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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
3
A safe at the American Steam Laundry was pried open overnight likely leaving the outer door untripped. Cash and items from Deputy City Marshal A E Worley's box were taken, with a cancelled note found in the street by a waking cook. Authorities have few clues but warn the thief risks attention.
Mrs Newe and Mrs Alsoe exchanged gossip about a dressmaker's account. The joke centers on Jimmy's reaction when confronted with the milliner's bill, leaving him without words.
The Petrograd war office reported 97 officers and 500 men captured, adding to prior successes against Austrians in Volhynia and Galicia. French forces are described as driven from several positions northeast of Verdun in stubborn fighting, with heavy artillery activity on the Verun front.
Western Union opens a new office behind the Commerce Building in Bryan at 8 o clock tomorrow morning. Chas. R. Ford will break in the new keys as Halsey and James wrap up a two week absence. The fully modern equipment signals Bryan’s rapid progress.
Mrs W R Scott of Franklin returns home after visiting her brother R B Grant in the city. She is accompanied by her mother Mrs Al C Grant who plans to stay for a while.
The Bryan to College road will be repaired despite prior bad condition for the A M commencement next week. County Judge Maloney agrees the county will cover half the cost with College citizens paying the other half. The main bridge on the College road is completed and in use, improving safety for auto owners traveling to College.
Beaumont Lumber Company near completion of a 1 250 000 foot order placed by government representatives in El Paso. Lumber shipped to Columbus New Mexico then by wagon and truck into Mexico for General Pershing s army tents bridges and temporary construction. One of the year s largest Beaumont contracts, details only released yesterday.
Lamar Bethea of Brazos County delivered the Texas University alumni address, recounting his return to the alma mater, praising its growth from a single wing to a full university, urging civic support, and calling for a nonpolitical tax plan to fund UT and A M College alongside frank public education advocacy.
The Bryan and Brazos County Commercial Association selects W. A. McElroy of Gilmer Texas as secretary. The board ratifies the choice and he will assume duties July first after leaving his current post. McElroy is 34, married, with strong recommendations and plans to move with his family in time.
Mrs R L Long of Rockdale arrives this afternoon to be hosted for a few days by her sister in law Mrs W R Fairman in the city.
City officials of Bryan and H. and T. C. reached a settlement after a 2 PM meeting at City Hall with the Commercial Association. They resolved the compress track issue near City Hall Carnegie Library and Hotel Bryan and agreed to allow rail traffic changes without city sacrifices.
The London based Exchange Telegraph reports United States troops stationed in Tien Tsin have been ordered to prepare to proceed to Pekin.
Austin Texas June 7 Considerable opposition has developed to the new tentative cotton schedule of insurance rates proposed by the State Fire Insurance Commission The opposition comes chiefly from cotton interests Delegates of cotton men have protested the schedule saying it greatly increases rates on cotton
An advertisement warns against calomel and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable laxative. It claims quick liver stimulation without griping, no salivation risk, and suitability for children, with a money back guarantee if not better than calomel.
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