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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
3
The Aggieland Seven orchestra will depart College Station when school ends to tour Texas. They have played at major College events including Corps dances and the Country Club opening and have consistently drawn strong crowds.
Neal Burch, a former Brazos County man now in Minneapolis, is in Bryan visiting friends. Several guests arrive or depart for Houston, Brenham, and Dallas events. Local figures attend trials, church work, Red Cross activities, and family visits as area residents frequent nearby cities.
The Bryan Daily notes visitors and departures including Miss Ethel Foster of Waco visiting Mrs. M. L. Parker, Miss Elizabeth West returning to Austin, W. S. Howell sailing to Europe, and various Burleson area residents in town for business or hosting guests. Several local couples and families are mentioned with small trips to Houston, Waco, and New York bound Carpania voyage May 17. The column also records church picnics, a bridge club event, and a newborn baby at the Howard Black home.
Bryan business and professional men join County Agent to publish the Weekly Eagle with Club Notes and Farm News to every home with club members. The Steep Hollow club hosts a joint program with school, praising 4H ideals and progress, plus a May 14 livestock show and Shorthorn sign up.
C O Farabee of Little Rock lauds Tanlac for his wife who recovered after fifteen years of ill health and a recent appendicitis operation. He notes improved appetite strength and energy, sleeping well, and managing chores. Tanlac sold in Bryan by N A Stewart and other druggists.
College Station Texas April 30 The Women's Baptist Missionary Union will meet Monday afternoon at 3 30 with Mrs J F McDonald Prof R L Pou of College was in town Friday as a business visitor at the Eagle office Prof W W Bennett has returned from a visit to Dallas and Mexia
Brazos County District Court Judge W C Davis will convene court on May 9 with a summoned grand jury. The docket is prepared by District Clerk J W Barron for trial. The first week petit jury is summoned to report May 11.
After D. Leon Harp resigns to become Mexia mayor, candidates emerge to fill the Texas Senate seat for Brazos Robertson Limestone and Freestone counties. Names include Nick Houx of Mexia Doyle of Teague and Prof. W. W. Bennett of Bryan. Governor Neff likely calls an election around June 1 with session work starting June 10. Mrs. D D Jolly returns from Austin after attending the State convention of the Woman’s Missionary Union.
Brazos County issued marriage licenses since the last Eagle report naming Henry Herzog and Josephine Merka August Melcher and Emma Lutcher Fred A Murray and Frances Robertson M F Martin and Pauline Young Henry Taylor and Juanita McDonald and T B Fitzgibbons and Emma Isbell. Commissioners Edge and Moore were in town Wednesday visiting the Eagle. E J Fountain remains weekend visitor with his son in Houston.
A retail page advertises shoes for children and adults with prices from 98 cents to 3.95, highlighting sandals baby doll slippers oxfords and slips for women and men. It also promotes millinery at reduced prices and urges customers to call for items not shown.
A large in-store sale highlights Ginghams 20c and 15c per yard and a wide range of women and children's apparel at deep discounts. Dresses, waists, skirts, vests, and undergarments plus hosiery and shoes are priced aggressively with many items under a dollar. Also offered are linens, towels, curtains, and household goods at low, festival-style prices.
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