Insurance Agents Meet in Galveston Largest Attendance Yet
Geo A Adams and R C Franks attended the Texas Association of Insurance Agents two day session in Galveston. Key talks by Jimmie Case and William Thompson inspired members. Officers were re elected: A P Cunningham Dallas president P W Williams El Paso first vice president Geo A Adams second vice president Bryan Roy McDowell Dallas secretary treasurer. Next year’s site to be decided with Ft Worth San Antonio Galveston bidding, Galveston favored for permanency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Adams
R. C. Franks
Geo. A. Adams Insurance Agency
Galveston
Texas Association of Insurance Agents
Jimmie” Case
National Association of Insurance Agents
Wm. Thompson
Dallas
Association
A. P. Cunningham
P .W. Williams
el Paso
Bryan
Roy McDowell
Ft. Worth
San Antonio
Bryan Boy Succeeding in Home Mission Work
Whitman C. Fuller son of Dr and Mrs F D Fuller was appointed assistant to Dr C C Weaver superintendent of Home Mission work in the Brazos Presbytery at the Brazos Presbytery meeting in Bryan. Dr Weaver and Rev Fuller are conducting services this week at Calvert and reports praise their work. Bryan friends rejoice at his success in this field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman C. Fuller
F. D. Fuller
Brazos Presbytery
Bryan
C. C. Weaver
Weaver
Rev. Fuller
Calvert
Cook visits Bryan to confer with extension workers
W B Cook new agricultural agent for the L G N Railway spent today in Bryan and College Station for a conference with extension workers of A and M He tours with his brother Jess Cook and plans to travel to East Texas after returning from West Texas He will be remembered as former secretary of the A and M Ex Students Association
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Cook
Bryan
W.B. Cook
L G. N. Railway
Jess Cook
Mr. Cook
East Texas
West Texas
Houston
The
A. and M. Ex-Students Association
Grasshoppers Seen in Brazos Co Crops
John Nedbalek and E V Goodman of the Sam Cavitt farm near Edge visited Bryan Saturday with County Agent C L Benson to learn the grasshopper poisoning formula. They report a small arrival of grasshoppers in torn cotton rows but say crops look good, corn is made, and the season is one of the best in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Nedbalek
E. V. Goodman
Sam Cavitt
Edge
Bryan
C. L. Benson
Messrs. Nedbalek
Goodman
Fletcher Pool
Millican
Brazos County
Louis Stephan
Koppe Bridge
Joe Holik
Smetana
Free Baptist revival closes after two week meeting
A fifteen day revival at the Free Baptist church led by Rev. C. B. Thompson and Rev. A. J. Rendleman ends with fourteen additions to the Free Baptist church. Daily services drew capacity crowds, with Jess Hensarling directing the choir. Rendleman praised Bryan Eagle for helping publish the event. the Ku Klux Klan gave $25 as a parting gift to the evangelist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Baptist Church
C. B. Thompson
A. J. Rendleman
St. Joseph
Free Baptists Church
Jess Hensarling
Rendieman
Bryan Eagle
Ku Klux Klan
Death of John M. Fuller of Farmingham Mass
Dr. F D Fuller received a telegram Saturday morning announcing the death of his father John Marsh Fuller aged 84 a retired farmer of Farmingham Massachusetts. Funeral services were held on Sunday. He leaves a wife one daughter Mrs A H Wood and one son Dr Fuller of Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller
F. D. Fuller
John Marsh Fuller
Farmingham
Mass
A. H. Wood
Dr. Fuller
Bryan
Brazos County Club News Highlights Farm Practices and Outreach
County agents urge farmers to improve cropping practices, burn carcasses, and vaccinate cattle against blackleg. Reports from Bryan to Caldwell show fair to excellent crops. corn and cotton vary with rainfall. Club girls meet in Mudville and Harvey communities. poison mash helps grasshoppers. upcoming club encampment at Pin-Feather near Bryan.
Manuel Martinez Held in Brazos County Jail
Sheriff L E Morehead and Sam Kauffman arrested Manuel Martinez a Mexican in Waco and brought him to Bryan. Martinez is held in the county jail charged with trying to sell a Dodge touring car for which Mr Kauffman held a mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Morehead
Sam Kauffman
Waco
Bryan Manuel Martinez
Morehead
Martinez
Kauffman
TWO AUTOS COLLIDE ON ROAD TO HEARNE
On the Hearne road three miles north of Bryan a Ford touring car carrying Domineck Montelbano and several passengers overturned at a culvert crossing. None were seriously hurt though Mrs. Bessie Caperuse was thought badly injured and then found not in serious danger. The crash was blamed on the road’s extreme narrowness and an attempted pass of a Ford coupe with two ladies and a baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearne Road
Bryan
Domineck Montelbano
Port Arthur
Bessie Caperuse
Fannie Morrell
Lulua
Mary
First Cotton Bale Sells For 1275 At Houston Exchange
The first bale of the 1924 cotton season sold at the Houston Cotton Exchange for 1275 dollars. Anderson Clayton and Co bought the bale grown by A. J. Thomas near Velasco in the Rio Grande valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Houston Cotton Exchange
Anderson Clayton and Co
A. J. Thomas
Velasco
Rio Grande Valley
Demolays Triumph in Sunday School League Opener
The De Molays defeated the Post Office team by a wide margin in the opening Sunday School League game. Dansby and Dansby formed the De Molays battery while Bennett and M Carroll pitched for the Post Office. errors behind Bennett widened the score. Also noted: two year old C N Calmes Jr. ill at home, while Ossis remains seriously ill but shows slight improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Beckwith
de Molays
Post Office
Lie
Bennett
Dansby Brothers
Christians
Free Baptists
Methodist
Baptists
Batteries de Molay
Dansby
M. Carroll
Childress J
Spell
C. N. Calmes Jdr
C. N. Calmes
Texas proposes state highway system via constitutional amendment
A 1923 House joint resolution proposes adding Section 9a to Article 8 of the Texas Constitution to create a state controlled highway system funded by new ad valorem and excise taxes, with county compensation plans. It orders a July 4 election and allocates up to $5,000 for proclamation and notice costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
L. Staples
Edge Community Girls Enjoy Song Fun Then Swim Date
Edge community women and girls met at the Methodist church under the big oak for songs and yells led by Laura Belle Roten. After a fried lunch they swam at Big Cedar Creek where a girl cut her foot on barbed wire, ending the outing on a cautious note for next Friday’s practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Daily Eagle
EDGE
Methodist
Laura Belle Roten
County
Big Cedar Creek
Marlin and Brady Cousins Visit Wickes Home
Miss Rebecca Francks of Marlin and Miss Katherine Ballous of Brady, cousins of Miss Lila Wickes, are guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wickes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Francks
Marlin
Katherine Ballous
Brady
Lila Wickes
Ed Wickes
Governor Vetoes Bill Reducing Reclamation Survey Funds
Special to Bryan Daily Eagle reports Governor Neff vetoed the bill cutting the reclamation survey appropriation from 600000 to 363400. He favored keeping 600000 for topographical and hydrographic river surveys, citing storm water conservation and valley reclamation as justification. The measure was from the 38th Legislature’s regular session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Daily Eagle
Austin
Tex
Neff
Texas Rivers
DeWitt T. Kirby Honored by Disabled Veterans Group
DeWitt T. Kirby of Bryan is chosen as representative of 10,000 disabled World War veterans in Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas to attend the Disabled American Veterans of the World War convention in Minneapolis. He represents local Chapter No 7 D A V and will travel via Dallas Kansas City Omaha. He previously attended the San Francisco convention and was a candidate for the national executive committee. He is a student at A M College living in Bryan and enjoys strong local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt T. Kirby
A. & M. College
Franklin
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Minneapolis
Minn
Kirby
Bryan
Minneaplis
Dallas
Kansas City
Omaha
Neb
Waco
Se Co
San Francisco
Calif
National Executive Committee
Dr Held In Accident Near Main Street Filling Station
Dr John A Held pastor of First Baptist suffered a painful accident Thursday at 5 p m bruising his left arm and knee. His Buick was struck on the side near the rear by a car driven by Mrs Guy Boyett of College. Damages to his car totaled fifteen to twenty dollars. Boyett’s car was undamaged. The collision occurred when a long car parked on the street blocked view between the drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Held
First Baptist Church
Main Street
Guy Boyett
College
Lawrence Grocery Co Remodeling Store Front
The Lawrence Grocery Co at 24th and Main replaces its iron and glass front, originally a furniture store design, with a brick facade and suspends a wooden awning from it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Grocery CO
24Th
Main Streets
Tucker Family Visit Echoes Local Hospitality
Mr and Mrs N B Tucker spent Sunday here as guests of their mother Mrs L H Tucker, reflecting a cordial local social gathering and family ties in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. N. B. Tucker
L. H. Tucker
Court resets verdict and probation for juvenile delinquent case
Judge W C Davis set aside the jury verdict in H H Young vs. H T C Railway and scheduled a new trial for September. The same judge probationed 16 year old John Williams for two years under the delinquent child law, placing him in the care of I P Trant of Kurten after a store burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Young
H. & T. C. Railway
W. C. Davis
John Williams
I. P. Trant
Rev Brown to San Marcos
Reverend R L Brown pastor at A and M College leaves this morning by car for San Marcos Texas to conduct a school of religious education during the summer session at Southwest Texas Normal College in that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
San Marcos
R. L.brown
M. College
Texas
Southwest Texas Normal
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V. P. OF Agents Assn
Ware's
M. H. James Drug Co
Fair Bryan, Texas
Bryan Boy
Brazos CO. Grops
M. H. James Drug Store
FISE
Lawrence Chevrolet CO
Farm Ann Bank
Federal
LA Bank OF Houston
Bryan Association
Bry Seerthatativanene, Association
Bry
Brazos County Boys and Girls Club Department
J. M. Francis
Tabor
Benson
Mr. Francis
Caldwell
Carthage
Panola County
Philadelphia
Paris
France
Chicago
St. Louis
Europe
America
Cotton Exchange
New York
Laura B. Roten
Mudville
Mary Cahill
Mary Catalena
Steel
Miss Roten
Harvey
E. A. Peters
M. B. Parker
Brazos
Mr. Parker
Market News Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Pin-Feather Club
Leonard Road
Manuel Martinez
Hearne
HOUSE
DR. Held
Bessie Bearden
Central
S.C
S. Ena
Cardus
Jenkins Drug Store
United States
USCO
Hassell Motor Co
College Station
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