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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
3
General Headquarters British Army reports French peasants with help from women and children have plowed and planted nearly all available land along the front. Wheat fields thrived in areas behind the British lines, mirroring Germany's farming drive. The account blends wartime agriculture with humorous clippings from papers and cartoons.
Mayor William Hale Thompson told the Chicago Association of Commerce that anonymous letters threaten his life amid a crime crackdown with Police Chief Healy. He boasted that as an ex-cowboy he can be quick on the trigger, warning criminals they risk a quick response.
Weather bulletin details incorporating tropical storms into forecasts for Washington D. C. and the Southeast after a century of records. It predicts a May hot wave, drought fears, oat price effects, and severe Southern storms with a sharp temperature drop in the Middle Northwest.
Rome reports Foreign Minister Sonnino prepared a long statement to justify Italy joining the allies if war occurs. Italy cites historical racial and economic factors and the Adriatic frontier as justification. Ambassadors Bollati and d Avagna work to preserve neutrality in Berlin and Vienna.
Reports indicate county bridges withstood the recent floods with only light damage. The Pitts bridge approaches were washed away and riverbank erosion widened the river by about seventy feet. Cement piers may be added and more bridge sections required. repairs to all damaged spans will be discussed at the next commissioners court session.
Editorial fanfare extols pudden as cheap, nourishing and morally uplifting. It argues widespread adoption would ease living costs, boost health, and reinforce democratic virtues, urging readers in Edge, Texas to embrace the dish proposed by T. W. Beard.
May 8 1915 forecast notes a disturbance crossing the continent from May 9 to 13 with farm waves up to 12 and a cool wave reaching 15. It explains variability in crossing time and that some storms move northeast along the Atlantic coast.
Bullock of Reliance reports heavy rain in the last two days leaving water standing in fields. He says Reliance farmers have good corn stands though cotton and gardens were nearly drowned. His corn stand is knee high and growing fast.
Matthew Lushac and Josephine Va lenta James Oliver and Carrie Finley received marriage licenses.
H P Edwards aged 82 died at 2 20 am Saturday May 1 at his West Lampasas home after years of ill health. Survived by wife Mary McMichael Edwards four children R P Edwards Kingsville Mrs John A Trotter Mangum OKla Mrs Jefferson H Cauthen and Mrs William T Munger Lampasas plus nine grandchildren. Born 1832 in Pickens County Alabama he settled Millican Texas in 1859 built the town’s first house and served in the Confederate army under Magruder. He moved to Lampasas in 1893 where he remained active and beloved for his cheerful disposition and kindness toward children. He died a member of the Methodist Church after a life of public spirit and humor.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. Z. T. Liles presiding. Floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. Pallbearers included Honorary J. F. E. Morgen, M. Y Stokes, H. F. Lewis, J. P. Ward, J. H. Landrum, Dr. J. E. Dildy and Active B. Peak, Alvin Williamson, E. B. Millikan, Fred Matthews, Elbert Clements, Ed Young.
Sheriff Rushing and George E. Brown returned from Port Arthur where they identified a man in custody as Ben Myatt. The suspect was not Myatt. a Port Arthur jail inmate claimed familiarity with Myatt but noted size and facial differences including eye color.
Jenkins assistant chief of Bryan fire department L H White delegate from Protection Engine Company No 1 John Read delegate from Auto Chemical Company No 2 and John Daly Jr secretary of the State Fire Marshals Association have returned from Waco where they attended the State Firemen's Convention.
Heavy rain prompts community talk and slow farm work with late cotton planting. Edge High closes for a term end under Principal W P Graham and assistant Nina Henry after a successful term with over one hundred pupils enrolled. Promoted students include O K Beard Gertrude Beard and Lena Henry.
The writer notes tenth grade advancement and many youths improving. Frank Rosier mentions a sick baby. Charles Payne smiles over a big girl. George Bingham shows a wide grin from a big boy. Nearly a hundred attend Sunday school. all denominations unite in one school and do good work. The writer promises to return if lettuce and onions sustain strength. Budden.
The item lists diverse labor facts from 1913 including wages in Vancouver and Rochester painters, census manpower, a tuberculosis hospital bill support by San Francisco labor council, and the Toledo ice handlers reducing hours. It notes US farms count, Japan cotton exports rise, Germany furnaces leadership, and an Iowa Senate defeat of a female labor wage bill.
The San Francisco Chauffeurs' Union approves a wage scale of five dollars a day for sightseeing car chauffeurs and a hundred dollars a month for ticket sellers and guides, backed by the Labor Council amid prolonged strikes and wage talks.
William Joel Stone a Jefferson City Democrat born May 7 1848 in Madison County Kentucky rose to governor of Missouri 1893 97 and U S senator term 1903 15. He graduated from Missouri University earned LL D later and served as Vernon County prosecutor 1873 74 and Missouri Democratic National Committee member 1896 1904 with key roles including vice chair 1900 04. He married Sarah Louise Winston April 2 1874 and has three children.
An enormous German 42 centimeter shell ripped open a grave at Riche Bourg St Vaaste, lifting a coffin and its skeleton fifty feet to hang on a church tower. Winds scatter bones as villagers flee, with scattered remains still dangling or dropped in the yard.
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