvements, opposing excessive blue sky schemes, and warns Austin residents to safeguard valuables during Pat Neff’s inauguration as governor.
The Houston Post argues San Antonio leads Houston in poll tax payments due to higher voter turnout while noting Houston has more people, flowers, money, and hope. Both cities face high unemployment and call for national renewal.
The Waco News Tribune urges national effort to reduce unemployment by redirecting millions from immaterial tasks to productive work. It laments high prices and inefficiency driven by nonproductive labor and calls for reform as duties and better actions are understood.
A Dallas jail reception in its parlors showcased costumes and flowers rivaling New York drawing rooms. Seven teen women inmates, held on charges including highway robbery and bootlegging, sparked heavy demand for rooms as nonworking visitors flood in nightly. The jailbird in Dallas reportedly longs to return home.
The Examiner-Review predicts notable road upgrades in the south end of the county within a month. It notes the King’s Trail, which earns half the automobile tax, has deteriorated in places and urges the county to spend available funds for full maintenance. Commissioner Barry backs full, well maintained roads.
The Waco News-Tribune mocks a Texas man seeking 25000 for a broken heart in a breakup suit. It satirically catalogs costs from gum to ice cream and jitney fares, suggesting a modest 250 base plus 10 percent punitive damages would suffice.
The Houston Chronicle argues Texas should revise or adopt a new constitution after nearly 50 years, noting changed conditions since the original was written, with railroads, big business, urban growth, and reform ideas altering the state's legal framework.
The Chronicle argues that frequent amendments show a need for a new constitution rather than patching the old one. It notes voters resist detailed changes but favor reform, urging the legislature to convene a constitutional convention to draft a practical, non experimental redraft aligned with past decades.
Houston Chronicle reports from Austin dated February 1 that many Texas house members doubt the public’s ability to govern themselves while debating H. C. No. 12 to call a constitutional convention. A close vote left the measure on the calendar amid talks of broad amendments and the risk of corporations influencing delegate choice.
In Tabor Texas on February 1 Prof J L Cobb is sick and hopes to resume teaching soon. Bryan residents visit Sample and Harris households. Miss Onah Shaw resigns. Miss Risinger fills vacancy. The Cottonwood Young People’s Union meets Sundays at 7 30. Ella and Hettie Francis host a party for domestic science girls and their guests. Domestic science officers prepare Friday meeting. a supper and entertainments plan for February 12 to raise funds for lights.
The Pastors Association backs President Wilson in urging churches nationwide to collect for famine victims in China. On February 6 Bryan residents may donate at the Eagle, contributing to relief for fifteen million people facing immediate starvation and widespread suffering.
Prof D Scoates head of Agricultural Engineering at A M College of Texas will speak at the Sixth National Tractor Show and Educational Exposition in Columbus Ohio February 7 12. He then travels to Manhattan Kansas the same week to address Farm and Home Week at Kansas State Agricultural College on agricultural engineering before engineers and farmers.
Washington reports General Wood refused the offer of Governor General of the Philippines from President-Elect Harding. Close associates say Wood’s Cuba success made him a strong candidate, but friends cite distance as the reason for nonacceptance.
Chicago dispatch notes that rural homes stores and post offices now sit about one eighth as far from Chicago as 20 to 25 years ago. Travel time drops from four hours to about 30 minutes aided by autos and paved roads. Commentary argues for a rural state police to curb growing city-anchored crime.
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce directors ratified standing committee appointments and admitted seven new members. The meeting noted a $50 donation to the Woman's Club to improve the courthouse lawn and endorsed the High School Annual while rejecting two shady solicitations.
N Lewis of Tyler died at a sanitarium from a fractured skull and pelvic injuries after being struck from behind on the Orphans' Home road near Dallas Sunday evening. He told A A Love that he was en route from Tyler when his car ran out of gas and he sought fuel. The striking car fled the scene. burial was arranged by Loudermilk Undertaking Company.
East Nashville Tenn. grocer W. N. Parsons touts Thedford's Black-Draught as the best liver medicine for sour stomach indigestion and torpid liver. He says he uses it, recommends it to all, and won't be without it, noting its proven liver regulation and bowel cleansing effects.
City and Brazos County tax collectors report poll tax receipts below last year’s levels as the midnight deadline nears. County tally shows 2187 paid with 23 exemptions vs 2336 last year, while city payments total 586 down from 617. Property taxes in the city run above average, and the relief bill’s delayed effect may blunt benefits.
Special to the Eagle reports a fund drive to build an A. and M. Masonic Club House near the campus at College Station. G. L. Smart, worshipful master of Brazos Union Lodge, leads the effort as about 300 Master Masons on campus back the project. Funds will be solicited from Masons statewide to finance the club house for fellowship and wholesome instruction.
Mrs. M A Benbow died at her daughter’s home in the city after a long illness. Funeral services were held at her late residence with Rev. H C Willis officiating. Interment followed in Alexander cemetery. Active pallbearers included E W Crenshaw J L Edge Eri J Jenkins John M Lawrence W D Lawrence and J D Martin.
Pressing famine in North China affects 15 million starving and 45 million in want as deaths rise daily. American churches, led by the Pastors Association, endorse a special collection next Sunday to aid the starving with donations via the Eagle office routed to American headquarters. Rub-My-Tism advertised as a remedy.
The Ninth Texas Older Boys Conference closes in College Station Texas with Earl Selama Palestine as president Lawrence Moore Houston as vice president and John Brazelton Corsicana as secretary treasurer A brief morning session approved reports from the resolutions and findings committees and praised Bible study in Hi Y activities and leadership in Scout programs Delegates toured college farms and plants before departing on late trains.
Lois Pipkin daughter of Rev J J Pipkin will speak at Baylor College Belton on Charter Day as alumni president. She led college plans and student life, returning for events since graduation two years ago. She travels to Belton to visit sister Lida Belle Pipkin and attend campus activities. Bryan cheers her leadership among Texas Christian women.
Paris reports a firm head was sentenced to one month in prison and fined 1 000 francs for overcharging 127 francs to repair an old stove. A court posting will mark the guilty firm’s door for seven days after a 27 franc appraisal by an expert.
The Brazos County Junior Red Cross received a general letter of thanks from soldiers in Mission Texas and other army hospitals for Christmas gifts donations to magazines and cheerful letters from Bryan East Side school children. The note commends the numerous Red Cross chapters schools and individuals for making soldiers holiday season bright with turkeys pies puddings cards and heartfelt gifts.
Bryan residents speculate a bank robbery plot, interviewing staff at City National Bank and First National Bank. The report sketches guards, armed bank personnel, and local figures like Fred Cavitt Travis Bryan Major L L McInnis and Robert Armstrong Jr noting they remain vigilant while joking about threats and defenses.
Friends mourn the death of Mrs J W Solomon mother of Dr E W Solomon former pastor of Fit Methodist Church in town. She died in Montgomery Alabama at the family home in her ninetyth year and was active in Christian work. Grandmother of W W Solomon, mourners extend sympathy to his family. A few doses to break a cold. Read the Eagle advertisements.
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