Former Texas Governor Joseph D. Sayers Dies at 89
Former Texas governor Joseph D. Sayers died at his Austin home aged 89. A Confederate veteran, he served as governor from 1899 to 1903 and later chaired the Industrial Accident Board. Sayers was also a long-time legislator, congressman, and a grand master of Texas Masons.
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Associated Press
Austin
Joseph D. Sayers
Board of Pardons
Moody
Capitol
Mississippi
Texas
Grenada
Miss
David
Mary Sayers
Bastrop
Bastrop Military Institute
Texas State Senate
State Democratic Executive Committee
Congress
National House
Industrial Accident Board of
Sayers
The
Order
Community honors Tyler Haswell for city park gift
The People’s Column lauds Tyler Haswell for donating and planning a city park in Bryan. The article credits his mother’s memory, urges citizen support for the park board, and celebrates the lasting impact on Bryan’s public spaces and quality of life.
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Sue Haswell Park
Bryan
Tyler Haswell
Tyler Hasne
Bryan Federation Will Meet Friday
Mrs. W. B. Cline president of the City Federation of Women's Clubs announces a regular meeting in Carnegie Library in Bryan at 3 o'clock Friday. Speaker will be Mrs. Helen Lake Clutter of Austin who is in Bryan for an educational campaign toward a free country library. All are invited.
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W. B. Cline
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Woman’s Club
Carnegie Library
Helen Lake Clutter
Austin
Bryan
New PTA Group Forming For Travis Elementary
Mrs. W. H. Darrow announces the May meeting of the East Side PTA at 3 p.m. in the high school cafeteria closing the year. The session will discuss forming a new PTA for Travis elementary, as the new building prepares for September open. County free libraries will be the topic by Tin. all PTA members and interested parties are invited.
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W. H. Darrow
East Side
Parent-Teachers Association
Travis
Parent- Teachers Association
Helen Lake Clutter
Austin
County Free Libraries
P.T. A
Pollard to Deliver Commencement Address in San Marcos
Attorney General Claude Pollard will deliver the commencement address at Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos on May 7.
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Associated Press
Austin
Claude Pollard
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
San Marcos
Brazos County Chickens Win High Honors in Egg Contest
Brazos County poultry farms earned top honors in the 12th Texas National Egg Laying Contest per A and M College poultry department for April. Golden Rule Poultry Farm placed well with a pen of 295 eggs averaging 28.5 daily from ten hens, plus third place with Barred Plymouth Rocks at 274 eggs. Tollege View Farm finished tenth with White Leghorns at 270 eggs in thirty days. This marks the contest's highest product record to date.
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Brazos County
Record
Golden Rule Farm
Poultry Department of A. and
M. College
Golden Rule Poultry Farm
Rule Farm
Plymouth Rocks
Tollege View Farm
City Offices Relocated to Carnegie Library Building
City of Bryan moved its offices to the second floor of the Carnegie Library last night. Staff occupy the south side. visitors should use the right hand stair to access the second floor for city department business.
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Bryan
Carnegie Library
City
Ex-Students Enjoy Annual Feast at A and M College
The annual senior ex-students banquet at Texas A and M College in College Station drew 320 attendees including current seniors, ex students, department heads, and college officials. Talks by former students and President T O Walton closed with magic by Professor McDaniels of Dallas and remarks by W D Armstrong, with E E McQuillen outlining the association’s purpose and introducing George W Stud Barnes, beef cattle specialist of Exton.
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E. E. McQuillen
Association of
George W
Use Farm Level For Terracing Says Engineer
Engineer M. R. Bentley warns terrace lines drawn by eye fail and cites field results. In Texas cases a farmer in Tarrant County drew water to a center fall of three feet in 250 yards, later corrected by M. C. Counts at seven days’ work. Roy Terry in Concho County mapped terraces that produced 23 bales on 85 acres, while a similar undisturbed field yielded 27 bales from 160 acres. Bentley notes widespread use of farm levels and warns against improvisation.
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Eagle
College Station
M. R. Bentley
Extension Service
Tarrant County
M. C. Counts
Concho County
Roy Terry
J. M. James
Land transfers authorize penitentiary, college experiment farm
The board of control is authorized to transfer 1,000 acres of penitentiary lands at Rusk to the state hospital and 2,100 acres for use of the A and M College as an experiment farm under a bill passed by the senate today.
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Associated Press
Austin
Board of Control
Senate
Rusk
State Hospital
A. and M. College
Philippine Post May Be Offered To Dwight Davis
Dwight Davis secretary of war in the Coolidge cabinet is the likely choice for governor general of the Philippines. An announcement of his selection awaits his acceptance of the post according to reports from Washington dated May 15.
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Philippine Post
Dwight Davis
Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
The
Philippines
Walton outlines brighter future despite fears of decline
Dr. T. O. Walton president of A. and M. College told the Lions Club that East Texas progress is visible in education dairy farming road building and general prosperity. He cited a Waco legislator editor praising student virtue and urged optimism about postwar growth rather than decay.
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Bryan
East Texas
A. & M. College
T. O. Walton
Lions Club
Texas
Austin
Congress Avenue
Baldwin
University of Texas
Walton
United States
Dr. Walton
Cadets of Allen Are Candidates For Edison Job
Two Allen Academy students, Allen Cunningham of Austin and William L. Campbell of Dallas, are certified as Texas candidates to compete with peers from other states for a place in Edison laboratories. Campbell, who wrote a chemistry research paper on National Defense, earned the first state title in the contest under the American Chemical Society.
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Allen Academy
Allen Cunningham
Austin
William L. Campbell
Dallas
S. M. N. Marrs
Texas
Thomas Edison Laboratories
Menlo Park
Allen
N. B. Allen
Campbell
American Chemical Society
Big Field Day at Denton Set for May 17
The annual field day at the Denton agricultural experiment station will be held May 17 with a free noon barbecue for about 3000 at the station grounds. Visitors tour the plots in the morning, then listen to Texas A and M and experiment station officials in the afternoon. A farmer problem round table will follow with experts answering crop questions by soil type. North Texas county agents will bring delegations. Interest centers on wheat and other small grains, alfalfa, sweet clover and other legumes in flourishing condition.
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Denton
Denton Agricultural Experiment Station
Denton Chamber of Commerce
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
M. College
North
Texas
Graf Zeppelin Plans Transatlantic Flight Tomorrow
Friedrichshafen May 15 Rain or shine the Graf Zeppelin delayed a day and will start tomorrow for the United States. Commander Hugo Eckener assembled eighteen passengers at a hotel and said he expects to reach Lakehurst by Saturday night. Mrs Mary Pierce of New York, the only woman passenger, cancelled her passage.
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Associated Press
Friederichshafen
Graf Zeppelin
United States
Hugo Eckener
Lakehurst
Mary Pierce
New York
Utilities Bill Not Favored in Senate Report
The senate committee on state affairs voted seven to four to report the public utilities bill unfavorably today. The action aimed to decide the recommendation after a divided discussion.
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Senate
Associated Press
Austin
Senate Committee On State Affairs
Livingston Flood Recedes as Rescue Teams Search
Rescue workers probing submerged bottoms of Long Cain creek and other flooded streams in Livingston hope the death toll will stay at five. Five bodies have been recovered, and the floodwaters are receding slowly. Families feared dead are found in the hills as 50 to 60 homeless residents receive scant rations after the town was cut off for more than 60 hours.
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Livingston
Long Cain Creek
Auto Hits Train Kills Texas Cattleman
GALVESTON May 15. George Benson aged 56 a Galveston county cattleman was killed today when his car collided with a passenger train at Dickinson near here.
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Texas
Associated Press
Galveston
George Benson
Galveston County
Dickinson
Here
C A Graduate Physical Course Will Teach Here
Bryan will have a new director of physical education in the city schools next year. Katherine Maxon of Fort Worth was elected to share duties at Bowie and Travis elementary schools. She is a Fort Worth high school graduate and North Texas State Teachers College alumna, finishing at the College of Industrial Arts in Denton this year.
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Bryan
H. L. Durham
Katherine Maxon
Fort Worth
Bowie
Travis
Maxon
North Texas State Teachers College
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
I. H. Bartz
City
Fruit Prospects Good in Collins County Despite Winds
McKinney May 15 Despite strong winds the Collins County fruit outlook is favorable this season. Damage from wind was offset by insects showing activity aiding pollination and crop development.
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Mckinney
Collins County
Cleveland Clinic Hospital Fire Death Toll Rises
In Cleveland on May 15 the health tragedy at the Cleve land Clinic hospital left 85 dead with more fatalities feared as patients in hospitals may not survive. Fire is extinguished and investigators search the damaged building.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
Fire at Cleveland Clinic Hospital Kills Dozens
A Cleveland Clinic Hospital blaze and explosions killed between 66 and 91 people and injured many more. Firemen say explosions in X ray film storage and oxygen tanks intensified the blaze at the four story building run by Dr. George Crile on Euclid Avenue.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
George Crile
Crile
Crile Clinic
The
Clinic Hospital
Euclid Avenue
93Rd Street
Local physician recalls Cleveland Clinic founder
Dr. W H Oliver expressed deep regret after learning of the tragedy at the Cleveland Clinic hospital. He said he knew Dr. George Crile personally and regarded him as one of the greatest surgeons of his time, noting Crile’s work against surgical shock and goiter.
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W. H. Oliver
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
George Crile
Sinclair Slated to Be Re Elected by Oil Stockholders
Harry F. Sinclair, jailed for contempt of the Senate, is set for re election as a director of Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation at the annual meeting in New York. Stockholders will vote to raise authorized common shares from 5 million to 10 million, with two thirds needed for approval.
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New York
Harry F. Sinclair
United States Senate
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Sinclair
Seven Jurors Obtained For Rogers Case
La Grange May 15 The questioning of talesmen for Rebecca Bradley Rogers robbery trial continued. Seven jurors have been selected as a special venire of fifty faced delays due to rain and road conditions. Judge M C Jeffery warned of moving the case to another court if enough acceptable jurors are not found.
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Associated Press
LA Grange
Talesmen
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Farmers National Bank
Buda
Farmers’ National Bank of
Jeffrey
Otis Rogers
Brownsville
Public Hangings Bill Wins Favor In Texas House
Austin May 15 The house committee on criminal jurisdiction reports favorably a bill to reestablish public hangings for capital crimes. The measure would abolish the electric chair and require county sheriffs to perform executions if enacted into law.
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Associated Press
Austin
House Committee On Criminal Jurisprudence Today
Cotton Market Steady As Local Spots Hold 17 to 17.50 Cents
No change in the cot ton market today. Local spot prices remained quoted from 17 to 17.50 cents.
Cotton and Cows Is Farm Program That Will Bring Prosperity
Nell Bentley argues that a new farm program linking cotton and cattle can boost both agriculture and business in Texas, reflecting on early explorers and the state's potential wealth. The piece emphasizes building value into Texas society through prudent enterprise and development.
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