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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1924
Page
2
Entry posted for Bryan Texas on April 23 1912 under federal act. Rates listed for daily mail subscriptions by advance payment with three months and six months options and annual price.
Pastor Viv ian of First Methodist in College Station urged stronger roads and direct contact between city and rural Brazos County communities. He urged residents to attend community club meetings, mingle on rural ground, and support pie socials and box suppers to fund worthy causes, warning against procrastination and inaction.
The Trinity Brazos and Colorado rivers in Texas are named in a preliminary flood control survey urged by the House flood control committee in Washington. Officials say the funds are modest but sufficient while state and federal geologic survey work begins.
Colonel George M. Bailey, longtime editorial writer for the Houston Post, announces severing his connection to pursue more remunerative work elsewhere. Col Bailey’s readers express regret and note they will miss his Morning Observations column.
Analysis shows Bryan Building and Loan stock backing home construction with steady employment and prosperity. The piece argues Bryan should become a city of homeowners, where thrifty productive citizens attract further enterprise and growth.
Eagle want ad service helps locate a reader's missing address. W R Thomas of The Fair Store learned his street name Banks Avenue after the city map omitted it in the A C L Hill addition. City Manager E E Mc Adams coordinated the effort and the ad editor pursued the lead.
The Experiment Station Poultry Farm invites visitors to see work on poultry development. Baby chicks hatch each Friday, incubators run Thursdays, and custom hatching is offered when space allows. Eggs, pullets, and cockerels are sold seasonally.
D Palasotto, longtime Brazos county farmer born in Poggioreale Italy in 1838, died at his Steele's Store farm at 8:30 a.m. Monday. Survived by brother P Palasotto of Marlin and sister Miss Josephine Palasotto, along with two nieces. Funeral held in Bryan at St Anthony's Catholic Church with interment in Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
A surprise birthday dinner was held Sunday at the Dowling home on West 26th Street marking B O Dowling’s twenty four years. Close friends E B Holland Parker Carroll J E Reed and others attended with Willie Dowling and Ross Williams among those listed.
L H Baird of Kurten seeks Brazos County Precinct 2 commissioner with a promise of fair impartial conduct. Born in Bowie County he has lived in Brazos 39 years including 14 in Kurten and plans to visit voters before the July primary.
Steep Hollow 4 H club the Steep Hollow Smiles planned a pie social at the school but it has been called off six times due to rain and bad roads. Bryan Eagle reporter H D Cuykendall attended Saturday night but no crowd gathered. travel was blocked by conditions and the county agent was ill.
Mar 24 report notes the No. 2 Cuthrell test well spudded on the Cuthrell lease near Carlos in the Navasota district. It joins three other wells drilling nearby. The first test found an oil and gas sand at about 2800 feet and blew in as a gasser, later choking. the original string of tools was lost.
Emmett Holland announces candidacy for District No 2 road commissioner in Edge Texas. He says the upper district deserves representation after years without a commissioner and pledges fair treatment, diligent county service, and no neglect of any part of the district.
Steep Hollow, March 26. Due to inclement weather the planned Saturday night pie supper is postponed to an unspecified later date. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hensarling Jr. of Millican visited relatives Sunday with his family.
The week end in Milam County and Bryan includes Bertie Risinger entering Sam Houston Normal in Huntsville, Jewell and Lela Fay Mathis with Raymond visiting J. W. Mathis, Rev L C Upton of Millican at church with Epworth League program, W R Foster of College Station visiting B L Foster family, A C Thompson slowly recovering, Lee Hopkins visiting relatives in Milam County, Mr and Mrs Arnold Murray and family from Pearsall moving in, Mollie Jones of Bryan visiting daughter Elmer Bullock, J R Barnett visiting Thomas Rice family, more local greetings and arrivals.
Special to Bryan Dally Fagie notes good week of weather in Tabor and health updates. Measles cases improving and Mary Frances Harris battling chickenpox. W G Colson, Tabor High principal, forms a baseball team and orders gear. Local visits include Maud Nash and Covey of Donie and Mrs Minnie Elliott.
Riverside notes fresh from the trip as Frank Koeman returns from a busy journey reported by special correspondent Bryan Daney Wagle. Koeman recounts recent meetings, local happenings, and upcoming civic plans affecting the community.
Mrs Louise Rosprim and baby Margie Louise return home after a week with Otto Siegert. Bryan visitors include Mr and Mrs Charles Kosarek, Henry Wehrman, Guy Smith, and Joe Cash. Frank Myers welcomed a baby girl. Measles illness hits Milton and Velma Cunningham. Public notices invite place to place want ads in the Daily Herald.
An advertisement promotes Blue Star Remedy from M. H. James Drug Co for itching cracked hands chapped faces poison ivy and minor skin sores. The copy claims relief for various skin ailments and mentions sale by the drug company.
Advertisement for Eagle Printing Company offering job printing on time and right with contact by phone 36.
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