Trains Collide In Bronx Telescoping One Car Into Another
An elevated train with seven wooden cars crashed into a rear subway train at 270th Street and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. The elevated struck the standing car and the second elevated car telescoped forward. The subway carried no passengers while the elevated was crowded. the motorman is believed fatally injured and seven passengers were hurt. Officials blame switchmen and rain causing brake failure classes.
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Associated Press
New York
270Th Street
Jerome Avenue
Bronx
Lme
Transportation Company
Tourist James Injured When Car Overturned Near Millican
A tourist named James was badly injured when the car carrying his family from the Hull oil fields to North Texas overturned in a bar pit about a mile south of Millican Texas. His wife and two children had lesser injuries while other motorists freed them and took the group to Millican for medical care.
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Millican
Texas
James
Hull Oil Fields
North Texas
Conference of Whole State on Education Problems Announced
A state wide conference on education to outline a plan of campaign in connection with the state educational survey will be held at Waco on August 21, Assistant Superintendent of Education Rogers announced.
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Conference OF Whole State
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Waco
Rogers
Celebrated Mayor Makes Stop in Bryan on Vacation
Port Arthur mayor J. P. Logan traveled by auto through Bryan on a vacation to Mineral Wells. He has gained statewide fame for his actions against I. W. W. groups in his city and is accompanied by E. J. Ferguson of the Ferguson Stock Co. Fort Worth. A return engagement may occur in the fall.
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J. P. Logan
Port Arthur
Bryan
Mineral Wells
Logan
Fort Worth
E. J. Ferguson
Ferguson Stock Company
Flower Show Leaders Elected At Texas State Florists Meet
J Coulter Smith and Forest Jones returned from Waco where they attended the ninth annual meeting of the Texas State Florists Association. Tom J Wolfe of Waco was elected president. He is known to Bryan residents through his mother Miss Lizzie Hillier of Franklin Robertson county who visited Bryan frequently.
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J. Coulter Smith
Forest Jones
Waco
Texas State Florists Association
Tom J. Wolfe
Bryan
Lizzie Hillier
Franklin
Robertson County
Extra Session May Be Called in 1924
Texas State Treasurer Terrell warned the general fund deficit will exceed 4.0 million dollars by September 1 and could reach about 4.5 million after this fiscal year. The prior peak was 3.3 million, prompting talk of a new special session next year to raise revenue. Governor Neff may call a session before leaving office to avoid passing the deficit to his successor.
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Austin
Tex
Terrell
Neff
Father and Son to Hold Revival Meet
Rev. O E Vivion of Bay City will again lead revival services at Alexander Methodist Church with his son Rev. King Vivion as pastor. Last year the meetings drew large crowds and good responses. The revival begins Sunday July 29 and will run a week or ten days.
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O. E. Vivion
Bay City
Alexander Methodist Church
King Vivion
Vivion
Teo. Vivian
Greetings From The West Post Card Note
Mr and Mrs Thos Lundin send greetings to Bryan friends dated in July mentioning Sequoia National Park and the General Sherman tree. Ezra Wilson of Tabor was a visitor in the city today.
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West Post
Thos. Lundin
Bryan
Sequoia National Park
Ezra Wilson
Tabor
City
Pepsinated Calomel Promise Of Quick Relief
Calomel reaches the liver but ordinary calomel is harsh. Pepsinated Calomel offers a gentler English Calomel treated with pepsin and soothing ingredients to stimulate liver function aid digestion and restore appetite. Companies guarantee relief between sundown and sunup or money back.
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M. H. James Dy. Co
Mudville Club Hosts Watermelon Party For Youth
Mr and Mrs Ed Martin entertained Mudville club boys and girls Thursday afternoon with a watermelon party directed by Laura Belle Roten Home Demonstration Agent. About forty attendees practiced songs for Brazos County Day and Short Course week inviting all to attend stunt night on July 26 after Brazos County Day July 25. Regular Mudville club meetings are held every second Saturday. a great pie eating contest was announced for tonight at Mudville.
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Ed Martin
Mudville Club
Laura Belle Roten
Brazos County
Mudville
Dr W B Bizzell’s Career Tied to Texas A and M Rise
Silliman Evans notes Dr W B Bizzell led Texas A and M through campus unrest and riots at College Station. He highlights Bizzell’s shift from girls’ school presidency to military college leadership and growing student support, calling him idolized by Texas boys at A and M.
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Bizzell
A. & M. College of Texas
Military College
Haiti
College Station
Rapsberry Preserves
Texas Poys
Preacher scatters coins to crowd in Dallas sermon
Dr. Hubert D. Knickerbocker, a Dallas District presiding elder, tossed a double handful of coins from 5c to silver dollars to the Owenwood Methodist Church congregation on Roscoe Street. He used the act to urge careful use of money and warn against wasteful spending.
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Dallas
Owenwood Methodist Church
Roscoe Street
Hubert D. Knickerbocker
North Texas Conference
Luke Manguso Dies Here Native of Italy
Luke Manguso age 25 died at 5 a m Monday at a local hospital. He came from Italy at age three and lived on the Cameron ranch. Survived by father one brother and three sisters. Body prepared for shipment to Houston by McCulloch Gordon Co. Funeral Wednesday morning by Rev G W Walsh Church of the Annunciation in Houston with burial to follow.
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Luke Manguso
Italy
Cameron Ranch
McCulloch-Gordon Co
Houston
G. W. Walsh
Church of the Annunciation
Automobile Licenses Issued in Brazos CountySince Last Monday
The following automobile licenses have been issued in Brazos county since last Monday. Earle C. Andrews, Chas Patronello, Robert Fuqua, F C Rubin, M E Davis, Dr R J Hunnicutt, C W Carroll, J W Williams, J C Lloyd, John Hornik, J A Winkler, W D Lawrence.
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Brazos County
Earle C. Andrews
Chas. Patronello
Robert Fuqua
F. C. Rubin
M. E. Davis
Dr. R. J. Hunnicutt
C. W. Carroll
J. W. Williams
J. C. Lloyd
John Hornik
J. A. Winkler
W. D. Lawrence
Brazos County Marriage Licenses Issued
The following marriage licenses since last Monday: Sylvester Steen and Bessie John, Dave Greer and Loraine Appling, Dave Johnson and Mozel Austin.
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Brazos County
Sylvester Steen
Bessie John
Dave Greer
Loraine Appling
Dave Johnson
Mozel Austin
Local man loses car in blaze on highway
Sam Kauffman, after closing his cafe, found his Dodge burning about a mile past College on the return trip. He tried to smother the fire with his shirt but the gasolene tank exploded. He escaped with a badly burned hand. car insured and one year old with new casings.
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Sam Kauffman
Brother-in-law of Judge W C Davis dies
Chas Fuqua brother-in-law of Judge W C Davis died Monday at Shire Grimes county and was buried the following day He was about 40 years old and a contractor by occupation Judge Davis attended the funeral
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Chas. Fuqua
W. C. Davis
Shire
Grimes County
Sister of R. C. Stone Dies in Dallas Sanitarium
Mrs. J. A. Barekman sister of R. C. Stone died at 8 30 this morning in a Dallas sanitarium. She was the wife of a Stephenville laundryman and is survived by her husband three daughters and one son. Burial will be from the Methodist church in Stephenville. Mr. Stone will leave today to attend the funeral.
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J. A. Barekman
R. C. Stone
Dallas
Stone
Stephenville
Texas
Judge Ferguson Prefers Texas Over California
Judge H O Ferguson returned Friday from a tour of western states including California. He criticized the cool climate and noted California apricot crops require limb supports. He found Texas land cheaper than California water rights, and said irrigation-dependent Los Angeles is beautiful but risky. In Oakland he nearly froze despite an overcoat.
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H. O. Ferguson
California
Los Angeles
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Valley
Oakland
A. & M. Short Course Sets July Farm Education Week
The Fourteenth Annual Farmer's Short Course at A. & M. College will run July 23 to 28 in College Station. Sessions cover agronomy animal husbandry horticulture and household arts with contests and prizes. Adjunct groups include the Cotton Seed Breeders Association State Horticultural Society Texas Honey Producers and more to promote farming in Texas.
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C. Hoyle
College Station
A. & M. College
Ross Hall
Agriculture of
Texas
Country Minister
Country Editors
Cuntry Church
Cotton Seed Breeders Association
State Horticultural Society
Texas Honey Producers Association
Agricultural Writers Conference
Harding Takes Oath In Alaska To Spare Animals
President Harding swore an oath never to harm dogs or horses aboard a transport. The pledge was taken at Skagaway Alaska as he joined an Arctic brotherhood formed in 1899 by gold prospectors. He traveled the Pacific waters toward Seward, with Friday arrival planned.
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Harding
Alaska
Associated Press
Henderson
Skagaway
Pacific
Icy Strait
Gulf of Alaska
Seward
City power house gains 350 kilowatt generator
A new 350 kilowatt generator with switchboard and wiring was spotted on the H. and T. C. tracks this morning. The equipment will boost the city's light and power capacity and reliability.
Brazos Negroes Plan Agricultural Fair
The Farm Makers club for negro girls and boys and the Home Economics club for negro women met at New Chapel Baptist church at 3 pm chaired by County Agent L A Nash for negroes on culling chickens. The Brazos County colored Agricultural fair is set for July 27 28 at West Side Park Bryan with plans to enter livestock poultry domestic science and art exhibits.
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Farm Makers Club
Home Economis Club
New Chapel Baptist Church
L. A. Nash
Brazos County
West Side Park
Bryan
Grasshoppers Damage Crops and Trees in Marble Falls
Grasshoppers in Marble Falls Texas have damaged crops and are reported to be eating bark off China trees in local yards. The pests are causing considerable damage to ranges and crops in the area.
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Marble Falls
Tex
China
Church Survey Work At Alexander Church
Rev. Charles Horace Hamilton assistant to Pastor Rev. King Vivian conducts a thorough survey of the Alexander church. Vivian also plans an extensive Christian educational campaign in the rural area as part of church work.
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Charles Horace Hamilton
King Vivian
College Station
Alexander
He. Vivian
Bee Center Plan Set for Taylor Texas
A local bee expert plans 1560 bee colonies within 20 miles of Taylor Texas. Two carloads of bees have arrived to establish the first colonies with apiaries to open at Hutto Byersville Coupland Thrall and Thorndale.
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Associated Press
Taylor
Texas
Hutto
Byersville
Coupland
Thrall
Thorndale
President Bizzell Heads to San Antonio on College Board Tour
President W. B. Bizzell left this afternoon for San Antonio to join the special train car carrying members of the locating board for the Texas Technological College, of which he is a member.
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
Texas Technological College
Silliman Evans
W. B. Bizzell
Bizzell
W. B. Bizzelli
San Antonio
Stamford Woman Hatches Eggs by Patchwork Method
Stamford Texas July 12 Mrs M Lackey near Avoca uses cracked eggs with white from another to patch defects and set them under a hen. She claims she can make any hen set and forces reluctant hens to sit eight days to hatch a brood.
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Stamford
Texas
Watermelon Rewarded to Boriskie for 54 Pound Gift
The Eagle thanks V. J. Boriskie for a 54 pound watermelon presented Thursday. He grows the fruit on sandy land in a one acre patch and expected to earn about $25 more from the patch after already realizing around $100. He notes the loss of his valuable hen Wednesday due to heart failure from high production, but mentions mating the hen to his best rooster and having pullets.
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V. J. Boriskie
Boriskie
Former Bryan Boy Heads A. and M. Exes
The Texas A and M College Club met at University Club with a large turnout of ex-students. Colonel E. B. Cushing presided as reorganization of the Former Students Association was urged. W. B. Cook elected president with Walter E. Burns as vice president and H. B. Farmer secretary.
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Houston
Texas
Texas A. and M. College Club
University Club
E. B. Cushing
Marion S. Church
Dallas
A. and M. Former Students Association
Colonel Cushing
T. W. Blake
W. B. Cook
Walter E. Burns
H. B. Farmer
J. Allen Kyle
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M. H. James Drug Store
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Silvie Estes
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Cardus
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United States
Roch Ne Eter
Massell Motor Co
Gryan
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Wellborn
Payne and Rychilik
Edge
W. H. Buchanan
Kurten
Bryan Cotton Oil & Fertilizer Company
Federal Land Bank OF Houston
Bryan Association
W. S. Barron
Bryan, Texas
Mrs. Martin
Brazos CO
Calif
Brazos Negroes
Eagle
Bryan Boy
A. & M. Exes
Ford
Chambers-Wilson Motor CO
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