Dairy Industry Growth Boosts South Texas Prosperity
A 19 percent rise in two years in the South’s dairy value is linked to big investments and better stock. The article cites Arthur Coleman on higher cattle quality, swine and poultry gains, and notes Texas counties like Deaf Smith and Collinsworth cutting costs and increasing cream production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Nell Bentley
Texas
Arthur Coleman
Holland’s
New South
Coleman
United States
Coles
B. B. Jones
Association of Commerce
New Orleans
Wisconsin
Mr. Jones
Deaf Smith County
J. O. Stevens
Limestone County
Stevens
C. Stinson
Collinsworth County
Missouri
Bu Fess
Rain and gatherings mark July Fourth in local notes
Weather brings rain and showers while sun is hoped for to curb the boll weevil. WW veteran John Stewart stayed home sick then rejoined friends. Bryan and Houston visitors recount family visits in Waco and Groesbeck. Local families share crops, roads, and weekend travels with kin amid holiday greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stewart
G. M. Terry
Earl Carroll
Bryan
Terry
Clayton Blount
Houston
Waco
Lena Pullens
John Jones
Groesbeck
Anna Belle Clutcher
Calvert
Jim Batten
Henry
Goose Creek
Ed Beal
Shug” Carroll
Joe Beal
Grimes Co Man Held on Multiple Charges
Houston McNeeley of Grimes County faced two counts of assault with intent to murder one count of driving while intoxicated and one count of carrying a revolver filed in Brazos county courts. He was held to the grand jury on the assault charges. bond set at 550 each. The pistol case is misdemeanor and will go before Judge W C Davis without preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston McNeeley
Grimes County
Brazos
J. T. McGee
W. C. Davis
Man and two brothers tied to aid effort then split paths
Sheriff Reed returns to Bryan after assisting an ill man while Bud Mills stays in Navasota to monitor his brothers. A medium mule strayed from a farm with a reward offered for information. Mrs. R. R. Knowles can be reached at phone numbers 151 or 480.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Reed
Bryan
Bud Mills
Navasota
R. R. Knowles
Winter Eggs Feed Hens Well Through Summer
College Station July 8 Poultry expert notes feeding hens a steady summer mash keeps egg costs low. Demonstration flocks show eggs can be produced for 12 cents or less per dozen with a balanced ration. The Bix Five ration uses wheat bran shorts corn or milo oats and meat scrap. scratch mix combines cracked corn wheat and oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
E. N. Holmgreen
Extension Poultryman
Local merchants urged to advertise in town papers
A radio talk cited by John H. Casey of the University of Oklahoma quotes a major mail order ad manager who says his bureau scans country newspapers and floods towns with literature where merchants do not advertise locally. The message urges every small town merchant to read and respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Casey
University of Oklahoma School of Journalism
Linotype News
Best Record For Failures In 10 Years
Texas commercial failures in June were the best in over a decade with 30 bankruptcies and $564000 in liabilities. May had 51 and June 1928 had 44. first half filings totaled 266 with $4.734 million in liabilities, and two bank failures occurred in the first half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Texas
What We Do at A. & M. Short Course Besides Having Big Time
Henry Edwards in the Tyler Journal describes the A and M College Farmers Short Course at College Station from July 29 to August 3. East Texas delegations will travel by special train and participate in lectures demonstrations health topics and practical training for boys girls and adults with supervision, recreation, and pep meetings.
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A. and M. College
College Station
East Texas
M. College
Texas
Interst
Guion Hall
Smith County
Henry Edwards
The
Tyler Journal
White girl sought for general house work
Classified notice from Mrs L A Spell advertising a general house work position seeking a white girl. Includes contact phone 400.
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L. A
Four Texan July Fourth deaths from automobile accidents
Four Texans are dead and several injured in July Fourth auto accidents across the state. Mrs. E. C. Decker of Pampa died when her husband drove a car into a house being moved. Mrs. A. Yeager of Decatur was fatally injured by a motor car at Pampa. Carl Eaton of Illinois was killed near Cooper in a collision. J. T. Burden was killed near his Temple home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
E. C. Decker
Pampa
A. FE. Yeager
Decatur
Carl Eaton
Illenkedta
Cooper
J. T. Burden
Temple
Decline in June Marriage Licenses After New Law
County Clerk notes fewer June licenses this year 26 down from 32 with 21 issued in days 1–11 and only five in days 12–30 under a new law. Unclear if change in behavior or location shifts. Also reports notices to wed filed for R. R. Broach and Willie Bell with partners Lois Gilstrap and Lila Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess B. McGee
McGee
R. R. Broach
Bryan
Lois Gilstrap
Willie Bell
Lila Walker
Not to Rebuild Warehouse Say Parker Brothers
The Lawrence cotton warehouse built by the late G. Parker and named for Mrs. Parker's father, destroyed by fire last September, will not be rebuilt. The Parker interests sold land to Bryan Press Company, which will construct a new 250 by 240 foot warehouse at about 25 000 dollars, possibly 30 000 with sprinkler system. The plan aims to improve cotton handling in Bryan, concentrating storage and reducing drayage and sampling as the press moves its compress to the new site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
G. 5. Parker
Parker
Bryan
Elks Lodge Hosts Fish Fry at Pina Feather Club
About forty of fifty members of the local Elks Lodge attended a fish fry at the Pina Feather club house on Wednesday evening. The feast featured fish caught by members on a trip to Government Dam near Navasota, with others providing various culinary trimmings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Lodge
Pina Feather Club
Ollie Emmet
Government Dam
Navasata
Allenfarm Farmer Fatally Shot Protecting Daughter
Joe Smith a Black farmer on the Clay Allenfarm was killed Wednesday night when James Fells, his son-in-law, fired a single shot as Smith intervened in a quarrel between Fells and his wife, the couple’s daughter. Fells was jailed on a serious case charge awaiting an examining trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Smith
Allenfarm
James Fells
Fells
Smith
Fella
Archie Smith
Fels
Bryan Lions Plan Farm Campaign To Boost Egg Production
The Bryan Lions propose a county wide film campaign on tick craftification and farm flock surveys to gauge hen numbers and egg output. A local effort will promote infertile eggs to housewives, encourage merchants to pay premiums, and set May 1 1940 as Swat the Rooster Day with farmers selling old roosters for a premium per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Ht. A. Ray
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Lion M. M. Erskine
Lion Ray
Joe Regmund
Millie Hayek
Smetana
A. C. Williams
C. L. Benson
Mr. Regmund
Lion J. C. Dykes
College Station
McAllen Lions Club
Lion J. J. Everts
Corsicana
Lion Erskine
Lion W. EF. Leverkuhn
M. M. Erskine
Jund
J. C. Goldsmith
S. E. Eberstadt
W. E. Leverkuhn
J. H. Everts
J. C
Bryan Gul Tour of Europe Visit in France
Miss Myrtle Astin of Bryan will sail from New York on August 3 aboard the S S Cameronia with six Texas girls for a European tour. The party includes Miss Dorothy Fentress, Miss Elizabeth Burr ows of Waco, and Miss Elizabeth Jackson of San Antonio. After the tour, Miss Astin will join friends in Paris.
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Myrte Astin
Bryan
New York City
Miss Astin
New York
S. S. Cameronia
Europe
Myrtle Astin
Dorothy Fentress
Elizabeth Burrows
Waco
Elizabeth Jackson
San Antonio
Hollins Institute
Virginia
France
Paris
Annual Vacation for Rev R E Day This Month
The First Baptist church of Bryan grants its pastor Rev R E Day July vacation. He will lead two meetings in early vacation at Bullard Smith County and Laneville Rusk County for about three weeks. Afterward he and Mrs Day will drive to Tulsa Oklahoma to visit daughter Mrs Clinton Groves. He returns to Bryan on the first Sunday in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
D. D. White
Mesdames J. B. Priddy
G. F. Singletary
Chester Higgs
Joe Kaplan & Co
Jocelyn Jane
Ted Cook
J. L. Brock
Mary Jane
Wilson Bradley
Bradford Johnson
B. D .Johnson
John M
Guy Harris
Burtis & Canady
Brazos County
J. D. Steele
Millican
Barcelona
Jimmie Murphy
Sceond
Edge
Bryan Diggly-Wiggly
Joe Regmund
Fool
Little Brazos
Parker-Astin Stardware Co
Claude Moore
Jacob Beal
Bryan
Cam
First Baptist Church of
R. EB. Day
Second Smoker For Teachers in Summer Courses
The second smoker of the year drew 50 plus teachers of industrial training and vocational courses in Texas high schools attending A. and M. College summer courses in industrial education. Master of ceremonies was Prof. E L Williams. principal speaker was Prof. Carl J Svensen of West Texas Technological College. Svensen spoke on Methods of Teaching Drawing and is noted author of architectural and machine drawing texts.
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Texas
A. & M. College
E. L. Williams
Department of
Industrial Education
Carl J. Svensen
West Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Svensen
Ohio State College
Millican News highlights visits and local notes
Millican brief lists visits from Harold Williams in San Antonio and Dewey Bradley from Sugarland to their mothers, plus relatives from Houston Galveston Dallas Navasota Wellborn and Holland. It mentions ongoing Methodist revival paused by rain and rumors of a Baptist barbecue as well as improvements in Mrs. Taker Sr. and other residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millican
Nannie Mae Williams
Harold Williams
San Antonio
Alma Williams
Dewey Bradley
Sugarland
Emma Bradley
Gus Bradley
Goose Creek
Steansland
Lucile
Galveston
Eva McFerrin
Dallas
James Steele
Willie Hardy
Ruth Elizabeth
Houston
Terrell McCarthy
Dayton
Erin Simpson
Montague
E. C. Jamison
Gotcher
Holland
Ed Smith
Joe McGregor
Mildred
Downs
Della Crouch
Frank Crouch
Lewis Crouch
Vivian. Crouch
Lauvel
Arthur Sledge
Navasota
Eddie McCulloch
Gus Crawford
Callie Crawford
Taker Sr
Williams Happy Over Rain That Visited Brazos County
Amon Williams smiles at a “million dollar rain” that swelled Brazos County. He notes 2,500 to 4,000 acres of his land along the Navasota were flooded during the recent flood, but the rain brings hope of relief and potential fortune beyond Hollywood. The piece echoes Eagle classifieds urging quick ad results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amon Williams
Brazos County
Forme
Fortune
Hollywood
Mr. Williams
Navasot
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John Corrobba
Joel Corrobba
Horace Tullous
Story OF
Man
Austin
Bernard Nichols
Texas Business Review
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Legion
Cery
Milton Merka
T. K. Lawrence, Inc
Joe Restivo
Alice Hamilton
Webb Bros
Leon Lobello
Roman & Vick
John Edge
Nina Ruth Franklin
Gulf Refining Co
Eleanor Paisley
J. C. Penney Co
Dorothy Jean Bullock
J. M. Barron Insurance Co
Frank Bunting
Prof
C. M. Bethany
Raymond Jones
I. H. Bartz
Beverley Ann Sparks
Sankey Park
Cecile Gerson
Eagle
Parker Brothers
Edi
Wohl
Bryan Gul
Millican News
Williams
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