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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1929
Page
2
A concise clipping notes editors and press details for the Bryan area. It mentions Mrs Lee J Rountree as managing editor and credits the Associated Press with news dispatches. Rates are listed for Brazos County with daily and six month options.
The Bryan city commission reviews 1928 as a year of rapid growth, with population and building up and a steady, well managed governance. Planned for 1929 are a new municipal building, more paved streets, extended water and sewer lines, improved lighting, a municipal power plant, additional firefighting equipment, and new recreation facilities including a playground, swimming pool, and golf course. An airport/landing field is considered essential for future progress, with confidence that Bryan will continue to advance alongside larger cities.
Obituary notices Prof H Ness who died Sunday long associated with A M College campus. He studied Texas flora, built an exceptional library, and contributed to plant life knowledge and the institution's archives. The piece also mentions Ware's senate seat question and dry agents, plus leap year greetings to shy maidens.
Bryan’s population grew by about 4000 since 1920, a 60 percent increase that tops many older communities. City commission reports 168 building permits in 1928, mostly for homes, signaling stable, long term growth driven by homeowners and home builders.
The Dallas News notes that Dana X. Bible, long head of training at Texas A and M, will join Nebraska next year. His departure is seen as a substantial loss for Texas football. he is praised for amateur ideals and fair sportsmanship. The piece also covers state land lease sales and a New Jersey murder case with a large pursuit effort.
A Rosebud farmer near Bryan said diversification is the farmer's only salvation. He noted the problem is many farmers resist saving themselves through new work rather than sticking to traditional methods.
Brazos county 4-H Club youths with less than an acre each earned 2523.03 in total profits across 25 projects over the week. All but one posted gains, led by poultry with a $400.00 profit and a five acre cotton project at 375.42, plus a high egg yield from 100 hens totaling 3263 eggs for another teen.
Dana X Bible departs for Nebraska after eleven years at A M College as a celebrated football coach. He built national prominence and champions while shaping players with a strong ethical standard and hard fought, clean football. Friends predict Nebraska will rise in Midwestern and national contests under his guidance.
The treasury department is urged to loosen regulations allowing whiskey dispensation during the flu outbreak. Approval could invite prolonged epidemics and chronic public health concerns.
Archbishop Hayes scathingly rebukes a scientist who argued for a more adequate conception of God. The commentator wonders when the purist religionists and pure scientific minds will unite.
Reports from West Texas describe a shepherd dog that frees game and assists its trapper master in taking pelts. The story frames the dog as a clever helper in the trapping trade and questions the animal’s true nature.
A Mexican university proposes adopting football as played in U S colleges, signaling a shift away from traditional bull fighting. The move aims to modernize athletics and align with international college sports practices.
A newspaper headline quotes a provocative line about death ending life as a grand adventure, paired with a contrasting internal note about preferring death as life’s greatest voyage. The piece suggests a existential reflection rather than a straightforward event report.
The discussion notes Texas government costs have more than doubled since 1921 while taxable values rose 12 percent and population 16 percent. It suggests underwriting a gasoline tax to fund a statewide good roads system, arguing roads will be built by a user-pay financing to avoid excessive taxation burdens.
The aeronautics division of the Department of Commerce lists Bonham Jefferson Kerrville Longview Paris Tulsa and Tyler as cities planning airports. The piece notes aviation’s rapid growth and urges early, inexpensive site selection before future growth makes realty scarce. It questions if more Texas cities will file plans ahead of Bryan. It also reports Major Chester P Mills winning a $25 000 prize for an 18th Amendment enforcement plan advocating removing politics from enforcement.
The piece argues against the January 2 sale of about 100000 acres of oil leases, urging delay or withdrawal until their value can be maximized for higher education. It notes the leases are part of the state endowment and should fetch the best price, possibly via a special legislative session if needed.
Texans read dispatches on cotton seed exports to Africa and a French forecast of future world cotton demand. The piece urges Texas farmers to diversify crops beyond cotton, to improve yields, and to milk cows commercially, noting many cows in Brazos County are uneconomic. It also touches on Prohibition debates, Hoover era politics, and an incident of a Utah official looting race funds.
Bryan high school star Charlie Cummings earned first all state honors as a tackle turned back, praised by Waco News-Tribune’s Jinx Tucker as a dominant, powerful player. He previously earned all district honors and drew strong praise for defense, with coach Claude D. Poe preferring him over any other in the state. First and second all state teams list Cummings among top linemen and backs, along with other Texan players from Corsicana to Amarillo.
Brazos county farmers gain about 150000 annually from turkey production. This year 600000 pounds were shipped from Bryan and nearby areas, about 50 000 turkeys at 12 pounds each, earning an average 25 cents per pound or 3 dollars per bird. Texas leads in turkey output with 1 250 carloads last year, while Brazos consistently accounts for roughly 2 to 3 percent of state shipments.
Two black horse mules about six years old, each with letter B clipped on a shoulder. They disappeared from a Brazos river farm about four to five days ago. Five dollars reward for each mule. Contact W. H. Brown in Navasota.
Taken up two mares mule, a black mare mule and a dun mare mule with white mouth, about 16 hands high. Owner applies to Mrs. Lucey Collette farm at Bryan Junction.
Funeral services will be held in Crockett today for Col. N. B. Barbee Confederate veteran and former legislator who died Friday. He was father of Mrs. H. L. Morrison of Bryan who visited his bedside Thursday. Barbee, Tennessee native, moved to Crockett at age eight after four Civil War years and served in the 25th and 26th Texas legislatures. A Democrat of old school, he was a noted East Texas political figure and friend of Jim Hogg Culberson Campbell and Reagan. He is survived by three children.
W A Chisholm of Temple and Rev R E Day pastor of First Baptist Bryan were luncheon guests at Judge J G Minkert home today. Chisholm presents the loving cup from the Texas B Y P U to Pattie Minkert for excellence in the Intermediate Sword Drill at the San Angelo convention this month. Chisholm formerly resided in Bryan nine years ago when educational director of the First Baptist Church.
Temperatures for the week just ended at A and M College show a high of 73 on Friday and a low of 35 on Monday. The greatest variation was 32 degrees on Friday, with further readings listed for the period.
Will Simpson a Black man from the Millican area was arrested Thursday by Sheriff J H Peed on a murder charge. He was held to the grand jury Friday afternoon by Justice J T McGee with bond set at 500 dollars, not yet posted.
Grady Falkner alias Earl Barney was bound over to the grand jury after an examining trial by Justice J. T. McGee on charges of stealing an automobile. He is from Franklin and held on a 500 bond. Arrested with Jack Foster, still jailed, by Beaumont police, they were brought back to Bryan on December 15. A coupe stolen from H. T. Keith of College Station was found with them along with burglars tools and weapons.
The Brazos Chapter of DeMolays hosted a holiday dance Thursday evening at the Elks club rooms in Bryan College Station. About 25 to 80 couples attended enjoying Christmas decorations soft lighting and music. Local Masons their wives and Eastern Star members served as chaperones under the DeMolay committee led by Wesley Bentley Reed McDonald Albert Hanneman and Harold Hedges.
Miss Imogene Ballerstedt marked her tenth birthday with a 3 PM party at the Episcopal parish house in Bryan attended by about 385 guests. Sister Ellis led a welcome talk, introduced a program of readings and dances, and guests enjoyed Christmas stockings of candy along with ice cream and cake.
Seguin fathers write to Bryan city commissioners seeking guidance on granting a franchise to a power company for a high line. They claim all but one large industry are served and anticipate a $30,000 municipal plant expansion to meet rising demands. Commissioners argue municipalities should focus on service and resist granting the franchise, citing Seguin’s own light and power plant record and urging other communities to prioritize service locally.
James W. Barton died at his West 24th Street home at 6 50 am after a brief illness following a Christmas day stroke. Born November 20 1850 in Barton County Kentucky, he moved with his family to Dallas County Texas as a child and later settled in Bryan and Dallas. Survived by his widow Laura Wilson Barton two daughters Mrs H Lampe and Mrs Robert Harrison of Fort Worth a son J Wilburn Barton of Cleburne two grandsons in Virginia and two great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 3 pm at McCulloch Dansby chapel in Bryan with interment in Bryan city cemetery. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
Figures from Tuskegee Institute show lynchings in the United States declining this year. In 1928 nine persons were lynched, eight colored and one white, down from 16 in 1927 and from 30 in 1926. Officers prevented 24 lynching attempts, including three in the North and three west of the Mason-Dixon line.
Miss Katherine Cash aged 1 year 3 months 25 days died at the Cameron ranch near Bryan after an appendicitis operation. She leaves her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cash and ten siblings. Funeral services were at the family home and St Anthony's Catholic church with interment in the Catholic cemetery. Rev Basil Brain officiated and Dansby Undertaking Company handled arrangements. Pallbearers were Misses Bessie Mauro Gnaro Lena Triola Annie Lista and Vensi Salavata.
The county clerk issued licenses on December 26 and December 2 to couples James Pierce and Lavina Brown, John Edwards and Lula M. Jackson, W. M. Peters and Myrtle McCullough, J F L White and Ola Dedman, Clyde Pate and Roga Stephens, J M Doughtry and Mrs Mattie Elliott, and T H Royder and Marcella J Atcheson.
County Clerk A S McSwain issues marriage licenses to James Holland and Ida Wafford, Alphonse L Ioleck and Rosie Malik, Chester Woodward and Maggie McDaniel, Julian Casares and Leonar Aguilar, Vernon Milon and Ceola Jensen for Saturday weddings.
An Eagle newspaper want ad offers to sell any item in any condition. Consumers can list goods for disposal, with contact points and prices not specified in the fragment. This brief notice signals classifieds use for selling household items, appliances, or junk.
A 19th century medical breakthrough by Pasteur is cited, noting infection of wounds by malignant bacteria and the evolution of antiseptics. The ad urges thorough washing of any wound with Liquid Borozone to prevent diseases like typhoid and lockjaw, promoting Roman & Vick's product as affordable.
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