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The Bryan Weekly Eagle lists mail in advance rates at three months six months and one year. It notes weekly Eagle rate of 1 25 per year six months and three months. The paper publishes Thursdays and carries Associated Press and American Press Association affiliations. Telephone contact is provided.
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Associated Press
American Press Association
S. C. Theis Co
New York
Telephone
An Old Man Goes Wrong Lodge Criticizes Italy’s Fiume Claim
The article rebukes Senator Lodge for letting anti Wilson sentiment color his stance on Italy and Fiume. It argues Italy’s claim rests on changed postwar realities and warns Lodge’s age and partisanship harm his legacy, suggesting motives tied to Emperor and Italian American turnout.
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Senator Lodge
Lodge
Wilson
Italy
Fiume
Lodger
Adriatic
London
Dalmatian
Susak
Iume
Jaly
C One
Massachusetts
Bailey
Exas
Bomb Mail Attack and Outrage in Atlanta
The Galveston Newswell notes a bomb sent through the mail to ex Senator Hardwick in New York harmed a Black housemaid in Atlanta. The piece condemns mail bombs as cowardly and foolish, laments the harm to an innocent woman, and calls for severe punishment for the culprit.
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Galveston Newswell
Atlanta
Hardwick
New York
Fact or fiction claims on a general’s death head sent to Carranza
The article alleges Mexican troops killed General Blanchet and sent his head to Carranza, contrasting with Aztec history. It suggests this reflects advances in western civilization. The passage presents a sensational claim without verifiable context.
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The
News-Tribune
Blanquet
Carranza
Economic Wit Distinguishes Tightwad From Frugal Man
A sharp distinction is drawn between an economical person and a tightwad. The former spends money wisely when needed, while the latter is characterized by a sunken, hagging demeanor that squeezes every copper.
Quotable condemnations of county demonstrations
A sharp critique targets a man who condemns county demonstration work. The speaker mocks him as narrow minded and unable to use a lead pencil between his eyes, claiming he never took a daily and wants the same hat for four years running.
When Burleson Loses His Position He Applies to Clarence Mackay
Burleson seeks a new post after losing his current position and approaches Clarence Mackay for support or an appointment. The article notes Mackay's influence in business circles and potential avenues for Burleson’s employment.
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Burleson
Hepe
Clarence Mackay
Texas counties vote on permanent roads bond issues in May
The document lists numerous Texas counties planning bond votes in May for permanent roads ranging from 40 000 to 2 000 000 dollars. It also notes counties that recently voted on road bonds and provides an unfinished tally of additional counties and amounts.
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Texas
Smith OS
Polk County
Upshur
Mount Calm
Hill County
Wood County
Ennis
Ellis County
Johnson County
Orange County
Grayson County
Hays County
Karnes County
Rains County
Austin County
Bexar County
Basciod Cb
Psksee Veversy
TRU
Addi Arise Ek
Coleman
Fon
Fatiras
Schlei
How Editors Choose What to Print in a Small Town Paper
The piece contrasts two editor types one who follows public craving and one who leads with principled stance. It notes editors hear many unsolicited submissions and must decide what to cut prioritizing truth, public good, and journalistic duty over mere profit.
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The
Eagle
Bethany
Melos
Elos
Principles of journalism and the duty of timely news
The article discusses journalistic responsibility to report promptly and ethically. It contrasts cautious reticence with courage, stresses journalism as a public trust, and notes Bryan era readers’ habit of reporting local items long after events, calling such delays a loss of relevance in fast moving times.
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Notre Dame
Pont Neuf
Edward Steele
Bryan
Heavy Flintlock Weapons in Remote Chinese Tribes
A traveler reports in a little known Chinese region tribesmen use eight foot long flintlock and matchlock guns so heavy two men carry and one steadies while the other fires. The weapons resemble early gunpowder era arms and have persisted through generations in isolated, warlike communities.
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China
Avoid Worry to Enjoy Life Says Life Advice
Encourages not fretting as many troubles do not exist or derail before you confront them. Emphasizes that much stress is unnecessary and misdirected toward avoided outcomes.
New Deal Faces Different Hands and Hidden Turns
Some people fail to see a new deal and the changing hands at play, while others miss the shift until the calf runs over them. The message contrasts awareness of change with oblivion to evolving circumstances.
Nations reject league may invite chaos and anarchy
The speaker argues that nations declining the League of Nations will face social chaos and anarchy as the alternative, warning against rejection of the League's framework. The remark frames the League as essential to global order and peace.
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League of Nations
League
Pity the boob and the agg demonstrator
A terse, cryptic line contrasts a hapless spectator and an aggressive demonstrator, suggesting neither understands the other and both fail to aid the situation. The wording hints at a satire on ignorance and conflict without reporting any concrete events or figures.
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Betr
Some People Are Born Great Or Good Or Tightwads
A witty line notes that people differ in greatness or charm and comments on frugality as a stereotype. It humorously suggests birth traits influence character and spending habits.
Patriots’ patriotism shown by chips and bonds
Some men’s patriotism is limited to red, white and blue poker chips, and never reaches to a victory bond.
County Paper Refusal Calls Bolshivik Neglect
A reader urges residents not to overlook their county paper arguing neglect shows a radical shift in local habits. The brief warns against apathy toward community news and civic information.
unclear source fragment about Carranza and aris terms
unreadable fragment mentions Carranza and terms made to friends at Aris, lacks verifiable names, places, or dates.
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Carranza
Aris
Secret Treaty Issue and Fiume Claims in Wilson View
The piece argues that the 1915 secret treaty did not promise Fiume to Italy but to the jugo slavs, now Jugoslavia. It notes Britain and France support treaty obligations yet condemn overreaching by Italy. It contrasts Fiume with Japan’s Shantung claim and cites prewar pledges to Japan before US entry.
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Galveston
Wilson
Fiume
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Great Britain
France
Plume
Japan
Soe Sn Ee
Aly
Mr. Wilson
Forgotten hero whose death paralleled Edith Cavell
A Cincinnati Enquirer piece contrasts Edith Cavell’s execution with the fate of an unnamed male architect who died aiding English escapees. It questions why the man’s sacrifice is overlooked while Cavell’s is honored, pondering gender bias in wartime remembrance.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
All England
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Westminster Abbey
Norwich
London
Miss Cavell
Villalobar
Seven artificial wonders of antiquity and proposed natural list
The article lists seven artifice wonders including the pyramids and Colossus of Rhodes with later additions like the Coliseum and Stonehenge. It notes no official natural wonders list but offers Niagara Falls Mammoth Cave Grand Canyon and Yellowstone among suggested sites. It also mentions oil and gas form from decomposed organic matter from the carboniferous period.
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Pyramids
Babylon
Diana
Rhodes
Jupiter
Pharos
Egypt
Alexandria
Palace
Cyprus
Rome
Great Wall
China
Stonehenge
England
Pisa
Nankin
St. Sophia
Constantinople
Niagara Falls
Mammoth Cave
Grand Cayon
Natural Bridge of
Virginia
California
Dead Sea
Yellowstone National Park
State options for credit without bonds or taxes
A historical excerpt questions how the state can extend credit to landless citizens without bonds or tax burdens. It discusses if the state would issue bonds or notes to buy land, and notes potential interest payments from land buyers, arguing against increased taxation if the amendment passes. It then provides a biographical sketch of Major General W. R. Smith, listing birth, education, ranks, marriage, and affiliations.
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W. R. Smith
Nashville
Tenn
Robert
Letitia Clark
Trimble
Vanderilt University
United States Military Academy
School of Submarine Defense
Fort Totten
N. Y
Prince
George Ba
Episcopalian Club
Army and Navy
Washington, D. C
Wilburton
Coal Gas Explodes in Nottingham Mine Kills Fifty
A gas explosion at the Nottingham mine of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania results in numerous deaths. Three bodies recovered, with fears that as many as fifty miners are dead.
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Wilkesbarre
Nottingham
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Four Beer Saloons Operate Openly in Houston
Houston May 6 Four saloons were running full blast selling bottled beer labeled Southern Select with 2.75 percent alcohol. Saloons at 210 1 2 Fannin 908 1 2 Preston 414 1 2 Main and 416 Main were visited by police and a justice department rep to build evidence for the attorney general in Austin. One man faced drunkenness charges after being removed from 210 12 Fannin. This marks the first open beer saloons since injunctions against nine Houston saloon keepers two weeks earlier.
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Houston
Southern Select
Fannin Street
Preston Avenue
Main Street
Department of Justice
Attorney General's
Austin
Riesner Block
Fred Peel
Baker
Mike Lorino
L. R. Jamail
Max W. Lasser
George Calhoun
Red Cross Home Service Holds Checks for Brazos County
The Brazos County Red Cross home service section lists fourteen individuals for whom checks of allotments and allowances are held. Call the Red Cross office in the First National Bank building side entrance to obtain payments or provide information on these persons.
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Home Service Section
Brazos County Red Cross
Red Cross
Red Croce
First National Bank
Lugenia Nowling
Adrian Kenard
Millican
Peale Williams
Henrietta Lewis
Mamie Soloman
Ellen O’flynn Scott
Sallie Person
Winnie Henderson
Katy Johnson
Martha Caldwell
Mother to Thousands Mother to Dough Boys
New York May 3. M A Burdick sixty year old Salvation Army lassie arrived in New York Friday with the American expeditionary forces. She has aided thousands of dough boys in the war effort. Iron Brest offer note.
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New York
M. A. Burdick
Salvation Army
Brest
Which Creature Could Swallow a Man A Whale Debate
R R cites biblical language from the St James version to argue the whale story may refer to a large fish. The piece notes a whale’s throat is fist-sized and explains the whale’s mouth and baleen apparatus for filtering small crustaceans and plankton from seawater.
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Smithsonian Institutions of Washington
R. R
Jonah
The Promise in Answer to In Flanders Field
The reader notes several poems replying to In Flanders Field and believes the referenced piece is The Promise by C B Gal breath about In Flanders Field. A copy may be secured from the public library or larger bookstores.
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Flanders Field
C. B. Galbreath
Isle of Utilla Information Requested from Trujillo Chamber
The Isle of Utilla lies off Honduras along the Gulf of Honduras in the Caribbean. For more information, write to the Chamber of Commerce in Trujillo, Honduras.
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Utilla
Bay of Honduras
Honduras
Gulf of Honduras
Caribbean Sea
Chamber of Commerce
Trujillo
Riots in Madrid injure military personnel during May days
In Madrid on May 3 during disorderly protests, a lieutenant colonel, two captains, three lieutenants, and twenty-three gendarmes were hurt. Four demonstrators suffered serious injuries as the crowd demanded shops close and tried to break into the Bank of Spain.
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Spain
Madrid
Leutenant
Ministry of the Interior
Bank of Spain
Calotabs Promoted as Easy Laxative Remedy
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a simple nightly laxative for biliousness and digestive woes. One tablet at bedtime with water ends with morning energy and appetite, claiming no taste or nausea and no danger of salivation. It notes sealed packaging and a 35 cent price with a druggist guarantee.
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Ady
Pure Bred Stallions for Service at A and M College
The Animal Husbandry Department at Texas A and M College in College Station offers seven stallions for public service. Three Percherons, two Standard Breds, one Morgan trotter, and one American Saddle Horse are available, all registered and sound. Stallion details include Westside Certain 104049, Mirabeau 139989, Petain 140278, King Arab 53631, Flowerdale 63207, Bobby Burns 6180, and Pat Murphy 169, with contact via phone at 36 College or by writing to the department.
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Fort Worth
Petain
Flowerdale
Bobby Burns
Morgan
Pat Murphy
College
Animal Husbandry Department
College Station
Texas
Farmers Congress Set for July 17 to 19 at College
The twenty second annual Texas farmers congress will meet at College July 17 18 and 19 announced by Morris Falkner of Waco secretary of the body. The program focuses on reconstruction problems in agriculture and related industries and is expected to be one of the year s most important. Fifteen organizations are tied to the congress and auxiliary ladies will hold sessions July 17 18 while the congress sessions occur July 17 18 evenings and July 19 morning.
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Texas Farmers Congress
College
Morris Falkner
Waco
Farmers Congress
Birds of Paradise Case Delayed to Next Term
Laredo Texas May 7 The final chapter in the birds of paradise case was postponed as Alexander Luban former New York importer has the case passed to the next term. More than five hundred birds valued at about 100000 were shipped from India to England and through the United States to Mexico under bond. They are now exhibited at the New York Zoological Gardens while Luban stays on bond awaiting trial for allegedly paying the exam to bring the birds from India.
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Laredo
Texas
Alexander Laban
New York
India
England
United States
Mexico
New York Zoological Gardens
Luban
Ndia
Auto registrations rise sharply in Texas in 1919
In Austin on May 6 the Texas highway department reported 324 more automobiles registered in the first four months of 1919 than in all of 1918. Year to date registrations total 251,442, up from 251,118 the previous year, with an estimated 325,000 for 1919.
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Austin
Texas
State Highway Department
Oregon Battleship to Be Out of Commission
May 3 report from Seattle notes a manpower shortage may force the navy department to place the famous battleship Oregon out of commission. Secretary Rooseveltsaid the state of Oregon could obtain the ship for historical preservation if desired.
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Oregon
Washington
Navy Department
Acts
Roosevelt
Malaria Mosquito and Germ Destruction Mechanism Noted
A brief statement notes the method to destroy malarial germs transmitted to the blood by the malaria mosquito, with a price of 600 cited.
Discipline Family Altar Are Needs of Most Bryan Homes
A Daily Eagle report from Monday notes a union revival service at First Baptist with Rev. Coale who urged parents to align actions with teachings and lead children toward heaven. A morning testimony session inspired many, and local women’s church groups received guidance in Christian work. Evening services promised a strong conclusion.
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Daily Eagle
First Baptist Church
Coale
Bryanne
Pershing to Visit England as Unofficial Guest
London reports General Pershing will visit London late this month as an unofficial guest for three to five days or longer. No official date or length of stay is yet notified and plans remain tentative.
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Pershing
England
London
General Pershing
Former Emperor William Seeks Return to Kadinen Estate
Berlin reports former Emperor William has asked the German government for permission to return to Germany and live on his Kadinen estate, via a semi official statement.
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Wilhelm
Berlin
William
Germany
Kadinen
Germany Might Take Railways Under Government Control
The Constitutional Committee of the National Assembly at Weimar adopted a resolution to seize all German railway systems under government control until April 1921. Bavaria representatives object to the measure.
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Berlin
Constitutional Committee of the National Assembly
Weimar
Germany
Bavaria
Quinine Tonic Laxative Claim Appears in Ad Copy
An advertisement touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUINIME as a superior tonic and laxative that avoids nervousness and head pressure. The copy notes its full name and hints at signatures KE, W, GROVE.
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Grove
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