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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1914
Page
5
A lengthy locals list shows numerous residents and visitors arriving or passing through the city from Harvey Navasota Calvert Wellborn Tabor Steep Hollow and other nearby towns. Notables include J B Andrews from Houston Prof J L Cobb from Tabor and Capt John Ferguson from Harvey.
The Bryan city page records a flurry of in town visits and departures. Jack Graham Harvey J. H. White Wixon Uncle Zack Jones Reliance Henry Roberts Cuero Darden Chance Hugo Okla W. M. Manthei Kurten J. W. English Houston Joe Sample Cottonwood A. J. Conaway Independence Mrs P. W. Warbington Navajo Dr O M Ball College J K Presnal Jay Harris Cottonwood Buna Steep Hollow Goen Harvey James Wilson Normangee J A Robinson Wheelock Mills Smithville J S Lavender Oklahoma Lucy Christian Ray Montgomery Madisonville Jeff Steele Millican I Rohme Calvert Rohme Johanna Mayers Hubbard City A W Royder Wellborn and families.
Saturday J D Jones of Harvey and Devalson Buchanan from Harvey were in the city. P L Barron from Rock Prairie visited the city. Mrs Burt Adams traveled to Jewett to visit relatives. Miss Zena Burnet went to Thornton to visit relatives. Mrs John E Astin went to San Antonio to visit relatives. Judge W J Moore visited from a farm near Benchley. Mrs J W Preston returned from a visit to Hearne. Dolores Knapp of Galveston arrived to visit Miss Katie Daly. Beulah Williams also went to the city.
J R Holland of Wellborn and Miss Winna Davis arrive for visits. Mrs O H McGee hosts guests, while Hon W C Davis returns from District Court in Franklin. Families from Reliance Houston Benchley St Louis Elkhart and Hearne converge for visits and forthcoming home arrivals.
Monday notes list guests and visitors including Miss Annie Louise Hunter with Mrs. J. M. Carson, Erroll Dodson of Ennis, Miss Bessie Lawrence in Navasota, and many others arriving from Harvey, Wellborn, Galveston, Austin, Dallas, and Crosby. Citizens travel to Houston, Caldwell, and Calvert for visits or business.
Pinkney Graham of Rock Prairie returns to the State University in Austin after being summoned home due to his sister Mina's serious illness, reported somewhat better. Austin visitors attend the Moore-Cole wedding as guests. Mrs. Ollie Hunt and children move to Houston to make a new home, leaving many friends behind. Various locals, including Prof. J. L. Cobb, Henry Roberts, B. A. Huggins, J. P. Newcomb, C. Hopkins, Gertie Wilson, Miss Dedice Hickman, and Miss Bentley, travel or return from visits and business across Texas.
The firm Beard & Crenshaw of Edge Texas dissolves by mutual consent with E W Crenshaw retiring. T W Beard and J W Beard assume liabilities and will collect accounts due. Dated Edge Texas January 1914. Crenshaw thanks patrons and asks continued support for successors.
The O. D. H. 8 Lodge hosts its second annual masquerade ball at Kurten on February 6. Admission is 50 cents with ladies free. All invited. Co. W. Hedtke, Chairman.
A series of property transfers listed with grantor and grantee names, parcel descriptions, and monetary considerations. Transfers include R B Grant to John J Krenek in Bryan Heights and back, G W Dunlap to Sue E Thompson in Brazos County, M Patella to Joe Canneliatta in Bryan, J Sidney Smith to M F Dansby et al in Brazos County, Joe Bonano to T G Bonano in Brazos County, and F M Miller to Fannie Dozier near Wellborn.
Mr J A Robinson of Wheelock reported that Pete Moore an elderly Edge resident wandered from his home last Sunday causing great concern. About seventy five men searched the area then traces led to the Navasota river where he vanished. A later message announced Moore had been found swimming the river near the old crossing and made his way to Normangee in Leon County where friends found him in good health.
Congress resumes after holidays with a broad agenda. Key plans include trust and monopoly controls, rural credit, defense strengthening, and annual appropriations exceeding a billion dollars. The labor probe in Calumet and Moyer removal, government railroads, and women's suffrage drive likely prompt action. Diplomatic talks with Central America also loom in coming months.
Moriz Lodge of I O B E marked B nai B rith day with readings and music by wives and daughters. Speakers Charles L Sanger of Waco and Rabbi W Willner of Houston discussed Benevolence Brotherly Love and Harmony. Temple Freda housed a large crowd and a banquet followed.
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