Advertising Rates Listed for Daily Press League Offices
Advertising representative details for Daily Press League include addresses in Dallas New York and Chicago. Rates shown cover periods from one month to one year with a Brazos County weekly Eagles price of 1.50 per year six months.
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Daily Press League
Ercantile Bank
Dallas
Texas
Madison Ave
New York
N. Y
Association Building
Chicago
Brazos County
Helping Hand for Cotton Industry
The Southwide Cotton Council in New Orleans last week voted to create a yearly fund of 750000 dollars funded by a voluntary 5 cent per bale assessment. Funds will advertise to boost cotton use and cover administrative costs for a coordinated industry effort toward better marketing acreage control and improved farm methods.
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Southwide Cotton Council
New Orleans
Dan Moody
Jackson
Miss
Bryan
E. B. Astin
Alabama Abolishes Convict Lease System After Decades
The article recalls the removal of the convict lease system in Alabama after 18 years of state and public pressure. It notes white convicts had already moved to state farms and roads, while Black convicts labored in coal mines until the last miner left. It credits reform advocates, investigations, and opposition by powerful interests for ending a system deemed barbaric.
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Flat Top
Alabama
Cosa
Waynesboro
Augusta
Wm. J. Eve
Broad Street
Red Jackson
Joe Johnson
Johnson
Kinlock Faulkner
Faulkner
Army of Tennessee
Sherman
Wheeler
Lincoln
Judge Hall
Usefullness
Supreme Court of Georgia
Washington City
Surratt
Washington
Holt
Edwin M. Stanton
Stanton
Abe Lincolm
Wilkes Booth
Mr. Suratt
Mr. Lincoln
European magnate dies in self-inflicted air crash over Channel
The richest man in Europe and third wealthiest globally, Captain Alfred Loewenstein, reportedly found life unbearable and died by leaping from his palatial plane as it crossed the English Channel. The dramatic incident ends a life described as powerful and influential.
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Europe
English Channel
Alfred Loewenstein
Wealthy financier Lowenstein ends his life in despair
A renowned financial genius with vast wealth could not master personal life and died by his own hand. The case underscores that wealth does not guarantee happiness or shield one from worry.
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Lowenstein
Greeting Tradition Strengthens Texan Town Bonds
The piece extols cheerful greetings between Bryan, Hood's Texas and Green's Brigades reuniting. It asserts Texans greet strangers without formal introductions, praising friendship as a vital asset for community growth and a divine gift that enriches towns.
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Bryan
Hood
Texas
Green
Hempstead votes $2,390,000 bond for road projects
Hempstead precinct No 1 in Waller County approved a bond issue of 2.39 million dollars for three projects including Hempstead highway work and the Hempstead to Brazos bridge site. The editorial urges Brazos County to follow with better roads to unite town and country and fuel prosperity.
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Hempstead
Waller County
Houston-Austin
Brazos
Brazos County
Texas
Bragos County
Neighboring towns approve large good roads bond issue
Calvert votes 75000 bond for better roads with a strong majority. Other nearby communities also back road bond plans, while Bryan appears to oppose or lag in adopting similar measures.
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Calvert
Bryan
Test of Religion Reflected in Competitive Regard
A columnist argues that true faith is shown by how a person treats rivals in business. Friendly competition fosters goodwill, contrasting with past enmity. As commerce and social relations embrace a spirit of fellowship, old rivalries fade.
Mayfield to Speak Here in Bryan on July 23
United States Senate candidate EARLE B. Mayfield will address voters in Bryan on Monday July 23 at 2 30 p m in support of his re election bid.
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Earle B. Mayfield
United States Senate
Bryan
Goals for Bryan and Brazos County in 1928
The passage urges setting goals with backing and keeping them in action despite failures. It emphasizes not being content with past accomplishments and pushing forward to establish a sustained effort for Bryan and Brazos County in 1928.
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Bryan
Brazos County
Hoover and allies under scrutiny in political backers debate
The piece argues that Herbert Hoover has strong personal support but doubts remain about his backers, the same group linked to Sinclair, Stewart, Daugherty, and Falls. Voters seek to purge the political circle, recalling Hoover's eight year choice between Democrat and Republican.
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Herbert Hoover
Sinclair, Stewart, Daugherty
Falls
Hoover
Daniels Backing Nominee Sparks Texas Opinion Clash
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels endorses the nominee and condemns Republicans as graft-ridden. He argues it is better to back a wet candidate with Congress to curb power than keep the Republicans who allegedly misused the treasury. McLennan county farmers invite 6,000 more to sign a declaration of independence from one-crop practices. They credit dairy gains and cotton_sector shifts, noting Brazos county could follow suit.
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Josephus Daniels
Navy
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Mr. Daniels
McLennan County
Waco
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Brazos
Hugh Doak Led National Editorial Tour and Publicity
The investigation disclosed Hugh Doak earned 225 dollars monthly from utility firms while serving as editor of the Manchester Times and holding leadership roles in Tennessee presses and the National Editorial Association. Doak published 21 246 column inches of power publicity attacking government ownership in Tennessee papers. Publicity agents received payment and Doak defended his work as worthy of hire.
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Hugh Doak
Tennessee
National Editorial Association
Memphis
Federal Trade Commission
Doak
Manchester Times
Tennessee Press Association
Farmer Notes Surplus Labor From Towns
A farmer remarked yesterday that farmers can use all the surplus labor of the towns. He said farm work runs from sun to sun and wages there are not as high as in towns.
One Hundred in the Shade Weather on Cotton Pests
The saying notes that heat of a hundred in the shade favors cotton growth but harms pests, reflecting seasonal farming wisdom on crop health and pest pressure.
Political thunder rises toward November election
A colorful description notes growing political tension as campaigns build toward the November election, with intensity increasing in the run up to the polls.
Sherman’s Ruthless March Recalled by Gen Robertson
Gen Felix H Robertson of Waco Texas recalls his Civil War service and the Atlanta campaign including Sherman’s march to Savannah. He describes raids, depredations, battles near Macon and Decatur, Wheeler’s cavalry, Hardee’s flank, and his own wounding and rescue.
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Sherman
Gen. Robertson
Felix H. Robertson
Waco
Texas
Confederacy
Lone Star
Republic of Texas
United States
Union
Military
West Point
Robertson
John B. Hood
Hood
Matagorda Plantation
Jonestown
Miss
Birmingham
Memphis
Gen.Robertson
Joe Wheeler
Wheeler
Nashville
Savanah
Macon
Atlanta
Savannah
Oglethorpe
England
Ogiethorpe
Peachtree Creek
Decatur
General Hood
Hardee
Artilery
Andersonville
Ic Teburne
Cleburne
How the Brazos River Got Its Name
Mrs Albert Buchanan recounts a Texas legend explaining Brazos river naming. Spaniards fleeing drought reached Hueco near Waco and blessed the flowing water, calling it Los Brazos de Dios the arms of God, a name still echoed as the Brazos moves by Bryan.
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Brazos River
Waco
Los Brazos de Dios
God
Bryan
Ocean Areas by World Oceans
The Atlantic covers 41,321,000 square miles the Pacific 68,634,000 and the Indian 29,430,000 square miles.
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Oceans
Earth
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
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Mayfield
Roman & Vick
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Gilpatrick
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Frank Lynch
Frank
Capt. Pugh
Fay
Champ Ferguson
Champ
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Booth
Captain Bell
Fall River
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Kennedy
Louisiana Rifles
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J. W. Booth
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Trail of Death
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Colorado River
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N. Main
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