Brazos Area Reclamation Gathers Momentum in Texas
A Sunday Austin conference led by Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation Association President Jnc M Lawrence with Rep Leonard Tillotson and Gov Dan Moody outlined a bill to unify the Brazos watershed under a governing board. The measure, urged as urgent by A D Jackson and others, aims to deter future floods and promote irrigation use, with the bill likely ready for submission by late session. Bryan attendees included A B Conner, Mrs. Lee J. Rountree, and A D Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Jnc. M. Lawrence
Brazos River
Jno. M. Lawrence
A. D. Jackson
Brazos
Experiment Station A
M. College
Lee J. Rountree
Four Kurten Graduates Receive Diplomas at Closing Exercises
A large crowd filled Kurten auditorium Friday night for the closing exercises of the Kurten school. Principal W D Bunting welcomed attendees as the fourth and fifth graders performed. The graduating class included Leon Steven Mamie Lee, Wallace, Rosa Mae Bukowski, with speeches and a valedictory. Certificates for perfect attendance were awarded, and gold health buttons were presented to four students. The exercise marked the end of the 1927-28 term, with earlier events held by the lower grades on Thursday supervised by H L Durham of Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurten
W. D. Bunting
Maggie Kelly
Huby Wallin
Myrtle Wilms
Henry Schultz
Bryanne
Sudent
F. M. Vance
Katherine Hagquist
Health Department
Miss Hagquist
Edelweis Gerka
Raymond
Jo Martin Henderson
Iidred Plagens
Star Parasite Remover for Chickens Ad Remains
Advertisement claims Star Parasite Remover will keep chickens free of lice mites fleas rue bugs and healthier with more eggs if used as directed. From Oman & Vick. Ad.
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Oman & Vick
Ady
DRAINS TAXED BY HARD RAIN OF YESTERDAY
A heavy local downpour Sunday afternoon dumped about 1.25 inches in Bryan, flooding streets and gutters and causing some water intrusion into buildings. Widespread garden and shrub damage followed as winds accompanied the rain. A&M College logged 1.28 inches while Bryan measured 1.55 inches. Temperature highs reached 91 with weeklong variations from 65 to 49 degrees.
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Bryan
Wipprecht
George Chance
Brazos
A. & M. College
Cutting to Kill Charged Against Negro Held Here
Sheriff Reed and Deputy Lon Baker captured Bif Lightfoot of Rock Prairie after a lengthy chase Sunday afternoon. Lightfoot is jailed on assault with intent to murder after slashing T Ward of Rock Prairie who lies in a local hospital with a possible fatal abdominal slash and neck wounds. Lightfoot reportedly fought during a drinking quarrel, fled, then was run down.
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Reed
Lon Baker
Bif” Lightfoot
Rock Prairie
Lightfoot
T. Ward
For Service and Sale of Cotton Seed in College Station
Public notice offers service for Percheron Morgan thoroughbred and saddle stallions with fees 7.50 or 12.50 for saddle stallions, due at service. Also forty bushels of pure Mebane cotton planting seed listed at 2.50 per bushel grown on Agronomy Farm College Station Texas, phone COLLEGE 2438.
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Morgan
Hughoandy Department
College Station
Texas
Agronomy Farm
Phone College
Star Diarrhoea Tablets Stop Diarrhoea For Baby Chicks
An advertisement for Star Diarrhoea Tablets by Roman and Vick promises to halt chick diarrhoea and save the baby chicks or money back. The copy presents a quick relief claim aimed at poultry farmers and hatcheries.
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Roman & Vick
Wife of Minister Is Critically Ill in City
Mrs A Buchanan wife of Rev Buchanan pastor of the Church of Christ is critically ill at Edge Apartments where the family is domiciled A trained nurse was called to her bedside today.
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A. Buchanan
Buchanan
Church of Christ of
U S Bureau Man Studies Terrace Building Method
Elmer Johnson of the U S Bureau of Public Roads in Washington D C left College Station after confering with Agricultural Engineering Department members on terrace building machines. He tours the South to secure data on terrace building methods and their success.
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Elmer Johnson
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
D. C
College Station
Agricultural Engineering Department
Johnson
South
Fort Worth Theologian Speech At Bryand First Baptist
Rev B A Copas of Fort Worth Baptist Seminary preached at Bryan First Baptist Church in place of pastor Rev R E Day who is conducting a revival in Livingston Texas. A large audience attended both morning and evening services while Copas, a teacher at the seminary for eleven years, delivered sermons.
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B. A. Copas
The
Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
First Baptist Church
Bryan
Rk. E. Day
Livingston
Texas
Dr. Copas
Copas
Baptist Seminary
Former Citizens Here On Visit To Bryan
Mr and Mrs Gabe Cazell and children Nan Margaret and Gabe Jr of San Antonio visit Bryan relatives including Mrs Nannie Rohde They are former Bryan citizens and active in the citys civic and musical life as gifted musicians They leave for home today by auto.
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Gabe Cazell
Nan Margaret and
Gabe Jr
San Antonio
Nannie Rohde
Cazell
Bryan
Carlos Drilling Nears Start Next Friday
Mechanical equipment for the proposed oil well at Carlos, to be drilled by Roy Deering on land owned by Dr W H Lawrence, M E Wallace, W P Trant and J T Turner of Bryan, was seen in Bryan Friday with reports drilling will begin by next Friday. A spudding in in Burleson county near Mumford crossed earlier this week, with a gas pocket struck near 100 feet. The well is expected in a perfect formation with oil likely around 1 500 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos
Roy Deering
W. H. Lawrence
M. E. Wallace
W. P. Trant
J. T. Turner
Bryan
Burleson County
Mumford
Yager-Edge Hardware Sale On Salad Plates And Glasses
Beautiful sets of salad plates water glasses and pitchers offered at Yager Edge Hardware Company for Thursday Friday and Saturday sale event with emphasis on display items and homeware bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeager-Edge Hardware Company
Sanders Dies In Death Chamber At Huntsville Prison
Matthew Sanders a Brazos county Negro convicted of criminal assault on Miss Sylvia Meredith was executed in Huntsville at midnight. He confessed guilt before execution, prayed with a jail chaplain, and expressed readiness to die. His body was later removed for disposition as authorities sought arrangements.
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Matthew Sanders
Brazos County
Sylvia Meredith
Huntsville
Jesus
Sanders
E. L. Angier
Marshall Ratliff
Cisco
Captain Allen
Silas Parman
Greenville
A. S. McSwain
Sander
Bacterial Count In Local Milk Below Average
Local dairies serving Bryan show bacterial counts that do not exceed 11,600. Grade A milk allows up to 50,000 if physical conditions meet sanitary ordinances. Officials say improving equipment will raise milk quality automatically, aligning with state health authorities emphasizing full sanitary standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Kidnapped Man Released Near Houston After Abduction
Waco automo bile salesman G T Blaylock was confined to his home in Waco after two negroes forced him to drive toward Houston Thursday. He suffered shock but no physical harm or robbery, and an escape note he wrote was recovered by two youths near A and M College after he passed Bryan. Sheriff J H Reed was informed.
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G. T. Blaylock
Waco
Blaylock
Mart
B. B. Blaylock
Roads Heavy North of Bryan as Storm Hits County
Heavy rains in the Tabor area made roads impassable, County Agent C. L. Benson reported after starting toward Bee Creek and turning back at Tabor. The rain began in the Cameron ranch area and moved to the county’s north. A Sunday wind storm damaged fruit trees and outbuildings at Rock Prairie, hitting as the rain arrived in Bryan.
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Tabor
C. L. Benson
Bee Creek
Cameron Ranch
Rock Prairie
Bryan
Six Men Fined In City Court
Judge L. D. McGee of the city court fined six defendants in as many cases this morning. Two were charged with drunkenness, two with fighting, and two with violating traffic ordinances. Total fines amounted to 8 dollars and 30 cents. Athens, Texas, April 25, 1929. Editor Bryan Eagle: a reader seeks pension proof of an ex Confederate soldier and asks for any living member of Company B, Captain Ballue and Perry Bates Regiment, Civil War, from Henderson or Brazoria counties.
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L. D. McGee
Athens
Texas
Bryan Eagle
Brazoria County
Henderson County
Geo. R. Davis
Ballue & Perry Bates
Fire Starts From Gas Stove At Hattie Crawford Home
A gas stove caused a fire at the residence of Hattie Crawford a Black resident on West 17th Street Sunday. The blaze did no damage of consequence and the fire department was called.
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Hattie Crawford
West 17Th Street
Revival Service Closes After Bryan Baptist Meeting
Rev. R. E. Day returned to Bryan at noon today from Livingston where he led a ten day revival at the Baptist church in that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Day
Bryan
Livingston
Baptist Church
Execution of Sanders Ends Swift Texas Trial
The remains should be buried in the prison cemetery as Sanders is executed, marking one of the fastest administrations of justice in Texas. He was condemned within days of his crime and died less than a month after conviction, concluding a rapid legal process.
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Sanders
Texas
Nine Young Orators to Compete In My Home Town Contest
Nine district winners from East Texas have advanced to the finals of the My Home Town speaking contest in Bryan during the East Texas Chamber of Commerce convention May 5-7. Finalists include Frances Thomas and William Kincaid Williams, among others, with towns represented Greenville to Jasper. Scholarships valued around 100 dollars each are offered by college presidents, and the Etheridge cup remains at stake for the town with the most winners.
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Pauline McCulloch
Bryan
A. & M. College
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
East Texas
Longview
Thomas H. Etheridge Jr
San Antonio
Frances Thomas
Terrell
William Kincaid Williams
Naples
Jewell Strong
Henderson
Hattie Cameron
Jacksonville
Frances Chatham
Mexia
William Forest
Midway
Willie Kocurek
Caldwell
Henry Weaver
Beaumont
Jack McKenzie
Jasper
Miss Thomas
Greenville
Mt. Pleasant
Nacogdoches
Teague
Huntsville
Brenham
Liberty
Chamber of Commerce
John Wesley Gover
Marie Abbe
Dallas
Doris Hays
Henrietta Kelly
Tyler
Burnie Lee Johnson
Madelle Jones
Jefferson
Charlie Knight
Teneha
Mason Watson
Center
Jacque Lansdale
Palestine
James Allen Chapman
Malakoff
Ruth Farrington
Henrietta Russell
Willis
Abe Miles
Miss Pearl LaCour
Hull- Dassetta
William Ralph Ward
Port Arthur College
F. S. Groner
College of Marshall
Brazos County Becomes Turkey Hub for Profits
Brazos County is gaining fame as a turkey producer with Mrs Henry Kurten among its chief raisers. Her flock numbers 75 turkeys with 340 eggs setting and 16 hens laying. She hopes to reach the hundreds before Thanksgiving and calls the venture very profitable.
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Brazos County
Henry Kurten
Kurten
Will in Cotton To Be Combatted In Brazos Tests
Dr J J Taubenhaus plant pathologist and County Agent C L Benson will be at the Will Conrad farm in the Fickey community Friday to assist with a cotton planting project. They will test sulphur lime and wilt resistant seed varieties to see their effect on wilt control in Brazos county sand soils, where many thousands of dollars are lost yearly.
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J. J. Taubenhaus
C. L. Benson
Will Conrad
Fickey
Brazos County
Taubenhaus
Conrad Farm
Auto Stolen After Constable Abandoned Vehicle
Sheriff J. H. Reed and his men spent yesterday evening trying to locate Manuel Williams a Black man from near the area after an auto was stolen following a constable leaving the vehicle unattended.
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J. H. Reed
Manuel Williams
Wheelock Arrests and Shooting Incident Near Franklin
Constable Hancock of Franklin pursued Williams with his wife along a road near Wheelock while repairing a tire. Hancock left his revolver in the car and confronted Williams who jumped into Hancock's car, seized the weapon and fired once at the ground. Hancock then faced Williams who leveled the gun before driving off, leaving the officer stranded.
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Wheelock
Hancock
Franklin
Reed
Williams
William
Popular Kurten Girl Struck by Serious Illness
Miss Lillian Buchanan daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Buchanan of Kurten is critically ill at her parents home in Kurten She recently graduated from Bryan High School and studied at Teacher's College Huntsville After falling ill she was brought home and is well known in Bryan for her Rainbow Girls and civic involvement.
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Lillian Buchanan
W. H. Buchanan
Kurten
Lillian
Bryan High School
Teacher's College At
Huntsville
Bryan Order of Rainbow For Girls
Bryan
An Unpleasant Subject Prompts Worm Expulsion Advice
The notice explains that children may suffer restless sleep loss of flesh and appetite from worms. It promotes White's Cream Vermifuge as a safe treatment, claiming a few doses will remove the worms and improve health, noting a price of 35 cents per bottle.
Madisonville assault case eyed for new charges
Texas officials in Bryan met to review the assault on J. M. Longley, inspector of licenses and weights, with plans to pursue a more serious charge against T. E. Hensarling. Longley said he was beaten and left unconscious after weighing an overloaded truck in Madisonville.
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Ers
Hig Vision
Homer Garrison
Angelina County
Ift
Bryan Meeiing
J. M. Longley
Lcenses
Miville
Mr. Longley
J. E. Blair
Madisonville
Madison County
Ranger Phares
Highway Commission
T. E. Hensarling
Longley
Hensarling
Oldtime Citizens See Friends Here
Mr and Mrs Vaughn Denson former Brazos county residents now in Laredo spend a few days in Bryan meeting old friends. They are en route to Matagorda to establish a home. Denson recently sold his Laredo business and bought a grocery in Matagorda. This Bryan visit is their first since leaving seventeen years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughn Denson
Brazos County
Laredo
Bryan
Woman Charged With Shoplifting In Two Counts
Ethel Leboes, described as a negro, was charged in two counts with shoplifting before Justice J B McGee this morning. She allegedly took wearing apparel from Real Hat Shop and Duke and Ayres store Saturday night. Yeager Edge Hardware advertises a 6 cent sale on glassware Thursday through Saturday.
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Ethel Leboes
J. B. McGee
Duke and Ayres
Adults Contract Children Diseases
Adults can contract many diseases typically seen in children and suffer greater costs and treatments. The text notes shared symptoms like fatigue breathing issues and abdominal pains, and references a remedy described as Vermifuge marketed by ROMAN & VICK.
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Udaltte
Roman & Vick
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Turkey
Yeager-Edge Hardware ‘Company
Wilson Motor
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