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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
6
A persuasive plea urges citizens to pay poll tax to gain voting rights in state and city government. It frames poll tax as a privilege and stresses that every single vote can influence outcomes, urging action today to become a full citizen.
Citizens in five Southwestern states have created 2 948 841 acres as bird and game refuges with five year protection. Texas leads with 2 800 403 acres including King Kennedy Lasater ranches. Youths donated 7 899 yards for feeding birds and pledges bind adults and children to uphold game laws.
The Indian name Shenandoah means Daughter of the Stars, noted in a reflective line about language and identity in this era. The sentence emphasizes the significance of name origins and the idea of a tired age yielding to cultural meanings.
Graduates and ex-students of CIA in Brazos County form a club with 25 initial members. At Mrs. A. A. Lenerton’s home on the college campus the group organized and plans monthly meetings. Miss Lucy Harrison of Bryan will lead February activities. Officers elected: Elizabeth Wright Spence president, Riette Jones Wogen vice president, Rosella Brawley White secretary treasurer, Vera Foreman Finley reporter.
The notice warns worms in children show paleness, fretfulness, poor appetite, and sleep starts and urges White's Cream Vermifuge. A few doses are claimed to drive out worms and restore health, with a fifty-year record of successful use. Sold by Jenkins' Drug Store.
The contest invites Texas farmers who do not irrigate to enter for $1500 in prizes. The grand prize of $1000 goes to the best five acre unirrigated cotton yield, with four smaller prizes totaling $500 for the most valuable profitable-cotton information from crop records.
Kurten Jan 26 A living animal over inanimate matter prompts Artie Hearne to rescue two trapped mules from a barn fire at the cost of his new automobile. Flames engulf the barn destroying a central structure and garage. one mule badly burned, the other less so. Loss estimated at 1500 to 2000 dollars. Origin of fire unknown, possibly arson amid a spate of recent Brazos county barn fires.
J D Martin returned on the Dallas train after attending the 27th annual Texas Retail Hardware and Implement Association convention. He was re-elected president, Daniel Scoates re-elected secretary, and the event featured round tables on methods, social events, and a strong business outlook for 1925.
The Edge Girl's club met with twenty members and Miss Laura Belle Roten present. New officers include Mrs. P D McAlpine as president and Mrs. John Thompson as secretary treasurer. Plans for January and yearlong work were outlined along with a millinery school and Blue Ribbon Forty Club banquet preparations.
William Wilson reports safe arrival after the long trip to North Texas as winter weather continues to affect travel conditions. The note captures a brief moment of relief and ongoing conditions in the region.
Funeral services are announced for Ira Gooch who died January 26 in Navasota after a yearlong illness. He was a Bryan resident formerly engaged in livery, later ran a harness and undertaking business in Navasota. Survivors include wife Laura McCorquodale, three daughters in Houston, two sons Charley in Navasota and Ernest in New Mexico. Burial will be in Bryan City Cemetery with services at the grave Tuesday afternoon.
The funeral of Ira Gooch of Navasota was held at Bryan City Cemetery with interment in Bryan. The service included prayers by Rev W M Purcell and Dr John A Held, mixed-voice hymns, and numerous floral tributes from Navasota Bryan Houston and other Texas cities. Pallbearers listed and attendees from Navasota Houston Wortham and other areas accompanied the remains.
In a January letter from Anson Texas Mr Wilson and his son Clyde travel by road for two days to visit old friends in the Tabor community. They report cold holidays and a heavy snow on December 18 through 19 with 14 to 16 inches, and note illness and ongoing plowing as a good season begins. Wilson invites old Brazos county friends to stop by Box 178 Route A Anson Texas, latch-string hanging on the outside.
Martin Kologinczak died Monday morning at 4 o clock at the family home four miles east of Bryan after long illness. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 9:30 from the home and 10 at St. Joseph church, with burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery. He is survived by eight children, including sons Stanley Walter and John, and daughter Mrs Mary Denglewith. He was a European native who settled in Brazos county 45 years ago.
George S. McLean 28 of Madisonville Texas collapsed during a Houston Cap itol Theater showing of Misa Bluebeard. He died of heart failure induced by acute indigestion after inquest by Justice Overstreet. Survived by wife and two children.
A and M Consolidated plans to shift focus from basketball to track and baseball, aiming to improve last year's baseball showing. The cage team meets Tabor at Allen Academy in the county class B series, while the school publishes a biweekly paper and handles mid term exams with about 21 seniors expected to graduate.
E. E. McAdams formerly Bryan city manager plans to return to Waco on Sunday with his mother in law Mrs. A W Buchanan and daughter Jean. He will keep a home at 2626 Morrow Avenue in Waco while Mrs Buchanan awaits further arrangements. He thanks Bryan friends and notes the town’s progress and his appreciation for local kindness during recent bereavement.
A hen at the Experiment Station farm in College Station laid 308 eggs in twelve months under ordinary poultry conditions without artificial light or special ration. The record was announced by Ross M. Sherwood, chief of the farm.
The notice outlines 1925 county exams for teachers seeking certificates. Registrants must contact the county superintendent by the twentieth of the prior month, providing age sex color teaching experience and subjects to be tested. Exam dates include February April June July August September and December with detailed Friday and Saturday test blocks.
An advertisement offers Blue Star Remedy for eczema and skin sores claiming immediate relief. It asserts the product penetrates to the problem, does not stain clothing, and has a pleasant odor. Marketed by ROMAN & VICK.
Lawrenceburg Kentucky resident J P Nevins a coal dealer and farmer credits Thedford s Black Draught with ending severe bilious attacks that struck monthly He says prior pills caused nausea dizziness constipation and no relief After using Black Draught he feels cleansed energized and able to work twice as much at one cent a dose
An advertisement urges workers to treat sluggishness and fatigue by taking Herbine to purify the system. It warns neglect could lead to a sick spell and promotes a dose or two as the sensible remedy. Prices listed at 60 cents.
Kurten coor building January 21 the girls entertained the manual training class boys. The boys have been very nice this term and helped prepare four tables and a cupboard for cooking utensils. The girls served a picnic dinner at ten o clock and after dinner games and a party lasted until 2 30. Mrs J F Hurff was absent due to sickness a vacancy none could fill. The girls made a box for her which she appreciated. Mr Hurff chaperoned the event for both groups. Attending boys included Henry Endler Louis Kurten Britten Henderson Herman Henderson Charles Gerke August Fridel Jyan Hearne Eugene Beard Jesse Gilpin Cliff Lopez Wallace Sabo Henry Odom Erwin Lawless. Girls listed include Nellie Lawless Josephine Fridel Edith Conway Della Parker Minnie Endler Hattie Rahnert Elsie Ray Gilpin Jewell Slearne Mamie Lee Hearne Florine Jane Pansy Odom Guasie Odom Virginia Kurten Carrie Yeager Jine Yeager Rosie Mae Bukowski Etchen Kasiske et cetera. The club looks forward to honors this year.
10 grain and hay buyers offer matte and kafir heads corn oats hay meal hulls and all kinds of feed carrots. Ask for prices delivered. HH. Watson Co. Dallas Texas. For quick results try Bragle want ad.
A boastful advertises Borozone as the sole treatment for torn flesh and wounds. The liquid Borozone is an antiseptic clearing poisons and germs, while Borozone powder aids healing with claimed speed and safety. Prices shown for liquid bottles and powder.
An advertorial touts Creosone as a medicated gum remedy that penetrates to tooth roots, relieves pain, tightens loose teeth, heals pus pockets, and kills pyorrhea bacteria. It is promoted as an at home alternative to dental chair treatments and urges reader trust through professional recommendation.
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