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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1924
Page
3
About 1800 attendees at the fifteenth annual Farmers' Short Course at College Station join in the final training period. Students are organized into squads with attendance checks. women form a separate group while men enter livestock poultry agronomy horticulture or marketing tracks.
A list of political candidates and county officials for the Sixth Congressional District and Brazos and Games Counties. Names include Luther A. Johnson W S Barron R S Bowers Jess Conlee Roy Hudspeth and others for sheriff tax assessor and precinct commissioners with multiple county roles.
Rev Monroe Vivian supply pastor for Rev King Vivian of A and M College conducts a ten day revival at Alexander church in the Tabor community. Rev O E Vivion of Bay City preaches with John Whitten leading singing. Services at 11 am and 8 pm daily. public invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs Lynn Benning of College plan to leave Saturday in their new Dodge roadster for Kansas City Kansas to visit his mother and other relatives in his old home They will also tour points of interest in other northern and western cities before returning home They expect to be away about one month returning September 1.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Mike visited Brazos Bottom and delivered an open boll of Mebane cotton from the Fr. T. and A. J. Wallin 200 acre farm between the Brazos rivers near Milton Sims plantation. The crop is high quality, shoulder-high, and heavily fruiting with harvest expected in ten to fifteen days.
Local printer Eagle Printing Company offers on time and correct job printing services. Call 36 Eagle Printing Company for quotes and fast turnaround.
Six cars from Palo Pinto County with farmers, county agents, and 25 club members attend Texas A and M College Short Course. They traveled two days, one farmer walked five miles to catch a ride, staying overnight in Waco before joining 8 to 10 Fort Worth cars in a caravan to Bryan.
Dean E. J. Kyle returns from Austin with news that Lily Beer Kyle has recovered from appendicitis surgery. She has been moved from a sanitarium to Dr. Joe Gilbert’s home and is expected to travel home on Friday.
The First Baptist Sunday school classes held a misc shower for Mrs McDuff Simpson at Mrs Albert Buchanan's West 24th Street home. The gathering followed her recent loss of home by fire, expressing the members' affection.
A large crowd from the county gathered at the Italian community near Stone City for a Thursday barbecue at the Big Brazos bridge. Proceeds support the Stone City Steele's Store consolidated school, slated to cost 10 000 dollars, with taxes already voted.
Misses Emily and Helen Held are spending the week in Houston as guests of relatives and friends.
A Bryan Chamber special committee reported to the Board of Directors on its briefing to the State Highway Commission. Judge Ferguson led the presentation arguing for widening Bryan College Road by two feet each side with shoulders built up, estimating 30 000 to 40 000 dollars cost to protect a road valued at 200 000 dollars. The commission suggested two thirds state funding with county matching one third, to be supervised by the county engineer, with a decision expected in a few days. Brazos County Day at the Short Course July 31 was also announced and directors urged to attend.
The Farm and Ranch reports on purebred efficiency versus scrubs, a Brazos county fever tick quarantine impacting cattle deals, and praise for the Extension Service. It cites the Grayson County Livestock Association, notes growth in Hereford and Shorthorn herds, and quotes area farmers diversifying crops with melon and cantaloupe profits.
Smetana records show the July barbecue raised about 860 in gross receipts from stands and dinner tickets. Donations of money and meat came from local residents and businesses including Kosarek Brothers and Stephan Bottling Works. Final profit expected between 550 and 600 to support school needs with thanks to Kopecky, Dean Winkler, and volunteers.
Mrs Roy Woodruff of Mineral Wells, veteran agricultural and local news writer for the Mineral Wells Index, attended the Agricultural Writers Conference at A and M College this week and visited the Eagle office in Bryan, praised as a dedicated newspaper woman.
Mrs. W. T. Wright requests the Eagle subscription be changed from Greensboro North Carolina to Portland Tennessee until further notice. She notes it has been almost seven years since she left Bryan and hints at her return to a rapidly growing hometown. Mrs. Wright known in Bryan as Miss Erma Collins is Collins' sister. Mrs. J L Brock travels to Kerrville for Presbyterian church educational conferences.
The McCulloch Gordon Company orders an immediate delivery of a black and grey limousine funeral car to replace a burned hearse. The new coffin coach resembles a passenger limousine and will match other funeral cortege cars with an elaborately appointed coffin compartment, flower tray, 4 wheel brakes, balloon tires, and disc wheels. More details will follow when in service.
A new medicated liquid called Creosone claims to stop sore and bleeding gums in 12 hours. It is marketed to penetrate gum tissue, reach tooth roots, relieve pain, tighten loose teeth, heal pus pockets, and kill pyorrhea germs, offering home treatment with dental chair benefits. Recommended by M. H. James Drug Co.
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