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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
2
The Bryan Weekly Eagle, a Texas newspaper, presents brief notices and opinions on national topics while urging readers to save money and take civic responsibility. It notes actors threatening a strike, references Aaron S. Watkins and Germantown Ohio, and includes a Temple Mirror excerpt about attire and prices alongside a patriotic call to prudent spending and courage in citizenship.
The Corpus Christi Times notes that the maker of canned speeches cannot blame the printer for political mistakes. Most canned speeches sent to the Eagle office never reach the printer, tossed into the scrap pile where many are described as great frauds of the ages.
The State Fair bulletin invites visitors to the 1920 fair to view heavy weight pure bred beef cattle. It portrays the stock raiser and farmer meeting economic challenges with practical livestock breeding and open-range heritage. The event aims to educate on the real economics of the country.
Cattlemen in West Texas struggle as banks refuse loans for ambitious ventures, favoring farmers and stockmen. The writer argues that adopting this policy promptly would improve the country's condition and aid the cattle industry.
Rev. James F. Carter of Galveston preached that the city cannot unite while gambling prostitution and law violations persist and citizens are beaten for seeking freedom as officers fail to act.
Parley P. Christian, nomi nee of the Farmer Labor party, denounced Senator Harding's acceptance speech as frivolous noting there is nothing rich in Harding's mind or words. He criticized the candidate for unbefitting language and decorum.
A man passed through Bryan Monday heading to Houston to sell an automobile. He warned at the Eagle office about Houston where many autos are stolen nightly. The press notes thirty to forty head of cattle stolen each night, and Houston crooks in cattle and auto theft are said to be flourishing.
Frio county in West Texas and Marion county in East Texas each gained 4 percent in population from 1910 to 1920. Wichita Falls rose 200 percent, El Paso 100 percent, and Dallas Houston and San Antonio each over 60 percent. The rural counties lag behind while cities lead growth.
Secretary Stratton announced no admission price increase for the Dallas Fair. The writer notes hotel charges, tomato value, and profiteering claims with figures on beef pricing and room rental as indicators of high costs in Dallas. The piece concludes that Dallas is already experiencing high prices.
A brief commentary warns that ongoing labor unrest could force strikes for double pay and half time. It blames profiteers for inflation and notes that low production enables profiteering, urging stable conditions to restore earnest work.
The letter argues that real business interests should stop cheap ad displays and place legitimate ads in newspapers to reduce newsprint waste. It claims ongoing nonessential advertising harms the community press, threatens staffing, and may turn papers into mere handbills in coming years.
The Eagle editor visits Hearne and jokes about Judge J Felton Lane of the Hearne Democrat. Lane is described as riding in a Super-Nine and drafting editorials at night. The piece praises his wealth from law, farm, and newspaper work and wishes him continued ease and prosperity.
A Dallas letter urges Texas to grant Ben Perry a sixty acre farm tax free for life as redress for a wrongful prison term. The writer, A H Manning, argues the state should act decisively beyond sympathy and ensure substantial help to Perry, a Bryan, Nebraska? no Texas, unrelated to the case.
Editor Lee Rountree argues Dallas jail tops all jails worldwide citing spotless conditions and modern comforts while contrasting brutal historic sieves from Gibraltar to the Bastille. He urges Kit Robison to travel and then visit Dallas to judge for himself.
In Brazos county the Democratic primary drew light turnout with about two hundred abstentions due to American Party activity and some Republicans voting in November. Officials elected include Representative Lee J. Rountree and County Judge H. O. Ferguson, with several precincts naming commissioners and a re elected executive committee. The final tabulation will be canvassed by the Eagle after a full correction to the published table.
Kansas City July 24 report says "The Yankee" a Poland China boar bought for forty thousand dollars by a Gold Field Iowa man died suddenly. The cause is not yet known but heat is suspected. The purchase set a record price for the breed.
Mrs. L M Goodson, an old county settler, marked her 89th birthday Sunday at her Bra zos river bottom home. Family and friends joined for a day of fellowship and a noon barbecue.
A note proposes wearing a red bandana handkerchief at the next Texas inauguration to match the color worn by Colonel William Green Sterrett at Governor Colquitt’s ceremony ten years ago.
In Bryan voters approved reimbursing T. B. Hubbard five thousand dollars for losses from building the new high school. The measure passed 161 to 78 after a petition by 200 qualified taxpayers. War and shipping conditions raised material costs and the city funded the loss to share it with the public.
The twenty second annual Texas Farmers Congress will meet at Texas A and M College in College Station from August 9 to 11. Affiliated groups such as Horticultural Society Dairymen's Association and Field Crop Improvement Association will hold separate programs. Notable out of state speakers include Dr G ik Warren Cornell University Will B Munson president of the Congress Judge L Gough and O H Cross. All meetings free to the public.
A large crowd gathered Friday at Alexander Church nine miles northwest of Bryan for the closing of a two week singing school taught by Professor Magness of Madison County. Rev. P. T. Ramsey led revival services with three well attended sessions and a community dinner prepared by local women accompanied the day.
Ballinger Texas July 22 Farmers in Runnels County plan a barbecue and picnic to recruit rabbit hunters to kill jackrabbits overrunning farms. One farmer boasted of many rabbits and stated they are damaging cotton worth five to ten dollars daily per farm.
Gainesville Texas athlete Jack Mahan of A M College Texas earns Olympic selection joining 132 track and field stars for the Antwerp meet. As Aggie captain and standout in javelin he sails July 25 with the squad and aims to bring home the national colors.
Twenty five years ago Mrs. Sheppard and daughter Misc ha visited relatives in Brenham. W E Harris now based at Yoakum spent Sunday in Bryan. Miss Myrtie Conway and Miss Marie Adams returned from Waco. Misses Smithia Julia Wallace and Edna Nall visited Galveston. Gins warehouses and cotton yards prepare for the opening season. G S Parker ginned the first bale from T M Ewing Brazos bottom. Senator Mills backs the Bryan ticket at Chicago. Tidal wave in Hondo Island Japan kills 30000 and leaves twice as many homeless. President Cleveland commuted three Paris Texas black men to life in prison.
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