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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1915
Page
8
Texas A and M College proposes a Farmers Thanksgiving Address to be read on Thanksgiving Day in rural schools. The plan encourages neighborhood gatherings, exhibits of local products, and athletic contests, praising diversified farming, prudent husbandry, and the role of education and cooperation in rural life.
The weekly report notes varied yields across Texas counties. Morris and Titus report corn at 16 bushels per acre and cotton about one bale per five acres, with strong rainfall aiding crops. Other counties show mixed results for cotton, corn, sorghum, hay, and vegetables amid boll weevil activity and shifting prices.
A brief session of the county school board was held in the county superintendent's office this morning with Superintendent Bp. R. presiding and all members present. Only routine business was taken up before adjourning to meet next Monday.
Reports from Torreon say Carranza authorities confiscated the Madero family estates in Coahuila and Durango worth millions. Albert Blair, general manager, has 24 hours to leave Torreon after claiming British subject status and appealing to the British embassy. Confiscation reacts to alleged support for Villa. Villa-linked properties also targeted elsewhere. Telegraph lines between Juarez and south reportedly cut. General Manuel Ochoa investigates the outage near Juarez.
Police Officer Claude Tucker was stabbed in the back while attempting to arrest W. H. High at 1219 Cochran street. High suffered a bruised head after being struck. Tucker was taken to Baptist Sanitarium, High to St. Joseph's Infirmary.
London, Nov 2. Divorce petitions against officers and men at the fighting front must stand over until their return to Great Britain. Justice Sir Henry Bargrave Deane ruled it is not in the nation’s interest to divert soldiers from duties with pending petitions.
Major General Frederick Funston arrived from San Antonio to lead American forces in Douglas. After four night attacks Villa withdrew from Agua Prieta as his men likely sought water. About six Americans were wounded and Carranza losses were unofficially listed at 250 dead. The desert around the town was strewn with Villa dead. The U S customs house at Douglas again faced disturbances from the shelling.
Descriptions note the roof and porches perforated in many places with no U S army response to return fire. The fragment suggests a combat scene with limited military action and sparse retaliation.
Hogs range 1744c per dozen with other animal goods listed. Butter 15c to 30c per pound and hens 1c per pound. Fryers broilers ducks geese turkeys cattle and hay prices vary by type and weight. No context or dates provided.
The Sylvan Heights Orphanage, a Catholic institution in Harrisburg, was destroyed by fire. One hundred three children, at mass in the chapel, were led to safety, preventing a Peabody Mass tragedy repetition.
A Family Money column recounts a father's loss after rejecting banking and saving, linking financial prudence to stability. The narrator vows to build a house on a rock foundation to avoid his parents’ fate of poverty and displacement after a fraudulent partner drains their fortune.
County Tax Collector W I McCulloch reports prompt tax payments after recent laws. October collections rose from 2192.75 in 1914 to 5206.72 in 1915, with delinquent taxes up from 27.30 to 987.27, a 959.97 increase.
Six earthquakes were recorded by seismographs in Washington early today. The shocks were described as exceptionally severe and likely centered about 4,000 miles away, probably in Northeastern Siberia or Japan.
Rosenthal cancels American tour due to being of military age and unable to secure government permission. Samuel P. Warren dies at 74. Censors cut Carmen scenes in Pennsylvania and Ohio courts. Caruso returns to the United States for the season at the Metropolitan. Efrem Zimbalist and Alma Gluck renounce engagements. Paderewski rails relief recital in Boston October 10. Puccini’s Madame Butterfly features Tamaki Miura in Boston. A Baring Gould son serves in Flanders. The US Marine Band tours eight weeks. age 100 with 73 performers. Ellison Van Hoose to lead at First Presbyterian. Texas cities praised for culture versus national venues.
I G N Ry advertises low rate excursions for the NO-TSU-OH CARNIVAL in Houston November 6 to 17. Season tickets on sale daily with rates and details available from the ticket agent of the I, G N Ry.
County Demonstration Agent A. W. Buchanan urges farmers to use home grown seed corn after a bad season caused by inferior seed. He cites a unique exhibit of ten undersized ears labeled Champion White Pearl as a caution against outside or poor seed and urges Brazos farmers to source seed locally to avoid further losses.
For sale a block of stock in the Gibson Gin and Oil Mill Company and the home of Mrs J H Gibson at Calvert Texas The stock is described as a good investment and the home as beautiful with attractive surroundings shaded by thirty large oaks a fireproof garage and necessary out buildings Terms may be arranged by contacting Mrs J H Gibson Calvert Texas
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