Bryan Weekly Eagle Post Office Notice 1912 Rates
Bryan Weekly Eagle lists post office class two rates under March acts and Associated Press copyright. Advertising and circulation details include offices in Dallas New York and Chicago plus Brazos County subscription prices per year and half year.
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Bryan
Congress
Daily Press League
Ercantile Bank
Dallas
Madison Ave
New York
A. Association
Chicago
Eagle
Brazos
Moody praised as a capable governor and editorials urge action
The piece lauds Moody Texas' governor as a strong, honest leader who has governed economically and progressively. It discusses editorial expectations of accuracy, a Bryan district court misstep over a railroad suit, and calls for Texas A and M to engage and explain needs for new campus buildings and staffing. It notes lynching cases, Chinese and foreign deaths, Grand Junction Chamber pamphlet, and Coolidge signing a bonus extension for ex soldiers.
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Tam Moody
Texas
Moody
Bryan
Houston
Texas Central Railroad
Texas and
New Orleans
Lynching in Houston Emancipation Day Provokes Outcry
The article condemns a negro lynching in Houston on Emancipation Day as a disgrace to Houston Texas and the South. It argues lynching violates the Constitution, denies trial by jury, wrongfully harms innocent people, and harms the state's reputation ahead of the Democratic convention.
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Houston
Texas
South
Miss Marbury
Maine
West Texas Chamber of Commerce Holds Successful Fort Worth Meeting
The first regional Chamber of Commerce in Texas closed in Fort Worth. The piece notes regional bodies raise overhead but likely repay through wiser farming methods and broader business guidance, asserting organization is essential across business sectors.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Fort Worth
Public library report highlights enduring interest in literature
The annual library study shows ongoing reader engagement with literature despite attractions such as bathing revues movies comic strips and radio. It emphasizes that knowledge of the ages is found in books and should be valued alongside other entertainments.
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Public Library
Allen Academy Highlighted as State’s Oldest Preparatory School
The Bryan community admires Allen Academy as the state’s oldest preparatory school. Citizens credit Superintendent N. B. Allen for the school’s educational and financial impact and its notable recent success.
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Bryan
Allen Academy
N. B. Allen
Dairies in Bryan Urged to Maintain Sanitary Standards
Dr. F. B. Green of the State Health Department notes Bryan dairies are among the state’s most sanitary. Local dairies have invested over 15000 dollars to improve product quality. Milk is a vital food but also a carrier of diseases, making a modern sanitary dairy industry Bryan’s greatest asset.
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F. B. Green
State Health Department
Bryan Dairies
Bryan
Bryan Climatic Charm Noted For Pleasant Nights
The report highlights Bryan's climate as a valuable asset with warm days and exceptionally delightful nights. Strong evening breezes cool fevered brows, emphasizing salubrious conditions and favorable weather for residents.
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Bryan
Captain Bruce Named Commandant at Allen Academy
Captain A. D. Bruce, a graduate of A. and M. College, is named commandant of cadets at Allen Academy. He succeeds Captain George W. Griner and faces a difficult task, but Bryan welcomes him back as commandant of the South’s best preparatory school.
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A. D. Bruce
A. and
M. College
Allen Academy
Bruce
George W. Griner
Bryan
Democratic keynote in Houston stirs crowds with sharp GOP critique
Claude Bowers delivered the Democratic party keynote in Houston. His speech aimed to arouse fellow Democrats with biting criticism of the Republicans, noting the day’s ills yet offering no remedy.
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Claude Bowers
Houston
Esperanto Studied in Two UT Austin Classes
Austin June 26 Two weekly Esperanto classes with over 60 summer students are taught at the University of Texas. Alfred Kengett directs, and many participants are school teachers. A petition with 250 students and 15 faculty seeks Esperanto as part of the university curriculum. no credit is offered.
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Austin
University of Texas
Alfred Kengett
H. Y. Benedict
Taxpayer Ballot Fees Set by Travis County Democrats
Travis county candidates for state legislature face a $1 ballot filing fee, while those running for district judge sheriff county judge county clerk district clerk county attorney and tax assessor and collector must pay $300 each. The amounts were established by the county Democratic executive committee.
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Austin
Travis County
Democratic Executive Committee
Early Texas settlers and the first mortgage on a growing crop
Walter Yeary recalls founding a settlement near Honey Grove in Fannin County in 1839. He notes frontier life, a sugar hill trading post, mills, a cotton roll out after 1870, and the first mortgage on a growing crop signed by candlelight at Farmersville, deemed a disgraceful practice.
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Texas
Walter Yeary
Tennessee
Honey Grove
Fannin County
John Neely Bryan
Forks of the Trinity
W. B. Yeary
Oak Street
Dallas
Jefferson
Springfield
New Orleans
Howard Crawford
Collin County
Alabama
John Haven
Crawford
B. R. and
E. Houghton
Farmersville
Terrell
Prohibition Law Debate Moves Beyond the President
Literary critic Elisabeth Marbury argues that changes to the Eighteenth Amendment depend on Congress, not the president. She questions enforcement plans, praises Al Smith for women and children's causes, and touts female leadership while noting mood shifts in literature and society.
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Elisabeth Marbury
New York
Jessie W. Nicholson
Maryland
Women’s Democratic Party Law Enforcement League
League
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Miss Marbury
Congress
Smith
Ora
Cotton Mills Show Increase in May Texas Textile Activity
Twenty cotton mills representing 85 percent of the Texas textile sector used 7 198 bales of cotton and produced 6 174 000 yards of cloth in May up about six percent from April and down 20 percent from May 1927. Only 20 mills reported with 5 279 000 yards of cotton goods sold that month and unfilled orders at month end reached 10 135 000 yards.
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Austin
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Brevard Nichols
Works and Studies Wallace Wilcox Balances Busyness and Courses
Wallace Wilcox of Webb Bros. store keeps a dual routine working afternoons and taking two civil engineering courses at A. and M. College each morning. He has maintained this schedule for years and expects to graduate in two years despite not taking a full course load.
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Wallace Wilcox
Webb Bros
M. College
Mr. Wilcox
Local merchant touts best week for Pin Money Store
Clarence Curlee owner of the Pin-Money Store says last week was the busiest in Bryan and that Saturday set a record. He notes sales were 25 percent above any prior week and adds he recently moved to Bryan from Groesbeck.
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Clarence Curlee
Pin-Money Store
Mr. Curlee
Bryan
Groesbeck
Play and Ice Cream Social Benefit at Harvey High
A Friday night event at Harvey High School will raise funds for Bethel and Bright Light Cemeteries. The public is invited and candidates may speak in support of their campaigns.
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Harvey High School
Bethel
Bright Light
Senator Bowers Seeks a Second Term in Texas
R S Bowers announces bid for another four year term representing Brazos County. He cites his one term record, pledges faithful service, and thanks Brazos County citizens for support of A and M College. He declines a formal campaign in the county due to time and cost. Caldwell Texas.
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Brazos County
M. College
R. S. Bowers
Caldwell
Texas
Glitsch Marburger wed in Dallas at St Andrew's Church
Miss Laurine Marburger daughter of Mr and Mrs B F Marburger of College Station married Mr Fritz Glitach Jr of Dallas at St Andrew's Episcopal Church in this city on Monday evening June 25 at 8 o'clock. The church auditorium was filled with friends and a full account will appear in the social columns of the Friday issue.
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Laurine Marburger
B. F. Marburger
College Station
Fritz Glitach Jr
Dallas
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Fagie
Princeton gains onion curing plant for local industry
The Princeton Chamber of Commerce secured an onion curing plant for Princeton Texas. Construction has begun and is expected to finish soon. The plant will be operated by A. K. Purdy.
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Princeton
Tex
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
A. K. Purdy
Father and Son Found Dead in Nacogdoches Home
In Nacogdoches on June 26 S. G. Flowers aged 73 and his son Glenn aged 83 were found dead at a relative’s home. The inquest returned verdicts of death by their own action in each case.
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Nacogdoches
S. G. Flowers
Glenn
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Magnolene Motor Oils
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