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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
5
A long list of visitors and residents in Bryan and surrounding areas during holidays. People travel from Caldwell Waco Houston Navasota Benetis to see relatives and shop. Names include Myers Cooke Hudson Leverton Oliver Johnson Benson and many others visiting or returning home.
Saturday entries list Mrs John Dreher and guests returning to Nava sota and Caldwell after visits. Several residents such as Carroll Harris, Sam Parker, C L Eden, Miss Josephine Windhauser, and others travel to Houston Hearne Calvert and Wellborn for visits and business. Local clubs host open house at A and M College while invitations extend to the Bryan Woman's Club.
Joe Pasler returned to Hearne today after a business trip. Judge W J Moore came from his home near Benchley. W E Graham visited from Rock Prairie. W E B Gandy from near Wellborn was in town. A B McSwain of Rock Prairie attended to business. J M Williams came from Green's Prairie. John Eden of Coleview was a city visitor.
Numerous residents and guests moved through Bryan with holiday departures and returns. Names include Maybelle Allen, Mary Oliver Roberts, Elzee Jones, Warren Withers, J. W. Dean, M. H. James, Cecile Mistrot, Margie Gay, Irma Collins, Erin Blatherwick, J. L. Reese, and many others. Travelers arrived from Ennis, Dallas, Houston, Waco, Navasota, and St. Louis while locals visited family in Rockdale, Denton, Beaumont, and Reliance.
Mrs P P Smith of Waxahachie, who had been visiting her daughter Mrs T N Herring, returned home this afternoon.
Miss Irene Ferguson arrived in Hearne this afternoon after a visit to Mrs. G. S. Parker. Mrs. B. A. Sims returned from New Orleans. John Riley and family came from Reliance. Ample local arrivals include R. E. Blatherwick of Dalhart visiting his sisters, W. D. Evans of Madisonville enrolling his son at Allen Academy, and Col lege couples from Houston on holidays.
Marriage licenses for H. H. Gammill and Bessie Smith. Real estate transfer from Gus Plagens and wife to A. W. Stevens for 2 acres in John Hope survey, consideration $12. Advertisement for Herbine stomach relief included with 50 cent price. Sold by dealers.
Guidance from F W Kazmeier of Texas A and M Extension advises hatch timing for winter egg production. Select top breeders, avoid weak stock, favor November December layers, and use pure bred stock with vigorous conformation. Rotate drones, provide free range, and feed green forage to promote health and higher lay rates.
O H Mahaffey chief engineer of Life and Casualty building Nashville Tenn says after taking eight Tanlac bottles he gained forty nine pounds, recovered weight from 162 to 202 and reports stomach trouble and ulcers improved, crediting Tanlac for renewed appetite sleep and energy. Read & Stewart in Bryan sells Tanlac.
Port ion of ten thousand dollars worth of cotton scattered by August storms was recovered on the McFadden plantation. The bolls undamaged were found under grass in the meadow near the cotton field, according to Associated Press dispatch from Victoria Texas dated December 29.
Complete house bills shipped anywhere examination allowed no advance required grade and count guaranteed send estimate. Independent Co-Operative Lumber Co Lake Charles La The Home of Long Leaf Pine.
Jack Perry a white man pleaded guilty this morning in Justice W W Gainer's court to an affray and was fined 1 and costs totaling 14 75. He must pay the amount, reflecting the court's penalty.
Oscar Strickland a Bryan wrestler defeated Omaha’s Kid Bernard at the Young Men’s Athletic Club. The first fall came in eight minutes with a double arm lock and the second in six minutes with a cradle hold.
Wallace Peverley spent Christmas holidays near Uvalde with B. B. Flowers and Leslie Flowers. He returned with two fine bucks, one weighing 175 pounds, shot at 200 yards with a 30-06 Winchester, though only one was shipped home due to express costs.
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