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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1926
Page
1
A pall of smoke from forest fires covers the Northwest as 10,000 firefighters battle blazes across half a million acres. In California 270,000 acres burned, Idaho and Montana hit hard with over 200,000 acres. Nearly a dozen people dead.
Kurten farmer M B Easters laments falling prices for tomatoes cantaloupes and watermelons and urges diversifying into feed and cotton with a local market before building a Bryan cannery to create a uniform grade for Brazos county produce.
A month old girl infant was found in a pasteboard box beside the Waco Temple highway about ten miles south of Waco by Alton Cook while driving a truck. The baby was taken to Lorena for attention, then moved to a rescue home in Waco.
Joe Schovajsa of Brazos Robertson line near Wheelock visited Bryan with Elberta peaches from 14 trees, expecting about 75 bushels. His 109 acre tract uses 82 cotton 4 maize 12 corn 112 sorghum with a rich home garden and 17 hogs. he predicts a strong crop despite boll weevils and caterpillars.
Navasota July 21 Trial of J T Evans vice president of Farmers State Guaranty Bank ended Monday night in Anderson with a guilty verdict on embezzlement of about 300 dollars from February 1925. Five years in the penitentiary ordered. R L Renick cashier cases to be heard Wednesday. Grand jury returned 64 indictments in June relating to the bank failure.
The Weather Bureau reports for Bryan and vicinity that tonight and Thursday will be partly cloudy to cloudy with local thunder showers.
A gas explosion at the Dixie Mine of the Moffat Coal Company in Moffat Alabama killed nine men during a short night shift. The casualties included three white miners and six Black workers. seven bodies were recovered soon after. Officials believe a gas pocket caused the blast.
Mr and Mrs Amon C Williams and their son Harry Wayne left Monday by car for several weeks of vacation. They will visit Robstown Corpus Christi Bay City San Antonio and other points before returning to Bryan. Their daughter Alta stays with Uncle Jesse E Hensarling and family during their absence.
In Houston on July 21 nurse Mrs An na Balrin aged 23 was shot and killed at the residence of Doctor Harry Fabian. A man was seen running from the house after the shots.
Mrs Alma Short of Galveston visits sister Mrs R L Brown in Colewe staying as Rev Brown travels to North Carolina due to the serious illness and death of his mother Mrs W R Brown at Rennett North Carolina Rev Brown expected back at College soon after.
The County Clerk reports 62 personal absentee ballots cast at the office and 29 from other locations, totaling 91 absentee ballots handled. Absentee voting ended Tuesday night at midnight.
In Muskogee on July 21 deputy sheriff Paul Davis died from bullet wounds after a struggle with city detective Wes Carmack following raids on three hotels. Carmack is jailed and police believe he remained irrational. A board of inquiry heard witness accounts into the shooting incident and alleged intoxication from confiscated liquor.
A. D. Graham of Waco came down from Waco last evening due to the illness of his mother Mrs. Belle Ransom who has been unwell at her East 28rd Street home. Friends report she is resting easier today.
Carl Johnson of St Louis a mechanic for the Busch Sulzer Diesel Engine Company left on the afternoon train for Raiford Florida to install two 3 b 100 engines for the state prison farm. He has been in Bryan seven weeks testing the new engine which carried the city load and ran 10 percent over capacity. The City Commission was to meet to accept the contract for the engine.
July 21 report notes a mass departure of Catholic nuns from Mexico amid government religious restrictions. Some arriving nuns stay temporarily in Laredo while others depart for San Antonio.
Practical work and study of cotton classing will be offered during the 17th annual Farmers Short Course at A and M College of Texas. August 2 through 7 will feature hands on cotton classing under the direction of C L Baker in the Textile Engineering Department.
MALAKOFF July 21 In reclaiming some 17 000 acres of bottom land the Trinity Farm Company drains lakes along Trinity and Cedar rivers and redirects streams to shorten and straighten them. Egg Lake is being drained and large lakes will be dried by the levees and stream changes to salvage land once worthless for farming.
Mrs Mabel Castles has returned from a six weeks journey through the East visiting major cities and including Niagara Falls Canada the St Lawrence River and travel from New York to Boston She is glad to be back in Bryan her home town.
More than 60 men from First Methodist Church of Bryan gathered for a Wesley Brotherhood banquet in the young men's class room. Dr. John W. Black presided as speeches, humor, and fellowship followed a full meal served by Group No. 1 of the Woman's Missionary Society, with plans for future meetings and stronger church involvement.
George Psilias of New Kensington Pennsylvania, a coffee house proprietor, was ordered released at a habeas corpus hearing in Pittsburgh after city counsel said there was insufficient evidence to hold him on a suspicious person charge in connection with the slaying of Canton publisher Don Mellett.
Missouri Pacific railroad officials who planned a Bryan visit will not arrive as scheduled. Dr. H. Pugh writes to I. G. N. agent H. H. Young, expressing regrets and noting the party will visit at a later date.
Kurten community picnic took place at the school house with a community band led by Rev. J. J. Kasiske. Local candidates spoke for their races including Lynch Davidson and Miriam Ferguson, a free noon basket lunch, and a cake sale by E. Griesser Bakery raising 40.50 split between the community club and Kurten band.
Cotton futures closing 10 to 20 points up. Local spot quotes at 16 3 4 cents reflect ongoing strength in the market.
The summer heat wave pressed across the nation with many suffering and several deaths attributed to the heat. Thermometers hit 100 degrees in Iowa and Nebraska while readings above 90 degrees extended into Pennsylvania New England and New York with rain hoped for relief today.
Tuesday evening a large group from Bryan drove to Hearne for the Ham Ramsey revival at the tabernacle. They camped for a picnic supper by the road with coffee, iced tea, peach ice cream, and cake before attending the service. Attendees included W. S. Higgs and numerous Bryan residents.
Reverend J C Thomson preaches nightly at Prospect this week with services at 8 pm The small community hosts a Union Sunday School of about twenty five to thirty members meeting each Sunday afternoon Volunteers are welcome to help with singing and worship services in the week ahead.
Paris July 21 The Herriot government stated before the Chamber of Deputies that it opposes inflating the currency to pay debts, pledging to prioritize debt payments over currency devaluation.
Austin workers in the Ferguson Moody gubernatorial and attorney general race anticipate Tuesday or Saturday primaries with both camps predicting victory. Employees fear layoffs if one side wins and expect the outcome to determine pay and food costs for many supporters.
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