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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1935
Page
3
A partial OCR fragment mentions grain feed, home support, and local items tied to a June timeframe. Names such as Amy, Donald, Chas Lawson, and Mrs appear amid scattered phrases about crops, pantry items, and community notes.
Local residents and relatives are mentioned visiting family across Brazos Valley. Trips include Samuel Bynum and James Broadus to West Texas by motorcycle, and various small gatherings and cemetery work parties with invitations to June 28 cleanup.
Buyers bid five to six cents a pound for fall delivery mutton lambs as raisers push for seven to eight cents. Shorn mutton yearlings fetch 4½ cents, calves bring six to seven cents for heifers and steers, while steers move at 7½ cents. Maryneal’s Price Stell buys 350 cows at $38 each with 85 percent calf crop. Grass surge boosts cattle weight. bankers optimistic.
J. B. Barton and M. E. Downing drowned after their boat capsized in Lake Kirby municipal reservoir five miles south of Abilene. The incident occurred late Monday afternoon while they fished, with no witnesses. a nearby farmer heard cries and attempted a rescue but could not save one man.
An advertisement touts Zeeta antiseptic deodorant powder to relieve excessive foot sweat, burning, cracked toes, and itching. It claims quick results in minutes and suggests doctors and trainers endorse Zeeta for aching feet and blisters. The copy urges consumers to ask their druggist or department store for Zeeta.
Senator Capper quoted in The Capital's Farm Editor warning that 50 million acres are ruined and 100000 more disappear yearly. He cites H H Bennett on colossal wastage and notes Carter's Creek watershed groups push a government erosion and drainage control project. Meetings set at Smetone King's Highway and Leonard venues this week.
Extension Field Day organized by District Agent R S Miller will occur July 9 with quotas set for 18 to 20 counties including Brazos with 100. Communities will select their quotas and invite farmers and farm women to engage with the Experiment Station's latest work. FE C Martin says 4-H enrollment may extend through June to allow more projects including baby beef. 20 club members or others may win prizes to fatten at Houston show. local prizes total 200.00.
Brownwood Texas reports the Cross Timbers sandy land belt will host an agricultural experiment sub station to test crops and fertilisers for sandy soils. The station, authorized by a recent bill, will be located in one of five counties and run by the A and M College extension service. The district spans about 7 million acres across parts of 20 counties and was long a productive area hampered by erosion and cropping choices.
Names and brief notes from Bryan society. Jerry Norwood of San Marcos visits cousin Ennis Canady. Mrs. W. A. Lucas of San Antonio visits Bryan family links. Mr and Mrs R E L Knight relocate to Bryan. Akin family welcomes a baby girl at Wilkerson Memorial Clinic. Lena Searcy of Oskaloosa visits Dr and Mrs Searcy. Rev A J Meyers of Houston visits Kurten. Mr and Mrs M T Robinson of Hearne travel to Bryan for care at Wilkerson Clinic.
HEATLY FURNITURE CO offers used items including rugs stoves ranges furniture and cabinets. Items listed include wool rugs oak dining suite bed room suite chifforobe refrigerators and bookcase. sale prices for felt base rugs and an invitation to visit store and trade in used furniture. Phone 490.
A committee led by Col J E Mitchell at Texas A and M plans a Bryan and College Station golf team to play home and away matches with other cities. The group will organize local and invitation tournaments, rate players by handicap, and determine about ten core members plus alternates.
Hollywood reports Jane Gaynor the noted film star sustained a brain concussion after colliding head-on with leading man Henry Fonda during a Santa Cruz California location shoot last week. She collapsed on returning to her Del Rey home and remains confined to bed for at least a week per Dr. G A Alter.
The actress's company has been disbanded while she recovers, with cast and crew awaiting reassignment and future plans undefined during her absence.
Washington June 13 President Roosevelt vetoed legislation allowing certain tax refunds to building and loan associations that had not filed claims in time. The measure would have extended refunds to eligible associations.
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