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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
4
The Eagle urges Collin County residents to move to rural areas around McKinney and to intensify farming. It argues for community efforts to improve rural services, schools, roads, water access, and communications, while condemning lack of cannery capacity for surplus vegetables.
The Commercial Club helped establish a cannery in Navasota to aid Bryan and Brazos county farmers. The Eagle has long pushed for a cannery as Bryan cannot absorb all local produce, risking surplus rot unless canned or shipped out.
A Houston Post dispatch reports over 150 cadets from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas join grain field labor in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas while horticultural students harvest in Arkansas. Engineering students also work, showing practical usefulness and state value ahead of a separation amendment vote.
Editor calls Texas press to explain the six proposed constitutional amendments ahead of the November 24 election. Emphasizes journalism as a government check and cites Resolution 34's push for complete separation of the A and M College from the State University.
General Porfirio Diaz former president of Mexico died in Paris France on Thursday evening. He had resided there since the overthrow of the Diaz regime by the Madero revolution and was the most noted Mexican ruler of the past century. Mexico enjoyed peace and prosperity under his long rule.
The East Texas Register notes the Bryan Eagle credits the registrar for firing the first gun in the campaign to free the A. and M. College from the State University. The fight is won and any opposition would be dealt with by July 24.
A court of inquiry into cheating at the Naval Academy has sat over two weeks with no evidence naming a culprit. Reports describe a cadet entering the instructors room, wearing white duck trousers, and copying questions with a looking glass from a fresh mimeographed copy.
The Navasota Examiner endorses the new cannery project as a practical solution for surplus fruits and vegetables. It credits Mr. Hewitt of the Chamber of Commerce for initiating the effort and calls on Navasota and Grimes county residents to support and ensure the cannery’s success for local farming and trucking interests.
East Texas Register criticizes a humorous paragraph about Lemberg and Limburger cheese as misinformed. The note emphasizes two towns Limberg in Galicia and Limberg in Hesse Nassau, 700 miles apart, and urges accuracy in geographic references.
The Eagle notes U S food exports reached 724 million dollars in the eleven months ending June as the nation feeds the world. The Federal Reserve Board plans to store and finance the cotton crop to prevent market glut and ensure price stability under the elastic currency system.
The heavy street construction with mule teams wheelbarrows and concrete mixers disrupts the area disturbing the rest of residents and leaving locals unsettled by the commotion and noise.
Rumors say Judge Maloney has attracted interest in the good roads bond issue. Buyers value the bonds as sound investments and anticipate a company to bid at par soon to secure them.
Russian wheat moving through the Dardanelles is unlikely to lift the American wheat market soon. The report notes limited impact on prices and demand in the near term.
The country faces an annual period of crop uncertainty driven by drought boll weevils and other pests threatening harvests and farm incomes across regions.
The Memphis News-Scimitar notes Kansas led 1914 U S wheat with 180 million bushels, outpacing Canada Argentina and Australia, and predicts a vastly larger output this year. It cites Kansas alone harvesting over 16 million bushels to spare after meeting national needs.
The Sackett joint resolution to split the University of Texas from the A and M College and set independent boards is debated in Texas press. The Abilene Reporter urges voting for the July 24 referendum. Denton College of Industrial Arts would gain an independent first class status with its own governing board.
The piece mocks Mr. Bryan’s Madison Square speech claiming he would plead against war with any nation if similar threats arose. It notes the Houston Post argues there is no demand for war and questions who exactly is being urged to fight Germany.
Excerpt from William White’s In Our Town honors a local editor who chronicled town growth, weddings, births, and generations. The piece notes how scrapbooks hold memories that evoke tears and lasting pride in a community’s history and social milestones.
The piece notes England allows ten thousand bales of U S cotton monthly to Sweden while lamenting Brazos county traffic. It expresses desire for the United States to load goods on its own ships and fly the Stars and Stripes without interference.
England is said to have all the cotton it needs and wartime conditions will prevent shipping to other cotton consuming countries. The outlook is that tall figuring and maneuvering will be required to obtain a fair price for the present crop.
Rain returned Friday night and sparked a busy weekend with a singing convention in Reliance and a revival at Bright Light Church led by Rev. Pittman. Miss Hester Hensarling wed Horace McGee of Bryan. the couple will live in Bryan.
Shiloh topped Harvey 8 to 5 at Harvey grounds for the second time in a week. Free hitting by both clubs, but Shiloh’s timely singles produced more runs. Star pitcher Deason out, Boriskie and Driscoll handled mound duties. Batteries Shiloh E Boriskie Driscoll Wynnsetter Harvey Rains Weedon.
The piece praises a steady and productive hen that lays an egg today and again tomorrow. It contrasts her efficient, cheerful labor with a piggybacking splash of effort, noting she does not exhaust herself by chasing every bug but finds a practical rhythm for the thrifty farmer.
A quip from Exchange praising the reliable laying hen. The poem urges good feeding and proper housing to boost egg output and farm revenues, contrasting the lazy eggless hen with the diligent layer. The reader is told a steady producer brings joy to farmer men and higher earnings.
The Daly building on Main street sees a new cement floor and swinging awning installation after old wood floors and the awning were removed. Jack Baxter and R L Barrett handle carpentry while W J Ratliff is contracted for the cement work. The school board hires R L Taylor to move and convert buildings for domestic science. R J Newland opens saddlery and harness repair on Mosely street. Fire Marshal J Daly Jr opens an office in the Daly building with weather instruments. Paving and Mosely street concrete work resume as excavation completes.
Joseph Kopecky transfers 10 acres in the Thomas Henry survey Brazos county to Joseph Merka for 50 dollars. Co C Shelburne transfers all interest in the E M Shelburne estate Brazos county to Andrew Shelburne for 500 dollars.
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