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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
3
Modern ad copy extols Gets-It as the world’s one sure pain free corn and callus remover. It asserts application in two seconds, drying instantly, and peeling off corn in one piece. Sold by druggists for about a quarter, with Bryan reps M. H. James and E. B. Jenkins endorsing it.
Plans to take over the Dutch steamers by agreement or requisition proceed today. Holland's reply rests with Great Britain, with negotiations likely to conclude soon. Seizure may wait for the reply.
The State of Texas notifies all interested in the estate of Joe Lazorane that Carry Lavorane has filed for probate of the will and for letters testamentary in Brazos County. The matter will be heard at the next term starting Monday, April 15, 1918 at the Bryan courthouse.
The colored farmers of Brazos and Burleson counties are urged to attend the Texas food and feed campaign in Belton on March 23. Leading addresses will be delivered by Prof. B. E. L. Blacksear of Prairie View and L. A. Nash of Bryan.
A patent medicine ad touts Herb ine as instantly relieving heartburn indigestion and stomach distress. It claims to expel badly digested food and restore tone in the stomach and bowels with a 60 cent price sold by E B Jenkins.
Witnesses describe January 7 1915 events including Sapp and Havart meeting near Nona and Konitz Silsbee road. Testimony covers handkerchief evidence laundry marks and a spade loaned to Sapp plus dates names places and a series of alibi and proximity notes from multiple witnesses in Beaumont and Saratoga.
The county interscholastic meet opened with a 10 30 assembly. Senior declamation went to Maudie Hearne of Kurten and Annie Cook won the junior title. Junior and senior girls’ events featured multiple winners from Steer Hollow and surrounding communities.
Gainer Rhodes pled guilty to the February 11 1918 murder of Milton Haynes in Bryan. He received a twenty five year sentence after a jury trialconviction. The killing occurred at a Twenty third and Bryan streets house with a knife used. motive not disclosed though thought to involve a woman. Willie Bland testified about the scene and Constable Lon Baker testified to finding the knife and arresting Rhodes. District Attorney Davis read Rhodes statement confessing to the act.
Testimony links Watts Sapp case to a Big Thicket homicide with references to a letter, fishing partner Sowell, and a handkerchief marked E S found near exhumed bodies. Witnesses place Sapp near Lumberton and Liberty County while details around the January 7 killing unfold amid defense and state laundry evidence.
President W. B. Bizzell returned from Houston where he attended a luncheon at the University club honoring Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston. Houston urged increased food and feed production and cited that American farm productivity per man per dollar exceeds Germany’s by more than threefold. T. O. Walton and staff remained in Houston for conferences with county and district agents.
An old advertisement attacks calomel as making people sick and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative. The ad promises quicker relief without griping and even claims the product is safe for children. It urges immediate purchase and guarantees effectiveness.
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