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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1923
Page
2
The Bryan Weekly Eagle is entered at the Bry an Texas post office as second class matter under the 1878 act dated April 28, 1912.
A Brown University professor argues three factors shape a person environment heredity and response. He claims heredity yields lasting capacity and that marrying into “good blood” is wiser than relying on environment for a desirable outcome.
The article argues the ultimate benefactor is one who teaches youth to discover their strengths at the start of their careers. It emphasizes choosing an occupation suited to temperament and abilities to save time, happiness, courage, and ambition, preventing wasted effort and misdirected lives.
The Navasota Examiner denounces a Dallas News report with a Bryan dateline claiming Carlos oil well owners will base offices in Bryan. Carlson says offices stay in Navasota. the piece criticizes sensational publicity harming Navasota and asks Bryan readers to seek truth in future reports.
Miss Lillian Beaumont from Bryan spent Sunday with her brother H D Beaumont in Hearne.
The piece muses on rapid modern progress from streetcars to radio, contrasts scientific gains with resistance to new ideas, and jokes about calendar reform and a fixed 28 day month, noting Easter dates and the rarity of calendar overhaul.
The county health nurse Miss Elizabeth Curtis begins duties focusing on school children health. She urges full parental cooperation and explains malnutrition can occur even with adequate food quantity, stressing food quality and guidance over personal judgments to improve children's life chances.
The article argues schools should teach how to study not just learn. It explains learning relies on mental association and that teachers and parents can help children master this. It notes memory improves when new impressions are linked to existing ideas.
The Christian Commonwealth notes George Peddy receives appointment as assistant district attorney to prosecute in federal courts as a penalty for leaving the Democratic ticket last year.
An editorial bit from the Bryan Eagle riffs on missing from society due to a beef stew mishap and unseen in business circles. The writer jokes about seeking ink from the financial reporter while noting reporters favor prosperous sources, ending with a nod to the Dallas News State Press.
The Reading Club of Bryan plans annually to grant a $200 scholarship to a deserving girl aiming to study at the College of Industrial Arts in Denton. The piece extols education as a path to progress, while arguing humanitarian aid has its place alongside learning.
A verse by Walt Mason condemns bootleggers who amass wealth from illegal gin and beer. He contrasts flashy riches with ruined morals and lost respect, noting limited pleasures money cannot secure such as friendship, a voter’s favor, or a virtuous legacy.
An editorial argues Brazos County should fund road improvements with a county-wide bond issue. It contends residents value good highways, that taxes are preferable to being cut off by rain, and that bonds are the quickest and fairest method to build an adequate system.
The Abilene Reporter asserts nine five percent of Texas papers embody optimism while five percent rarely complain. It argues journalism thrives on cheerfulness and that no place exists for pessimism in the newspaper game.
We are not a farmer, nor the des cendant of a farmer, but we can see the good sound sense in County Agent C. L. Beason's advice to the farmers to clean up their cotton fields. Boll weevils find no place to hibernate for the winter in clean felds. According to County Agent Beason we have but a few more weeks in which to do this work if we would get the best results. Keep the plows going.
A short historic quote attributed to Cowper reflects on men of judgment creeping, feeling their way, and the danger of overconfident certainty. The line emphasizes cautious speech and deliberate action.
The State Press ridicules the idea of fixed principles, citing the mule birth at A and M as proof of mobility in natural laws. It mocks sages and notes the Democratic party will prevail, then fragments into broader reflections on contingency and governance.
Bryan faces a rapid fuel shortage with winter rains. Wood is scarce and costly, cotton picking drew away woodcutters, and wet weather stalls cutting. Coal exists but is limited. some residents hoard. The gas well at Carlos looms as a potential, yet unused, fuel source.
The Paris Morning News questions why gasoline costs 7 cents in San Antonio and 19 cents in Paris while same owners run stations in all cities. It urges a state law to stop price discrimination and empower local authorities to act quickly against territory discrimination.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram quotes a plan to nominate a man noted for securing two tickets to the State A and M game as one of America’s best minds for addressing supply and demand issues if Mr. Hughes’ conference succeeds.
Frank Zarrozz of Galveston was captured three miles past Hearne while transporting 100 quarts of bottled in bond whisky. Sheriff L E Morehead and Chief W S Martin coordinated with Hearne authorities and nabbed him en route to Bryan. Zarroza remains jailed in Bryan pending bond.
Dr John A Held spoke to the Rotary Club on impressions from his summer trip in Old World countries. Several members gave talks on Rotary service and humor lightened a classification task. Visitors included Dr Held and J Walter Smith. a long list of Rotarians attended the meeting.
The Extension Service Staff held their first Monday conference on November 5 at the Mess Hall. Dr. John A. Held spoke of his travels through the East and Holy Land, outlining Christ's earthly ministry and famous biblical sites while sharing engaging anecdotes. The YMC A Stringed Orchestra entertained, drawing applause, as Group 4 planned the event with Miss Jennie Camp leading a committee of staff.
Civic advertising urges residents to support local growth by buying at home. The message links personal prosperity to community progress and frames shopping locally as civic duty and home town advancement.
Groesbeck Journal asserts advertising is the tool mail order houses use to steal business from local merchants and that only advertising can restore it.
A Livy quote asserts envy harms virtue, noting it adds no positive quality.
Allen Academy defeated Rusk College 7 to 0 in a non conference matchup on Allen Field. Kirksey and Cloud sparked the attack with key runs and a late one yard TD by Mitchell sealed the win as Allen defended the visitors’ late passing effort.
Sam B. Wilson & Co. and D. D. White & Co. closed their stores Monday out of respect for Mrs. H. M. Bradley of Groveton mother of Wilson Bradley who died Sunday.
College Station Tex Nov 6 A telegram from Mrs R L Brown said his mother is seriously ill at her North Carolina home but recovery is hoped. The Browns were in North Carolina on summons and expect to return to campus later this week.
The home wedding united Miss Annie Lawless and Rev. C B Thompson Monday evening at 7 o clock in Kurten. The ceremony, read by Rev. J J Tatum, featured white chrysanthemums and home grown plants. Afterward the couple moved to Bryan and will reside on College Boulevard in the Winters residence.
Dr A N Goodwin an internal medicine specialist lists office in Smith Building with 19 percent? residence phone 295.
Calomel touted as reaching the liver in a gentler form Pepsinated Calomel with pepsin sweetens digestion and aids normal liver action Readers are urged to try with a money back guarantee and promise of feeling better by tomorrow Also a lost black mare is reported a three year old 14 1 2 hands high with a reward offered to informants J T Closs Edge Tex
Edwin W Crenshaw Jr. received a white gold Hamilton watch from Southwestern Life Insurance Co of Dallas for selling the second most life insurance in Texas in under a year. He was named vice president of the Southwestern Life Club and is the youngest agent among about a thousand agents, ranking second in salesmanship at the Dallas meeting.
An Orange County citizen declares Dr Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup keeps the family well and cites extensive use over decades for bilious conditions malaria stomach troubles and general weakness. Testimony includes Mrs J P Smith of Orange Texas. The product offers a money back guarantee and is sold in Bryan by M H James Drug Co and James Drug Store No 2.
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