Building Books for Farmers Grant Lumber Publishes Farm Guide
The Grant Lumber Co publishes and offers Brazos County farmers the Farm and Building Book. It includes plans drawings estimates and guidance for farm construction from chic residences to coop sheds. It covers barns silos granaries milk houses poultry buildings and model home designs with extensive farming industry information.
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Grant Lumber Co
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Grant Lumber Company
State expenses pile up as governors seek more funds
Austin reports preliminary figures from the state finance committee show roughly 20 million dollars will run state government for the next two fiscal years. This exceeds the last legislature’s two year appropriation by about 4 million dollars and includes several recommended salary increases. Officials say reductions will be required to keep within the preliminary budget.
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Austin
State Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Notice to avoid dealings with J H De Hart
S M Barr warns friends and customers not to give orders or make payments to J H De Hart and states he has no connection with Bryan Marble and Granite Works.
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J. H. de Hart
Bryan Marble and Granite Works
S. M. Barr
Navasota Girls Top Bryan 32 21 On Saturday
The Navasota High School girls basketball team upset Bryan High 32 to 21 Saturday afternoon. Navasota appears strong this season with a standout group of players.
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Navasota
Bryan
Navasota High School
Bryan High
Navasota Girls
Colombia Reaffirms Neutral Policy In Submarine War
Bogota Feb 15 The government replies to President Wilson on the German submarine campaign stating Colombia will reserve its neutrality. The note expresses hope peace between Germany and the United States may not be broken.
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United States
Germany
Associated Press
Bogota
Colombia
Wilson
Marlin Woman Indicted for Murder in Texas City
Marlin Texas February 19 The grand jury indicted Mrs Gertrude Kahrmann for murder in the killing of Bob Williams on a principal residence street. She posted bond for 3500. John Kahrmann husband of the accused was not indicted in the same case.
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Texas
Gertrude Kahrmann
Bob Williams
John Kahrmann
Kahrmann
Bryan Becoming Automobile Center
Four garages operate with three more authorized as Bryans auto trade expands. Car registrations near 500 and likely to exceed it as demand grows. Improved highways and rising prosperity drive a surge in automobile ownership and industry growth ahead of spring road projects.
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Sacred Baylor Female College Glee Club at First Baptist
A crowded First Baptist church in Bryan hosted the Baylor Female College Glee Club last night. Prof Lovett directed and accompanied soloists Miss Zula Sibley and Miss Ethelyn Morgan, with Sibley praised for a superior contralto. The performance drew one of the era’s greatest church crowds and earned warm local regard.
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First Baptist Church
Baylor Female College
Lovett
Zula Sibley
Ethelyn Morgan
Local Man Arrested for Theft in Kurton
Luke Hampton, described as a negro, was arrested yesterday in Kurton by Deputy Sheriff John Hicks for stealing $19 from Ed Mathis of Edge. Hampton had a Colt 45 when arrested and was jailed in Bryan County after being brought to the county jail.
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Luke Hampton
Ed Mathis
Edge
Kurton
John Hicks
Hampton
Bryan
Huge War Loans Arranged Across France and Turkey
Paris reports Finance Minister Ribot asking the chamber for 9.704 billion francs for the second quarter, up 900 million from the prior period. London notes Germany funding Turkey with 42.5 million Turkish pounds, part of 79 million pounds advanced by Germany and Austria-Hungary since the war began, repayable 11 years after peace.
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Paris
Ribot
French Chamber of Deputies
London
Germany
Turkey
Amsterdam
Bey
Austria-Hungary
German war credit bill eyed to exceed prior levy
Amsterdam reports from Berlin that the new German war credit bill to be introduced in the Reichstag session will likely ask for more than the 12 million marks raised by the last levy.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Germans Break Champagne Front Seize Ground and Prisoners
Berlin reports a German assault on the Champagne front began yesterday and gained ground about a half mile deep over a front exceeding a mile and a half. The action resulted in 858 prisoners taken.
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Berlin
Champagne
Bryan Woman's Club offers five free scholarships in county contest
The Bryan Woman's Club announces its second annual free scholarship contest for Brazos county farm women and girls. Five awards cover best home garden fruits and vegetables, canned produce, eggs, and a hand made shirt waist by a girl under 18. Entries open March 1 and prizes include board and tuition at A and M short course in July.
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Brazos County
Woman's Club
A. and M. College
Bryan
Bryan Woman's Club
Albert Buchanan
Texas
Rural Life Committee
Watson Acquitted on Forgery Charge in Texas Court
Waco Texas February 15 J E Watson was acquitted on a forgery charge this morning in Fairfield district court. Other cases against Watson his father and brothers were postponed until the April term of court.
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Associated Press
Waco, Tex
J. E. Watson
Watson
Americans Still Stranded in Munich as Second Train Load Delayed
A second train load of Americans including eighty six former consuls and families remains in Germany with reports of negotiations between Ambassador Penfield and Austria failing. Other officials and citizens are said to have expected departure earlier in the week.
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Munich
Border Patrol To Reinforce Border West Of Columbus
San Antonio Texas February 16 The American patrols on the border west of Columbus New Mexico will be strengthened as a result of recent raids General Funston announces.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Columbus
N. M
Captain J S Fowlkes Dead In Dallas After Bryan Roots
An obituary notes Capt. J S Fowlkes died yesterday afternoon at his Dallas home. A Bryan resident for years, he came to Texas in 1867 from Mississippi, ran a grocery business, started J S Fowlkes & Co bank, later joined Clark Bryan and Howell, became first president of the First National Bank, and had large farming interests. He left Bryan for Dallas in 1890. He is survived by his wife and two children, with funeral services at the Bryan station under Masonic honors and Brazos Union Lodge supervision. Pallbearers and honorary attendees are listed.
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J. S. Fowlkes
Dallas
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Texas
Mississippi
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First National Bank
Jack Fowlkes
Bassie Stuart
E. A. Stuart
U. S. Army
M. E. Weaver
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M. H. James
R. A. Harrison
R. Q. Astin
T. K. Lawrence
O. E. Saunders
E. J. Fountain
Couple from Houston Weds in Bryan Before Train Return
Church Pett y Mr Lewis H Church a traveling salesman from Brooklyn and Miss Eva E Petty of Houston were married in Bryan late yesterday afternoon officiated by Dr M E Weaver. They planned Dallas vows but bad roads redirected them to Bryan where they wed and returned north by train that night.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Eva E. Petty
Houston
M. E. Weaver
Dallas
Bryan
Local cattle buyer returns from Fort Worth with high grade stock
W. E. Cloud arrives with a carload of Red Polled cattle bought for butcher trade. The herd will arrive today and is described as the best available on the Fort Worth market. He is accompanied by Joe Hunnicut, who disposed of a carload of hogs in Fort Worth.
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W. EB. Cloud
Fort Worth
Joe Hunnicut
Break in Vienna Talks Ends Negotiations
London reports negotiations between Ambassador Penfield and the Austro-Hungarian government at Vienna have been broken off.
Delay in Departure of Former American Officials Train
Inquiry sent to Germany through the Spanish embassy in Berlin about the delay of the second train load of former American officials from Munich to Switzerland. The train, due to leave Munich early this week, would carry 86 former American consuls and their families plus an unknown number of other Americans.
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Washington
Germany
Berlin
Switzerand
Munich
No U.S. withdrawal warning issued for Austria
Washington officials said no instruction asked Americans to leave Austria. It is believed Ambassador Penfield may act on his own initiative if necessary.
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Washington
State Department
Austria
Ambasador Penfield
Tuscania Sets Sail for Glasgow From New York
The Anchor Line steamer Tuscania departed New York for Glasgow today carrying 14 cabin passengers including four Americans among the travelers.
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New York
Glasgow
Submarine Sinking Claims British Vessels
London reports Lloyds announces the sinking of several British ships including steamers Greenland Lonscar and Kyristi, plus the sailing ship Percy Roy and a trawler, in naval action on February 16.
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London
Lloyd’s
Greenland
Lonscar
Kyristi
Percy Roy
Walter Rafe Arrested for Brass Theft in City
Walter Rafe, a well known local figure, was arrested last night and jailed on a charge of stealing brass from the rear of the New York restaurant. Police say some brass was shipped by Rafe and part recovered from a city junk yard where it had been sold.
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Walter Rafe
New York
Rafe
Texas Accidents for Five Months
During the first five months of the fiscal year 20 107 accidents were reported to the industrial accident board. Forty seven were fatal. Three thousand five claims were filed and 375 746 dollars paid as compensation by insurers. Medical expenditures add 54 122 dollars, bringing total costs to 230 868 dollars.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Industrial Accident Board
Beautify Postoffice Grounds Plans Issued
Washington officials provided plans to beautify the post office grounds. Shade trees and shrubs will be planted, enhancing the federal grounds once work is finished.
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