War gauges Texas farmers demand more food and unity
A Daily Eagle report covers Hon. Clarence Ousley and Colone Ousley addressing county and district agents at the college. They urge intensified farm output, thrift, and nationwide resolve as allied lines bend under German pressure, with warnings of potential invasion if lines fail.
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Clarence Ousley
Russia
Daily Eagle
Extension Service
Ousley
France
England
Italy
Railroad Workers Denied Wage Increase Demand
Washington December 29 railroad managers refused a forty percent wage increase sought by organized employees. They warned that public and stockholders would press for government ownership, and shifted responsibility to the government. For now the workers will not press their claim.
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Washington, D. C
Johnson and Buchanan Couple Quietly Wed at Church
W. E. Johnson and Miss Fay Buchanan were quietly married at 11 20 this morning in the First Methodist church parsonage with Dr E W Solomon officiating. A fuller notice will follow later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Johnson
City
Fay Buchanan
M. G. Buchanan
Harvey
First Methodist Church
E. W. Solomon
Austro German Peace Proposals Prompts Serious Reply
London December 31 The Manchester Guardian reports Britain will give a serious reply when the Austro German peace terms are delivered. Premier Lloyd George plans to visit France to confer with Premier Clemenceau on the subject.
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London
Manchester Guardian
Lloyd George
France
Clemenceu
Provisional Brest-Litovsk talks reach war prize and trade accord
Delegates from Russia and the Quadruple Alliance reach a provisional agreement on freeing prisoners and resuming commerce. The talks include restoration of prewar rights, compensation rules, prisoner exchanges, return of vessels, and a framework for economic relations and troop withdrawals amid ongoing referendums.
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Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
London
Russia
Austria
Hungary
Turkey
Persia
Poland
Peace Talks Postponed Ten Days for Ennte Support
A Petrograd dispatch reported that peace negotiations were delayed for ten days to allow the neutral powers to decide on participation. A separate message from Hrest-Litovsk said discussions would continue during the recess and formal negotiations were reportedly ongoing.
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Petrograd
Hrest-Litovsk
Local option election sought by Austin prohibition leaders
A group of Austin prohibition leaders filed a petition with 150 signatures to the commissioners court requesting a local option election in Austin. The move aims to decide liquor legality locally.
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Austin
Commissioners’ Court
Glass Found In Rice At Camp Dodge Depot
Particles of glass were discovered in large quantities of rice stored in a food depot at Camp Dodge on Friday, according to an announcement from division headquarters.
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Camp Dodge
Texas Food Conservation Urged For War Effort In 1918
Houston January 1 Associated Press reports Texas federal food administrator H A Peden issued a New Year appeal urging all to observe meatless meat days and practice wheatless and porkless menus. He calls on housewives hotel and restaurant operators caterers wholesalers farmers and consumers to save meat wheat sugar and fats to feed the Allies and win the war.
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Associated Press
Houston
H. A. Peden
Texas
Food Administration
United States Food Administration
Steep Hollow Social Roundup reveals visits and departures
Miss Ida Martin returns from a San Antonio visit. Mr. and Mrs. Will Bohanon of Lake Charles LA visit Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Richey. Mrs. R. W. Lindsey visits Bryan friends. The Burt home hosts a holiday entertainment. Jess Cook heads to Allentown PA for army service. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson travel to Thorndale after visiting Mrs. Wilson's brothers Ben and William Foster. Sammie Bullock calls on John and Mrs. Morehead. Miss Lillie Sherrar visits relatives in Burleson County.
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Steep Hollow
Ida Martin
San Antonio
Will Bohanon
Lake Charles
Robert L. Richey
R. W. Lindsey
Bryan
Will Burt
Jess Cook
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Ninety Percent Claim Exemption From Draft
Chicago January 2 90 percent of draft registrants who returned their questionnaires claim exemption. The majority base their claims on dependency grounds.
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Chicago
Chicago Boards
Hay Fire Destroys 70 Tons at Corpus Christi Depot
A blaze in Corpus Christi destroyed seventy tons of hay valued at 2700 dollars and a small frame building owned by the San Antonio Brewing association that housed the hay. The center depot warehouse area was left with no other buildings harmed.
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Corpus Christi
Jan
San Antonio Brewing Association
Deputy tax collector named as assist to county official
Professor J M Moore is appointed deputy county tax collector by Collector W J McCullough. The tax payment rush began and will run until February 1, with McCullough noting tax money is flowing in better than last year.
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J. M. Moore
W. J. McCullough
Mr. McCullough
College agents hear on farm work and extension reach
Visiting agents and specialists from A. and M. College extension service were entertained at the campus where Mrs Friley Mrs Youngblood and others performed music and readings. Dr Bizzell Dr Youngblood and T O Walton outlined college conditions the property value and the extension mission urging farmers to raise more food and cooperate with the university. Clarence Ousley and J W Canada spoke on pink bollworm farm loan banks and homestead law with emphasis on increasing feed and food production.
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Daily Eagle
A. and
M. College
Charles E. Friley
B. Youngblood
Friley
Felker
Wright
Waggoner
Signal Corps
Bizzell
Texas A. and M
Institutin
Dr. Youngblood
Youngblood
T. O. Walton
Extension Service
Clarence Ousley
Bryan
Houston
Dallas
Texas
Washington
J. W. Canada
Southland Farmer
Col
C. N. Ousley
Cossacks Defeat Bolsheviks in Southwestern Front Battle
Ukrainian and Cossack forces repulse Bolsheviks in a large clash on the southwestern front. They take 400 prisoners and capture eight large guns and 328 machine guns, with Cossacks in hot pursuit after the retreating Bolsheviks, per a dispatch via Petrograd.
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Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Petrograd
Haparanda
Bandits Raid Towns Between Nogales and Cananea
Reports from Nogales Arizona say bandits raided three towns and looted stores while holding a Southern Pacific De Mexico train. Three hundred federal soldiers from Hermosillo were ordered to pursue the marauders.
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Nogales
Ariz
Southern Pacific de Mexico
Here
Cananea
Sonora
Hermosillo
Cedar Creek Land Sale Report
John Ellis and wife sold 39 acres on Cedar Creek to George Ellis for 650 dollars. The transfer reflects a cash sale finalized recently.
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Cedar Creek Land Sale
John Ellis
George Ellis
Cedar Creek
German submarine sunk and four captured by American destroyers
Washington reports that destroyers Fanning and Nicholson destroyed a German submarine on November 24 and captured its crew. The sub was sunk during an attack on a merchant flotilla. A Berlin report claims an American sailor saw twelve destroyers arrive in a French port with four submarines captured.
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Washington
Fanning
Nicholson
Berlin
Debates On Camp Travis Deaths And Supply Shortages
Washington reports to the senate military committee detail disease epidemics and supply scarcities at Camp Travis Texas and Camp Doniphan Oklahoma. Generals Greble and Wright describe overcrowded tents shortages of rifles machine guns and sanitation failures with deaths from pneumonia and measles. Conditions now improving with medical care and clothing arrivals.
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Washington
Camp Travis
Texas
Camp Doniphan
Oklahoma
Senate Military Committee
National Guard
Greble
Wright
General Greble
War Department
Baker
Missouri
Kansas National Guardsmen
Camp Bowie
Gorsas
Death of George D Echols in El Paso
Mrs E B Eberstadt received a telegram Tuesday night announcing the death of her brother George D Echols a traveling man in El Paso. The death was sudden and the cause is not known. Funeral and burial will be at Jefferson Marion county and Mr and Mrs Eberstadt left to attend.
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E. Eberstadt
George D. Echols
el Paso
Jefferson
Marion County
Local Marriage Licenses Filed
Earl Crenshaw wed Jennie Curd. Robert Cowart and Bertha Gentry joined in marriage. Edgar Phillips and Jewell Bishop also obtained licenses.
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Earl Crenshaw
Jennie Curd
Robert Cowart
Bertha Gentry
Edgar Phillips
Jewell Bishop
Naturalized German Foreman Held on Treason Charge
New York December 29 Paul Henning a naturalized German foreman at a Brooklyn torpedo factory for the United States government was remanded to jail without bail in federal court. He is charged with treason alleged to have maliciously mutilated gyroscopes controlling torpedo course making them dangerous and useless.
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New York
Paul Henning
Brooklyn
United States
Bryan plans aviation station midway between Houston and Fort Worth
Bryan directors grant authority to apply for an aviation station at Bryan. The site would be a 1500 by 1500 foot landing area with a 75 foot diameter center circle visible from distance. The government would not lease land or pay rent, and consent could be withdrawn.
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Johnson
Bryan
A. and M. College
Signal Corps
Aviation
Ginnings Far Behind: Brazos County 1917 Cotton Output
George Chance, census enumerator for Brazos county, reports 1917 ginnings by December 18 total 15,819 bales vs 27,062 bales by the same date in 1916. Result shows a drop of 11,242 bales. Ring 42 and G. D. Tucker advertise feed at cheap cash prices.
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George Chance
Brazos County
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Charles Alvord
Alvord
Taft Ranch
Department of Agriculture
Bradford Knapp
Arlington
Knapp
Paris
Germany
Mr. Ousley
Belgium
Walton
Co. Ousley
Colone Ousley
Europe
Servia
Wilson
Great Britain
Aus
India
Ger
Congress
Johnson-Buchanan
Saad
Castor
the Centaur Company
Castoria
George Echols
G. D. Tucker
the Smith Drug Co
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