Bryan High Adds Vocational Agriculture Course
Bryan High School will offer a three-year vocational agriculture program starting with the 1928-29 term, counting 11-2 credits toward graduation. The course, taught by Prof. W. E. Leverkuhn, targets farm households and includes field work on student projects such as crops or livestock, with classroom study on farm management, soil, and livestock care. The program includes state judging contests at A and M College, and the instructor will assist local farmers as needed.
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Bryan High School
W. E. Leverkuhn
Bryan
Brazos County
A. and
M. College
Dairying in Texas Gets New Impetus Says A. & M. Man
College Station July 16 Special to The Eagle Jack and Joe Shelton of Brownwood Jersey breeders have qualified two of their herd sires as Silver Medal Bulls. A. L. Darnell at Texas A and M College announces these honors for Jolly's Cowslip of P. H. 190.538 and Benedictine's Ruler 215.113. He notes Texas has placed more silver medal bulls in the last four years than in the eight years before 1924.
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College Station
Jack
Joe Shelton
Brownwood
Jersey
Shelton Bro
A. L. Darnell
A. & M. College of Texas
Shelton
Jolly
P. H
Benedictine
Ruler
Texas
Darnell
Pophie XIX
E. «’. Lasater
Falfurrias
Shelton Brothers
J. A. Bobbitt
Hillsboro
A. V. Barnes
New Canaan
Wm. Christian Buried Sunday At Local Cemetery
Funeral services for William J. Christian aged 77 years 7 months 10 days were held Sunday at 5 o clock from the Hensarling residence on East 27th Street. Born in Alabama in 1851 he moved to Texas as a youth and lived in Bryan 55 years engaging in business and building since the town’s early days. Interment followed at the city cemetery with Rev. R. S. Marshall of the First Methodist Church officiating. Surviving are three daughters Mrs. P. H. Hensarling Mrs. Edgar Covey Bryan and Miss Lucy Christian Houston and two sons J. B. Christian Bryan and J. L. Christian Denver Colo One sister Mrs. Sarah Hanneman Bryan. pallbearers FE W Crenshaw GC E Jenkins Eugene Edge J Jenkins and C A Buchanan.
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William J. Christian
P. H. Hensarling
Hensarting
East 27Th Street
W. J. Christian
Alabama
Texas
Bryan
H. and
T. C
R. S. Marshall
First Methodist Church
McCulloch-Dansby
Edgar Covey
Lucy Christian
Houston
J. B. Christian
J. L. Christian
Denver
Colorado
Sarah Hanneman
FE. W. Crenshaw
E. Jenkins
Eugene Edge
J. Jenkins
C. A. Buchanan
Office Open On Saturdays During Nurse's Absence
The county health nurse's office will remain open on Saturdays while Miss Fila Bandelin is away on a Northbound vacation trip.
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Fila Bandelin
North
Steep Hollow Family Reunion Remembered Big Sunday
A July 15 1928 Steep Hollow reunion at C N Risinger and Mrs Risinger home brought together all children in law grandchildren and extended family from districts including Bryan Shamrock Reliance Normangee Tabor and Kouitz with a water melon feast a tree shaded dinner a musical program prayers and hopes to gather again at the old home.
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C. N. Risinger
Robert Jones
Jacob Bullock
W. N. Risinger
Kouitz
Robert E. Jones
Pauline
Bryan
Berry Risinger
Berry
Steep Hollow
Barley Risinger
Normangee
Britton Risinger
Louise
Reliance
J. T. Cless
Tabor
Brady Risinger
Shamrock
Jess Conlee
Sam Bullock
Amsy Bullock
Walter Bullock
Erma
Joe Bond
Joe Burnell
American Steam Laundry Erects New Electric Sign
The American Steam Laundry owned by R. M. Dansby has installed a new electric sign noted as one of the most attractive in the city. Nearby on the same street are signs for the New York Cafe LaSalle Hotel Queen Theatre Howell Grocery Joe Kaplan Co Caldwell's Jewelry Store J C Penny Co and Yeager Edge Hardware Co.
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American Steam Laundry
R. M. Dansby
New York Cafe
LaSalle Hotel
Queen Theatre
Howell Grocery
Joe Kaplan Co
Caldwell’s Jewelry Store
J. C. Penny Go
Yeager-Edge Hardware Co
Plan Early For Short Course Plan Early For Short Course
Fifty one 4-H club members and two leaders from Gregg county have reserved rooms at College Station for the A and M short course. Over 100 members are expected to attend with registrants from Springhill Tyron Denville and Gladewater.
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Longview
Gregg County
College Station
Springhill
Tyron
Denville
Gladewater
Ralph Risser Dies In Bonham Last Saturday
Ralph Risser died suddenly at his Bonham home Saturday night July 14 1928 at 11 o clock. He was prominent in Bonham business circles and former president of the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club. He married Bryan girl Irene Keeling in 1906 and is survived by his widow daughter Irene and his elderly father. E J Fountain and Mrs Fountain of Bryan attended the funeral today in Bonham.
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Bryan
Ralph Risser
Bonham
Irene Risser
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
College
Irene Keeling
E. J. Fountain
Risser
E. J. Fountain of
Ponham
Horses Arrive for Texas State Fair Preparations
In Dallas on July 14 horse owners begin shipping racers for the State Fair of Texas. The first stable has arrived this week and is training on the three-quarter mile track at the fair grounds, signaling the start of preparations three months before opening.
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Dallas
Texas
Fair Grounds
Moving Picture Show of Bryan at Queen Theatre
Chairman Eugene Edge announces a Bryan moving picture program at Queen Theatre on Monday July 23 from 2 to 11 o clock featuring Moving Picture of Bryan A M College Allen Academy and Villa Maria Academy plus Leopard Lady with Jacqueline Logan Alan Hale and Robert Armstrong. Admission is 50 cents with proceeds funding travel to Texas and buying a projection machine. committees will seek citizen and firm ticket support.
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Eugene Edge
Bryan and Brazos County
Texas
Bryan
Gardner-Fairman Insurance Co Formed In Bryan Area
W R Fairman former owner of the Queen Palace and Dixie Theatre now holds a half interest in the C R Gardner Insurance Agency. Mr Gardner remains in charge of the insurance end while Fairman will manage real estate rentals loans purchasing and related matters. The partnership aims to expand services to Bryan and Brazos county with a modern real estate agency.
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W. R. Fairman
The
Queen, Palace and Dixie Theatres
Long's Cafe
C. R. Gardner Insurance Agency
Mr. Gardner
Mr. Fairman
Gardner-Fairman Insurance Co
Bryan
Brazos County
Bryants Return From The West
Mr and Mrs E R Bryant returned Sunday from a month long vacation spent in the North and West. They toured by car with only two tire flats. They traveled from Gereto Iowa visiting Council Bluffs and Omaha then to Colorado Springs and Manitou, the playground of the West, before finishing in Bryan. It was an ideal vacation trip.
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E. R. Bryant
Gereto
Iawa
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Bryan
Mr. Bryant
Crops In Parts Of Texas Need Rain
AUSTIN July 16 crops in South West Central and North West Texas need rain said H H Schultz federal livestock and crop statistician in a report issued today The drought withering fields across the state prompts concern over moisture shortages and potential impacts on harvests
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Texas
Austin
H. H. Schultz
Kent Morrison to Coach at Allen Academy
Allen Academy announces Kent Morrison AB Vanderbilt and brother of S M U mentor Ray Morrison will join as instructor and athletic coach for the new year. Morrison coached in Arkansas and Tennessee before serving as athletic director and head coach at Arkansas College for five years. He will begin duties around September 1 amid optimism for another strong athletics year.
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Allen Academy
Kent Morison
A. B
Vanderbilt
Ray Morrison
Morrison
McGugin
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Ray
Arkansas
Tennessee
Arkansas College
Rockne
Kerrville
Academy
T. F. Wilson
Morison
Bryan Boys Aid Wheat Harvest Near Macksville Kansas
Ervin Mc Leroy and Wesley Bentley report working from 5 a m to 9 p m with farmers near Macksville Kansas to harvest an unusually heavy wheat crop. They note plenty of work and oats and ask for Bryan Eagles to keep up with news and DeMolays. Macksville lies about one hundred miles west of Hutchinson. The article also notes the pit viper snakes have a distinctive pit on each side of the snout between eye and nostril.
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Ervin McLeroy
Wesley Bentley
Macksville
Kansas
Bryan Eagles
Hutchison
United States
Farm Terracing Sets New State Record This Year
Texas farmers and county agents expand terracing efforts to prevent soil wash into the Gulf. In 1927, 194000 acres were terraced, a record. this season’s program began June 20 at Killeen and has since run in several counties with more than 2000 farmers applying learned practices.
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College Station
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
M. R. Bentley
Extension Service
A. and
M. College of Texas
Bentley
A. K. Short
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Killeen
Bell County
Bexar
Howard
Runnels
Former A. M. Folk Touring Europe This Summer
Friends of Mr and Mrs G E Martin formerly with the Agricultural Engineering Department and living on the A and M College campus report a European trip this summer with their son John Edward Messages from London England confirm their travels They attended the American Society of Agricultural Engineers convention in Washington DC in June and sailed from New York City They will visit Mr Martins relatives in his boyhood home Mr Martin now works in extension on farm engineering in Oklahoma and their home is in Stillwater near Oklahoma A and M College
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G. E. Martin
A. and M. College
John Edward
Europe
London
England
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Washington, D. C
New York City
Mr. Martin
Oklahoma
Stillwater
Oklahoma A. and M. College
State Gas Tax Reverts to Two Cents on Sept 1
Austin July 14 Assistant Attorney General D A Simmons ruled the state gas tax would revert to two cents per gallon on Sept 1 from three cents saving motorists millions yearly. He said the omission in the act title was an oversight and the constitution should be construed liberally in this case.
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Austin
Atorney
D. A. Simmons
Simmons
Primaries Show Texas Voters Tilt in Presidential Race
Dallas July 14 Texans see the Democratic primaries on July 28 and August 25 as the best gauge of presidential preferences. Despite a history of loyalty to the Democratic Party, anti Smith factions and Republican hopes stir a contest with figures like Thomas B. Love and Judge William Hawkins challenging incumbents. Observers expect the primaries to reveal the party’s direction and the strength of Hoover sentiments amid Governor Moody’s leadership and anti Smith sentiment.
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Dallas
Texas
Pennsylvania
M. A. Ferguson
Alfred F E. Smith
Jefferson
Houston
Thomas B. Love
William C. Hawkins
Breckenridge
Edith E. Wilmans
The
Re. Atticus Webb
Sallon League
Love
York
Lieutersg
Barry Miller
Miller
Smith
Hoover
anti-Smith
Betsy Ann Edges Chris Green In March River Dash
In New Richmond Ohio on July 13 the Betsy Ann an old waterlogged boat defeated the sleek steel Chris Green in a 20 mile Ohio River sprint to Dam 34 Chile amid cheering crowds. Sparks flowed from Betsy Ann as Capt Ellsworth drove her to victory despite a midrace crash and damaged guard rails. The Betsy Ann finished ahead by high steam as the crowd watched the outmatched craft prevail.
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New Richmond
Ohio
Chris Green
Ohio River
Chile
Charles Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Neville
Betsy Ann
Gen Sam Houston Kin Sues Liberty Weekly Chief
Fort Worth report states Mrs Templer Houston of Woodward Oklahoma sues Liberty Weekly Inc publishers of Liberty Magazine for 600000. The petition alleges an June 9 article identifying Temple Houston as the general's son and an Indian squad. Plaintiffs say court records show Temple's mother was Margaret Lea Sam Houston's third wife.
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Sam Houston
Kin Sues Magazine
Fort Worth
Liberty Weekly, Inc
Liberty Magazine
Templer Houston
Woodward, Oklo
Liberty
Temple Houston
Temple, Houston
Margaret Lea
Legality Charge for School Transfer Fund Questioned
AUSTIN July 18 A McCallum superintendent of public schools will seek an attorney general opinion on whether schools can legally charge each transfer student 3.5 dollars to supplement the 5 dollars per capi paid by the state. He notes operating cost is 8.50 per pupil and says the burden is heavy. McCallum is married to Janet McCallum secretary of state.
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Austin
A. McCallum
McCallum
Hicallum
Janet McCallum
Average family pays $134.68 annually for illness
Paris July 14 Doctor Homer Folka of New York reports at the International Conference of Lock Work that the average U S family bears $134 68 yearly illness cost and $31 per capita. He notes over $15 000 000 000 annual illness cost with patients and families bearing more than 3 percent burden and cites about $76,000,000 yearly spent on prevention.
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Paris
Homer Folka
New York
Iia
United States
Sami Dr
Folks
Gm State Charities Aid Association of
Fm Public Health Council
New Yamak State
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DeWitt McMurray
Fred Westcourt
Mary Starr Taylor
O. B. Martin
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Wm. Christian
Steep Hollow Family
Curtiss
Commerce Hoover
Senator Curtiss
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Republican Campaign Committee
Washington
Queen
Fairman
Gardner Ins. Co
Bryants
Kent Morrison
Bryan Boys
Mid-West
Roman & Vick
A.M. Folk
S. C
F. W. Kazmeier
Daily Eagle
Alwager
Chien White
Awere
Lock McTavish
Himmelhinch
Jake Himmelhinch
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