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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1916
Page
1
A General Electric munitions plant in Schenectady New York was wrecked by fire today. The company fire department extinguished the blaze and withheld information from city and fire authorities. The building, a small shell casing unit, was destroyed.
Austrian planes raided Ravenna and nearby towns in northeastern Italy yesterday. Fifteen people were killed and several injured, including women and children. A hospital and the basilica of St Appollinaire at Ravenna were damaged. The church dates to the 6th century and was consecrated in 549.
By Asscred Press. Washington, Feb. 14. The census bureau estimate for July 1916 lists Texas population at 4,130,000, up 75,000 in the year and 330,000 since 1910.
Carranza officials inform the state department of reports a plot to blow up the battleship Kentucky in Vera Cruz harbor. Consul Canada is alleged to be involved. The aim is to force American intervention.
President Wilson thanks Bryan citizens for their support and a resolution sent from College Station Texas. J P Tumulty notes the president’s gratitude and encouragement. Sheriff Nunn fights influenza while preparing numerous delinquent tax citations this week.
Hon. Ed R. Kane spoke to Bryan High School students this morning on teaching agriculture in public schools. He then attended an address at A and M College this afternoon.
Austin February 15 The condensed monthly statement of savings departments shows total deposits of 3 756 674.20 and total resources 3 781 519.88 at Jan 31 1916. El Paso leads with six banks. Dallas four. several cities two. many one.
Former New Haven Railroad head Mellen testified he had no facts to support charges that Louis Brandeis harmed the New Haven. Samuel W. Winslow of United Shoe Machinery accused Brandeis of improper conduct toward the company and of attacking its acts and methods.
Washington reports the prohibition amendment will be considered in this session of Congress while suffrage measures are delayed. The House judiciary committee postponed the Anthony suffrage amendment until December and a motion to postpone the prohibition amendment failed by a tie vote.
Mrs. Carrie W. Renner died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Adams in Bryan on Saturday at 6:15 PM. Her body was sent to Natchez Mississippi for burial. She was 55, considered in good health until last week, and the cause was acute enlargement of the heart.
A woman states her drive to join polite society with the same intensity a man might fear jail. The remark frames gendered social expectations and the pursuit of respectable status.
Paris reports the loss of the French cruiser Admiral Charner after a submarine attack off the Syrian coast. A raft with one survivor and fourteen bodies was rescued. Meanwhile British and Turkish movements dominate front lines as land and naval battles surge across Mesopotamia and Artois.
In Houston on February 15, Herbert Sampson, a Black man, was hanged for murder as the second of four scheduled Harris County executions. Henry Sampson, also Black, followed for killing Charles Bourgeois, a White storekeeper. The third execution, Henry Tennell, a Black man, is set for tomorrow for assaulting a Black girl with the fourth, Frank B. Mikeska, a White man, planned for March 10 for the murder of his wife at Crosby.
Clorene Vissey and Lena Bryant, both described as colored, applied for a marriage license. The notice records their intention to wed and the official filing details in the local court records.
Aggies defeat Rice 25 to 20 in a fast paced closing game of the season at College Station. First half led 17 to 7 as A and M controlled play, Rice rallied in the second period before A and M regained momentum. Twelve hundred spectators saw N Braumiller Gilfillan and Settegast as top scorers with Kalb and Kingsland contributing.
By Associated Press. Butte Montana Feb 15 At least ten miners were killed when a copper mine fire roared through a shaft late last night. Dozen others are missing as crews battle the blaze. The first victim was found 1,200 feet below the surface. The cause remains unknown.
Carthage Texas February 15 officers raided a remote district fifteen miles from town and arrested land owner William Downs. Twenty five gallons of new whisky were confiscated after Downs claimed he fed wet corn mash to his hogs.
President Wilson formally consents to have his name used as a candidate in Ohio primary. He told the Ohio Democratic executive committee secretary that he would not enter a contest but permits use of his name to reveal Democratic preference.
W W Cotton and wife transfer part of homestead place out of the Millican survey to W M Doran and others for 275 dollars.
Two breaches opened today in the Mississippi River levee near St. Joseph Louisiana, releasing a large flood through the levee and prompting evacuation orders for five parishes. Residents in flood districts plan to present grievances and ration requests to the congressional flood committee touring Lake Village and Arkansas City.
In Waco Texas on February 14 robbers broke into the Moose Lodge safe in the city center and stole about $200 in cash and checks.
President W B Bizzell will leave for Stillwater Oklahoma to visit the Agricultural and Mechanical College. He will then join President Cantwell for a tour of northern eastern and central state colleges visiting Kansas State A and M College Illinois State University Purdue Michigan A and M Wisconsin University State University of Minnesota Ames Iowa and will attend the National Educational Association meeting in Detroit Michigan. Bizzell will be away about two weeks.
The report notes property damage exceeding one million dollars in Saloniki due to Zeppelin raids. Other items describe Italian town Schio bombings with casualties, French recapture near Champagne, and heavy fighting in German East Africa. The British parliament resumed with the king's speech reading.
Notice to members of an assessment of $1.05 on the death of Mrs. Jerry Sutton. Payment to Joe B. Reed secretary in ten days to avoid suspension. reinstatement cost 50¢ with board approval. Present membership 263. Bryan Texas February 9, 1916.
Belvidere Brooks general superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company died suddenly in New York. Mayor Harris of Bryan recalls they were schoolmates at Navasota. Harris mentions coming to Bryan to relieve Joe Brooks, Belvidere’s brother. Brooks was born at Wheelock.
The text notes a man who studied telegraphy and, through close application to duty, was quickly promoted by the company until he became general superintender.
Limited supply of Yellow Dent seed corn raised on Red River from last year’s tested stock. Call to inspect this corn. It pays to plant good seed. Franklin Clarke Notto Building Bryan, Texas.
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