Farmers Dinner Highlights Brazos County Progress
The Commercial Club hosts a Brazos County farmers dinner in Bryan with 15 long tables, extensive linen and silverware contributions, and a menu of soup roast beef ham cream potatoes corn muffins rolls cashew butter pie milk and coffee. Speakers include Dr. W B Bizzell A and M College president and H M Elliott extension agent as well as Tex as state agent C French. farmers from Steep Hollow Kurten Millican and Benchley share remarks. Secretary McKnight notes possible rename to Brazos County Development Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
Commercial Club
Brazos County
Bryan
Eugene Edge
East Moseley Street
Mesdames R. S. Webb Sr
W. S. Howell
A. B. Sims
EB. H. Astin
Tyler Haswell
T. R. Patte
J. T. Means
Mary Ewing
Rudolph Myers
J. Allen Myers
T. G C. Nunn
John M. Caldwell
J. Hi. Allen
Bernardine McKnight
Velma
Hensarling
Hett
Edge
Floriné Batte
Hthel’ Evans
Edna Wicks
Stella Woodward
Edel Thomsen
Mary Oliver Roberts
Olive Cloud
Elizabeth S Love
Belle Gainer
Lilliaan O'Day
Mary Lavender
Bernalle Tatum
Annabelle Smith
Alice Smith
Dona Newland
John A. Moore
A. W. Buchanan
A. J. Buchanan
L. J. Tucker
Lucy Gresham
Parker-Astin Hardware Company
Myers Hardware Company
Cole Hardware Company
W. T. James
KB. F. Parks
Parker Lumber Company
Otto Boehme
Texas Bakery Fairmead Creamery
J. B. Dunn
Zack Guess
McKnight
W. B. Bizzell
A. and M. College
H. M. Elliott
C. €. French
Baby Beef
Pig
I. M. Cook
Steep Hollow
Jack Lawless
Kurten
Fletcher Pool
Millican
Benchley
L. L. Mellanis
Colonel Ousley
South
Mr. Ousley
J. Webb Howell
Bryan Cotton Oil Company
A and M College Offers Rural Life School Six Weeks
Beginning June 15 through July 20 the A and M College runs a six week rural life school and summer normal for teachers and others in agriculture. Courses cover all phases of agriculture domestic science manual training and methods for state certificates. Tuition includes dormitory room and meals at $30 for six weeks or $5 weekly for late entrants. M. L. Hayes leads with college professors and experienced teachers. Free Bulletins 167 and 176 from the Texas experiment station explain fertilizers and their use and compositions. request from the station director College Station Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. and M. College
Texas Experiment Station
Texas
Experiment Station
College Station
Tex
1916 A and M College Farm Reports and Football Schedule
The annual report details a top corn yield of 90 bushels per acre at 12 cents per bushel by Charley Taylor of Walker County and a peanut yield of 160 bushels per acre at 8 cents per bushel by Calvin Brooks of Paducah. The 7,028 Loys’ club members excel in corn, cotton, grain, sorghums, peanuts, and livestock. The 1916 football schedule, directed by W L Driver, features the Texas A&M team hosting the annual game with the University of Texas at Austin on Thanksgiving and games against Missouri School of Mines, the Haskell Indians, and Louisiana teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Williamson
Loys’ Club
T. A. and
M. College
Charley Taylor
Walker County
Calvin Brooks
Paducah
W. L. Driver
A. and
State University At
Austin
Missouri State School of Mines
Haskell Indians
Louisiana
Professor C M Bethany Seeks Brazos County Superintendent Post
The Eagle announces Professor C. M. Bethany principal of the West Side public school in Bryan as a Democratic primary candidate for Brazos County superintendent. A Texan born in Harris County, he trained at Hempstead and Texas University, with fifteen years in teaching including nine in Bryan. He has long state teaching ties and chairs on the state board of examiners, and the Eagle believes he is well qualified to lead county education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Bethany
Eagle
West Side
Bryan
Brazos County
Professor Bethany
Harris County
Hempstead
University of Texas
State Teachers’ Association
State Department of Education
Austin
State Board of Examiners
W. F. Doughty
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Bethany
Auto Smash Narrowly Numbs Two College Men
Dr. Otto Ehlinger and W. Whipkey of the A and M College were in a serious auto crash yesterday afternoon between Bryan and College. The Ford roadster overturned pinning both occupants for about forty minutes. Ehlinger suffered painful injuries but resumed duties. Whipkey had only minor bruises. The car was badly wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Ehlinger
W. Whipkey
M. College
Bryan
College
Mr. Whipkey
Ehlinger
College Hospital
Cunningham Bros Released On Bond In Texas Murder Case
Frank and Clarence Cunningham, charged with murder after Saturday street fight in Waxahachie Texas, waived examination and were released on a $2000 bond for grand jury appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham Bros
Associated Press
Waxahachie
Tex
Frank
Clarence Cunningham
Big Fire Today in Collinsville Business District
Sherman Tex January 17 Fire in Collinsville near Sherman in the business section did twenty five thousand dollars damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingville
Sherman, Tex
Collinsville
Here
Death of Dr. W. F. Proctor at A. and M. College Campus
Dr. W F Proctor died suddenly at his home on the A and M College campus after a heart attack and acute indigestion. He led farm demonstration work for the U S Department of Agriculture and served at the college four years. Survived by wife, two sons Lang and W C, and four daughters. Funeral Wednesday. interment at Kessee, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Proctor
A. and. M. College
Bryan
Dr. Proctor
United States Department of Agriculture
A. and M. College
Proctor
South
Lang Proctor
Cotton Belt
Tyler
W. C. Proctor
Jonesboro
Ark
Aileen
Louise
College
Inez
Edith Proctor
Public School of
Houston
Kessee
Tex
Carranza Authorities Accused Over Santa Ysabel Killings
The state department at El Paso obtained evidence that Carranza authorities in Chihuahua told the Mexican field leader no escort was needed for the Santa Ysabel special train. Some Americans supported a troop escort while others did not. Passports were issued for the party by Juarez immigration and the Chihuahua governor. Consul Mania said Americans were concentrated at Torreon with Carranza troops to provide protection. sixty reached Monterey safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
el Paso
Carranza
Chihuahua
Santa Ysabel
Juarez
Mania
Monterey
Torreon
Weather Bulletin Forecasts Warm Spell then Storms and Cold
The bulletin notes a January period from the 13th to the 23rd with two warm spells and five day windows for severe storms around January 20 and a cold wave around January 23. It predicts heavy rains south and deep snows east of the Rockies with excessive precipitation on the Pacific slope and a lunar eclipse on January 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Pacific Slope
United States Weather Bureau
Washington
Rockies
Meridian 90
Real Estate Transfers in Brazos County
A sequence of land transfers in Brazos County lists Rebecca Easton and Rosa Easton selling 46 acres each to Fountain Bros for sums including 10 and 660 dollars. Other conveyances include 100 acres to G W Buchanan for 750, half interest in two acres to A J Edwards for 1, and multiple Bryan city lots sold to Chas Moehlman for 150 and 450 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Easton
Fountain Bros
Brazos County
Rosa Easton
R. C. Rudasill Et al
G. W. Buchanan
Colbert Baker League
Thos H. Royden
A. J. Edwards
J. D. Williams League
A. J. Wooten
Chas. Moehlman
City of
Bryan
W. P. Wooten
Della Wooten
J. J. Pipkin
C. Richardson
F. W. Kazmeier
Zeno Phillips League
W. H. Cargill
L. A. Jones
Perry League
Elizabeth J. Adkins
Als
Ed Putz
R. Carter League
D. W. Hardy
E. H. Terrell
Allenfarm
Senator Astin Stirs Interest in Congress Bid
Hon J R Bob Astin state senator for this district visited the city Thursday night and Friday meeting constituents and weighing a potential run for Congress. Supporters across the district urge him to seek a national post, while he evaluates the political landscape and his chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R
Bob) Astin
State Senate
Astin
Congress
Senate
National Congress
Limestone County political figure eyes Congress bid
The Mexia News notes that a senator from Limestone County would fit as a national law maker and join congressional leaders from the start. He carried Limestone County in every senate race, has broad local support, and will announce his intentions soon as he considers a Congress candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Congress
Astin
Limestone County
Mexia News
Fine results by farmer boys clubs in Texas report
The annual report by H. H. Williamson shows splendid profits and record yields in cotton corn grain sorghums and peanuts among Texas boys clubs. Peanuts produced the highest yields under A and M College extension and U S Department of Agriculture guidance with Calvin Brooks earning 160 bushels per acre at about 8 cents per bushel in cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Williamson
A. and M. College
A. and M. College Extension Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Calvin Brooks
Paducah
Cattle County
Velma Beeson
Panola County
Jesse Grantham
Palo Pinto County
Ellora Attwood
Pan
Whitt
Sweetwater
Gaston Floyd
Weatherford
Russian Nobleman Brutally Mutilated Near Phoenix Mines
Count Morajeska a Russian nobleman was beaten into unconsciousness shot and left for dead at his mining property seventy miles south of Phoenix Arizona. His wife located him four days later in a cabin without food or water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Mo‘rajeska
Here
Striking Girls Stop Factories in Philadelphia
Six thousand garment workers, mostly girls, struck in Philadelphia for higher wages and shorter hours. Two hundred fifty factories closed as a result of the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
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Louisiana State Unversity
Beaumont
Southern Methodist University of Dallas
Dallas
Rice Institute
Baylor University
Waco
Missouri Miners
Col
Dallas University At College
University of Texas At Austin
A. & M. College
M. L. Hayes
Auto Smash
W. T. Foster
Senator Astin
Farmer Boys
Pat Calvert
Brownwood
Williamson
Parker County
Banner County
Arizona
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