Local visitors and travelers noted in Bryan diary
A long list of residents and guests are recorded in Bryan including A J Edwards Miss Carrie Mae Mrs J W Burroughs and Miss Winnie Burroughs of Millican. Kathleen Sims will visit from the State University and stay until after February 22. Frank Rickey underwent appendicitis surgery and is ill at home. Several out of town visitors from Jola Reliance Wichita and Kurten are noted. Rev H B Jamison is in Austin and Rev J B Gleissner will return to Bryan tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.J. Edwards
Carrie Mae
J. W. Burroughs
Winnie Burroughs
Millican
Kathleen Sims
State University
Ella Blacek
Caldwell
Paul Mikulec
Edge
Bryan
Pagie
Frank Rickey
A. Rickey
Frank Colson
C. B. Minter
Syd- Seth Waters
John Darby
Jola
Alice Outlaw
Irene Outlaw
Reliance
P. Gilpin
Kurten
Gus Bade
W. H. Peyton
Benchley
J. S. Cross
Cross
Wichita
C. G. Walker
Amon Willams
R. L. Blanton
Coleview
W. A. McKinney
Wheelock
J. C. Lloyd
N. F. Outlaw
H. B. Jamison
Austin
J. B. Gleissner
Hearne
Brazos County
J. L. Hensarling
Wellborn
A. B. Wilson
L. C. Harrison
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Harrison
F. I. Garth
M. Mahan
Hempstead
J. L. Brock
Presbyterian Church
Waco
Aymen
M. B. Basters
John White, Jr
Wixon
Bryan Merchants
A. W. Boyder
West 28Th Street
Ernest Elliott
Mexia
J. B. Beers
A. & M. Extension Service
Texas
George R. Branch
Gussie
George, Jr
Teague
A. J. Buchanan
F. E. Lichte
M. F. Dansby
J. W. Marfin
Miller
The
Presbyterian
Beason Named Local County Agent in Brazos County
C L Beason former county agent in Brazos County is appointed county agent in Brazos County and will start work immediately. His experience in boys clubs, terracing and community organization, plus lessons from southwest programs, position him to advance soil conservation and farm progress with farmers and business leaders. He faced competition from other counties but chose to stay, aiming to lead youth and coop efforts for ongoing agricultural development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Beason
Brazos County
Beasor
South
Benson
Milk Price Drops to 15 Cents a Quart in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas February 16 milk price dips three cents per quart citing abundant supply. The report notes hay varieties Alfalfa Bermuda and Prairie as available in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Wort
Fort Worth
Texas
Kentucky Baptist to Speak in Bryan
Dr E Y Mullins of the Baptist Seminary Louisville will speak at First Baptist Church Bryan next Monday night February 21 on the subject Southern Baptists and their relations to the world. He recently returned from Europe where he and Dr J B Gambrell of Dallas were delegates bearing greetings from America and will share impressions of the world wide religious situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
E. Y. Mullins
The
Baptist Seminary
Louisville
First Baptist Church
First Baptists 10 Invite Members to Friday Banquet
The First Baptists church hosts an 8 o clock Friday banquet at the Tabernacle for all members. Tickets cost 50 cents to cover expenses and the Ladies Auxiliary leads the event titled the First Baptist church auto en tour. A large committee coordinates the menu and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptists Church
Tabernacle
First Baptist Church
T. R. Batte
G. B. Butler
I. L. Webb
E. H. Baine
Louis McCullough
N. F. Lockerd
Oliver J. Parks
W. 8. Higgs
E. Kennedy
R. S. Webb
Horace P. Dansby
E. J. Fountain
H. C. Boatwright
J. B. Sanders
J. B. Alford
D. D. Jolly
W. C. Fountain
Webb Howell
Roy Panforth
P. S. Park
T. G. Gunter
Edgar Jones
Egbert Jones
Hendrix Conway
M. P. Walker
R. B. Grant
A. L. Ward
J. F. Lavender
W. S. Howell
Sam M. Hunter
J. Sidney Smith
Howard Cavitt
John A. Held
W. Wimberly
Senate Committee Takes Up House Appropriations
Austin February 16 The senate finance committee began consideration of the house emergency and deficiency appropriation bills both having passed the house The emergency bill seeks 1 071 012 while the deficiency bill totals 68 200 The committee previously voted against the general appropriations bill but aims to speed action on the two measures
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
HOUSE
Austin
Texas
Senate Finance Committee
Farmers Seek Law to Force Banks From Federal Reserve
Austin activists urge state action to require bank letters from Fed member banks, restrict credit, and withdraw from the reserve system. They push new laws on warehouses, marketing, inheritance and income taxes, rural schools funding, and better higher education. The memorial blames the Fed for restricting loans and boosting economic panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas News
Austin
Tex
Federal Reserve Banks
Farmers’ Collective Bargaining Association
State Commissioner of Banking
Federal Reserve System
Commission Houses
House of Representatives
Farmers’ Committee
N. A. Shaw
D. C. Dove
Fred W. Davis
Texas State Bank
Memorial
Federal Reserve Bank Board
Health Talk Thursday at Red Cross Center
The Red Cross Health Center hosts its weekly health talk this Thursday at 3 pm. Mothers of small children are invited to attend and participate in a measuring and weighing contest conducted by Elma Taylor Jones from A. M. College, comparing current weights with records from November. The center has over a hundred children enrolled and aims to reach every child needing care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Health Center
Elma Taylor Jones
A. & M. College
Red Cross
Reapportionment Plan Creates Nineteen Texas Seats
Autin Feb 16 The sub committee on congressional districts submitted a bill to the Legislature proposing nineteen congressmen for Texas on a 250000 population basis. The Eighth District would include Leon Madison Robertson Freestone Limestone Brazos Milam Grimes Walker Montgomery, and that district would have no congressman under current plans. The Davis-Rountree bill would make Grimes Brazos and Montgomery a two member district. The Hill bill contemplates Robertson Brazos Grimes Montgomery Walker and Madison as senatorial districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autin
Texas
Jones
West
Rountree
Leon
Madison
Robertson
Freestone
Limestone
Brazos
Milam
Grimes
Walker
Montgomery
Sheriff Morehead Arrests Man Wanted for Robbery
Floyd Pass was arrested by Sheriff L. E. Morehead in connection with box car theft at Waxahachie. Pass admitted stealing about a dozen boxes of Prince Albert tobacco and other goods. He was taken to Waxahachie to face robbery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Pass
L. E. Morehead
Waxahachie
Morehead
Chicken Feed Specials From C G Walker
Farm supply brief notes chicken feed of all kinds offered by C G Walker with contact phone 26 for orders and inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Walker
Postponement of Brazos County Singing Convention Plan
The committee appointed by J C Cloud, Brazos county singing convention president, reports that current cotton and farm prices have worsened finances. It recommends delaying permanent convention housing and suggests inviting community churches to host the next May session while reevaluating the plan when finances improve. Signatures: Mrs Albert Buchanan chair, I M Cook, H P Dansby, J D Martin, E U Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Cloud
Brazos County
Singing Convention
Reliance Church
Red Cross
Albert Buchanan
I. M. Cook
H. P. Dansby
J. D. Martin
E. U. Peters
Roman & Vick Drug Store Sells Blue Star Eczema Remedy
Roman and Vick Drug Store sells Blue Star Eczema Remedy marketed for trench itch Wezema ring worm tetter and cracked hands with a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roman & Vick Drug Store
Beason Urges Reducing Cotton Planting in Brazos County
Brazos County agent Beason urges farmers to diversify crops amid USDA data showing large world cotton surpluses in 1920-21. He warns of low prices and advises planting higher quality, lower cost cotton and using a single improved variety per community. He cites poultry as example of value from quality breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Fach
Honine
Keenine
Library notes on book returns and Catholic Encyclopedia gift
Bryan librarian reports a gift of The Catholic Encyclopedia from The Encyclopedia Press of St. Louis thanks a Texas customer. The memo emphasizes timely returns, fines, lost volume liability, quiet reading rooms, registration growth, and recent acquisitions including Who's Who in America 1920 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Encyclopedia Press
St. Louis
Texas
America
Probe of Prison System Is Started
A joint legislative committee began an active investigation into charges of cruelty and mistreatment of prisoners in the Texas penitentiary and prison farms. The inquiry opens in Huntsville on February 16 with Associated Press reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Texas
Texas Penitentiary
Brown Spider Learns a Lesson in Spider Town
A conceited brown spider spins dangerous webs and brags of escape until Puss drags him from a web. He survives a prank but is finally frightened and climbs to a safer perch, vowing secrecy from the other spiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spider Town
Puss
Brown Spider
Bryan Negro Invents Improved Machine Gun
Clarence Gregg, a Bryan negro now in Kansas City, patents a new machine gun carrying 1400 cartridges. It can be fired remotely or by hand or foot, with adjustable firing capacity. Gregg worked on it during the war and will present a working model to Washington experts for evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Gregg
Kansas City
Gregg
Kansas City Post
Washington
Brazos Bottom
Pittsbridge
Leah Gregg
Old Place
Dramatic Club Scores Hit With Second Offering
James Montgomerys refreshing the comedy Nothing but the Truth was presented last night at Guion hall by the A and M Dramatic Club as its second production of the season. The cast included P N Winther as Bob and supporting players M T Harrington J H Wheelock H E Wilson and Dick Connelly. The production aimed to fund a Texas tour to showcase A M artistic excellence beyond athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Montgomery
Guionhall
A & M. Dramatic Club
Texas
P. N. Winther
Bob
Sweetheart
M. T. Harrington
J. H. Wheelock
H. E. Wilson
Dick Connelly
Elizabeth Wilson
P. H. Bimmerman
A. P. Lancaster
L. H. Friedlander
C. R. Clark
Jack Finney
P. C. Franke
H. G. Bimmerman
Otto Lott
Ward Browning
R. D. Brackett
Marion Foote Thanks Patrons for Flower Business
Marion Foote thanks friends for consideration and patronage in the past season and asks for continued support in 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Foote
Maize In Head And Ear On Track
Maize shows head and ear development with corn on track noted. Phone contact listed as 26 for C. G. Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G
Walker
Gasxed War Vets Face Fatal TB From Neglect in Southwest
Former World War soldiers gassed in action have seen a rise in tuberculosis due to neglecting government health care after the war. A Red Cross report from St Louis covers Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas, noting December 1920 cases at 10 500 versus 7700 in June, driven by labor market wages and scarce postwar jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
St. Louis
Southwest
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Hore Service Department
Pta Thanks City Commission For School Yard Planting
The Bryan Parent-Teachers Association publicly thanks the city commission for cooperation in planting shrubs and trees on Bryan school yards. Four men and two teams worked under John Daly Jr for a full day, showcasing civic improvement. Yard-men contributors from member households also aided the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Parent-Teachers Association
City Commission
Bryan
John Daly, Jr
Chisholms Honored by Greenville Church and College
Members of First Baptist Greenville and Burleson College students hosted a reception Monday night for Mr. and Mrs. W A Chisholm. Chisholm, appointed financial secretary and promoter, is active in Greenville. He will attend a Houston B Y P U training school for eleven churches late February and plans a Bryan stop en route. Gibbs and Hare continue drastic clearance sale prices through February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Greenville
Burleson College
W. A. Chisholm
W. A Chisholm
Houston
Bryan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bermuda
Kentucky
First Baptists
Farmers’ Association
Reserve Board
Beason
Library Notes
Associated Press
Daily
Weekly
Eagle
Bryan Negro
Parent-Teachers Association
W .A. Chisholm
Gibbs
Hare
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