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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1921
Page
2
The Bryan Texas post office records show publication details for the Weekly Eagle in Brazos County. Rates are listed as $1.00 per year and $0.50 for six months for in state, with outside Texas at $2.00 per year and $1.25 for six months.
The piece notes Mexia Wildcats nearing a decisive stage amid local buzz and mentions the upcoming Texas showdown against the Texas Longhorns on Thanksgiving day. It also recounts various Brazos County notes including oil ops, local papers, and educational campaigns.
The Texas Commonwealth edited by ex congressman Jeff McLemore shifts from San Antonio to Laredo and aims to adopt an international publication spirit with Sam W. Brown of the Laredo National Bank and Ed Cluck of the Milano National Bank backing the venture. McLemore hopes to finance the project at least until the Laredo onion crop arrives next year.
The article notes end of railroad strikes restoring order on the rails and hopes for improved business efficiency. It suggests coal miners returning to work will reduce idle men and ease social strain while urging nationwide housing growth of about two million homes.
The Bryan Junior Band led a patriotic parade at Brazos County Court House to showcase education in Brazos County. Key figures included Superintendent Eck Smith and the County Board of Education, with floats from A. and M. College highlighting agriculture and health. A Red Cross health float featured child germ characters and a nurse, applauded for future use. About 5,000 spectators viewed the event with prizes and film plans announced for statewide rural education promotion.
The final rally at the Brazos county courthouse gathers supporters for improved homes schools roads and agricultural education. County Chairman John A. Moore Jr presides while Judge W C Davis speaks on advancing education in Texas. Friday November 4 is celebrated. prizes go to Woodville and Tabor schools for 100 percent attendance.
The November 4 Educational Parade featured a bee float with four exhibits detailing hog feeding and breeding. It displayed a brood sow, two pigs bred right and fed right, and two pigs fed wrong. weights were 229 pounds for fed right and 22 pounds for fed wrong, illustrating outcomes of feeding practices.
A 7 o clock Friday mass meeting in Brazos County district court room heard Prof. Martin L Hayes and Judge W C Davis stress the value of education. Speakers urged better rural schools and a committee was formed to expand the rural educational program under county superintendent Eli Smith and others.
The Reading Club in Bryan praises for funding music education in the district. It donated a Columbia talking machine and Red Seal records to Eastside last spring and to Westside last week. Records will be shared via the Parents' Teachers Association, aiding teachers and students in developing musical education.
The Extension Service of A. and M. College held its regular monthly meeting with a noon luncheon. Prof Robert Smith presented the college history, recounting early days with eight teachers and students funded by the state. Walton Peteet discussed growth with ties to the Lexus Farm Bureau, while J E Stanford welcomed newlyweds of service staff and guests.
A listing of Bryan and Kurten individuals includes C. Andrews, Z. L. Jones, James Lang, Joe Cuttitte, D. S. Restivo, Joe Strato, Walter Armstrong, Chas. Locke, J. H. Gandy, J. Boriskie, S. P. Moore, Joe Beard, Garland Stuckey, J. W. Rawls, J. L. Burt, John Stabler, J. M. Perrone, D. A. Broadway, R. Frame, Joe Fickey, Lee Cash, John Kosarek, J. H. Wehrman, G. T. Cash.
Readable excerpts describe Brazos County youth groups, the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Atlanta, and county farming concerns. It notes cooperative marketing, rural credit ideas, hog feeding trials, and local praise for 4H style clubs with mentions of Hettie Francis Eloise Smith Emma Gandy and M Higgins.
At Rev. J. M. Bullock's home in Bryan on Sunday at 6 o clock, Milton Weeden and Ruby Cargill, two popular Harvey residents, were united in marriage. The Eagle wishes them joy and happiness in the future.
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