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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1919
Page
4
A Special Correspondent reports that many British soldiers missing in action are held as secret prisoners by Germany. The piece cites evidence of silent camps and slave labor, with reasons including revenge, secret war work, and protection of officers who fear disclosure.
E A Davidson examiner in charge of the local employment bureau has received instruction from State Director Lewis to close the Bryan office at once and report to Houston. Mr Davidson expects to leave on the evening train for Houston.
A vintage ad explains children prefer California Syrup of Figs over castor oil and calomel. It claims the fruit laxative cleanses liver and bowels, sweetens the stomach, and saves a sick child, urging buyers to demand the California Fig Syrup Company product.
In Bismarck on January 21 the North Dakota legislature shows enthusiasm for a sweeping plan born from last fall's amendments empowering state ownership of grain elevators flour mills packing plants cold storage coal mines hail insurance rural credit banks and tax exemptions for farm and city improvements. The move is framed as cooperative, with local promoters arguing state control will benefit producers and communities while limiting private profit. Grand Forks leads with a locally owned $1 million packing plant as a model for broader state involvement. The era’s farming knowledge and soil conservation drive support for these initiatives.
A humorous verse extols lavish barn care from grooming animals to sterilizing poultry and feeding chicks. The poem promises more satire as next week plans to wash the hired man appear, reflecting playful rural sendup.
Travis county educator L G Halden announces a bill to charter a state supported industrial institute for negro youths in Manor near Austin. Clayton institute in Manor already serves about 230 students with farm and Brackenridge hall gifts, drawing support from Slater Fund and General Education Board.
Local druggists report a drop in calomel sales as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. Advertisers claim it is safe pleasant tasting and vegetable with a money back guarantee if it fails to relieve liver sluggishness and constipation. Adults and children can take a nightly spoonful and wake refreshed without the next day discomfort.
Christobal Canal Zone January 21 The committee on public information reports South and Central American newspapers widely used its Spanish language war news and anti German propaganda material without subsidies or payments. Newspapers of all sizes and many capitals carried the material, with editorial columns repeating its content and shaping public opinion.
The German minister Kraker von Schwartzenfeldt railed against allied information in Colombian papers. Bogota editors and the government repudiated his charges, prompting his departure from the city to undisclosed parts.
Mrs. J. W. Binkley of 5104 Illinois Ave Nashville says Tanlac saved her after eighteen years of frail health. Weighing ninety pounds at crisis she gained twenty two pounds after eight bottles and now enjoys hearty meals and full strength. She credits Tanlac with ending stomach distress and misery and urges others to try it.
In Beaumont Texas on January 22 three Italian boys about nine years old staged a bank robbery at the First National. One boy used a waste basket to grab change from the teller’s tray while two others fled. Police recovered all but 10.50 dollars and released the captured youths after inquiry.
Advert says Calotabs cure colds overnight and ease sore throat, cough, or grippe. Claims modern calomel is purified, no salts or nausea, one tab at bedtime, price thirty five cents, guaranteed by druggist.
The friends mourn the sudden death of Miss Allie Gandy aged 22 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A B Gandy of Rock Prairie. She died Sunday at the home of her sister Mrs Charles Chaney in Normangee where she was teaching. The funeral will be held this afternoon and she will be buried at the family burying ground at Wellborn.
Classified notice offers a two-horse wagon in good repair for sale. Contact Chas N Simpson at R F D 1 Bryan for details.
Clarence Elliott died this morning at 5 at his Brazos bottoms home from bronchial pneumonia. He managed the Brazos bottoms plantation for M. B. Parker and was about 87. Survivors include his wife Alice Harrison, mother Mrs. E. C. Elliott, a brother T. C. Elliott, sisters Mrs. J. F. Bennett, Mrs. Sadie Yardley, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Willie Wilson, a younger brother Ross Elliott in Camp Travis, and cousins E. B. and Marvin Elliott. Funeral in his mother’s residence in Bryan tomorrow.
Frank Ellis an elderly Black man about 72 or 73 was found dead on the Tony Scardino farm six miles north of Bryan on the Bryan Bench ly Hearne road. Officials believe exposure during recent bad weather caused death after Ellis was released from jail and wandered away.
W. D. Lawrence invested $41 in hogs two years ago. He sold $175 in the first year, gave away three hogs, killed three for personal use, and closed this winter at $562.07. Total gross receipts reach $717.07, minus estimated feed costs of $200 to $250, leaving a net of $425.07 from the $41 stake.
The senate committee on constitutional amendments favored the house statewide prohibition amendment and set May 24 for voting on both the prohibition and women's suffrage amendments. The senate approved to third reading the house prohibition amendment and fixed May 24 as the voting date.
The Texas House introduced a constitutional amendment to allow state road bonds totaling 75 million dollars. The measure was referred to the committee on constitutional amendments after being presented by Mr. Laney of Dallas.
Representative Laney proposes using the state automobile fund from taxes to issue bonds for permanent roads. The measure would require votes on the bonds with retirement from the automobile tax fund. Laney says the fund will soon accumulate enough to retire large yearly bond amounts.
The Camp Grant employment bureau adopts the Red Cross slogan A Job for Every Soldier and aims to place all discharged men. W. A. Fay leads a system that guarantees work before muster out, matching former positions or new fields, with direct employer contact when needed. Some cases require days to secure a fit.
Authorities report about half of city soldiers have found work while rural areas show full employment. Mark L. Crawford of Chicago is named federal director of the employment feature overseeing liaison with manufacturers nationwide. Branch offices will coordinate with cantonment bureaus to match help with need and avoid industrial disruption.
Maxim Litvinoff former Bolshevik ambassador to London told the Associated Press he admitted Bolshevist propaganda was carried on in Germany but denied such activity in neutral or entente countries.
The Associated Press reports from Austin Texas that an honor able discharge will count as a poll tax receipt for voting in the issuing year if bill seven by Pope of Nueces becomes law.
Patrons of the Milwaukee club of the American association are campaigning to rename the team from Brewers to Badgers as Milwaukee’s beer industry declines. The Brewers nickname has stood since joining the association and the Badgers option is favored in discussions.
Women of Orange circulated a petition seeking signatures to back the appointment of two women on the police force to handle special duties. They say several hundred leading citizens signed, with only two refusing.
Mrs. Sadie Yardley of Port Arthur and Mrs. John Bennett of McGregor travel to Bryan due to the illness and death of their brother Clarence Elliott.
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