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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1917
Page
3
Local notes list numerous visitors and hosts around Bryan during holidays. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers and the Cooks of Waco, J. T. Swanson of Navasota, and Mrs. Sam Levy of Helena Ark, with many others arriving or passing through for visits or business.
A long list of residents and visitors traveled to Hearne and nearby towns including Benchley Rock Prairie Wellborn Mexia Houston and Bryan for visits business matters shopping and social calls. Notables include Judge W J Moore and J M Olsen among others with several staying or returning home after trips.
Monday social column reports C. B. Hudson visiting Houston Saturday afternoon. Miss Maybelle Allen of Calvert is guest of Miss Mary Oliver Roberts for New Year hospitality. Dr. Elzee Jones and wife and child returned to Texas City after holidays with his parents C. B. Jones. Warren T. Withers of Houston and W. A. Withers of Bryan visit local couples W. A. Withers and others.
Local residents and visitors return from holidays and travel to Houston, Dallas, Waco, Hearne, and other towns. Movements include Mrs Dreher and guests, professors, students, and families visiting relatives, with numerous trips for shopping, visits, and short business journeys.
Mrs. P. P. Smith of Waxahachie, who had been visiting her daughter Mrs. T. N. Herring, returned home this afternoon.
H. H. Gammill and Bessie Smith have secured marriage licenses, reported by local clerks. The couple plans to wed in the near future per official records.
Real estate transfer lists Gus Plagens and wife conveying 2 acres in John Hope survey to A W Stevens for 12 dollars. Recorded in the real estate transfers section reflecting a modest parcel sale helped by standard deed filing.
An advertisement touts HERBINE as instant relief for heartburn indigestion and stomach distress. It claims the remedy expels badly digested food and restores tone in the stomach and bowels with a 50 cent price, sold by all dealers.
Extension Farm News advises hatch timing for winter egg production. Select and breed the strongest hens and fit males, maintain pure stock, grant free range, and feed green roughage to keep flocks healthy and productive through January and February.
O H Maha gineer of Life and Casualty Building Nashville credits Tanlac with a 49 pound gain and relief from long standing stomach ulcers and indigestion after trying many medicines. He reports improved sleep appetite and energy and urges others to try Tanlac. Read & Stewart sells Tanlac in Bryan.
Portions of ten thousand dollars worth of cotton lost in August storms were found on the McFadden plantation after grass in the meadows was cut. Undamaged bolls were located beneath the grass, aiding the salvage effort.
Oscar Strickland of Bryan defeated Kid Bernard of Omaha, Neb., in a two fall match at the Young Men's Athletic Club. The first fall came in eight minutes by a double arm lock and the second in six minutes by a cradle hold.
Lumber and building materials offered with complete house bills shipped anywhere. Examination allowed, no advance payment required. Grade and count guaranteed. Send estimate from Lake Charles Louisiana variant "The Home of Long Leaf Pine."
Jack Perry a white man pleaded guilty this morning in Justice W. W. W.’s court to an affray and was fined one dollar and costs totaling fourteen dollars and seventy five cents.
Wallace Peverley hunting with B. B. Flowers and Leslie Flowers at a ranch near Uvalde brings back two large bucks. The 175 pound 30-30 kill was shot at 200 yards and one buck will be shipped home due to express rates. The party notes deer are plentiful but wild in the area.
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