Cole Elected President Of Bryan Chamber Of Commerce
At the first meeting of the new board of directors for 1922 in Bryan, W. H. Cole was elected president with John M. Lawrence, Wilson Bradley, and Sam E. Eberstadt in top offices. The 25 member board includes J. N. Dulaney and Judge H. O. Ferguson. absent were Dr. W. B. Bizzell and others. Director Eberstadt was re elected secretary for a sixth year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan and Brazos County
Bryan and
Brazos County
Eberstadt
Samuel E. Eberstadt
Tariff Bill Assured by Republican Leaders
Senate and house Republican leaders pledge to report a permanent tariff bill early in February and pass it before the current session ends. They also agreed that the soldier bonus bill should originate in the house with Ways and Means drafting it for quick House action within two weeks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Death of Mrs. Ida Meads Evetts
Mrs Ida Meads Evetts of Houston wife of E G Evetts died at 2 05 at the home of her parents Rev and Mrs W J Meads Funeral services will be held some time Thursday afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evetts
Ida Meads Evetts
Houston
E. G. Evetts
W. J. Meads
District Engineer Love Returns From Texas Highway Meeting
District Engineer A. C. Love has come back from Austin after attending the Texas Highway Commission meeting.
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A. C. Love
Austin
Texas Highway Commission
Freezing Rains Expected to Benefit Texas Farmers
Rain freezing over Texas farms in the last 36 hours covers from Abilene to the eastern border. Meteorologist Dr. Cline of the Dallas Weather Bureau says the freezing rain will aid farmers as temperatures rise today amid continuing cloudy or rising weather.
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Dallas
Texas
Abilene
Cline
Dallas Weather Bureau
Diocesan Council Sets Alternate-Year Meetings
Rev. S. Moylan Bird reports the Texas Episcopal Diocese will hold future council meetings on alternating years in Houston Galveston Austin Waco and Beaumont, key cities in the remnant of the old Texas diocese which once covered the entire state before 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Moylan Bird
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Houston
Texas Episcopal Diocese
Galveston
Austin
Waco
Beaumont
Texas
Better Cotton Seed Campaign Reaches Bryan Texas
Mr Cavitt in Bryan receives a 1922 letter from D L Ray manager of the Better Cotton Seed Campaign. The note lists organizations urged to promote planting approved pure seed and requests seed stock details and pricing for carload and smaller lots. It seeks confidential planning data to aid county farm bureaus and A and M extension agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Texas
Cavitt
Dallas
Sam Cavitt
Bryan
Texas Bankers Association
Texas Cotton Association
T. O. Walton
A. and M. College
Texas Wholesale Merchants Association
Texas Hardware & Implement Dealers Association
Texas Retail Merchants Association
Texas Chamber of Commerce
D. L. Ray
Better Cotton Se
Texas pecans could replace round beef as meat substitute
Pecan specialist J H Burkett says Texas pecans supply proteins and vitamins similar to meat. One pound of nuts equals about one and a half pounds of round steak plus a half pound of butter, with Texas leading world pecan production and growing fast under agricultural support and grafting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
J. H. Burkett
State Department of Agriculture
Texas Pecan Growers’ Exchange
Burkett
United States
Mexico
Department of Agriculture
O. L. Wallace
E. E. Riessen
San Saba
Riessen
FE. C. Butterfield
Winona Smith County
Butterield
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
National Pecan Growers’ Exchange
Limestone County Deputies Removed Under Martial Law
Brigadier General Jacob F. Wolters reported to Governor Neff that Limestone County sheriff revoked the commissions of Deputies Nalls Bryant and Sawyer on January 21 tied to a federal grand jury conspiracy case. The sheriff has not filled the vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Jacob F. Wolters
Mexia
Neff
Wolters
Limestone County
Nalls, Bryant and
Sawyer
United States
Waco
Two New Bungalows by Local Builders on East 27th Street
M. M. Erskine and H. R. Brayton plan two new bungalows on their east 27th street lots to serve as their homes. The south half of the block includes the property adjoining W. E. Neely. These improvements will enhance Bryan's residential area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Erskine
H. R. Brayton
East 27Th Street
W. E. Neely
Bryan
Reward of 31800 for a fugitive arrested at Hearne
A man wanted by California Oregon and Texas officers for various charges was arrested in Hearne by special Southern Pacific officers. He was armed and taken to Luling to answer one accusation. The fugitive allegedly escaped custody in Austin by forcing a youth to drive him toward police headquarters. The auto contained a copper still a gasoline stove blankets and clothing. His companion was arrested in Austin.
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Hearne
Tex
California
Oregon
Texas
G. E. Martin
F. R. Forrester
Luling
Austin
Harry Barber
Will G. Barber
San Martos
Barber
B of
Legal Examiners
Brazos County Poultry Association Meets Highlights Outreach
The Brazos County Poultry Association held a January meeting at the Chamber of Commerce with J F Oates and officials present. A movable school led by F W Kazmeier was planned for February 13–14 to teach breed characteristics care and egg production. The group endorsed supplying hatching eggs at reduced prices and planned attendance at the Tabor Short Course February 3–4. The next county show will follow the Houston Fair with arrangements to accept exhibits.
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Brazos County Poultry Associat
Chamber of Comme
J. F. Oates
W. Sanders
Will
J. H. Conway
F. W. Kazmeier
Poultry Husbandman Extension Service
Kazmeier
Brazos County
FE. R. Alexander
C. L. Benson
Poultry Association
Tabor
Texas
Two Brakemen Die From Blizzard Falls in Texas
In Waco J F Jenkins 40 a Cotton Belt brakeman died after slipping from an ice coated water tank on a flat car near Kidson Hamilton County. In Fort Worth R J Henry brakeman died after a fall under a freight train at Handley caused by ice on handles.
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Waco
Texas
J. F. Jenkins
Kidson
Hamilton County
Fort Worth
R. J. Henry
Handley
Business visitors from Wixon visit Bryan today
S. F. Rosier of Wixon was listed among business visitors in Bryan today, signaling regional commerce activity and cross town professional traffic.
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S. F. Rosier of
Wixon
Bryan
Pres, Mrs. Waldrop Names Committees for Society
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church met at 3 PM with fair attendance. President Mrs. A M Waldrop announced working committees for the year including Social service, House, Program, Study and publicity, Church, Parsonage, Decoration, Floral, and Laws. A social meeting at Mrs. H C Willis's home was planned for next Monday at 3 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
A. M. Waldrop
S. E. Ebersteldt
H. C. Willis
W. F. Gibbs
Lee J. Rountree
M. H. James
J. F. Oates
T. A. Adams
H. H. Seale
E. J. Jenkins
R. M. Dansby
B. T. Poole
E. C. Harder
Philip Hensarling
C. A. Lewis
Knox Williams
H. N. Cochran
W. W. Solomon
A. K. Short
John W. Black
Cleff Martin
R. O. Allen
W. W. Owen
H. H. Young
Pearle Martindale
W. L. Porter
R. J. Newland
E. W. Crenshaw
S. D. Pearce
Will Hall
A. M. Waldron
J. B. Priddy
J. L. McKee
Congo
J. W. Black
Africa
Lynn Harter
W. E. Lewis, Jr
Death of a Former Citizen of Bryan
F W Reed former Bryan resident died in Houston after weeks with dropsy of the heart. He was about 69 born in Minnesota and long associated with Cameron Texas later moving to Bryan with wife Florence Robinson Reed. Survived only by his wife, the couple lived on West 26th Street in Bryan. The funeral is set for Wednesday at 3 PM with interment in City Cemetery after the body is returned from Houston.
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F. W. Reed
Bryan
Houston
Minnesota
Cameron
Texas
Florence Robinson
Robinson
West 26Th Street
Button Smith
Reed
West 28Th Street
City Cemetery
Dyer anti lynching bill debated in House
Rep Mondell Wyomings Republican leader argued in the House that the Dyer anti lynching bill is needed to curb mob violence. He warned lynching unchecked would erode law and order of civilization.
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Associated Press
Washington
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
House
Dyer
Educational conference called by Governor Neff
Governor Neff in Austin calls a think-out-loud education conference for February 11 at 9 30 am. He invites the UT and A and M boards, college regents, normal schools, State Superintendent, and leaders from education, civic groups, and women's organizations to exchange ideas on Texas education reform.
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Austin
Texas
Bryan Eagle
Neff
Higher Institutions of Learning
Gov. Neff
Board of Regents of
The
University of Texas
Board of Directors
A. and M. College
Board of Regents of the
College of Industrial Arts
Normal School Board of Regents
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Higher Institutions of Learning and
Normal Schools Legislative Committee On Survey of Higher Education
State Teachers’ Association
Texas Congress of Mothers
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Texas League of Women Voters
Mayor Oles Guarded After City Cleanup Threats
Youngstown Ohio January 25 reports say body guards surround Mayor George Oles day and night after threatening letters from lawless elements surface. The threats accuse him of cleaning up the city and warn of a possible killing.
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Associated Press
Youngstown
Ohio
M Geo. Oles
Oles
Ex Baylor Alumni Called to Meet in Waco
The Eagle calls all Baylor University ex students to gather at the Baptist Tabernacle office on Thursday night January 26 at 7 30. The goal is to form a Baylor University Club in Brazos County with former students invited. Mayes Behrman is invited to help organize. signed by Dr Mo A Held Judge W C Davis and A J Buchanan.
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Eagle
Baylor University
Baptist Tabernacle
Brazos County
Mayes Behrman
Waco
Alumni Association
Two Fire Alarms Call Bryan Fire Crews
Two alarms were answered in Bryan on Thursday evening within ten minutes. At 5:50 p m Dr J W Black's Twenty-ninth street home reported a flue fire with no damage. At 6 p m neighbors mistook a window reflection at Mrs John E Astin's College avenue home for a fire, but firefighters found only a grate fire and no one home.
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Bryan
J. W. Black
Twenty-ninth Street
John E. Astin
College Avenue
Marriage licenses issued since last report
The following licenses have been issued: S. W. Crenshaw and Mrs. Lillie Todd. J. O. Alexander and Lucile Haste. Leestus Moore and Josephine Carter. James Figures and Edna Thompson. Jess Worthington and Laura Shirstella.
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S. W. Crenshaw
Lillie Todd
J. O. Alexander
Lucile Haste
Leestus Moore
Josephine Carter
James Figures
Edna Thompson
Jess Worthington
Laura Shirstella
Kurien men visit Bryan on business
Mr. T. L. Tobias and Mr. R. H. Hearne of Kurien were in Bryan today on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Tobias
R. H. Hearne
Kurien
Bryan
Two Rivers Oil Company Expands Lease Activity
At a Tuesday meeting of directors and stockholders of the Two Rivers Oil Company the board was empowered to sell buy and trade leases. J C Miller and associates plan a large financial campaign with stock to be sold nationwide. The company holds 45 000 acres of oil and mineral leases and will push Brazos county lease deals while resuming drilling on a Wixson farm deep well now at 1850 feet with a log matching Mexia field producers.
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Two Rivers Oil Company
J. C. Miller
Texas
Mid Continent
United States
Brazos County
Wixson Farm
Judge Davis Urges Civic Duty in Law Enforcement
In Franklin Texas Judge W C Davis of Bryan delivered an address on enforcing the law. He urged citizens to serve on juries and warned against excusing jury duty while criticizing courts. He stressed enforcing prohibition laws to test their popularity and pledged citizen responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Texas
Neff
W. C. Davis
Bryan
Junior Bridge Club host at Haswell home
Miss Ava Haswell acted as hostess for the Junior Bridge Club this afternoon from eight to five at the residence of Mayor and Mrs Tyler Haswell on West 24th street.
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Ava Haswell
Tyler Haswell
West 24Th Street
Rail Unions Reject Rules of U S Railway Labor Board
Six shop craft unions rejected seven rules of the new railroad shop men agreement issued by the United States Railway Labor Board. The rules mainly affect overtime wage features that the board had removed, prompting federations to direct new disputes with railroad systems.
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U. S. Railway Labor Board
Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
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MR. Cole
Pres. Chamber OF Commerce
Pres
Davis
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