Splendid Rotary Program At Green Parrot Tea Room
W S Barron led a Rotary Club luncheon program with songs by S Moylan Bird and E P Humbert. Speakers discussed abstracting land titles tracing back to Spanish and Mexican grants, agriculture and poultry topics, Veterans' Bureau rehab work, and Bryan High School seniors Vera Ramsey and William Minkert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Barron
Rotary Club
Green Parrot Tea Room
S. Moylan Bird
E. P. Humbert
Barron
Texas
Brazos County
Stephen F. Austin
Beason
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
a_ service Club
Bryan
M- College
Brazos
T. T. Wallis
Veterans’ Bureau
Vera Ramsey
William Minkert
Bryan High School
T. A. Adams
C. L. Benson
C. S. Beckwith
Jno
A. Noble
0. C. Anderson
H. E. Barrett
H. D. Cuykendall
The
Bryan Daily Eagle
Baylor Ex-Students to Gather at 5 P M Saturday
President Dr. Brooks of Baylor University will speak at the Allen Academy commencement in Bryan. At request he will meet Baylor alumni for a short conference at 5 p m to organize Brazos County Baylorites. All interested are urged to attend at the Baptist Tabernacle Saturday.
Stephan Family Returns From Marlin Visit
Mr and Mrs George Stephan and their daughter Floria Glyn have returned after a several day stay in Marlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stephan
Floria Glyn
Marlin
Commercial Airships to Combat Boll Weevil
Dallas police report that Frank Noel confessed to killing Ryan Adkins and Larry Milstead, injuring Mrs. Steers, and assaulting Mrs. Berry after an attack by a second assailant. Noel agreed to sign the statement, according to the Dallas county district attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Berry
Mary Steers
Associated Press
Dallas
Dallas County District Attorney
Frank Noel
Ryan Adkins
Larry Milstead
Adkins
Milstead
Diamond Robbery Hits Capital Building in Chicago
Four victims reported a six thousand dollar theft on the Capital Building eleventh floor. Charles Goldberg of New York said he lost unset diamonds valued at fifty thousand dollars in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Capital Building
Charles Goldberg
New York
Mission Study Delegates Attend Navasota Conference
Mrs B W Lipscomb of Nashville will be principal speaker at the Navasota District Conference opening this afternoon at 2 30. Delegates from Bryan include Mesdames Underwood Owens Haneman Priddy Gaby Lawrence Munday Stone Solomon Cochran and Mrs J N Goodwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
J. W. Underwood
W. M. Owens
Albert Haneman
Woman’s Missionary Society
First Methodist Church
J. N. Goodwin
Texas
Navasota
B. W. Lipscomb
Nashville
Tenn
Bryan
J. B. Priddy
D. P. Gaby
Bessie Lawrence
Josie Lawrence
Dave Munday
A. H. Stone
W. W. Solomon
H. N. Cochran
Interurban Cars Curtailed To Meet Summer School Need
After classes end at A and M College the Sryan College Traction Company will reduce interurban service to a minimum required for summer school. Present at the meeting were President Eugene Edge Secretary James Sullivan General Manager Todd R White and directors F C Bolton W Wipprecht Jack Gordon Jno M Lawrence and George Chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. and M. College
Sryan College Traction Company
Eugene Edge
James Sullivan
Todd R. White
F. C. Bolton
W. Wipprecht
Jack Gordon
Jno
Pennington Plantation Sends Cotton Bloom Sample
From Pennington Plantation in the lower Brazos Bottom comes a box of four or five cotton blooms from this year’s planting. The note with the blooms says the 600 acre plantation has 200 acres of fine cotton and that blooms are coming as sampled, with Brazos County areas still making a fair crop despite drought under good farming methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennington
Brazos
Brazos County
Miss Jean Edge Graduates From Brenau College
Bryan friends have received invitations from Miss Jean Edge a Brenau College graduate to attend the forty seventh annual commencement exercises May 31 to June 2 1925 in Gainesville Georgia Edge a Bryan daughter wins high honors and led her class During college days at Brenau she excelled and graduates with honors After a visit in New Orleans she will return home to her parents Mr and Mrs Eugene Edge and be welcomed back home at the close of her school days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Jean Edge
Brenau College
Gainsville
Georgia
Miss Edge
Brenau
New Orleans
Texas
Eugene Edge
Morris Tatum Moves Closer to Work Residence
Morris Tatum rents out his Ursuline Avenue home and rents 2100 Tabor Avenue near Cr G Walker’s house to reside closer to his job. Walter Holden, previously living beside the Gulf Refining Company Station on College Avenue, rents the Tatum home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Tatum
Ursuline Avenue
Tabor Avenue
Cr. G. Walker
Walter Holden
Gulf Refining Company
College Avenue
Tatum
Governor Ferguson to Speak at Brenham Maifest
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson will address Brenham Maifest Friday at 10 AM. Residents from Brazos County are expected to travel to hear the state leader and kickoff spring celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor Ferguson
Brenham
Miriam A. Ferguson
Brazos County
Hiawatha Shown In Pictures Junior Missionary Meet
J W Black Jr led the First Methodist Junior Missionary Society meeting with devotional songs scripture reading and prayers. Eight attended twelve visits to the sick two gifts to the sick and seventeen Bible readers were noted among groups of members plus several family supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Black, Jr
Junior Missionary Society
The
First Methodist Church
D. P. Gaby
Philip
Hiawatha
Longfellow
Gaby
Myra Ewin i
Little Brown
the Vale
Maurine Neeley
Mary Bess Eagan
Ollie Ruth Shaw
Mildred McKenzie
Georgia Mae Daniels
Libby Lynn Gardner
Jim James, Jr
Albert Byron Covey
Teaser speed boat lowers NY to Albany record
R F Hoyt's speed boat The Teaser shaved 20 minutes from the Twentieth Century Limited's New York to Albany run. The Central's fast train took three hours, while The Teaser completed the trip in two hours and forty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albany
Associated Press
N. Y
R. F. Hoyt
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
Two Killed When Fast Train Hits Car at Crossing
J A Oconnor of this city received a telephone message about a fatal automobile collision last night at Muenster Texas. A G Stelzer and daughter Evaline were instantly killed. Anna Margaret four was injured. The car was struck by a Wichita Falls Fort Worth train at a railroad crossing. Funeral services will be held Thursday for the two victims. The families are related through J A Oconnors sister Helen who married Matt Stelzer. Matt Stelzer visited Bryan only last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. O’connor
Muenster
Texas
Fort Worth
A. G. Stelzer
Evaline
Anna Margaret
Wichita Falls-Fort Worth
M. E
N B Tucker Hurt In Jumping Train
Navasota brakeman N B Tucker of the N G freight on a run between Navasota and Valley Junction was injured at Bryan on Monday noon. He slipped while boarding the engine in L G N station yards, fell on his left hand, breaking bones and brusing. He was taken to the Railroad Hospital at Palestine for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Tucker
Navasota
Palestine
Mr and Mrs W E Graham Visit From Wellborn Farm
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Graham were in Bryan today traveling from their farm home near Wellborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Graham
Bryan
Wellborn
Fields Dusted With Poisons Aimed at Cotton Eradication
A firm organized to commercialize eradication of cotton pests is linked to poisoning fields. The report notes suspected deliberate dusting of poisons on crop areas, raising concerns about safety and effectiveness of pest control measures.
Plans for 18 planes to dust boll weevil fields
Plans for using 18 specially built airplanes to spray poisons on cotton fields in the south to combat the boll weevil were announced by Huff, Dalant and Dist er, Inc. The planes will start next month with headquarters in Macon, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
South
Huff, Dalant and Dister, Inc
Macon
Georgia
Bankers Elect Texas Officers at A B A Meeting
HOUSTON May 20 Texas members of the American Bankers Association after the Texas Bankers Association session elected officers for the A B A Texas division. H O Boatwright president of the First National Bank of Bryan was elected vice president of the A B A for Texas. Other selections include P A Murray Victoria State Bank Texas member of the executive council and A M Graves Red River National Bank Clarksville nominating committee member with P B Doty Beaumont as alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
American Bankers’ Association
Texas Bankers’ Association
American Association
P. A. Murray
Victoria State Bank
A. M. Graves
Red River National Bank of
Clarksville
P. B. Doty
First National Bank of Beaumont
P. B. Timpson
Houston Land and Trust Company
Trust Company
Horace L. Darton
Houston National Bank
Savings Bank
A. D. Simpson
Houston National Bank of Commerce
National Bank
Edward McKinnon
Citizens State Bank of Austin
State Bank
H. O. Boatwright
First National Bank of
Bryan
Well Baby Clinic Set for Thursday at County Nurse Office
Brazos County Health Nurse Miss Elizabeth Curtis will host the Well Baby Clinic on Thursday at her office. Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend for available services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Nurse’s Office
Brazos County
Elizabeth Curtis
Cotton stalk grown in Bryan city plots measures 2 feet
C L McCoy uses 35 acres across eight tracts inside Bryan to raise cotton. A stalk brought to the Eagle office stands two feet tall and bears 26 squares, tracing to the Tabor field of 23 acres within the city and the seven other plots also inside Bryan limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. McCoy
Bryan
Eagle
Tabor
Green Parrot Tea Room Sold to Mrs Dora Wilson
The Green Parrot Tea Room in Bryan changed hands for 4000 dollars with Mrs M G Nall selling the business fixtures and goodwill to Mrs Dora E Wilson who assumed control Thursday afternoon. The Nalls plan summer plans in the Carolinas while Mr Nall stays in Bryan. The sale ends a successful era under the Nalls with many friends predicting continued success under the new owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Green Parrot Tea Room
M. G. Nall
Dora E. Wilson
Nall’s
Nalls
Noto Loses Mule Team Runaway in Brazos County
Philip Noto of Brazos Bottom, renowned cotton raiser, endured a mule team runaway on Thursday caused by flies. One mule was fatally injured and had to be killed after veterinary advice that it would never regain value even if it survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Noto
Brazos Bottom
Brazos County
R. P. Marstellar
McAdams Presides as Texas League Chooses Censorship and Home Rule
At the Texas League of Municipalities annual convention in Waco, J. A. Barnes of Beaumont was elected president with Harry Mason Vernon as vice president and Tom Justiss Paris as secretary. The meeting also formed the Texas City Managers Association and endorsed city censorship and home rule for smaller cities. Corpus Christi chosen as 1926 meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas League of Municipalities
Waco
Texas
Corpus Christi
Texas City Managers Association
E. E. McAdams
Bryan
W. D. Holcombe
San Angelo
J. A. Barnes
Beaumont
Harry Mason
Vernon
Tom Justiss
Paris
R. C. Johnston
Waxahachie
R. D. Jackson
League
J. A.barnes
Holland
Wichita Falls Man Named as a Director on National Body
Washington May 2 Seventeen directors of the national chamber were nominated at the annual meeting Frank Kell of Wichita Falls Texas was among those named for the national chamber of commerce nine for chambers of commerce and eight for trade associations were nominated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Associated Press
Washington
National Chamber
Chambers of Commerce
National Chamber of Commerce
Frank Kell
Texas
Heroes of the Gray Open First
Dallas May 20. Confederate veterans gathered for the thirty fifth annual reunion in scenes once training grounds for soldiers who fought in France. About 4000 attended the first business session plus meetings of the Southern Memorial Association and Sons of Confederate Veterans. General James Thomas urged harmony as committees began work and resolutions were prepared, including a proposal to officially represent the United Confederate Veterans on the Stone Mountain Memorial Executive Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
France
Southern Memorial Association
Sons of Confederate Veterans
James Thomas
Thomas
Resolutions Committee
United Confederate Veterans’ Organization
Stone Mountain Memorial
Belgian Storm Kills Eight in Brussels Region
Eight people were killed by lightning during storms in the Brussels area. Damages were estimated at about one million francs as the city faced the powerful weather during the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Brussels
Last Meeting of Year for U. D. C. Friday Afternoon
The L. S. Ross Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy holds its final monthly meeting of the year on Friday May 23 at the home of Mrs J B Stevenson with Mrs W J Higgs Mrs W R Fairman and Mrs T C Nunn as hostesses Members with unpaid annual dues of 1.00 are asked to bring them to the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Ross Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
J. B. Stevenson
W. J. Higgs
W. R. Fairman
T. C. Nunn
Liverpool Cotton Association Withdrawn From Agreement
At a meeting of the signers of the Universal Cotton Standards Agreement held at the American Embassy in London on May 20, the Liverpool Cotton Association announced it had cancelled its previously stated intention to withdraw from the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Eng
Liverpool Cotton Association
Eva Trant Leaves for San Angelo Summer Visit
Miss Eva Trant departs for San Angelo to spend the summer with her brother Emmett Trant and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Trant
San Angelo
Emmett Trant
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Baylor
Chicago
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Pennington Plantation
Boatwright
Green Parrot
Wilson
Nacogdoches
Miller
J. Bryan Miller
McAdams
Association
Oscar Holcombe
H. O. Sappington
Messrs
Frank and
Ehlers
Heroes OF the Gray Open
Ceoctarg Geies
Ssens Urechita
M. L. Parker
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
A. K. Short
Carl Wipprecht
D. W. Williams
W. I. McCulloch
Geo. J. Nedbalek
J. Webb Howell
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