Harvey Happenings in February Community Brief
In Harvey a dry spell boosts farming with plowing and fence repairs. A Free Baptist quarterly meeting had low attendance but preaching and a Sunny school improvement talk occurred. Next conference set for May at Kurten. Mrs Coon Williams and son Amon Williams suffer illness. both in Dallas and Bryan hospitals. A football game at Harvey school, Steep Hollow 14, Harvey 82. Correspondent notes the rapid news flow and missing a faithful Sunday pupil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
The
Free Baptist Church
Clarence Wheeler
Kurten
Coon Williams
Dallas
Amon Williams
Bryan
Steep Hollow
No Worms in a Healthy Child ad copy
An advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic cures worm infections in children by improving blood quality digestion and overall strength. It promises health restoration after two to three weeks of regular use with pleasant taste and 60 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Miss Gladys Smith Weds Sam Byers In Quiet Union
Sunday inquiry revealed the wedding two weeks ago of Miss Gladys Smith to Sam Byers, a stranger to the community, with wishes for happiness. George Davidson and Frank Houston visited Davidson's home over the weekend while Lily Davidson and Bettie Myrril Staggs spent the weekend with her parents. A party at Dr. J. C. Davidson's home Saturday night capped the weekend gatherings and Mrs. Luther Pate of San Francisco visits her parents before returning home tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Smith
Sam Byers
George Davidson
Frank Houston
Lily Davidson
Bettie Myrril Staggs
J. C. Davidson
Luther Pate
San Francisco
Calif
John Pate
Boyer Knob Prairie News Highlights Mr Benson Visit
In Brazos county on a February morning farmers plowed as bright lights appeared from homes. Mr Benson, former county demonstration agent, spoke on life goals to students, inspiring ambitions beyond small trades. Thrift club in school shows interest and aims to save.
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Knob Prairie
Old Sol
Benson
Brazos County
Mike
Mr. Benson
Will Gandy Family Returns to Tabor Farm
Feb 9 report notes Mr and Mrs Will Gandy moving back to the farm in Tabor. Miss Vesta Pate, a high school teacher, spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs J T Pate of Harvey. Welfare Club to meet at the ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor
Will Gandy
Bryan
Vesta Pate
J. T. Pate
Harvey
Welfare Club
Community notes on church, school, and moving families
Friday night school house services urged attendance with Rev Pipkin preaching at Cottonwood on Sunday. Sunday school each Sunday morning. Mrs Searcy from Bryan started two nursing classes and will teach Mon and Thu afternoons. High school girls host classes at 2 pm, then women meet at Tabor at 3 pm. Visitors welcome for lessons and sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pipkin
Cottonwood
J. L. Broach
Douglas
Laura
Dorothy
Bryan
Broach
Gladys
Storey
Searcy of
Prospect Pointers notes local life and illness
Plowing brings sunshine to Prospect as the community notes health concerns with Prof. Bailey Risinger ill and Miss Bessie Risinger covering classes. Social visits occur at the Whited home and with families such as Bond, Bullock, Beale, and Sanders. A preaching event is announced for Saturday night by Rev. Sample.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect
Bailey Risinger
Bessie
Barley
Gus Whited
Tolbert Bullock
West Texas
Sadie Bond
Ben Bond
Tommie Wilson
Barley Risinger
Beale
Henry Beale
Whited
Robert English
Misses Beal
Bullock
Sanders
Ebbie Sanders
Bryan
Gus Free
A. and M. College
Frank Richie
Bessie Huddleston
John Barnett
Steep Hollow
Sample
Recruiting Station Opens in Bryan
Sergeant Frank McGahey and Private Mason opened a recruiting station in Bryan in the post office lobby. Enlistments for all branches will be accepted from ages 18 to 55. Recruits may be sent to six different countries and can pursue trades or vocational training to prepare for civil life after service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Frank McGahey
Mason
Houston
Personal mentions from Bryan city and surrounding areas
A parade of residents visits Bryan with numerous names from Kurten Hearne Coleview Steep Hollow Wellborn and other nearby communities. Entries note business calls shopping visits and travels plus a Red Cross grant to malaria prevention and a navy brother in New York recovering from a broken limb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Buchanan
Kurten
Bryan
Elmer Bullock
Hearne
L. S. Williams
Coleview
J. G. W. Allen
Steep Hollow
American Red Cross
Southwestern Division
St. Louis
Lynn Sample
Cottonwood
Marshal Jones
Reliance
J. P. Royder
Wellborn
W. E
J. A. Grady
R. L. Jones
George Foster
Bottoms
J. E. Cameron
Gladys Cameron
Ed McWhorter
Benchley
C. A. Harris
Cleveland
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Blood Purity
The ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a blood purifier and iron tonic that boosts energy and appetite. It claims a pleasant taste, non patent medicine status, and a long history of use, with a price of 60 cents per bottle.
Notable Visitors Signal Busy Day in City
A series of residents and visitors from Kurten Harvey Cross Steep Hollow Millican Reliance and other nearby communities were seen in the city today. Among them Dr C A Searcy J A Beard Miss Lilac Jones and Prof J E Smith plus several others listed as callers and visitors at local offices and meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
Emmett
Alec Moody
Piedmont
Grimes County
T. A. Hensarling
Steep Hollow
J. W. Thompson
J. W. Beard
Edge
Prof
W. N. Coleman
Wellborn
E. A. Peters
Harvey
T. B. Smith
Reliance
Ant
Eagle
C. A. Searcy
J. A. Beard
Brazos Bottom
Henry Benbow
Harris School
C. G. Loftin
Enoch Holland
Rock Prairie
J. B. Dunn
Wilkes Dunn
Wheelock
J. E. Smith
John Sabo
Kurten
H. Buckhauls
Miss
W. S. Smith
Ben Harrington
Millican
Smith
Eagle Office
Texas Wheat Exports From Galveston Port Rise
Galveston exports show January wheat total 881063 bushels. Cumulative July 1 1919 to January 31 1920 reach 18828918 bushels, well above the prior year period which reported 4920024 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
H. A. Wickstrom
Galveston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade
Rub My Tism Antiseptic Heralded For Infected Wounds
A description proclaims Rub My Tism as a powerful antiseptic that kills poison from infected cuts and cures old sores and tetter.
District Court in Session with No Jury Cases This Week
District court opened at nine this morning and after paneling the petit jury the panel was discharged. No jury cases were set for the week. Several civil orders were issued and the grand jury begins examining the county's criminal affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Long Staple Cotton Proved Feasible in West Texas
Ballinger Texas February 7 Thomas C Hall of Temple owner of a farm near Ballinger sold sixty one bales of cotton for 44 cents with a 3 cent premium for the long staple The fiber measured one and one eighth inches The sale refutes the claim that long staple cannot be grown in West Texas Farmers had been slow to plant it here citing doubts about yield and suitability
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballinger
Thomas C. Hall
Temple
West
Texas
Notice to Debtors and Creditors Winnie Jones Estate
Administrator H. O. Boatwright of Winnie Jones estate requests all debtors to settle and all creditors to present claims at the First National Bank of Bryan Texas. Court in Brazos County Texas appointed on January 21 1920. January 22 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Jones
Brazos County
Texas
J. T. Maloney
Said County
First National Bank of
Bryan
A. D
Pape's Cold Compound Claims Quick Relief for Colds
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast relief for nasty colds. The dose schedule promises major symptoms relief after the first dose, including stopped nostril congestion, headache relief, and reduced fever. It emphasizes low cost and no quinine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Grippe
Denver Mint Robbery Suspect Nabbed With Gold Bars
Orville Harrington a 61 year old Denver mint skilled worker was arrested by secret service operatives charged with stealing thirty five thousand dollars in gold bars. He confessed and led officers to his home where bars were found buried in the yard and hidden in multiple places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Orville Harrington
Denver Mint
Secret Service
Harrington
Conservation of Game Should Be Charge of A. and M
Col W G Sterett head of the state fish game and oyster department favors reorganizing duties between the University of Texas and the A and M college. He proposes Rangers enforce laws while the university handles fish and oyster resources and the college oversees bird and game life. He cites artificial propagation of game birds and raises pheasants on prison farms, noting a potential value of a million pheasants worth about five million dollars to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish, Game and Oyster
W. G. Sterett
University of Texas
A. and M. College
Colonel Sterett
Texas Rangers
Texas
Sterett
Dallas News
Marshal Foch Included in Rank of the Immortals
Paris February 5 Marshal Ferdinand Foch leader of the allied armies in the final victorious stages of the world war today joins the ranks of the immortals. He was received by the French Academy in the presence of a large and brilliant assemblage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ferdinand Foch
French Academy
Appeal to Women to Refrain From Tobacco Use
The board of temperance prohibition and morals of the Methodist Episcopal church calls 1919 tobacco use by women appalling. It appeals to women to refrain from tobacco in the name of the country’s welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Morals
Methodist-Episcopal Church
Supreme Court to pass on farm loan act validity
Washington news states the Federal Loan banks have suspended further loans until the Farm Loan Act's constitutionality is decided by the U S Supreme Court. Commissioner Norris says the order blocks new applications but does not affect already received ones. Haswell's Book Store advertises seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Farm Loan
Norris
Flour Prices Fall Sharply in Minneapolis Today
Minneapolis reports a fifty cent drop per barrel in flour prices today due to foreign exchange collapse and wheat market slump. The brief item notes the price change as the main action and cites market factors as the cause.
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Minneapolis
Grave diggers reach France to exhume soldiers
A 40 man army grave digging unit arrived in Brest to await transport of 17 000 coffins for exhuming American soldiers buried behind the lines. Families have requested their return. Work is expected to begin in about 10 days to two weeks. Each coffin will be draped with an American flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Brest
666 Proven to Cure Melania Chills and Fever
A claim states 666 has proven it will cure Melania chills and fever, bilious fever, colds and la grippe. The statement presents a medical remedy but lacks verifiable evidence or credible sourcing.
Diamond Dye Restores Faded Fabrics to New Look
Women can dye worn apparel including wool cotton linen and blends using Diamond Dye to achieve like new results. Instructions promise bright fast color and even coverage on garments from coats to dresses.
Strike Called for 300000 Maintenance of Way Workers
A three hundred thousand maintenance of way men were ordered to strike on Tuesday February 17. The call was issued today by the general chairman of the railway organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mexican society figure testifies on husband’s alleged murder
Mrs James Carney formerly of Mexico City told a senate sub committee in El Paso that her husband disappeared while fleeing Durango during Mexican turmoil. She said he and companions were said to have been killed by bandits or soldiers as Americans fled Vera Cruz. Witnesses Christopher Clegerson and E W Nevill testified on related killings and raids in Juarez and Big Bend during 1917 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
James Carney
Mexico City
Senate
Mexico
Carney
Durango
Mazatalan
Big Bend District
District Court Opens With Judge Davis Presiding
The February term of the district court opened this morning with Judge W. C. Davis on the bench. Officers present included district clerk J. W. Barron county attorney J. G. Minkert and sheriff L. E. Morehead. The grand jury was empaneled and sworn with A. M. Waldrop as foreman and eleven others named. Bailiffs were sworn in and door bailiff W. P. Trant served. Little business occurred beyond civil docket calls and case settings. The petit jury for the week will be empaneled tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
W. C. Davis
J. W. Barron
J. G. Minkert
L. E. Morehead
A. M. Waldrop
Lyn Sample
J. S. Mooring
J. C. Lloyd
T. K. Lawrence
Aubrey Tobias
J. D
Heavy steel piers arrive for Pitts Bridge repair
The heavy steel supplemental piers for Pitts bridge repairs have arrived and are being moved to the bridge under County Engineer Boyett. Army trucks leased by the county haul the material. remaining piers are expected soon. The Brazos river bridge has been closed since last fall, causing trade losses to Bryan, and repairs will bring rejoicing when open again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitts Bridge
Boyett
Pittsbridge
Brazos River
Bryan
Three Daughters Die of Flu in Texan Family Tragedy
Three daughters of Mrs. D. L. Phillips Marie 20 Lowella 19 and Emma 14 died yesterday in Colorado Texas from influenza All three were buried in the same grave today Three more children in the same family are ill with pneumonia due to influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Tex
D. L. Phillips
Marie
Lowella
Emma
Austria records show deaths exceed births in past year
Vienna reports that fifty thousand people died while births totaled eighteen thousand in the past year marking a stark population decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Lax-Fos With Pepsin Ad Promotes Gentle Relief
An old medical ad markets Lax-Fos With Pepsin as a laxative for relief from constipation. It claims prompt relief with regular use for steady action and regulation. The bottle is offered at 60 cents.
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Swift’s Red Steel
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Iswifts
Sath Gee
Swift & Company
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N.C
New Orleans
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M. J. Tremont
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Herman Kindt
A. W. Royder
A. P. Scarborough
Jasper
J. W. Jennings
W. A. McKinney
Geo. W. Saxon
George Walker
Walker
Morgan Cross
John Tauber
College Station
A. W. Dyess
John T. Dyess
Buster Mathis
Jack Conway
J. S. Byars
Independence
I. M. Bond
John McCallum
Albert
Buck) McCallum
New York
John M. Moore
J. A. D. Robinson
Wixon
W. D. Stallings
J. B. Walker
Alexander
John D. Battle
George F. Lee
W. S. Mill
R. H. Carroll
A. B. McSwain
Joe Sample
C. A. Robinson
Minter Springs
A. T. Towler
A. J. Stallings
John Henry
Alec McCallum
W. D. Yardley
Lilac Jones
S. C. Jones
Henry Kurten
Jim
Henry Sheppard
Manley Keith
Ernest Weise
J. R. Eden
Miss Pearl
J. S. Williams
Cross
W. H. Burt
Leonard McDonald
Macy
Texas Wheat Exports
H. O. Boatwright
Wat
Marshal Foch
Haswell’s
Davis
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
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