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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1916
Page
5
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Foster and Silas Redden of North Zulch visited Bryan today while L M Levinson returned from New Orleans. Numerous residents, including Miss Nelia Eaves in Houston and Mrs S G Bailey headed to Bonham, filled the day with travel and social calls across Bryan and surrounding towns.
A string of daily movements shows residents and visitors in cities across Texas. Harvey, Fresnal, Tabor, Rye, Bryan, Houston, San Antonio, Mumford, Zack, Prospect, Reliance, Cottonwood, Beach, Fort Worth, Rockdale, Cal lert, Waxahachie, Vernon, Hearne, Rockwall, Lockhart, Chattanooga, and other locales appear in short notes of travel and errands. Names include fastus Jones Bert Carroll Joe Koppecky Dr J C Davidson W S Jones Uncle Cal Foster J C Cloud P W Lock W H Peyton R B Grant Miss Rowena Rhodes Mrs Lucile Robertson H B Loddard and others.
Jaude Morgan of Reliance and D. Stalling were in town. A Hensarling of Steep Hollow and Merka from? and J. 8. Jenkins with Mrs. J. L. Laway of Mumford shopped downtown.
Dr. P. M. Raysor travels to New Orleans for a brief business visit. Philip Hermer leaves for Dallas on business. Father DeSimone rides to Hearne. Mrs. Wm. Andrews Mrs. J. H. Nash and Miss Alice Crenshaw go to Blum for a short visit. Numerous others from Steep Hollow Harvey Wellborn and nearby towns were in the city today.
Tuesday residents J. H. Seeley and L. E. Lawson of Tabor and A. B. Gandy from Rock Prairie arrived in the city. Wiley Kelly of Cottonwood and Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Dowling of Rock Prairie also visited town. Dr. A. Harris returned from a road trip through Ohio Tennessee and Kentucky. Mrs. W. S. Johnson traveled to Corsicana to see her ailing daughter Mrs. Haltom. Prof. J. L. Cobb and Joe Walker of Tabor were among the guests.
Ralph Dunn and Joe Juroska of Benchley arrived in the city today. Mrs Cr B Vinson of Houston will visit M H James family. Miss Hazel Burtis of Madisonville will stay with Miss Louise Cline. Mrs J W Teel of Saratoga visits relatives while her daughter Etta studies at Bryan Baptist Academy. Mrs W E Graham and daughters Mina and Lucile of Rock Prairie were also in the city.
On May 13 the stockholders of the Farmers Union Warehouse Co. met at their Bryan Texas office and voted not to pay dividends this year though about eight percent was earned. The eight percent will be reserved for operating expenses, funds lacking in the treasury forced a bank loan. A. J. McCallum was re elected manager for the coming season and urged member cooperation to make the next season prosperous and thanked the public for past patronage.
Tickets for trains arriving Galveston Saturday afternoon May 27 and returning Sunday morning May 29 are on sale. Schedules and fares available from the Ticket Agent of the I and G M Railway.
Rain over the weekend delays farming with plows idle for days. A hail storm near Zack damaged crops east of town. Mrs. Mary E Crenshaw seeks treatment in Marlin for rheumatism. Freddie Locke recovering after appendicitis surgery. Frank Vance moves to North Zulch to run a service car. Brazos County folk join Madison County singing event with good attendance. C Koontz buys a new five passenger Overland. J F Crenshaw and R N Batten travel to Bryan on business.
The bowling event in Bryan proceeded as planned and delivered the finest exhibition seen, with the Fun-Feather Club posting a score that surpassed the state high record set in any tournament to date before a large enthusiastic crowd.
Sheriff T. C. Nunn of the Fin-Feather Club led a five-man team to a Texas score of 2852, reportedly a state record set in Houston last fall. Nunn bowled 245 in the second frame, averaging 214 across three games, with Ed Martin close behind at 234 and a 207 average. The Stars trailed 2573 to 2853 in a decisive loss.
Observed at the A and M College with Miss Florence Smith pinning flowers on the band and cadets. Young women from Bryan placed white flowers on the 1000 cadets as tribute to motherhood. Dr W H Bruce preached a Mothers Day sermon at Denton on education system development.
Gonzales Texas May 18 nine youths have enlisted or journeyed to San Antonio to enlist Pete Lawley George Lynch Whit DuBose R S Dilworth Jr Cleveland Franks Clyde Cochran Bryan Glass Albert Livingston Lowrey Potts State Ranger Henry Ransom is in Gonzales seeking enlistments for ranger service but has yet to secure applications The Botts garage north of town burned Sunday with unknown origin. Mr Botts and his wife were away in their car at the time and saved the vehicle.
Mrs. M. W. Sims Sr. leaves for New York to attend the biennial session of the Federated Women’s Clubs of the United States. She stops in Dallas to visit daughter Mrs. Fred Smith and joins Mrs. W. A. Kdatos of Fort Worth en route to New York. Sims plans a summer at New York Chautauqua and returns to Bryan in September.
In Washington on May 23 the House voted 80 to 59 to strike the amendment granting women suffrage from the Porto Rican bill. The bill then passed without a roll call.
A classified notice states for sale one registered Jersey ball one jack and three Shetland ponies offered by M. W. Sims.
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