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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1925
Page
2
Bryan Weekly Eagle lists mailing details for April 22 1912 with Mrs Lee J Rountree as managing editor and post office entry under the 1878 act.
Waco Times-Herald notes Dean E J Kyle of Texas A and M conducts the world’s only pecan culture course. The program trains students in budding and top-working native trees with top varieties. Graduates lead county pecan efforts, with one agent planting 30,000 buds and another overseeing a 10,000 acre irrigated orchard.
Towns form Plant Exchange Stations to share surplus plants, enabling free exchanges for those lacking flora. The program, run by neighborhood groups, fosters community ties and spruces up open spaces, urging everyone to help Bryan become a city beautiful through cooperation and effort this year.
Sheriff Jess Conlee, with Deputy Cal Beard, hunted oil field districts in Limestone and nearby counties for stolen vehicles. He returned to Brazos County with the Houston Buick and the Bryan Taylor car, naming the suspect held in Groesbeck jail as the alleged thief with sufficient evidence for trial.
Mrs M W Sims received a letter from her daughter Mrs Chas F Mills of Corsicana reporting Col Mills and Mrs Mills touring Europe. They arrived safely at Havre after a stormy Atlantic crossing, the liner tossed by high seas. They are enjoying Paris and other French cities, though rain keeps them indoors.
The Prinzel family extends gratitude to friends for kindness and sympathy shown after the death and funeral of Henry Prinzel. Listed are Lizzie Prinzel Aug R Prinzel Fritz Rahnert Will Clemons C W Hedtke A H Keller and Carl Manthei.
A Bryan Eagle feature highlights Edge Forty boys and girls club in Brazos County Texas as it celebrates a trio of achievements. The group won the Farm and Ranch contest prize money and district honors while developing an auditorium on its campus and expanding the local extension program. Members document profits from poultry crops and canning projects and share reflections from members like George Blazek and Floyd Moore on farm life and education. The article emphasizes youth leadership and community support from teachers, agents, and local media.
At the box supper and sale of other refreshments at Leonard School Thursday night, the amount realized was slightly less than $30.00. Attendance was smaller due to threatening weather, yet Secretary E. Eberstadt as auctioneer achieved better results than on prior occasions with talks by Doctors C. A. Searcy and L. O. Wilkerson of Bryan.
An advertisement touts Blue Star Remedy as a guaranteed cure for eczema itching and skin sores. It claims rapid relief, deep skin penetration, no clothing staining, and a pleasant odor from the product sold by Roman & Vick.
W. H. Myers deputy U S marshal of Houston and Mrs Myers visit Bryan to see his father J A Myers and Mrs Myers mother Mrs M Mawhinney and County Judge H O Ferguson with other relatives. Myers lived in Bryan 28 years and left in 1916. He plans to return to Houston tonight or Sunday night.
Lee Alexander a local preacher wanted by Corsicana officers on a statutory charge was arrested by Constable J D Conlee Sr in Bryan. He remains in the county jail until officers arrive to take him to Corsicana to answer the charges.
This morning around 7 on West 26th street a fire alarm from the Burton Bruce residence caused by a defective flue. The home is owned by Jim Godwin with little damage. At 10 a.m. a second fire alarm from the Lee Wilson residence a two story frame house started by a spark from the flue. Practically no damage occurred.
The Reliance community club met at the church Friday night on a changed schedule for a social evening. Miss Essie Shealey led a fine program with school recitations readings and plays. Oak McKenzie Bryan county attorney spoke on Boyhood Days and cherishing a golden youth. W E Neeley rediscussed some the sermon followed by further remarks.
A Bryan area gathering featured talks on agriculture and community service. County Agent Benson urged efficient farming with fewer acres for better yields, while J Marion Ferguson recalled Reliance days and promised support from service and youth groups. H D Cuykendall hosted readings and humor, S E Eberstadt urged public speaking and chamber-backed farm progress, and Reliance quartet sang as subscriptions to the Bryan Weekly Eagle were sold.
Mrs Christian Pohlman mother of F E Lichte died at 1 30 pm Sunday in Graham Texas The funeral was held Monday at 2 o clock in the Graham cemetery The Lichte children J E Lichte Bryan Herman Lichte Henry Lichte and Miss Grady Lichte were notified and visited Graham with Bryan and College friends sending sympathy to Mr Lichte.
Milam Arnold of Wellborn pleaded guilty in Bryan court to dynamiting fish in the Navasota River. He was fined $25 plus costs totaling $52.50 after arrest by Deputy State Game Warden Sledge Houston and Constable J D Conlee Sr.
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