Rail Labor Board wages spark public strike debate
Dallas July 12. Receiver J L Lancaster of the Texas and Pacific railway says the nationwide shopmen strike is against the Rail Labor Board and public interests. He notes the board’s decision cut pay while living costs rose and argues the government and public are harmed by the strike.
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Lancaster
Texas & Pacific Railway
U.S. Labor Board
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Railroad Labor Board
J. L. Lancaster
Texas & Pacific Railway Today
Mr. Lancaster
Leonard Picnic at Leonard School House Draws Hundreds
A community barbecue near Leonard School House drew about three hundred people. County candidates spoke with O H Jones as chair. Bryan attendees included Roy Hudspeth Ollie Smith Clyde Goen Jim Darwin and others. The afternoon featured races and games while Frank Braczyk ran the refreshment stand.
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Leonard
Leonard School House
O. H. Jones
Bryan
Roy Hudspeth
Ollie Smith
Clyde Goen
Jim Darwin
W. E. Neeley
Oak McKenzie
L. E. Morehead
Alec Beard
Mr and Mrs John Gregg Motored to Bryan Today
Mr and Mrs John Gregg drove from their country home on the Brazos river to Bryan today.
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John Gregg
Bryan
Brazos River
Georgetown Branch Train Suspends Operation Amid Strike
Special to The Eagle Georgetown Texas July 10 Officials of the International and Great Northern announce the suspension of the Round Rock Georgetown passenger train due to the strike. This is the first service halted since the strike began July 1 and the first time the train has been suspended since its 1876 construction. Warnings posted at Austin remind the public and strikers it is unlawful to molest the employer or receiver J A Baker.
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Eagle
Georgetown
Texas
International and Great Northern Railway
Round Rock
Interational
Great Northern Railroad
Austin
J. A. Baker
Smetana Barbecue Promises Support for Local School
A July 20 barbecue at Smetana Consolidated School aims to raise funds for a stronger next year. Trustees John Kosarek Joe Cash and J H Wehrman with Principal J J Haisler and community leaders urge friends of education to attend and back a better funded program despite cash shortages.
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Smetana
Smetana Consolidated School
John Kosarek
Joe Cash
J. H. Wehrman
J. J. Haisler
J. J. Halik
Charles Merka
Friends of Education
Camping party returns from Devil's River trip
A Bryan party of four men Dr. B. A. Sims Maxie Wickes Bert McMorris and Thos Lundine returned from a weeklong outing along Devil's River and Medina Dam. They traveled by car camping along the road reporting over a thousand miles covered on the spediometer. Ward Templeman of Navasota visited Bryan today.
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Bryan
Devil’s River
Medina Dam
B. A. Sims
Maxie Wickes
Bert McMorris
Thos Lundine
Germany Declares Inability To Pay Wartime Debts
Paris July 12 German representatives to the Reparations Commission submitted a formal note begging a moratorium on reparations for the rest of the year. Germany declares it cannot meet the 32,000,000 gold marks due Saturday but asks the commission to waive the payment. The commission will take up the matter at a special meeting likely tomorrow forenoon.
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Paris
France
Reparations Commission
Germany
Camping at Farmers' A&M Short Course Declares Dean Kyle
Camping of automobiles and wagon parties will be provided for the Farmers' Course at A&M College Texas July 24 to 29. E J Kyle, chairman, says a special camping location is set and groceries ice and supplies will be delivered to the camp. Contests include peach short cake, buttonhole, stage clothing, sewing, bread making, canning two No 2 cans of tomatoes and poultry judging with Plymouth Rocks Leghorns Rhode Island Reds Langshaws Wyandottes and Orpingtons.
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Associated Press
College Station
Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
E. J. Kyle
Sunday School Athletic Association Forms Inter Church League
The Pas tors Association forms The Sunday School Athletic Association of Bryan with 25 cent membership. An Executive Council led by the Pastor includes five committees to manage schedule grounds publicity and rules. A silver cup will be awarded for highest season percentage. James Sullivan appointed High Commissioner to select umpires and rule on contested games.
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Pastors’ Association
Sunday School Athletic Association of
Bryan
Dr. Held
C. A. Ashworth
W. S. Collard
C.N. Calmes
W.N. Shell
F. L. Cavitt
O. A. Ashworth
A. S. Ware
Sam E Cavitt
H. C. Willis
C. N. Calmes
James Sullivan
Methodists Meet Christians in Sunday School Series Opener
The first game of the Sunday School Athletic Association series will be played Thursday afternoon July 138 at 6 o'clock at Allen Academy field. Methodists vs Christians. The venue offers ample seating and parking with no admission charge. Everyone invited.
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Methodists
Sunday School Athletic Association
Allen Academy Field
Four Indictments Named for Sheriff Bonds in Texas
Austin reports four indictments against Bell county Sheriff A W Bonds by a Travis county grand jury. From 1920 to 1922 he allegedly collected criminal fees totaling 13763 10, far from Williamson county Sheriff Lee O Allen's 1985. The charges claim a 3.30 per mile rate for moving 22 negroes from Temple to Belton, though records show they were jailed in Belton.
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Austin
Texas
A. W. Bonds
Bell County
Travis County
Lee O Allen
Williamson County
Temple
Belton
Prominent Bell County Citizens Sign Bonds for Sheriff Bonds
Temple Texas July 12 scores of prominent Bell county citizens signed bail for Sheriff A W Bonds indicted last week by the Travis county grand jury on four counts charging extortion in connection with mileage fees Bail in each count was set at 500 Deputy Tom Sanders also is indicted on two similar counts Details of the alleged offenses have not been made public Bonds issued a statement asserting innocence and saying he has been framed by political enemies He had been previously exonerated by a Bell county grand jury.
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Temple
Tex
Bell County
A. W. Bonds
Travis County
Grand Jury
Tom Sanders
Bonds
Newspaper advertising is best asset for towns
A Dallas businessman asserts newspapers are the best advertising medium. He cites 1921 Dallas ad spending of 15 000 as evidence that newspapers drive small-town business, warns against billboards and non circulation schemes, and urges merchants of all sizes to advertise locally.
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Dallas
Texas
Advertising schemes blocked by Bryan Chamber of Commerce
The Bryan Eagle reported that the Bryan Chamber of Commerce Advertising committee, led by S. Fhorstadt, rejected several fake solicitation schemes. They refused funds for a supposed charitable drive, a highway booklet, and menu cards, saving Bryan business men about $1,000 and protecting the town’s good name.
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Burleson County Ledger
Bryan Eagle
S. Fhorstadt
Bryan Chamber of Commerce Advertising Committee
Bryan
Bryan approves school and paving bonds in 5 to 1 vote
Voters in Bryan pass a 42 000 bond issue for East Side school repairs and street paving by a 5 to 1 margin. For school bonds 253 against 52. for paying bonds 251 against 54. City officials plan to start paving before winter and submit results to the Attorney General in Austin. Public improvements boost Bryan’s prospects as a residence town.
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Bryan
East Side
McAdams
Keeling
Austin
West Side
City Commission
Haswell
Henderson
Pike Wounded in Clash With Strike Breakers in Denison
In Denison Texas on July 12 a man named J W Pike said to be with the Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf railway was seriously wounded after a mob clashed with suspected strike breakers. Several others were beaten and abducted as guards and deputies were driven from a Katy train and flogged en route to the countryside in a reported mass assault.
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Denison
Texas
J. W. Pike
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
U. S
Pike
Katy
McGee
Katy Railway
West Texas Chamber Sets San Angelo Dates For 1924 Convention
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce directors fixed May 21 22 and 23 for the next annual convention to be held in San Angelo. Brownwood seeks the 1924 convention. The group also plans flood control work including reservoir construction in Texas and endorses a separate A and M college board and governance.
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Brownwood
Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
San Angelo
West Texas A. & M. College
Porter A. Whaley
H. B. Spencer
Homer D. Wade
West Texas Chamber
Wade
West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Miss Helen Taylor Leaves For Baylor Nursing School
The Brazos County Red Cross notes a student from the area has chosen nursing as a life profession after Red Cross training. Miss Helen Taylor, daughter of Mr and Mrs R E Taylor, departs Wednesday night for Dallas to enter Baylor University School of Nursing for a three year course.
Tom Conway Returns to Waco After Visit
Mr and Mrs Tom Conway return to their home in Waco after a short visit to his parents Mrs and Mr J M Conway of Steep Hollow Tom is now a successful practicing lawyer in Waco Rocky Ford cantaloupes.
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Tom Conway
Waco
J. M. Conway
Steep Hollow
Tom
Rocky Ford
Brundage Pledges 1000 Dollar Reward in Williamson County Coal Strike
Attorney General Brundage announced a 1000 dollar reward for information leading to arrests and convictions of killers in the Williamson county strike related murders and assaults. He urged Williamson county citizens to aid the inquiry with assurances of protection.
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Illinois
Williamson County
Drowning Tragedy Grips Texas Town As Brothers Die
Dr. R R Reppert learns of his sons Homer and Allen drowning in Wixon creek near Bryan Texas. The boys aged 12 and 10 were found after three hours by Ralph Dunn and Jess Conlee and shipped to Valley Falls Kansas for burial beside their old home.
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R. R. Reppert
Fredericksburg
Homer
Allen
Wixon Creek
Valley Falls
Kansas
Reliance Road
Bryan
Ralph Dunn
Jess Conlee
Eagle Office
John Wilson
Dunn
Mr. Conlee
Eagle
Five Year Old Margaret Walker Fractures Thigh in Car Crash
While driving home from Bremond near Calvert on Wednesday morning the Walker family child Margaret Mills P. Walker suffered a fractured right thigh in an automobile accident. She was treated at Bryan Hospital and later sent home in good condition.
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Bremond
Calvert
Margaret
Mills P. Walker
Bryan Hospital
Robbery Suspects Headed For Hair Cutting At Marlin Home
Mrs Newt Cole of Pleasant Grove near Marlin Texas was held at gunpoint by two men one in women's clothing who pretended to sell face powder They forced her to sit while a pair of shears cut her hair and promised to kill her if she cried The men fled in a car and were later linked to earlier sightings in the community with remarks that hair like Mrs Cole s was worth forty dollars Police believe they can identify the suspects if seen again.
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Marlin
Texas
Newt Cole
Pleasant Grove
Cole
Mr. Cole
Confederate Soldiers of Brazos County List
A published roster from the Eagle lists ex Confederate soldiers in Brazos County compiled by Sergeant A. J. Tabor of Co. G, 14th Georgia Regiment. Names include Gen. H. B. Stoddard, E. Gandy, A. B. Gandy, Major Shaw, J. W. Cloud, J. E. Mathis, M. R. Phillips, George Price, H. T. Ross, Z. R. Guess, Co. C. Jones, B. Sbisa, A. J. McFarland, Peter Stacy, W. E. S. B. Hines, A. J. Tabor, Rev. Thompson, and A. Hensarling. Those interested should preserve this list for future reference.
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Brazos County
A. J. Tabor
Co. G
14Th Georgia Regiment
H. B. Stoddard
E. Gandy
A. B. Gandy
Major Shaw
J. W. Cloud
J. E. Mathis
M. R. Phillips
George Price
H. T. Ross
Z. R. Guess
C. Jones
B. Sbisa
A. J. McFarlan
Peter Stacy
W. E. S . B. Hines
Rev. Thompson
A. Hensarling
Williamson Prospects For Crops In Williamson County
Mr Ivy Foster of Taylor visiting relatives reports corn thriving in Williamson County and cotton fruiting well with only one good general rain needed to assure crops. The U S weather service notes unsettled conditions with rain likely. Foster is a well known Williamson County banker and businessman.
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Williamson
Ivy Foster
Taylor
Williamson County
U.S
Foster
Rattlesnake bite heals for Mrs Harrison at Hall's Lake
Mrs. R. A. Harrison, bitten ten times by a rattlesnake at Hall's Lake twelve miles south of Bryan, is rapidly recovering. The danger has passed and she hopes to be about in a few days among friends.
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R. A. Harrison
Hall's Lake
Bryan
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