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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1932
Page
4
Readable record notes a naval engagement on February 24 1814 with the American ship Hornet defeating the British Peacock. The brief item highlights a notable early 19th century clash and its date.
A devotional note cites Psalm 34 19 reminding readers that many afflictions befall the righteous yet the Lord delivers him from them all. It presents a message of perseverance and divine rescue amid trials.
A call to merchants to advertise in LES AKERS celebrating how editors and ads boost value and sales. The piece argues papers spread information, help Bizness, and point out merchants who fail to advertise hurt profits.
D L Weddington chairs a Chamber of Commerce meeting detailing a broad agricultural plan for Brazos county. Key aims include a stronger 4 H program, Live-at-Home contests, home garden and meat preservation efforts, and support for the county fair premium list to spur better farming methods and higher living standards. The plan also emphasizes educating farm families, sending top 4 H youths to Texas A&M short course and State Encampment, and diversifying farming to fuel Bryan’s growth as a trade center.
Residents of Bryan and Brazos County joined a Washington Bicentennial tribute featuring a large parade and ceremonies at Stephen F. Austin High School. A county wide tree planting drive saw around 500 trees, mainly pecans and live oaks, planted by citizens and organizations. Mrs. W. S. Howell led the effort, with many business hours closed for the celebration. The piece argues to continue the tree campaign toward 5,000 trees.
Roy L. McCardell, famed humorist, runs a one man literary venture in West 47th Street offices. The piece highlights his Jazr Family, his wide reach from Eve ning World to films, records, vaudeville, and radio, and notes his New Rochelle home won through prize ventures. Also mentions Hemingway buying a Key West winter home and various social anecdotes from the era.
Cleopatra the seventh queen of Egypt was born in 69 B C and died by her own hand at age 89 a death attributed to suicide rather than capture or battle.
The Bryan bar met in district court with Judge Sam R. Henderson presiding to plan securing a new Civil Appeals Court for the district of sixteen counties. A committee was named to draft resolutions calling bars across counties to back Bryan and a petition to support the move.
J F Owens of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company notes Oklahoma City’s rapid growth as a distribution hub. The city boasts seven railroad sites and 64 truck lines delivering to over 300 cities, plus a new Frisco Rock Island passenger station and a $5,060,000 Santa Fe rail project. The Union Bus Terminal handles 104 daily schedules, and the municipal airport serves 22 daily flights with twelve mail and passenger routes. Two transcontinental airmail routes intersect here.
The piece argues that $1.3 to $1.8 billion in currency held by small savers harms business by constraining bank lending and depressing prices. It contends that returning funds to banks would restore liquidity, boost loans, raise employment, and rebuild confidence, while hoarding worsens economic decline.
The city announces a 600 acre municipal airport with a new terminal and plans to discontinue operations at the old port. City government will operate the new port as part of expanding balanced transportation and advancing Oklahoma City as a regional interior hub. The note also mentions the ancient attribution of dice to Palamedes in 1544 B.C.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevent urged the link between environment and thought at the New York Society of Craftsmen meeting. President Wilford Conrow noted education in craftsmanship benefits both children and adults as the society showcases durable designs across media to deter ephemera and elevate daily life.
Mrs. Hanway owns a letter penned by her father William A. Banks when he was about 16 in July 1838 in Charlotteville Virginia. The youth tracked small expenses such as cake of soap 12 and 44 cents, two buggy rides 1.50 dollars, and a looking glass 87 cents, all in half cent increments. The fragile paper will be restored at the State Library in Austin.
The Texas State College for Women board of regents voted a about 30 000 cut in next year budget with student fees lowered. Summer session charges drop to 83.75 and three week term to 29. Regular nine month 1982 33 session totals fall to 221 payable in installments 160 50 per semester. Board cost drops to 22 75 per month for eight and a half months.
A reductions of two dollars and fifty cents per head over 1931 figures on livestock valuations for taxation in Uvalde county, authorized by the commissioners court, give stockmen the lowest county value in years.
The Bryan Chamber banquet featured Mrs. Pugh noted as the first woman secretary of the chamber, with R. B. Blanton praised for efficient secretarial work. Attendees included J. R. McCalvert president of the Jean County Chamber and Dr. N. J. Buie of the East Texas Chamber, among many local officials and business leaders. The event showcased culinary and floral decor, and included two vocal numbers.
A fragment notes Fulton’s successful steam demonstration in 1807 and references the great depth of the Mediterranean Sea. The garbled text preserves the core events and setting with emphasis on early steam power and maritime context.
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