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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
4
Brazos County farmers near Bryan face a dire crop outlook as cotton suffers from heavy rains and a labor shortage. Idle workers laugh at $3.50 daily chop rates while grasses overtake fields and many locals call for action to save the crop.
Mrs Ralph Howell learns of the death of her uncle Judge W L McDonald in Brooklyn New York. Born in Anderson Texas about 55 years ago he lived in the east many years and worked on government legal affairs in Washington DC at the time of his death. Survived by a wife he was remembered as an educated gentleman and classmate of Senator J R Astin.
George W. Richardson once in charge of provost guards that protected Lincoln in Washington during the Civil War died in Auburn New York at age 94 He was Cayuga county s last surviving forty niner who joined the California gold rush at the war s start.
Washington July 1 The 1919 cotton crop is forecast at 10,986,000 bales about a million less than 1918 due to acreage reductions caused by labor scarcity high prices and unfavorable weather. The department of agriculture notes a nine percent decrease amounting to 3,247,000 acres planted across cotton growing states.
New York July 1. A 7.1 point June drop lowers the cotton condition to 71.4 percent, the lowest in ten years, based on 1,800 Journal of Commerce correspondents. May rain and June wet weather hit acreage, with a 34.7 million acreage and an 11.8 million bale crop forecast. Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana lead declines.
Globe Dry Goods Co reports receipt of 500 pairs of Hamilton-Brown men’s shoes offered at half price. This inventory update marks a major bargain for shoppers seeking affordable footwear.
From Fridays Daily Eagle Robert Crawford of Bryan and Miss Cleo Childress of Batesville were married Tuesday June 24 at Batesville Methodist church. The couple, after a brief stay in San Antonio, were to arrive in Bryan today and live with Mrs Artie Crawford.
Advertisement describes stepping on a corn causing pain and offers Freezone from drug stores to remove corns without trimming. A few drops kill soreness and shrivel the corn, lifting it out with root intact, claimed as harmless and non irritating.
Secretary S. E. Eberstadt of the Brazos County Commercial Club will mail prize checks to the county essay winners on good roads. First prize is $20 to Gladys Cowan of Harvey school. second prize $10 to Thelma Broach of Tabor high school.
The piece argues that better roads will attract town dwellers to rural homes while rural residents stay put. It asserts towns will invest in rural infrastructure, and communities with good roads accept the taxes needed for construction. The result is no desire to revert to old, poorer roads.
Senator J. R. Astin renowned planter and lawyer marries Mrs. Mabel F. Smith of Houston at 4 PM in Houston. The ceremony linked a long acquaintance and the couple plans residence in Bryan after a wedding trip. Mrs. Astin is sister to R. W. Franklin, Houston attorney, and a woman of refinement.
Samuel Levy, a Bryan retiree, received a January 22 1917 letter from his mother Mrs Rosalia Levy in Frankfort Germany. The note, written in her hand and mailed to Holland, hinted his brother and two nephews were well then but offered no later news. Mrs Levy, now 84, plans to contact him again once cable links resume.
Globe Dry Goods Co announces arrival of six hundred pairs of ladies oxfords and pumps from Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. Shoes offered at a big reduction, inviting customers to shop the new stock.
The New York Journal reports that the Franco British and Franco American treaties bind England and the United States to intervene for France only in combined action, not separately, and only if disarmament of the Rhine region fails to safeguard France from German aggression.
Minnie Philpot of Gonzales Texas recalls years of left side pain shoulder back and headaches immense weakness. After reading a Birthday Almanac she tried Cardui and began improving after the second bottle, now two years later she is well and endorses the remedy.
New Orleans June 27. Peru asks the League of Nations to settle the dispute with Chile over the nitrate provinces of Tagna and Arica. The piece traces historic claims, plebiscite promises, and regional interests of Argentina Brazil and Bolivia, urging inter American solution and noting Peru’s Entente alignment.
T K Lawrence administrator files final account in Brazos County Court Texas. Hearing set for next term starting July 3 1919 at Bryan Court House. Interested parties may appear contest account and return endorsed. Clerk H A Ferguson signs the seal June 28 1919.
Henry Mitchell and others petition Brazos County Texas for probate of the last will and testament of Eva Warren, deceased. The hearing will occur at the next term of the County Court beginning the third Monday in July. Signed by the court clerk with the seal dated July 2, 1919.
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