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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1925
Page
6
The Bryan Weekly Eagle lists mailing details and subscription prices for Brazos County readers. It notes management by Mrs. Lee J. Rountree and that the paper is a Thursday edition with Associated Press affiliation and republication rights statement.
The note urges modest merit over boasting and encourages helping others in despair. It warns against pride and envy and suggests everyone has a purpose and a way to improve. The saying contrasts selling a hammer to buying a horn as a metaphor for choosing wiser tools or means.
A pair of verse items from Mineral Wells Inedx and H. D. Cee rail against spitting on floors and noisy radio sparks. The poems vent anger at careless habits and disruptive electrical interference, urging cleaner behavior and quieter airwaves.
A claim extols the twenty six letters of the alphabet as humanity's supreme invention enabling knowledge of apostles poets historians and all elect throughout history and present day.
President Farrand urged freshmen to cultivate good manners, precise speech, and fair judgment. He rejected rough conduct as unworthy and warned that shoddy speech harms all careers, noting improvement by age twenty five or thirty is unlikely.
The piece urges Bryan and Brazos County residents to help stop vandalism of wild flowers as spring nears. It reproduces the Wild Flower Pledge taken by the Daughters of the American Revolution in Wichita Falls, pledging not to pluck or destroy flowers and to use influence to protect them.
The piece notes H G Wells, a prolific writer, recently stopped producing weekly newspaper articles due to the strain. It explains editors work under high pressure, rushing to meet deadlines, which can affect word choice and sentence flow. Readers may criticize without understanding pressures behind the copy.
The San Marcos Record prints a community creed urging readers to vote informedly and support local industry, obey laws, work diligently, improve their streets, and foster prosperity and neighborly love in town.
A Dearborn Independent column catalogs common myths such as a rattlesnake crossing a hair rope and an ostrich hiding its head in sand. It adds modern twists like an apple a day not keeping the doctor away and moving a broom not bringing bad luck, noting belief does not equal truth.
The text argues that reputation is the name on the label while character is the contents. It warns that quick sales without honest quality undermine repeat business, and that firms may grow wealthy by reputation yet betray it with inferior goods. Building and living up to a good reputation requires consistent character.
Mrs S J Bain hosts her sister Mrs Mary Parker Carr and Mr Samuel Henry Wheeler and son Samuel Henry Wheeler Jr plus Miss Mary Bain visiting at Bain residence.
E G Eggert state health department sanitary engineer arrives in Bryan with City Manager J B Miller to survey health and sanitation. He commends Bryan’s cooperation and notes high records in drainage and mosquito control while urging sewer connections and rapid sanitation improvements. He advocates class A water rating and regular reporting to support city efforts.
Circle No 3 of the First Baptist Auxiliary met Monday at 3 PM for a spiritual program on Struggles for Religious Liberty in America. Mrs Albert Buchanan led, E J Fountain read Judges 4 and 5, Mrs Reynolds had Deborah read by Mrs McDuff Simpson, and G M Brandon spoke on Roger Williams.
Miss Laura Belle Roten, Brazos county home demonstration agent, is shown as very busy with club work this week. Her plans include meetings with clubs at Tabor Millican Edge Reliance Smetana and Steele's Store, and a joint Boys and Girls Club program at Tabor Friday night.
A Brazos County report lists jurors summoned for venire for the third week of district court. Names include Fulgam Gelber Kaplan Mainard Battle Sebsta Lawrence and many others. Also notes Mrs W D Stallings of the Alexander community was in Bryan on Monday for a short time.
Brazos County 4H clubs promote soil care and crop management with terrace building, crop rotation plans, and livestock projects. Millican and Steep Hollow groups push Rhode Island Reds poultry and ten litter hog contests with generous cash prizes and community cooperation.
Free Baptists of Bryan announce a revival meeting starting Sunday February 22. Pastor Rev C B Thompson will lead with assistant Rev Tom A Searey of Oscaloosa Iowa, a prominent denomination preacher and Bryan native, warmly welcomed back to his old home.
A statewide plan allows graduates of small rural high schools to earn the same high school credits by exams in May. County superintendents and affiliated school principals will oversee tests graded by the State High School Division. passing units count as accredited credits recognized by Texas colleges and universities.
A meeting of the Woman's Home Demonstration Club at Kurten led by Mrs. L. Komar included Mesdames Kell ex Meather Kolodjek Yeager Lindsey Fran kis Lang and Misses Keller Fridel Holubec Opersteny Roten the home demonstration agent. Members finished hats from the millinery school in Bryan and planned further work this week with Mrs. C Mathis at Reliance.
The Brazos County Health Nurse Elizabeth Curtis shows the week from Monday February 16 to 21 with duties at Steele's Store on Friday and at the office Saturday morning.
Whitesboro report describes a strange large eggshell-less hen egg found by Chas. Noland. The egg appears boiled and solid when cut, on exhibit at the Whitesboro News Record and will be sent to A&M College for examination. Also notes seed corn on track and a local hatching eggs for sale by Mrs. J. Holick.
A fragmented note mentions infection prevention and flesh healing with pepper-form preparations. It references a lineal mond and a dubious health claim, then lists Jenkins' Drug Store with a price 1.20. The readable text is confused and shows promotional style from a historical ad.
Advertisement notes reduced rates via 1 G N R R for Washington's Birthday celebration in Laredo. Sale dates February 21 and 22 with trains arriving February 23. Final return limit February. Tickets available through ticket agents with full particulars.
10 grain and hay buyers advertise maize kafir heads corn oats hay meal hulls and all kinds feed carrots. Ask for prices delivered. H H Watson Co Dallas Tex.
The ad touts Blue Star Remedy for eczema itching and skin sores. It claims rapid relief, no clothing staining, and a pleasant odor, with a money back guarantee. Roman & Vick sponsor the advertisement.
Deputy C. O. Nelson will be at the Chamber of Commerce office in Bryan on February 23 24 and 25 to assist taxpayers with 1924 income tax returns and answer questions about the new tax law.
Advert text claims Parprieing relieves torpid liver and constipation, purifies and regulates, drives out bile, and gives exhilaration, strength, vim, and buoyancy. Promises a splendid feeling of renewed health, with a 100 price and sales by local supplier.
W B Houknight of Ballentine recalls using Thedford s Black Draught after marrying and facing indigestion from fast eating. He reports improved appetite, quicker cold relief, and removal of bloated sensations after several days, with guidance to take a pinch of Black Draught after meals.
An advertisement proclaims Pepsinated Calomel a mild laxative that cures colds overnight. It claims no stomach upset or headaches, tones appetite, purifies blood, and restores energy. Prepared by the Pepsinated Calomel Co in Atlanta and sold by M. H. James Drug Co.
An advertisement describes children with intestinal worms as cross and unhealthy with pale skin and dark circles. It promotes White's Cream Vermifuge as a safe remedy that destroys worms and harms none, priced 85 cents and sold by local retailers.
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