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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1918
Page
2
A lighthearted editorial mocks dietary fears urging readers to skip the Food Folks warnings and stuff themselves with corn pone vegetables and fish before calories catch up. The piece uses rural dialect and persona An' little Herbie Hoover to urge practical eating choices amid looming dietary scolds.
The article argues Texas Brazos County should drop corn due to poor yields and climate. It advocates planting peanuts, sorghums, cowpeas, and garden crops, stressing self sufficiency and using A and M College for guidance. It also discusses wartime U S Army expansion and war department performance.
The Highway Commission article argues for abolishing the highway agency and transferring its duties to the railroad commission under state supervision. It notes the legislative investigation aims to cut state costs, reduce taxes, and streamline operations by consolidating agencies and duties including automobile tax collection.
The Bryan Brazos County Commercial Club announces a two day membership drive on February 11 and 12 to boost finances and future budgeting. Directors report on aviation leases, new landing station status, and plans to engage delegates for highway meetings, with a push to promote local advertising and support among merchants and businesses.
President W B Bizzell praised the A and M college for sending more commissioned men to the army than any nearby institution. He said practically every student seeking a commission received one, noting the training prepared them to serve the country in time of need.
London reports Austria ready to conclude a separate peace with Russia without Germany and accept the Russian democratic program save self determination. Bolshevik papers claim demonstrations across Austria Hungary with workers and soldiers groups forming in Vienna and Budapest. A Warsaw strike begins as the socialist congress plans a revolutionary workers and soldiers council.
County chairman Les Beason calls for ongoing food pledge efforts in Brazos County and nationwide. He urges pledges, kitchen card use, window card display, and adherence to weekly meatless and wheatless days to conserve food, support the war, and defend liberties.
Austin report outlines that saloon closings may be set for March first with the county election result canvassed by the magistrates on February 1 and published four weeks later. A court battle over November irregularities could shift counts and potentially dry the entire county. Austin would still remain dry if the county stays dry.
The government thermometer kept by John Daly Jr. records 29 this morning near freezing, 4 Saturday, 62 at 5:30 Sunday morning, and a further drop to freezing by Sunday afternoon. No relief is promised tomorrow, likely colder than today.
Secretary Baker in a weekly military review warns Germany is refitting its most powerful submarines for a new high season offensive against Allied sea lines to France. The German campaign aims to disrupt U S troop and material flow, plus food supplies, as the west front tensions rise.
The Eagle reports Bryan is out of coal and likely to stay so for the rest of winter. George Stephan of Bryan Ice says he has only emergency stock, planning to reserve most for Red Cross needs, while C L Eden notes no coal for weeks and no shipments in sight.
Cablegrams to Red Cross from Robert Perkins of the American relief commission to Italy say Austrian aviators bombed allied hospitals recently. A hospital at Castel France near the Italian line was severely damaged in a recent attack.
A large auto truck carried thirty five Mexican laborers through Bryan on Saturday afternoon. They were en route from Laredo to the Smith ranch on the Trinity river near Midway in Madison county. Farm labor shortages follow the exodus of enslaved laborers to the north and the influx of enlistments and drafts.
A 19th century advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local remedies. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a systemic cure and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot heal, with free circulares.
In Amsterdam on January 26 Phillip Scheidemann head of the Social Democratic Party warned Germany and Russia they would be hurled from power. He argued the 1916 case for prolonging the war failed as U boats and the army proved weak and America’s entry sealed the conflict. He doubted victory even if Germany seized England and France, noting America would remain to be conquered.
London Jan 28 The Cunard steamship Andania, once reported torpedoed but not sunk, went to the bottom despite efforts to reach port. Information reaching the Associated Press today confirms the loss.
A U S patrol craft ran ashore on a rock January 25 in European waters. No crew injuries or deaths were reported and the vessel will likely be abandoned.
Amsterdam Express correspondent reports rumors of a revolution in Germany with Berlin disturbances over two days. Bread riots allegedly suppressed by police wounded many. Confirmation uncertain, but absence of direct Berlin telegraphs from Friday noted.
Washington January 28 reports a key cause of rail freight congestion is the negli gence in private management of locomotives. Interstate Commerce Commissioner McChord says hundreds of essential locomotives sit idle in shops and roundhouses, frozen or unrepaired, after inspections across eastern points.
Major General Leonard Wood was slightly wounded in France on Sunday when an accidental explosion occurred during an observation tour. The blast killed five French soldiers and injured two other American officers.
London reports the steamship Cork was torpedoed with several passengers and five crew members dead, a grim wartime casualty update.
J B Johnson of Waco won the general contract for the new agricultural building at Stephenville Junior A and M college. Heating plumbing and electrical fixtures will be installed by Houston Fort Worth and Dallas firms. Walsh and Burney of Austin received the general contract for Prairie View Normal’s new agricultural building, with other fixtures by Houston Austin and Fort Worth concerns. Arlington Grubbs Vocational College work postponed. The board praised B Sbisa for forty years of service to the subsistence department and extended best wishes for health and happiness to him and his wife.
Industry was halted for the second day under the fuel administration rule. The New York Stock Exchange and many banks in the financial district were closed as part of the measure.
D V Ewing of the Texas experiment station advocates pig skins as a durable substitute for cow hides amid leather shortages. Tests show swine skins outperform others, though limited by separation from carcasses. He asserts solutions exist for skin removal and meat processing after skinning.
The winter storm snarls Pennsylvania Railroad operations with the worst tie-up of the season. Fast through trains run on the main line while far through trains are blocked in the mountains, disrupting service from Philadelphia.
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