France Considers Hundred Million Dollar Loan Plan
Paris February 19 Finance Minister Clementel proposed floating a hundred million dollar loan in the United States to improve French finances and 35 million dollars for devastated regions once the budget is balanced and voted. The move aims to address France’s troubled economy as debated in the Chamber of Deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clementel
Chamber of Deputies
United States
France
Associated Press
Paris
February county health meeting notes and nurse report
The Bra[z]os Health nurse presented January activities at the county nurse’s office. The group discussed hiring a negro nurse with community funding and State matching dollars, noting benefit from clinics and home health work. The January report lists 25 new cases, 61 active, 13 areas visited, 204 school children inspected, and 145 with vision issues among other metrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
A. H. Leidigh
College
J. T. Hanway
E. P. Humbert
Mesdames Mills
State Health Department
Cotton contest prizes increased to 3900 dollars across groups
The Semi-Weekly Farm News reports total prizes reach 3900 dollars with 1400 from the Dallas Cotton Exchange 1000 from the Texas Cotton Association and 1500 from the Dallas News. The distribution allows many to win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm News
Dallas Cotton Exchange
Texas Cotton Association
Dallas News
Mrs Monski Returns From Sister's Fort Worth Wedding
Mrs W F Monski and her daughter Louise return to Fort Worth after attending the wedding of her sister Mary Brazcyk to J Ernest Nitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Monski
Louise
Fort Worth
Mary Brazcyk
J. Ernest Nitch
Notable Top Performers In Eighth Texas Egg Contest
V J Boriskie of Bryan county among top notchers as heavy breeds dominate the January results at College Station. Miller of Brenham leads with 116 eggs for five White Wyandottes. Wiederaenders and Urban also post strong averages. records rising across Leghorns, Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, and Dominiques with many pens exceeding prior marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
F. Miller
Brenham
Plymouth
C. E. Wideraenders
Buff Orpingtons
Clifton
Miller’s
Wyandottes
W. J. Boriskie
Bryan
C. H. Urban
Hempstead
J. J. MacDonald
Temple
Wiederaenders
Constable Wheeless Resigns to Build Suburban Grocery
Bryan officer Constable H. T. Wheeless submitted his resignation Monday, effective yesterday. He is constructing a small building on 25th street near his home to house a modest grocery stock and plans to open a suburban store in due course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Wheeless
City of
Bryan
Ernest Nitch and Mary Braczyk wed in Bryan chapel
Ernest Nitch and Mary Braczyk of Bryan were married Wednesday at 9 30 a m in St Josephs chapel with Rev J B Gleissner officiating. The ceremony featured Battmanns mass sung by the parochial school and a wedding march played by Miss G Schultz. After a brief trip to Galveston Houston and Fort Worth the couple will reside in Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Nitch
Mary Braczyk
Bryan
J. B. Gleissner
St. Joseph’s Chapel
Gussiv Schultz
Joe Holik
College
Battmann
Galveston
Houston
Fort Worth
Grace Bowman
Stanley Braczyk
Frank Braczyk
East Side
Grand Jury Indicts 28 Felonies in Brazos County Report
The Brazos County grand jury, led by foreman W. J. Coulter, reports after three days of sessions that about 35 cases were examined, yielding 28 felony indictments and 2 misdemeanors. They urge audited county books since 1918, call for local auditors, and recommend urgent jail plumbing and front door repairs.
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Grand Jury
W. J. Coulter
W. C. Davis
District Court of
Brazos County
Texas
Boiler Explosion Injures Night Engineer at Amarillo Mill
Joe Dozier, night engineer at the Great West Mill in Amarillo, was badly burned when a boiler exploded Tuesday night. The blast sent fire, steam and hot water over him. damaged building estimated at 1000 dollars due to ignition of escaping gas.
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Joe Dozier
Amarillo
Great West Mill
Coolidge Rejects Inheritance Tax Push Urges Tax Economy
President Coolidge argues against inherited wealth taxation and calls for broader tax economy measures. He contends abolition or removal would simplify the tax system and boost economic efficiency.
Coolidge Calls Tax Conference for Inheritance Tax Reform
President Calvin Coolidge urged gradual federal withdrawal from inheritance tax and broader tax savings in a speech at the National Tax Association conference. He criticized the current tax as confiscatory, noting the 40 percent top rate and heavy combined state levies in some cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
National Tax Association
National Inheritance and Estate Tax Conference
Mission School to Open at Millican Methodist Church
A week long school of missions begins at Millican Methodist Church next Sunday in sessions of forty five minutes each evening. J A Amaral of Rio de Janeiro Brazil will speak on Brazil at the opening, with sermons and programs by Rev W H Vance Dr H H McCain and others plus Women's Missionary Society work and optical lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Dally Kagie
Millican
Millican Methodist Episcopal Church
South
L. C. Upton
J. A. Amaral
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Southern Methodist University
Georgetown
W. H. Vance
Navasota
H. H. McCain
Bryan
Women’s Missionary Society of Bryan
Stere Opticon Pictures
Jesse C. Thomson
A and M
J. W. McCrary, Jr
Amaral
Bryan Methodist Church
Steep Hollow
Cotton contest entries boost county participation
County agent Benson visited Millican and Peach Creek for clubwork and the greater production effort. Roger Q. Astin of Dawn Haven Farm and Will Conrad of Kurten have entered the state-wide cotton contest, with Brazos County aiming for about 100 entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Astin
Will Conrad
Benson
Millican
Peach Creek
Roger Q. Astin
Dawn Haven
Kurten
Brazos County
Sam B. Wilson Returns From New York Market
Sam B. Wilson proprietor of the local woman s department store has returned from New York City after two weeks at market. He reports spring arrivals priced reasonably and notes a wintry contrast across three states before the sunny South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam B. Wilson
New York City
New York
Southland
Governors Wire U S Legislators on Tax on Cotton Oil
Baton Rouge February 19 Governor Fuqua wired two Louisiana United States Senators and eight Congressmen urging influence against the proposed tax on cotton seed oil products. Other governors have taken similar action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Fuqua
Louisiana
United States
Pioneer Texan Mrs. M. O. Lawrence Dies at 93
Mrs. M. O. Lawrence, well known in Bryan and Robertson counties, died at 2:30 a m in Dawson Texas at 93. Born in Giles County Tennessee in 1831 she moved to Texas in 1835 settling in Robertson County later living in Navarro County. She witnessed Texas history across six flags and lived on the same ranch for 68 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Lawrence
Dawson
Texas
M. O. Lawrence
Navarro County
Lawrence
Mrs. Elizabeth Melton Dies at 56 in Dallas
Mrs. Elizabeth Melton age 56 years 10 months 22 days died at 3819 East 29th Street Saturday morning after a two week illness. Funeral from the home Sunday at 4 PM conducted by Rev Father J B Gleissner. Burial Mount Calvary Cemetery. Survived by husband W W Melton and three sisters Mrs C Z Bell Hearne Mrs W H Williams Dallas and Mrs D M Pace Houston. Active pallbearers listed. McCulloch Gordon Co. undertakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Melton
W. W. Melton
East 29Th Street
J. B. Gleissner
Mount Calvary Cemetery
McCulloch-Gordon Company
Beason Fritts and Hoppess to Speak at Reliance Sunday School
Weather favors a county event as C L Beason brings T A Fritts from the A and M College English department and young Coulter Hoppess to the Reliance Sunday school. Fritts will speak on Christian citizenship and Hoppess will deliver an oration on the American flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Beason
T. A. Fritts
Coulter Hoppess
Reliance
A. and M. College
Reliance Sunday
Mr. Fritts
Young Hoppess
Aged Negro Killed At Work On Newsom Plantation
Bob Kilpatrick a well digger in the Brazos bottom was killed instantly at the Newsom plantation. A dirt load slipped from a barrel when the draw rope broke and crushed him as it toppled from the well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsom Plantation
Bob Kilpatrick
Brazos
Newsom
Kilpatrick
Bryan Woman's Club Elects Support for Water Plan and Honors Texas History
Twenty eight members attended as Mrs J T Hanway presided in Mrs W S Howell's absence. The club approved minutes and treasurer report and backed a city effort to improve Bryan’s water supply for all women’s clubs. Members praised the Bryan Pastors Association for opposing indecent street displays and pledged support. Committee members include R O Allen A M Waldrop Thomas Lundin C S Gainer M Hetty Curry E W Crenshaw. Lessons featured Barker Botts Ramsdell Texas history 1874 1912 and Seats of Government in Texas with poetry Austin City. Music by J E Marsh College. Adjournment set for February 25.
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J. T. Hanway
W. S. Howell
Woman’s Club
M. W. Sims
Chas. H. Mills
Corsicana
State Federation
Federation
R. O. Allen
City Commission
Bryan
Bryan Club
A. M. Waldrop
Thomas Lundin
Chas. S. Gainer
M. Hetty Curry
E. W. Crenshaw
Woman's Club
Bryan Pastors’ Association
Pastors’ Association
F. L. Henderson
Texas
Barker
Botts Ramsdell
Henderson
R. H. Seale
Austin City
J. E. Marsh
College
R. S. Webb
C. A. Searcy
J. Webb Howell
Farm House and Counting House Get Together Today
A delegation of dirt farmers from Texas, Kansas and Missouri arrives in New York to lunch with financiers at the Bankers' Club. The trip, sponsored by corn belt newspapers, aims to learn if bankers are “just folks” and to explore ways the farm house and counting house can unite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New York City
Wall Street
Associated Press
New York
Kansas
Missouri
Bankers’ Club
Kansas City
Chicago
Omaha
East St. Louis
Criminal Settings for February Term of District Court
District Court of Brazos County with Judge W C Davis lists February and March criminal settings. Cases include Webb Shealey burglary Jno Griffin burglary Jessie Johnson alias O D Johnson burglary Jim Smith unlawful selling liquor Free man Howard uttering false instrument Ike Quartman assault with intent to murder Julian Hernandez murder Jeanie Cramer sale of intoxicating liquor Bennie Strain sale of intoxicating liquor Johnnie Phillips transporting intoxicating liquor George Henderson transportation of intoxicating liquor Henry Ray transportation of intoxicating liquor R G Turner murder.
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State of Texas
Webb Shealey
Jno. Griffin
Jessie Johnson
O. D. Johnson
Jim Smith
Freeman Howard
Ike Quartman
R. G. Turner
Weather Conditions in Texas Good Farmers in Fine Shape
Washington February 19 Crop and weather summary shows Texas warm with abundant sunshine and little rain. Farm work progressed well except drier areas. corn and spring oats planted but germination needs moisture. Pasture winter wheat and oats mostly poor. irrigated truck crops good with large shipments. Rain needed in all sections. Dirt roads fair to good.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Maizie Higgin and Cecyle Dunn Advance From College Contest
Mazie Higgin and Cecyle Dunn won first place in both divisions of Consoli dated school first year clothing elimination contest earning a state contest spot in Austin in April. Judges were Mrs. C. W. Burenard Mrs. C. E. Finley Miss Vera Cooksey and Miss Mary Helen Racey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College
Mazie Higgin
Cecyle Dunn
Austin
Bingham
Lillie Mae Walton
Willian Gorzycki
Oline Goenig
Mazie Higgins
Rita Kraft
Mary Joe Todd
C. W. Burenard
C. E. Finley
Vera Cooksey
Mary Helen Racey
Bryan Cotton Market Slips as Futures Dip
Cotton futures closed today 10 or 12 points lower with local spot quotes around 23 3 4 cents per pound and a mid dling basis.
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Bryan
Carbon Black Bill Up Again In House
Representatives Young and Graves introduced a new measure pushing to regulate carbon black production and use. The bill seeks to establish standards, reporting, and potential subsidies for industry compliance.
Regulation of gas use in making carbon black
Austin February 19. Representatives Young and Graves introduced a bill regulating the manufacture of carbon black from natural gas. Current law forbids gas use for this purpose though the Railroad Commission may permit casing head gas from oil wells for carbon black production.
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Associated Press
Austin
Young and Graves
Railroad Commission
S. R. Simpson Leads Luna Park Texas Revival
Bryan friends learn S. R. Simpson is succeeding as manager of Luna Park Amusement Co. in Houston The 36 acre park nicknamed The Coney Island of Texas opens for season on February 18 with new rides shows and devices arriving nightly including the Frolic Butterfly Whizzy Whiz and Dangler from Europe The Giant Skyrocket is being prepared as the centerpiece of the season.
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Bryan
S. R. ‘Simpson
Luna Park Amusement Co
Houston
Mr. Simpson
Luna Park
Coney Island
Texas
Mammoth Playground
Europe
Baylor Bears To Play In College Station In 1927
James Sullivan Aggieland business manager says after Baylor contract ends football relations will be on a home and home basis if any. The current deal calls for two more games meaning Baylor will visit College Station in 1927.
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James Sullivan
Aggieland
Baylor
Waco
Bears
College Station
Jinx Tucker
Laura Graves to Wed Jean Steele in Galveston
Miss Laura Lee Graves of Galveston will marry Jean Steele, a Galveston cotton man, Thursday evening February 19 at the Graves home in Galveston. Dr. C R Wright of Waco will officiate. After their honeymoon the Steeles will reside in Galveston.
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Bryan
College
Laura Lee Graves
Galveston
Marvin L. Graves
Jean Steele
C. R. Wright
Waco
Wright
M. L. Graves
Laura Ghent
Belton
Mrs. Steele
Brazos County Masons to Honor Washington Memorial
Brazos Union Lodge No. 129 led by J W Hall invites all Master Masons in Brazos County to a February 28 meeting at 7 30 pm in the Masonic Temple Bryan. A prominent speaker, special music, and a cafeteria style banquet with coffee and cigars will follow in the new banquet room. Last year over 800 Masons and DeMolays attended the record gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos Union Lodge No. 129
J. W. Hall
R. W. Downard
S. C. Hoyle
G. A. Long
George Washington
Brazos County
Masonic Temple
Bryan
College
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V. J. Boriskie
Dominique
Russell
Red River County
North
Russell Carr
River County
Nitch
Charley Nitch
Braczyks
Catholic Daughters of America
I. E. Warren
John Stasny
Willie Turek
A. Konecny
Joe Sosolik
F. Matons
M F. Vitopil
J. L. Powers
Otto Boehme
Gus Schultz
Joe Andert
Marguerite Gorczyki
Gussie Schultz
Bunco
Coolidge
School OF Missions
Millican Methodist Church
U. S
Action of Pastors
Z. R. McDonald
Maizie Higgin
CE Ill GO
Forfer
Bryan Man
Baylor Bears
Masons
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