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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1932
Page
4
A reader named Les Akers criticizes recent entrants to dairy farming and warns many lack knowledge of the business. He analogizes dairy cows to simple, exploited workers and laments the value chain from cow to restaurant, urging prudent growth in farming.
A Brazos County resident writes to the Peoples' Column urging protection of wildflowers along new state highways. The piece notes state and national efforts to preserve native blooms such as blue bonnets and Indian blankets, citing programs in Arkansas North Carolina Minnesota and Michigan as models for a Texas beautification drive. The author argues highways could showcase regional flora while preventing litter and destruction.
The article notes that consumption outpaces production in many sectors, prompting builders and manufacturers to anticipate renewed activity. Southern construction awards show a 35 percent rise over April, with new contracts for apartments hotels banks and schools. The White House revenue bill may fall short by 200 million, urging Congress to cut costs rather than raise taxes.
A Brazos county resident recounts a Grimes county family cultivating half an acre of vegetables and several fruits. He notes the garden is well cared for with diverse crops and a surplus for canning, illustrating a farmer’s move toward Home production and balanced diets amid rising costs. The piece urges farmers to live at home and manage resources to keep ends meet.
The Bryan Eagle reports that John F E Blair division highway engineer says paving from Brenham to Washington will likely be completed before winter. The project aims to place Washington county in the all concrete class and will be reviewed by the state highway commission next meeting. The route is best reached from Navasota via the Huntsville Brenham highway with distance to Huntsville and Austin noted.
Col Harvey Mitchell recalls his Christmas 1839 stay at Hotel Donohue in Clarksville on Red River. He describes a dirt floored double-log structure, lack of windows, a lariat for the horse, and a feast of corn bread, black coffee, venison, wild turkey, buffalo stew, and roast bear. He notes the era’s hardship vs modern Texas progress.
Texas rangers ordered to report to Dr. C W Brown but declined to join tick eradication in Brazos county. Allen and Collins said they were told to offer service in Madison county and were informed no difficulties remained. Dr. Brown praised farmers and stockmen for hearty cooperation and reported progress as satisfactory.
A fire early Tuesday night damaged the home of John Miniatas on West 26th Street. The origin is undetermined with flames starting in a front room. Interior scorched while furniture and building loss estimates were not yet set. Insurance totals 2500 on furnishings and 2500 on the house.
Mrs Roland Lawler of Bedias visits her sister Mrs Robert Hall who is ill in a local hospital.
Miss Zetha D. McInnis arrives in College Station in 1931 as Extension Specialist in Home Industries after earlier roles in Kerr and Hardeman counties. George A. Adams, Bryan civic leader and district agent for Northeast Texas, recalls wartime service, teaching, and his long community impact.
The article profiles Miss Blair who built the 4-H Pantry program in Texas guiding 1,805 pantry demonstrators by 1931 and 7,647 others in partial work, aiding families with balanced diets. It also details community figures like Wm F Gelber, his family business Gelber and Son, church and civic roles, and introduces Rev. F C Anderson new pastor at Kurten’s Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Corpus Christi June 14 Mrs Clara Driscoll Sevier Democratic national committeewoman announced the Pal mer House in Corpus Christi has been selected as headquarters for the Texas delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
If you have a piece of furniture or any article to dispose of an Eaole Want Ad will turn the trick quickly.
Smetana on a Bryan visit with a bushel of cucumbers. Page reports 100 cucumber vines yielding five dollars in sales. A W Kinnard nurses a lame arm claiming a kick. Dansby exits courthouse as Black Jr and Beard appear for banking topics. Hudson sisters from Wellborn plan a Friday barbecue. Varisco couple marked a year since June 15 aboard the Biancamano en route to Palermo.
The fifth annual short course for cotton seed oil mill operators at Texas A and M College enters its second day with 41 enrolled. Speakers include C. S. McKinley of Dakota, and sessions cover linting hulls and separating, hulling, cooking, pressing, and refining. Paul Watson and E G Wendell scheduled to speak on Prem room Operation and Conveyor maintenance.
H. Wilson, in charge of the anti malaria campaign for the State Board of Health, reports demonstration houses at Leonard and Edge have been papered. About 25 residents inspected the Edge house Saturday. Millican and Riverside houses will be papered and then screened. Blood tests in Peach Creek have begun and will extend to other communities in the malaria war.
Two new courses in farm dairying for women training in home economics at Texas Tech will be offered during summer sessions. Applied farm dairy work teaches methods to turn raw dairy products into farm manufactured goods for home use. David Bunting of Kurten school is taking courses at A&M this summer.
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