Honey from Wild Bee Trees Becomes Cautionary Tale
In College Station July 17, reports on the twentieth Farmers Short Course at A and M College emphasize child welfare and homemakers programs. Lectures by Cora Mae Walton and others cover home living, community picnics, clothes lines, and beautifying the farm home while P R Keith discusses trailing wild honey bees and warns against chewing tobacco near hives to avoid alarming bees.
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Minn
Extension Service
DeWitt McMurray
Dallas
Farm News
Mary Starr Taylor
College of Industrial Arts
Jessie Whitm Ere
Rural Home Research
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Mary Anna Grimes
Rural Home
Bess M. Rowe
St. Paul
Thomas RB. Foster
Denton
Styvia Weckesser
Houston
P. R. Keith
Chambers & Wilson Farm
Mr. Keith
Keith
Leaf Worms Busy In Cotton After Recent Showers
County reports show cotton leaf worms active after rains with worms ravaging fields in Bee and adjoining counties. Weevils declined in some areas due to dry weather though infestations persist in others with 5 to 14 percent punctured squares in Burleson and Port Bend counties.
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Port Bend
Jim- Tiel State Farm
Williamson County
Stanford Speaker At Tabor Club Highlights Short Course Value
J. E. Stanford, Texas agriculture editor, key speaker at the Tabor community club program Friday night praising the value of a short course at A. M. College. A calling contest crowned Stanford as top performer and a relay dressing stunt tested teams led by J. T. Cros e, Will Conrad, J. E. ford, and Roland Crenshaw to open a suitcase of ladies apparel in the shortest time. Crenshaw and Stanford won. Refreshments followed. Mrs. C C. C. Redding has returned from a Fort Worth vacation visiting relatives.
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J .E. Stanford
Texas
Themn Agricultureist
A. M. College
J. E Stanford
J. T. Crose
Will Conrad
J. E. Ford
Roland Crenshaw
O. Stanford and
Crenshaw
Plan to Control Brazos River Through New Measure
In Austin plans for control of the Brazos River were advanced by the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation Association. A bill by Representative Tillotson creating the district was passed in the second special session of the legislature. The association met with President J. M. Lawrence and members including Mrs. Lawrence E. H. Astin A. D. Jackson and Mrs. Lee J. Rountree among attendees.
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Austin
Brases River
Brazos River
Tillotson
Bryan
N. B. Allen
Legislative Committee
John M. Lawrence
Texas Assembly
Leonard Tillotson
Sealy
W. S. Barron
F. L. Henderson
C. L. Benson
Chamber of Commerce
Sue Haswell Memorial Park
Wilson Bradley
Travis B. Bryan
John & Caldwell
W. K. Gibb
F. L Henderson
A. S. McSwain
W. L McCulloch
J. Bryen Miller
M. L. Parker
M. F. Vitopil
A. M. Waldrop
E. E. Yeager
Local Barrister Completes Yale Summer Law Course
Sam C. Hoyle Jr. returned from New Haven where he spent five weeks in a Yale University summer law course. He studied constitutional law and quasi contracts in an intensive program.
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Sam C. Hoyle Jr
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Mr. Hoyle
College Mason Initiated Into Eastern Star
At Bryan Chapter No. 222, Order of the Eastern Star, J. Clinton Hotard of the subsistence department at A. and M. College was made a member during a Monday evening meeting called by Mrs. Thos. Lundin. Visiting members from Corpus Christi Leose Creek Galveston and Seadrift attended. Maggie B. Moody received a past grand matron’s honor and presented certificates to Bryan Chapter officers. Refreshments followed.
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Thos.Lundin
Bryan
Order of the Eastern Star
J. Clinton Hotard
A. and
M. College
Order
C. D. Moody
Corpus Christi
C. B. Smith
Leose Creek
W. Tf. Short
Galveston
Psalm of Diversification in a 25 Year Old Bryan Morning Eagle
A damaged excerpt titled Psalm of Diversification from Bryan Morning Eagle marks a 25 year old unsigned poem. It praises soil riches and thrift, urging diversification through crops like potatoes onions and tomatoes, and suggests collective action to prosper even when one crop fails.
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Bryan Morning Eagle
Pruning Watermelons Boosts Farm Yield in Local Trial
The report notes a farmer pruned melons twice to remove rotten ends and bottlenecks. H. C Atchison marked two rows, cutting 110 worthless melons in 30 minutes. The pruned rows yielded 922 pounds while unpruned rows produced 1199 pounds. Price averaged about one cent per pound.
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H. C Atchison
Tabor Cotton Improves For Witty Grower J Harris
J Harris of Tabor, famed for watermelons, visited Bryan and said last rain ruined his crop but cotton improved greatly in ten days, with a fine crop prospect now good.
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J. H. Harris
Tabor
Bryan
The Town Doctor Urges Clean Streets Against Handbill Clutter
In a 1929 column A D Stone urges communities to curb door to door handbills and dodgers as clutter that drives business away. He argues licensing and cleanup funding are needed, noting towns with controls succeed while widespread litter harms the town and economy. He credits Bryan Lions Club cooperation.
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A. D. Stone
Bryan Lions Club
Bryan Chamber Discusses Road Projects in Brazos County
Directors of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce reviewed plans for concrete surfacing of Highways 6 28 through the county and resurfacing of No 6 from College Station south plus Ferguson's Crossing road repairs.
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Brazos County
Bryan and Brazos County
Millican Baptist church benefit evening and birthday notice
At Millican Baptist church a benefit event for church pews is set for July 1 1929 at 8 00 p m with a call to Come over into Millican and help us. Little Miss Hester Harrison celebrated her fifth birthday Tuesday afternoon from 4 54 to 7 o'clock at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs R A Heswison on South College Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millican Baptist Church
Millican
Miss Hester Harrison
R. A. Heswison
South College Avenue
Burglars Enter Three Stores Net $25 and a Gun
Police suspect the same crew hit six stores recently and burglarized three more last night taking 25 dollars and a six shooter from Frank Zubik’s shop. Gus Schultz’s place was entered and the revolver stolen. The Sebesia growery store was also pried open with gloves used to avoid fingerprints. no other loot reported. Detectives have no ID on the burglars but will continue investigations.
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Frank Zubik
Gus Schultz
Sebesia Growery
Oklahoma Boundary Report: Gannett Proposes 100th Meridian
Commissioner Gannett reports Texas owns land more east than the present boundary along the Red River and finds the 100th meridian as the proper line. He locates monument No 1 in Hansford County and marks the corner as the new north east point, with a Supreme Court hearing scheduled in October for approval.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Supreme Court
Gannett
Red River
Panhandle
Cbanabdad Akeeta Bencar
Ommie- Sener Gamnett
Jones-Brown-Clerk
Okishom
Garnnett
John Hi. Clark
Hansford County
Resurfacing Begins On Highway No 6 Project
Work hauling limestone to resurface Highway No 6 from College Station to near Millican started this morning per Division Engineer Jnc E Blair. The project will create a hard surfaced road in Brazos County from the Grimes county line to Bryan a stretch of twenty eight miles, benefiting locals and travelers.
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No. 6
College Station
Ferguson’s Crossing
State Highway Commission
J. E. Blair
Highway No. 6
College Station South
Bryan
Millican
Jnc. E. Blair
Brazos County
Grimes County
Cousin of Beason Killed by Train
C L Beason Brazos County agent received a telephone message from Mrs A F E Brady Cameron reporting that A E Jr Brady, killed Friday near Miami Oklahoma when his car was struck by a train, had been cremated. Brady was a cousin of Beason and formerly Boy Scout executive in Northwest Oklahoma.
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C. L. Beason
Brazos County
A. FE. Brady
Cameron
A. E. Jr
Miami
Okla
Twain
Young Brady
Benson
Northwest Oklahoma
Pon
Legislature finalizes money bills with $47.8 million in appropriations
In Austin on July 16 the legislature completed its review of appropriations. The free conference drafts for departmental and claims and accounts measures were accepted, totaling $47,792,000, a $3 million drop from vetoed money measures. The education and other major bills were adjusted and await final conference reports before adjournment.
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Associated Press
Austin
Moody
House
Senate
Johnson and Rohde occupy modern auto plant in Bryan
Johnson and Rohde move into a new 190 by 65 foot brick auto plant at Bryan Avenue and 27th Street, housing Oak land and Pontiac dealers. The facility includes a display room for used cars, a full service shop, a car wash and greasing rack, and offices with a parts store. Construction was by James Sullivan with plans by the company and opening soon after finishing touches.
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Texas
Bryan Avenue
27Th Street
Johnson & Rohde
Oakland
Pontiac
Bryan
Washington and
25Th Streets
Bryan and
27Th
Magnolia Company
James Sullivan
A. and
M. College
Jonson & Robride
Johnson
Uihmpany
Orcer i
Land grant funds pledged for dormitory at Fort Worth campus
Ton will receive 25 000 dollars to buy land for a dormitory project. W T Waggoner of Fort Worth will build the dormitory free of cost. Speaker Barron led a conference report that passed 105 to 6 in the House and 25 to 0 in the Senate.
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Ton
W. T. Waggoner
Fort Worth
Barron
Senate
Negro Orphans to Become State Charges in Texas
Governor Moody is expected to sign a bill transferring 135 inmates from the Dickson Colored Orphanage in Gilmer to state care. The measure provides 700 acres of land and buildings valued for the institution, plus a $67 500 appropriation for support. The orphans would remain in Gilmer temporarily with a plan to move them to an Austin facility if sold land proceeds fund a new home.
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Alamo
House
Purl and McCombs
Dallas
E. KR. Sinks
Giddings
Highway Department
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Sul Ross
Alpine
School of Mines
Paso
Southwest Teachers
San Marcos
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
East Texas
Commerce
A-M
A. & M. College At
Bryan
John Tarleton
Stephenville
Tech
North Texas
Sam Houston College
Hantsville
Austin
Dickson Colored Orphanage
Gilmer
Moody
George, Purl
Jack Keller
Leth
Durham Pleased In Harvard Work Family Is Home
Mrs. Marry L. Durham and family return to Bryan after a summer visit in Sherman with her parents. Aunt Garnett and daughter Elizabeth Ann Garnett join them in Bryan for several weeks with the Harvard student husband sending news of thriving study projects and late August plans.
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L. Durham
Wayne
Saralee
Bryan
Sherman
Navasota Building and Loan Elects New Officers
Navasota July 11 Officers who served the past year were re elected at a meeting last night President Chas E Henry Vice President E M Perry Secretary and Treasurer J N Retchif Directors J T Swanson J A Garner FE G Youena G A Seth A H Spann J N Baylor The Building and Loan Association was organized here in 1924.
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Navasota
Navasota Building and Loan Association
Chas. E. Henry
E. M. Perry
J. N. Retchif
J. T. Swanson
J. A. Garner
FE. G. Youena
G. A. Seth A. H. Spann
J. N. Baylor
Brazos Birds Set Egg Contest Records at Golden Rule Farm
Golden Rule Poultry Farm of Brazos County leads the eighth month of the Texas National Egg Laying Contest with a White Leghorn pen scoring 274 eggs. College View Farm follows with 250 eggs as Golden Rule tops overall pen totals and individual scores, while Barred Rock classes show Golden Rule dominance with 206 eggs for the month and 1,425 eggs across eight months.
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Golden Rule Poultry Farm
Poultry Department of
A. and
M. College
College View Farm
Brazos County
College View
College
Leghorns
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Stanford
Tabor Club
C C. C. Redding
Fort
Association
State Capitol
YALE
College Mason
Eastern Star
Bertas
the Doctor OF Towns
C. of
Etex
J. Bryan Miller
Ferguson Crossing
Jos
T. B. Warden
Gulf Coast Good Roads Association
McNew
Highway “Department of A
ML Co
W. S. Vowell
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Longview
Allen Academy
Highway No.6
Beason
Brazos Motor Company
Studebaker and
Hupmobile Automobiles
Washington Avenue
25Th Street
Amon Williams
Durham
Harvard
W. D. Lawrence
Durant Automobiles
Goodrich Tires
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