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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
5
Locals report numerous visitors and travelers arriving in the city from Coleview Nave ota Martin Austin and Houston. Residents including Mrs. B J Kyle J J Vandiver and Ada Field return home after holidays and visits with relatives and at Villa Maria Academy.
A long list of visitors from Corsicana, Tabor, Riverside, Harvey, Cottonwood, Corsicana and other towns were noted in the city today. Local business and social moves include sales events, school returns, and travel to Cameron Sherman and Centerville.
Wednesday reports show numerous residents from Kurten Harris Schoolhouse Harvey and nearby towns in the city for business visits and social calls. Several travelers return from Fort Worth Dallas and Dallas area while others plan trips to Navasota Marlin Austin and Corsicana for meetings, visits, and a football game. A birth is noted for W. S. Johnson’s family.
Local notices list visits and travels of residents from Hearne Corsicana Ennis and Ennis plus business trips to Beaumont Houston Brenham and Tulsa. A postal to Griffing Brothers Port Arthur offers a free 64 page tree book valued at five dollars.
Friday reports show Fray Koontz Kurten J W Sheppard Crosby visitors and many residents like Miss Fenie Graham Rock Prairie Mrs H C Yates Teague J W Barron Houston James Kernole Anderson Wellborn Irene Ferguson Hearne and others arriving or returning. Also notes on pecan tree sales and Galveston visits.
A series of social notes records Miss Virginia Spence resuming studies at the State University after holidays with her parents Prof. and Mrs. D. W. Spence. Miss Alva Pipkin travels to Houston to visit her sister Mrs. Warren Yates. Miss Josie Morton visits Mrs. J. M. Dunn and Mrs. Ernest Elliott and Mrs. J. W. Haygood visits in the city with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Seale.
Saturday figures like SATURDAY C. D. Goen Harvey Rafe Griffith Reliance Joe Sample Ironwood and many others were in town or visiting relatives and local sites including The Eagle office with judges farmers and teachers among the group.
Utility: property across street from the post office lists fruit trees and grape vines with stated prices at the bar. Two lines describe the items and the sale location. The notice notes availability and pricing for potential buyers.
A Houston meeting of the general relief committee decided that 300000 dollars are needed to aid small land owners and tenant farmers. Estimates include 3500 tons of cotton seed at about 40 dollars per ton and 26300 bushels of seed corn at 1.25 to 1.45 per bushel, with 50000 dollars for corn stock. Congress is asked for 200000 dollars for seed. Texas subscriptions cover the rest. County allocations and Red Cross support noted.
Governor Col quitt and Col. Matthews report on flooded Brazos and Burleson counties. About 23 000 acres overflowed with 56 000 more in Burleson. Relief distributed includes tents blankets rations clothing and $6 000 cash, with remaining cash likely used for seed and feed. Local donors provided $2 500, Houston $1 500, and other sources the rest. Large areas face hardship without planting seed and stock feed for work animals. planters and tenants on third and fourth basis need assistance. Interviews from J A Myers John M Lawrence and W Wipprecht stress seed bedding and feed as priorities.
President Wilson formally accepts honorary membership in the Gulfport fire department after saving Judge Neville's house from a blaze. The event took place in Gulfport Mississippi on January 6 with Associated Press reporting.
Five of the missing twenty seven crew of the oil tank steamer Oklahoma were brought to port alive by the Gregory after it broke in two off Sunday Hook. Rescue by Bavaria had already saved sixteen with three found dead in a life boat. It appears that the remaining twenty two perished. Rescued men confirmed the prior reports of the disaster.
A ship broke in the middle as a massive wave lifted it, sending debris and crew into the water. Rescue teams searched the area for survivors while authorities investigated the incident and maritime safety protocols.
Five survivors from the Oklahoma voyage said six companions who departed with them in the life boat were drowned when the boat capsized. They righted the boat and were picked up by the Gregory.
The U S Court of Appeals affirmed sentences for twenty four Structural Iron Workers' Union members convicted of dynamite conspiracy in Indianapolis and reversed and remanded six cases. Frank Ryan president of the Iron Workers' Association received seven years. Olaf Tvetmoe San Francisco leader had his sentence reversed. Thirty two convictions were listed with two defendants not appealing. the government alleged nonunion job blow ups nationwide and the cases may reach the Supreme Court.
Pass Christian Mississippi reports that President Wilson is in perfect health and will depart for Washington Thursday night arriving Tuesday. The announcement confirms a full recovery and imminent return to duties.
Eight carloads of gravel arrived for Main street paving and were unloaded today. Alderman Sam B Wilson said paving will not proceed block by block but after excavating and grading are finished the paving will follow. The street will be rolled and packed with a heavy steam roller before the paving material is laid.
Fire swept Henry Jenkins residence last night around seven after he and family left for church. Fire Marshal Daly Jr. says the blaze likely started from a defective kitchen flue. House and contents valued at $500 with no insurance.
Pennsylvania teachers press for higher salaries as Legislative action looms. Dr Cary extends the soft hours plan for Wilson's patient. Perkins tours the West promoting drainage and flood control. A federal bill seeks oversight of swamp land drainage projects. Japanese artillery maneuvers test courage and efficiency. War correspondent Bennett Burleigh retires to London after a career spanning the Civil War era.
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