Increased Prosperity for Bryan Seen by Mayor Bradley
Mayor Wilson Bradley predicts continued prosperity for Bryan with plans for 1929 including a new city hall, a new school building, and an addition to a west side school. The city intends to save by letting three projects run concurrently while expanding fire protection, power capacity, water mains, and street paving. An east west road is urged to boost commerce and access fertile lands as Bryan expands its utilities and civic facilities.
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Bryan
Wilson Bradley
City Commission
Brazos County
Mr. Bradley
Bradley
Commission
Emand
Bryain
Bryan Avenue
To City
White Way
22Nd
25Th Street
22Nd Street
Main
Parker
Washington Avenues
McDonald Reshapes County School Records Before Departure
D J McDonald retires tomorrow after six years as county superintendent of schools. He overhauled bond issue and teacher certificates records, reorganized districts, and introduced modern filing systems and lose leaf books.
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D. J. McDonald
McDonald
High Scheel
Farm Bureau Meeting in Brazos County
Brazos County Farm Bureau to meet Saturday at 2 PM in the courthouse to elect officers and conduct important business. Pres J L Stasney leads the session.
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Brazos County
Doctors Disagree Over Worm Symptoms in Children
Doctors note irritability sleeplessness and digestive pains in children may signal worms, though opinions vary. Most cases respond to a few doses of White's Cream Vermifuge, sold for 35 cents per bottle by Reman & Vick, offering a claimed sure expellant of round and pin worms.
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Reman & Vick
$750 Gift From Rosenwald Fund For Negro School
A $750 check was received Monday by Brazos County Superintendent D. J. McDonald to fund the new negro school building in the first district. G. F. Bludworth, Rosenwald special rural school agent at Austin, delivered the contribution from Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, established to promote African American education in the South.
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Rosenwald Foundation
D. J. McDonald
Brazos County
G. F. Bludworth
Austin
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
South
Baptist Revival Postponed by Flu Epidemic
The revival meeting at College Avenue Baptist Church, set to begin Sunday January 6, is postponed due to the flu epidemic. Rev Roy S Holloman reports hopes for an early date and that Dr George McCall of Dallas will preach as planned. Further announcements will follow when plans mature.
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College Avenue Baptist Church
Roy S. Holloman
Geo. McCall
Dallas
Ford Head Here Enters Ft Worth Auto Tire Field
Willard Chambers of Chambers Wilson Motor Company Ford dealers in Bryan is leaving the city to take over the Federal Tire agency in Fort Worth. The Federal Tire Service Inc has exclusive sale for Federal in that city and no immediate changes are planned for the Bryan Ford agency.
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Willard Chambers
Chambers Wilson Motor Company
Ford
Bryan
Federal Tires
Fort Worth
Federal Tire Service, Inc
Federal
Chambers
Cameron
Ford Agency
McSwain Grants His Last License to Wed
On the final day A. S. McSwain served as county clerk he issued the last marriage license. The final document went to Fred H. Schmidt and Louise Wager, who appeared at the clerk’s office seeking matrimony.
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McSwain
A. S. McSwain
Fred H. Schmidt
Louise Wager
Cup Presented To Patti Minkert At Big Banquet
A large banquet honored Patti Minkert of Bryan as she received a silver cup for second place in a San Marcos B Y P U Sword Drill. W A Chisholm presented the ten inch engraved cup on behalf of donors, with Rev R E Day toasts and a playful program featuring a mock wedding and comic speeches.
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Patti Minkert
San Marcos Baptist Church
W. A. Chisholm
Temple
Bryan
R. E. Day
Katherine Sangster
Navasota
R. L. Powell
First Baptist Church
San Marcos
Rev
Brother Dey
Bill Wimberly
Deasons
Chisholm
Jesus
County Officers Take Oath Today And File Bonds
County officers were sworn in and bonds approved at the Brazos county courthouse in Judge A. S. McSwain s office. Tax assessor Co L Goen and Commissioner-Elect Emmett Holland were ill and not sworn in. Other holdovers and newly elected officials received oath and bond approvals. An Ohio woman set fire to the homes of two unwelcome suitors in an effort to discourage their attentions.
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Brazos County Court House
A. S. McSwain
Commissioners Court
Co. L. Goen
Emmett Holland
J. M. Moore
J. W. Harris
Holland
Judge McSwain
Ohio
Bryan sees record new building permits in 1928 report
City Clerk Guy P. Bittle presented to the city commission a 1928 growth report showing new buildings valued at 253 930 with 168 permits issued. Excluding churches 202 500 was for new structures, 37 900 for additions and repairs, and church activity at 13 500. The five year tally totals 1 561 621, with caution that real costs may exceed by about 20 percent.
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Bryan
Guy P. Bittle
LaSalle Hotel
Diversified Plan Only Salvation Says E. G. Yeager
E G Yeager and Forbes Redding of Rosebud visited Bryan on Friday with Walter Armstrong of Tabor. Yeager a Rosebud farmer says Waco Borden milk plant will boost dairy in the area. Cameron cheese plant provides milk market and Rosebud eyeing a cooling plant near Waco. He notes successful farmers blend cotton with feed crops Jersey cows hogs poultry. home living favored. Redding, Rosebud high school senior and class president, plans to attend A and M College after graduation. Armstrong calls Brazos county farmers who combine poultry livestock and dairying with cotton as the path to future success, while cotton only leads to poverty.
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E. G. Yeager
Forbes Redding
Rosebud
Bryan
Eagle
Walter Armstrong
Tabor
Mr Yeager
Borden
Waco
Cameron
Yeager
Redding
A. & M. College
Rainbow Order Closes 1928 With Healthy Growth
The Bryan Assembly No. 41 Rainbow Girls held its final 1928 meeting with strong attendance and noted the term’s end for officers. Elections for 1929 will occur at the January meeting, as the group, now in its sixth year, reports 50 members and active engagement. An advisory board of Masons and Eastern Star members was announced, with Mrs. J. R. Wright and others named. Mrs. M. R. Bentley has served as mother advisor since 1927.
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Bryan Assembly No
Order of the Rainbow Girls
Bryan Assembly
Bryan Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Masons
Eastern Star
J. R. Wright
Thos
Lundin
M. R. Bentley
Oak McKenzie
Oak McKennzie
T. H. Haltom
R. L. Brown
Tom Higgs
Geo. Smith
M. R. Bently
Bryan
Nacogdoches Discusses City Manager Government Plan
Nacogdoches weighs switching to the city manager form after receiving a letter Monday to City Manager J. Bryan Miller. The charter commission will meet next week as Miller, president of the Texas City Managers Association, notes Texas cities increasingly adopt the manager plan. The national city managers convention is slated for September in Fort Worth.
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Nacogdoches
Commission
J. Bryan Miller
Miller
Bryan
Texas City Managers Association
Texas
Ft. Worth
Millican Notes Holiday Visits and Local News
Jan, 2 Millican notes recount New Year wishes and extensive holiday visits by residents and relatives. Families from Dallas, Port Arthur, Arcadia, Galveston, Houston, Decatur, Brenham, Spike, and Waco joined in. Also mentions marriages at Goose Creek, moving to Navasota, and flu illness among residents with several listed as ill or recovering.
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Millican
Sam Symms
Bill Symms
Dallas
Hunter Hassell
Port Arthur
Tom Powers
Arcadia
Doris Simpson
San Marcos
L. B. Simpson
Elliot Dunlap
Irene Furman
Robert Fuqua
Goose Creek
Autrey Fuqua
E. C. Jameson
Decatur
J. W. Burrows
S. E. Dunlap
Gotcher
Lillian
Holland
Bryan Pool
Henry Pool
Leo Pool
Houston
Fletcher Pool
Troy
Fletcher Pool Sr
Tom McCullum
Baby
A. J. Edwards
Jessie McFerrin
Spike
Texas
W. McCulloch
Wellborn
Chas. McFerrin
J. Walter Smith
Navasota
Frances
Maydel Williams
Waco
Emma Williams
Rosa Jericho
Percy Bowen
Justice of the Peace
Allege Station
Bob McFerrin
Alma Williams
Curtis Fuqua
Gertrude Todd
Alvin Gregg
Ben Harrington
Month of Grace Given For 1929 Car Licenses
Court and city hall report a 30 day extension to obtain 1929 auto licenses. New Years Day drivers without licenses who continue to operate cars will face police enforcement with no mercy.
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Court House
City Hall
Former Resident Henry Davidson Dies at Houston
Henry Davidson, former Bryan resident, died Sunday at a Houston hospital at 12 05 p m He was about 80 and lived with a nephew in Houston Funeral services were held there Monday The deceased was married to Ellen Houston a Derden relative of Bryan and had long made Bryan home Mrs J W James of Bryan a niece could not attend due to illness
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Will Davidson
Hearne
Dana Carnes
Bryan
Henry Davidson
Houston
Ellen Houston
S. M. Derden
Davidson
J. W. James
Convention invitation sent to Texas city managers
Letters were sent by J. Bryan Miller, city manager and president of the City Managers' Association of Texas, inviting all state city managers to attend the water works school and convention at A and M College and Bryan in January. Miller expects over thirty managers to attend with a round table discussion on common city manager problems during lunch.
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J. Bryan Miller
City Managers’ Association of Texas
A. and M. College
Bryan
Miller
Texas Road Fund Lead with 4.53 Million in Federal Road Aid
Texas tops the states in federal road building aid for the coming fiscal year with 4,531,162 dollars from a 73,125,000 dollar pool. The report shows 34 states at over one million, six above two million, and two above three million, with Texas the only state over four million. Improvements finalized on 8,184 miles and advanced on 2,014 miles.
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Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
Murder Charged Against Negro in Death of Woman
Will Simpson aged 40 held in county jail on murder charge in the death of his wife at their Millican home about a month ago. Sheriff J H Reed arrested him after statements about finding the body in the fireplace conflicted with evidence. The body was badly burned, her missing belt sack contained about $200, and the sack was later found in the house. A long note on Standard Oil dividends follows, noting $3,582,287,581 paid in 17 years with over two billion in cash.
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Will Simpson
Millican
Simpson
J. H. Reed
Reed
Standard Oil Group
Stray mares and horse taken from Locke farm
A grey mare about 15 hands and a large bay horse with roach mane and star in forehead were strayed or stolen from Charles E. Locke’s farm. A reward is offered for information leading to recovery.
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Chas. E. Locke Farm
City Students Eligible for New Thrift Bank Plan
The East Side PTA of Bryan sponsors a thrift savings bank for all Bryan schools. Each classroom acts as a unit with the teacher in charge. Deposits are weekly on Tuesday. teachers keep ledgers and each student gets a bank book. Five percent interest applies on deposits for the two half year periods. Deposits are turned to J. Vernon Brown who deposits with Fidelity Finance Company.
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Thrift Savings Bank
East Side
Parent- Teacher Association of
Bryan
Miss Sunshine Cole
J. Vernon Brown
Fidelity Finance Company
Farewell Dinner Plans for Coach Bible at A&M
News of Coach Bible leaving A&M College for Nebraska stirs alumni activity and a farewell dinner likely in Fort Worth. Bible and Bo McMillin, both Danville Ky products, are highlighted as top figures in Texas football history with upcoming Nebraska-Kansas Aggie clash cited as a major future event.
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Dana X. Bible
University of Nebraska
New Orleans
Coach Bible
Ft. Worth
Bible
Bo McMillin
Aggies
Little College
Danville
Bichie
Texas Aggies
McMillin
Colonels
Harvard
Mock Court Held On Robbery Of Soil At Tabor
A Tabor Community Club mock trial is planned for Friday night at the community house. A farmer is charged with robbing the soil as Kenny Koonts acts sheriff, Marvin Thompson is judge, Will Comrad keeps order, J. T. Cross Jr. prosecutes, and Joe Locke defends. About 500 farmers are expected, with some jurors to be women. An address by J A Moore of Dallas County, Master Farmer of Texas, on reviving a wornout farm may also be given. The event draws strong local interest and is described as the area’s largest in months.
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Tabor
Will Comrad
J. T. Cross Jr
Joe Locke
J. A. Moore
Dallas County
Texas
Bryan
Health Status Must Be Settled
Public eating places bakeries meat markets and dairies must pass medical examinations for contagious diseases and present certificates by January 15 or face consequences. Examinations may be by any physician in good standing with the commission or city health officer, and certificates must be countersigned by Dr. R. B. Ehlinger.
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R. B. Ehlinger
Rates Cut on Bryan Long-Distance Calls
Bryan residents will see lower day rates for both station-to-station and person-to-person long distance calls after February 1. Reductions range from five to twenty-five cents for distances from 130 to about 1,500 miles. Details have not yet reached the Bryan telephone office but are expected shortly.
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Bryan
Skating rink moved from Bryan to Huntsville
The skating rink run under a tent at the east end of Ursuline Avenue has relocated. After operating in Bryan for two weeks, it moved its place of business to Huntsville starting Monday.
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Ursuline Avenue
Bryan
Huntsville
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Ft. Worth Auto Tire Field
Powell
Onvyin del Lugo
Rainbow Order
Texas Road Fund
U.S
Coach Bible Plan of Friends
Woodyard
Spuds
Idaho
Maxwell House
J. R. Ball
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