Brazos County Grand Jury Convened for May Term
Brazos County district court opened its May term with 12 grand jurors and Judge W C Davis presiding. District Clerk J W Barron swore in jurors and E A Peters was named foreman. The court noted a light docket and few criminal cases, with trials for the petit jury set for Wednesday May 10. The judge praised Brazos County’s low crime rate compared to other counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
E. A. Peters
Brazos County
W. C. Davis
J. G. Minkert
R. Z. McDonald
J. W. Barron
J. Walter Smith
Jay W. Harris
Hugh Dowling
J. E. Weedon
R. M. Dansby
J. W. Hall
T. A. Adams
Ross Dean
H. 8. Locke
H. E. Randolph
C. C. Morgan
Mother's Day Observed in Bryan by W B A Ladies
The Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees hosted a Mother's Day celebration for members' mothers after the regular meeting. Mrs Henry Prager led the event, following approval from Miss Bina M West founder and president. The W B A, a leading women’s aid society, has paid into homes over $16,000,000 in 80 years of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Benefit Association of the
Ladies of the Maccabees
Henry Prager
Bina M. West
Woman's Benefit Association
Woman's Association
Miss Martha Suber Named Charter Member at Baylor College
Miss Martha Suber of Bryan, a Baylor College student in Belton, Texas, is honored as one of fourteen to serve as charter members of a newly formed literary society named Mast O Crath. Her grandmother is Mrs. J. H. Suber of Bryan, with several locals expressing pride in the accolade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baylor College
Martha Suber
Bryan
Belton
Texas
Suber
J. H. Suber
County Collector Roy Hudspeth Returns From Austin
County official Roy Hudspeth has returned from Austin after completing statewide duties and meetings related to tax collection and county finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hudspeth
Austin
Brazos County Petit Jurors for Next Week
The district court of Brazos County lists the petit jurors for the week starting Monday May 16. Names include L E Morehead Sheriff and a long roster of jurors such as Goen Tardy Ma whinney Fulgham Johnson Lewis Tobias Jones Lockerd Dowling Waxon Lawrence Fizgs Cloud Kennedy Brown Barron Haltners Spell Hall Vick Crenshaw Graham Cunningham Mize Sherwood Henry Cole Wetter Sample Goen Garner Elliott Moore and Peverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Brazos County
L. E. Morehead
Goen
P. A. Tardy
R. S. Mawhinney
H. C. Fulgham
W. E. Johnson, Jr
C. E. Jones
A Lewis J. A. Tobias
Forest Jones
S. I. Dowling
John Henry
F. T. Cole
C. G. Wetter
Lyne Sample
C. F. Goen
W M. Garner
W. E. Elliott
Ernest Moore
Wallace Peverly
Funeral for Roger P. Haltom Held Tuesday
The funeral for Roger Parker Haltom who died Monday at his parents home in Benchley was held Tuesday afternoon. Services were led by Prof. A D Martin of the Church of Christ, with Rev C N Calmes of the First Christian church assisting. Burial followed at Bryan cemetery at 3 30 p m. Knights of Pythias pallbearers included Oak McKenzie M E Wallace Guy F Boyett Will Gibbs Jr Tom Zuber and J M Bullock Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Parker
Jack) Haltom
Benchley
A.D. Martin
Church of Christ
C. N. Calmes
First Christian Church
Bryan
Knights of Pythias
Oak McKenzie
M. E. Wallace
Guy F. Boyett
Will Gibbs Jr
Tom Zuber
J. M. Bullock Jr
Texas Physicians Oppose State Health Insurance Plan
A Texas Medical Association committee announced opposition to a proposed state operated industrial insurance plan. Dr Philip Howard warned the bill would open a wedge toward state health insurance, during the Texas convention in Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Labor Board
Associated Press
Paso
State Medical Association of Texas
Texas Operation of Labor
Philip Howard
Businessmen Should Avoid Faulty Advertising Schemes
Jules P. Johnson argues in Fourth Estate that illegitimate ad schemes harm small town newspapers. He notes the higher per inch costs paid by larger papers, the impact on legitimate advertising, and urges buyers to resist schemes that damage community progress and newspaper credibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules P. Johnson
United States
Editors Plan Texas Meeting in Bryan College 1923
Dr. W B Bizzell Lee J Rountree A D Jackson and S C Hoyle depart for Denton to attend the 42nd Texas Press Association convention. They will seek editors' approval to hold the 1923 meeting in Bryan and College Station under Bryan Brazos County Chamber of Commerce auspices. Editor Rountree, chosen at the 1921 McAllen gathering, will deliver the association address for the third time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Bizzell
Lee J. Rountree
A. D. Jackson
S. C. Hoyle
Denton
Texas Press Association
Bryan and Brazos County
Texas Editors
Frisco by Foot 4600 Miles Ahead for Daly and Faillace
New York City walkers Joseph A. Daly and Thomas H. Faillace left Bryan for Dallas and press toward Frisco on foot. They average 80 miles daily, started April 1, expect to reach San Francisco by June 7, and carry autographs of President Harding Vice President Coolidge and state governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Dalynd
Thomas H. Faillace
New York City
Bryan
Dallas
New York
San Francisco
Cresent
Glencoe Lorimer
Rector’s
Hese Club
Frisco
Richmond
Houston
Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Mississippi River
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
King’s Trail
State Department Weighs Texas Kidnapping Case
Mary Culberson the 21 year old daughter of Senator Charles Culberson and Alexander E. Robertson dispute centers on Robertson claiming he was kidnapped by private detectives due to affection for Culberson. British Embassy officials said they would monitor court actions as Robertson presses charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mary Culberson
Charles
A. Culberson
Texas
Alexander E. Robertson
State Department
Robertson
Miss Culberson
Wood Wallace wedding invitation dated May eighteenth nineteen twenty two
Mr and Mrs T B Wood request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter Sybil to Mr Emmette Wallace on Thursday May eighteenth nineteen twenty two at eight o clock at the home of Mr and Mrs Walton College Station Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Wood
Sybil
Emmette Wallace
Walton
College Station
Texas
Brick advertisement from Thurber Brick Co Ft Worth TX
An advertisement for Thurber Brick Co based in Fort Worth Texas promotes Witwified brick described as durable pavement providing universal satisfaction and invites inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurber Brick Co
Ft. Worth
Texas
Tex Editors Invited To Denton Meeting In 1923
The Texas Press Association was invited to meet in Denton May 11 13 1923 with Mayor Tyler Haswell and Chamber of Commerce President W H Cole among those joining. Attendees included Dr W B Bizzell Lee J Rountree A D Jackson and S C Hoyle. A Brazos Levee meeting will be held Monday at the Carnegie Library to discuss relief for Farmers in Burleson and Brazos counties with many landowners expected. Major Ike Ashburn advocated a Brazos County Fair to showcase agricultural and livestock products at College Station showing off fine cattle values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Lawrence
J. D. Martin
Texas Press Association
Denton
College and Bryan
Tyler Haswell
W. H. Cole
Chamber of Commerce
WB. Bizzell
A. and
M. College
Texas
W. B. Bizzell
Lee J. Rountree
A. D. Jackson
S. C. Hoyle
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce
Eberstadt
R. O. Allen
Wilson Bradley
Travis
Bryan
J. N. Dulane
Walton B. Hood
San Antonio Commercial Bank
Pat M. Neff
Ramsey
Austin
Jno
Mayne Arthur A. Stiles
Bry
Brazos
Burleson
Brazos County
Jno. M. Lawrence
Sruan
Carnegie Library
Ike Ashburn
Pizzell
College
May Pole Dance at Villa Maria Campus
Mother Mary Angela and Sister Aloysius led a May pole event on the Villa Maria campus Monday afternoon from 4 30 to 6 30. Bryan attendees enjoyed children’s songs and dances, a blues beat red basketball game, and a tennis win by Miss Froelich over Miss Cooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Angela
Aloysius
Villia Maria
Academy
Bryan
Texas
Reds
Lucy Lee Froelich
Gertrude Cooke
Froelich
Mater Mary Angela
City Roads Graded and Upgraded Under Bryan Plan
J. G. Ramsey, Street Superintendent, heads a city project to grade drain and place culverts on about 100 miles of Bryan streets including King Trail and Main Street. The work targets completion by the end of December across the west side.
Cotton Market Holds Steady as Futures End Little Changed
Cotton futures closed unchanged to five points lower. Bryan market spots sold at 17.5 cents a pound, a middling basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Bryan High Pole Vaulter Henry Grelen Wins Texas Meet
Henry Grelen of Bryan High School won first in pole vault at the State Interscholastic Meet in Austin, clearing 11 feet 6 inches. Bryan finished fourth among 200+ Texas schools. Satterwhite took second in shot put and Bryan’s relay placed fourth. Coach Charlie Hudson predicts Grelen will break the state record next year and urges funding to send him to the All Western Interscholastic Meet in Boulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Grelen
Bryan High School
Texas
Austin
Bryan
Charlie Hudson
Grelen
Henry
Boulder
Colorado
Athletic Association
West
Charlie
Satterwhite
Mark Wilcox
Alton Boyett
Sam Scardino
Tommy Hipp
Criss Cortemeglia
Bryan High
Wilcox
Greten
Boyett
Hipp Scardino
Cortemeglia
Fire fighting stars attend Brownwood jamboree from Bryan
Judge J. W. Hamilton Charlie God win and Julius Groginsky attend the state Firemen and State Fire Chiefs Convention in Brownwood today. They bring credentials urging Bryan to host the 1923 convention. The jamboree draws large attendance and local firefighters hope to impress for a future Bryan meeting. Hamilton will speak Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownwood
J. W. Hamilton
Charlie Godwin
Julius Groginsky
Bryan
Hamilton
Officers of Eastern Star Elected at Bryan Chapter
At a Bryan chapter No. 222, Order of the Eastern Star meeting held Monday at the Masonic Temple, officers for the coming year were elected. Mrs Lee J Rountree was named Worthy Matron, H E Randolph Worthy Patron, Mrs A J Buchanan Associate Worthy Matron, Mrs M M Erskine Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs H H Prager Conductress, and Mrs Oak McKenzie Associate Conductress. Installation soon will include appointive officers announced by Mrs Rountree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Lee J. Rountree
H. E. Randolph
A. J. Buchanan
M. M. Erskine
H. H. Prager
Oak McKenzie
Moody and Whitten Visit Bryan on Wednesday
A. L. Moody and John Whitten of Cottonwood were in Bryan on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Moody
John Whitten
Cottonwood
Bryan Wednesday
Two Men Attack 13 Year Old Girl Near De Leon
Fort Worth dispatch reports two men in an automobile attacked a 13 year old girl waiting for the rural mail carrier near De Leon Texas. They tied her hands after cutting hair from her head and fled as a second car arrived. Police have no suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byiated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
W. F. Hall
de Leon
Eula Ansley
Kirvin
Engineer Stiles to Be in Bryan May 15
State Reclamation Engineer A. A. Stiles, just back from Washington where he worked on the Oklahoma Texas boundary case, sends word from Austin Texas May 8 1922 that he will attend the Bryan meeting on May 15 to assist with proposed levee work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Stiles
Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Austin
Texas
Lee J. Rountree
Bryan
Arthur A. Stiles
McSwain and Stewart wed at Tatum home
At Rev J J Tatum's Bryan residence the ceremony joined A B McSwain of Rock Prairie and Mrs A M Stewart of Carthage Texas. Rev Tatum officiated. McSwain praised as a valued Brazos County citizen. Stewart, mother of N A Stewart, visited Bryan to see her son. They will live on the McSwain farm at Rock Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Stewart
Mrs. McSwain
Mr. McSwain
Rock Prairie
Dubinsky Bros Show Here All Next Week in Bryan
The Dubinsky Bros Stock Company arrives in Bryan to entertain audiences under their mammoth tent for a new season. Opening bill Monday night is That Girl Minerva with one free admission for every paid adult ticket at 85 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubinsky Bros
Bryan
Minerva
Three Fakirs Visit Eagle Office Blaming Work
Three able bodied fakirs called at the Eagle office on Tuesday begging that they should be at work. They argued intelligent efficiency excuses laziness and claimed they could earn more by begging than working. One said thousands were like him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Office
Federal student slain near Oklahoma A and M campus
Beckham Cobb, 23, a government student at Oklahoma A and M College, was shot to death near the campus. Authorities awaited developments as they considered charges against Earle Gordon, 25, another federal student, after Gordon allegedly demanded an apology to Mrs. Cobb, 18, for an alleged insult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stillwater
Okla
Beckham Cobb
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Earle Gordon
Cobb
Gordon
Brazos River Crest Reached Near Waco After Flood
Waco Texas May 10. Brazos River crest reached at 2 a m. with falling water and no further rain expected. Damage to farms below the city is extensive with thousands of acres of cotton ruined. Governor Neff offers aid to tenant farmers for seed replanting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Brazos
Pat M. Neff
Russian reply to Allied memorandum delayed in Genoa
Genoa May 10 Russian reply to the Allied memorandum was not delivered as expected after a conversation between M. Tchitcherin and Schanzer. It was decided the reply would need alterations before presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
M. Tchitcherin
Russia
Schanzer
Italy
Trinity River Falls at Dallas Fort Worth
The Trinity River here continued to recede slowly with railroad communication hampered. In Fort Worth the river stood five feet below flood stage and dropping, allowing residents to move back into the lowlands as most railroad service resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Trinity River
Ft. Worthy
Ft. Worth
Railway employees consider $50,000 monthly aid to strikers
Houston May 10. The motion that the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen of the United States contribute $50,000 per month to the United Mine Workers during the strike was placed with a special committee for report before final convention action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Houston
Texas
International Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
United States
United Mine Workers
Bryan Daily Eagle Promotes Local News Coverage
The Bryan Daily Eagle proclaims itself a real community newspaper serving Bryan College and Brazos County with six to twelve columns of local news daily. It emphasizes service to the people and support for community participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bryan Daily Eagle
Bryan
College
Brazos County
Texas
Eagle
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Miss Suber
Jack" Haltom
Bryan-College
Frisco Pass
Villa Maria Campus
Bryan HI Boy
Eastern Star
Stiles
Okla. A. & M
Waco Crest
Trinity River Falls
Dallas-Ft. Worth
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