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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
4
Bryan daily notices show dozens of visits and travels. Residents and visitors include A A Dean Hearne trips L D McGee Navasota relatives and many social engagements across Bryan and nearby towns. Summer plans family births and civic events fill the community pages.
Minnie Philpot of Gonzales describes five years of severe left side pain extending to shoulder and back. She grew weak and bedridden, suffering headaches and stomach distress from medicine before trying a remedy and beginning to improve after the first bottles.
Mrs E F Parks and children return from a visit to Dr and Mrs M E Weaver in Weatherford. Joe Groginski comes back from Galveston where his family spends summer. W O Hearn of San Antonio joins Mrs Hearn visiting relatives here. Mrs George F Lee of Weilborn visits city and recovers from two week stay in Marlin. Willie Rogers returns from San Antonio trip with niece Mrs R L Burney. J B Scott of Franklin visits uncle R B Grant on Ursuline Ave. Mrs Winthrop Leach of Beaumont, formerly Pauline Seale, visits her parents in Benchley. John Newton returns to Beaumont after visiting his mother. she will stay a few more days. J W Beal of Prospect and Joe B Walker of Alexandria are in the city today.
Prospect Texas notes heavy rains limit news as corn crops suffer storm damage. Prayer meeting grows in attendance and a Methodist revival is planned. local families including Free, Bond, Welch, and Hartsfield families are mentioned visiting or staying, with hopes for fair weather and better crops.
The Red Cross is praised as a universal help and mother figure for fed eral students and their wives at Texas A M. Bryan volunteers including Mrs Buchanan are honored for kindness and guidance. The group is described as a public service beyond wartime, loved by soldiers and civilians alike.
Rev. Everett G. Haley, who arrived in Bryan from Cheney Kansas to lead the First Christian church, resigns due to failing health. He and his family will move to Norwood Colorado, and he says he will not take another settled pastorate. The Bryan congregation regrets his departure but offers best wishes.
The strike of Pennsylvania system shopmen, planned for today, is postponed indefinitely after a conference led by Harry J. Jeffry. Jeffry said the public welfare outweighed principles, and the case was taken to the railroad vice president for a satisfactory adjustment.
Duncan Oklahoma July 6 Mrs William Gates was sworn in as Stephens County sheriff becoming the Southwest’s first woman sheriff She pledged to stop bootlegging and moonshining and moved quickly to seize three stills within a week of taking office The former sheriff died prompting the county commissioners to elect his wife to the post
In Houston Texas on July 7 the loafers crackdown by Chief Searcy Baker began. Over forty arrests, mostly Mexican men, were made as loafers must work or face jail. Many chose to work as cotton choppers with wages up to $2.50 plus board.
Texas women at the Frisco night caucus discussed dresses worn by delegates to the McAdoo cause. They noted bright colors bold hats and some pricey jewelry amid reported hotel thefts. Bryan Jr. visited the Texas delegation and received a warm welcome while Texans explained Texas’s forty votes against the dry plank.
Atoka yards Sunday night a Katy freight train crashed into the rear of a carnival company's special. Eight people were killed twelve seriously injured and ten minor injured. Dead include Mrs Myrtle Duke and baby of Greenville George Hunt Belton and Mrs McClanahan of Dallas. J W Hulse of Tyler suffered internal injuries.
President Wilson spent July Fourth at the White House reading the Independence Day messages from Premier Millerand of France and other foreign heads, and receiving news of the National Convention.
County Judge J. T. Maloney says repair materials are arriving and work will start soon on the College-Bryan highway. The road is badly deteriorating and in need of repair, and construction will begin once the contractor arrives in a few days.
Hon. Dwight Liewelling of Dallas will speak in Bryan Friday night July 9 at 8 30 p m in support of Gov Pat Neff of Waco as the campaign proceeds.
San Francisco July 5 report shows a record 22 ballots at the national convention with McAdoo and Cox leading at various stages. Ballot tallies list McAdoo repeatedly ahead, Cox rising to near parity, Palmer trailing, and ongoing deadlock through twenty-two rounds as delegates shift allegiance.
Washington July 5 record breaking ballots occurred at four party conventions. Franklin Pierce in 1852 reached the 49th ballot James Buchanan in 1856 reached the 17th ballot James A Garfield in 1880 reached the 26th ballot Woodrow Wilson reached the 46th ballot.
At the twenty fifth ballot the deadlock remains with Cox leading 425 while McAdoo trails at 864 ½ and Palmer at 181 ½. Missouri shifts half vote to Ring Lardner and Kentucky to Irwin Cobb as the convention opens with the Declaration of Independence read. The roll call shows persistent stalemate.
Austin. July 7. J. D. Chidsey, commissioner of banking and insurance, has resigned effective August 1 to become vice president of a Dallas bank. He had held the post only a few months.
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