Knights of Pythias Doings At Brazos Lodge 64
The Degree Team of Brazos Lodge No 64 Knighted R C Franks J A Hicks J W Boney Raymond Jones J T S Park Sam Downard Frank P Martin and Jess McGee at Castle Hall. The Bryan team reports visits to Navasota Brenham and other lodges with strong receptions and praise.
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Brazos Lodge No. 64
Noights of
Navasota
Brenham
Henry S. Locke
Beckwith
Geo. Turner
H. A. Widdecke
W. O. Sanders
Lee J. Rountier
Geo. E. Hadley
H. S. Locke
M. M Erskine
John M. Caldwell
R. M. Walker
Carl Wipprecht
T. G. Suber
J M. Bullock
Sgt
C. B. Jones
Guy F. Hoyett
Hugh Melton
Harold Sanders Will K. Gibbs
J. E. Gammon
T. H Haltom
J. D. Jones
W. C. Ruchti
Vernon Bailey
Robbery arrest linked to Main Street thief
Deputy Wheeless says John Nicols, restaurant proprietor on Main Street, lost about $500 and a gold watch. trousers stolen from his home were found with a pocket book $250 later. Chief Martin arrested Charlie Rosino in connection with the robbery and he is jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Wheeless
John Nicols
Main Street
Nicols
Parker Gin
Chief Martin Seized 16 Year Old for Robbery in John Nicols Case
Chief W S Martin arrested Angel Rajah about 16 on a robbery charge in the John Nicols affair. Nicols reported loss of several hundred dollars from his trousers. Martin received 15 dollars commission after Rajah’s arrest, now turned over to Nicols. Local remark calls for employment amid widespread strike reports.
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W. S. Martin
Angel Rajah
John Nicols
Nicols
Martin Sc
Rajah
Brazos County Sunday School Convention Holds Meeting
The Brazos County Sunday School convention met November 6 at Reliance church with Rev. J. J. Tatum presiding. Talks and music energized sessions. Oak McKenzie led morning remarks on home relations to Sunday School and Rev. R. L. Brown delivered a stirring sermon. Next gathering set for April 1922 at Steep Hollow. Sheriff L. F. Morehead and son Melton visited Palestine. deputy H. T. Wheeeless assumed duties during the absence.
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Brazos County
Relitance Church
J. J. Tatum
Brazosounty
Reliance
Reliance Community
N. F. Outlaw
Reliance Church
Oak Mckenzie
Bryan
R. L. Brown
A. & M. College
R. O. Allen
Allen Acaemy
Albert Buchanan
I. M. Cook
Maggie Easters
Secetary
J. McDonald
Sherif
L. F. Morehead
Melton
Palestine
Morehead
H. T. Wheeeless
U S Oil Output Reaches 443 Million Barrels in 1920
The United States produced 443,402,000 barrels of oil in 1920, about 63.8 percent of world output. Mexico produced 163,540,000 barrels (23.5 percent), while Russia yielded 25.5 million barrels (less than 4 percent). World total was 694,854,000 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
United States
United States Geological Survey
Mexico
Russia
Conyers Livestock and Feed Corp Opens Bryan Barns
Conyers Livestock and Feed Corporation is chartered for 350000 dollars with officers led by N. Conyers as president and GM. Directors include G. W. Glass and R. Q. Astin. The firm operates barns in Marlin Beaumont Texas and Lake Charles Louisiana and plans a Bryan barn plus property at Mexia. It also links with Mexico and Central America for export feed and livestock.
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Conyers Livestock and Teed Corporation
Ofiscers
N. Conyers
R. Q. Astin
W. Bk. Hodges
G. W. Glass
J. N. Conyers
L. Weathersby
Sillsbee
B. H. Wilts
M. J. Poole
H. O. Bargamer
KK. A. Reed
Marlin
Bryan
Ram
T. Nobitt
Beaumont
J. M. Piper
Kansas City
S. J. Wlash Vinton
Texas
Lake Charles
Mexia
Mexico
Central America
Cotton market sinks after government ginning report
United States government ginned 6,664,136 bales of cotton by Nov 1 1921 signaling a crop near 7.25 million bales. New York futures closed 100 points down and New Orleans 125 points down with spots lower at 16 1 4 cents middling. Speculative shorts selling while big traders buy, recovery expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New York
New Orleans
Paxton Train Robbery Loot Totals $400, Police Say
Chicago on November 8 reports Chief Postal Inspector Germer announced the Paxton train robbery loot totaled only $400. Robbers used pistols sawed-off shotguns dynamite nitro glycerine and odor bombs and escaped by automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
Associated Press
Chicago
Germer
Paxton
Auto trip from Bryan Texas to Ohio clashes with advice
Mr C D Lowry and Mrs Ellen Bond Lowry left Route 6 Bryan Texas July 5 in their Ford bound for Ohio. Citizens doubted they could reach their destination. a third traveler named Buster the bulldog accompanied them. Lowrys are prominent in Bryan with ties to the electric plant and Brazos County relatives.
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Bryan-Eagle
Bryan
C. D. Lowry
F. A. Lowry
Texas
Lowry
Electric Light Plant
Ellen Bond
Prospect
Brazos County
Mon-roe Bond
Bloomville Gazette
Buster
Bulldog
Methodist Church Says Bootleggers Are Murderers
Washington November 5. The Board of Temperance Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church urges prohibition officers to protect families and act decisively when bootleggers threaten them. The statement calls bootleggers murderous and supports shooting to stop armed offenders.
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Methodist Church
Washington
Prohibition
Board of Temperance Committee On Prohibition
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Miss Stoltzfus Visits Brazos County Schools
Miss Amanda Stoltzfus from the Texas University Extension department visits four Brazos County schools to promote recreational education. She argues leisure activities boost school appeal and urges integration of games into the county system. Mr Henderson from the same department may lead a future athletics campaign. details to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Amanda Stoltzfus
Extension Department
Texas University
Stoltzfus
Henderson
University Extension Department
Eck Smith
Lowry Couple Complete 1800 Mile Auto Trip to Bloomville
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Lowry arrived in Bloomville after a 1800 mile journey from Brazos County Texas. They drove to Oklahoma City then to Bloomville in twelve and a half days using their Ford as home. They camped along the route and noted frost at Waverly Missouri on October 7. They plan to make Bloomville their permanent home and observed greater auto tourism and free camping grounds in the south compared with the north.
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Lowry
Bloomville
C. D. Lowry
Texas
W. S. Lowry
Brazos County
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Electric & Gas Co
Waverly
Educational Rally at Prospect School Success
A large Prospect School meeting led by Principal Mrs. W L Powers featured Prof A W Kinnard of Bryan urging better public school conditions in Brazos County. Patrons pledged to attend a Bryan rally next day as the 75 pupil school reports good progress under Miss Jessie Bond.
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Prospect School
Brazos County
W. L. Powers
Bryan
Powers
Jessie Bond
Offic ers Blame Sheriff in Lorena Clashes Grand Jury Report
McLennan county grand jury, in a special session, adjourned without indictments over the Lorena Oct 1 clash that left ten injured and Louis Crow dead. It condemns Sheriff Boy Buchanan and Deputy Sheriff Burton for actions during the Ku Klux Klan parade incident. The report urges public awareness of the findings and notes Klan involvement without endorsing the group. The jury lists ten members and signs with foreman J R Cuff.
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Waco
Texas
Lorena
Sherif Boy Buchanan
McLennan County Grand Jury
Louis Crow
Buchanan
Lorena Occurrenze
Fifty-fourth District Court
R. I. Munroe
McLennan County
Grand Jury
Burton
J. R. Cuff
Foreman
C B. Schuler
S. H. Burrows
J. Dealer
T. B. Phillips
M. C. Christian
J. L. Hurst
Percy Willis
William H. Miller
Earl B. Smythe
Rise of the Lone Star pageant marks 100th colony anniversary
Bryan City students present The Rise of the Lone Star, a pageant celebrating Stephen F. Austin's Colony centennial. Proceeds fund records for Victrolas via the Reading Club. The program on November 10 1921 on the R O Allen lawn features episodes, scenes, dances, and a finale. Proceeds benefit school readings.
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Lone Star
Stephen F. Austin
Reading Club
R. O. Allen
Texas
Santa Anna
United States
Confederacy
Virginia
VU. S
Bryan party returns from annual Honey Island deer hunt
Dr W H Oliver Milton Sims R Nall Curt Oliver Roy Nunn T C Nunn E Cavitt Ernest Goodman and Dr B G Ward of Marlin returned from a ten days deer hunt at Honey Island. The party reports a joyous time with venison and squirrel and seven big boar were captured. The event is an annual vacation highlight anticipated each year.
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BRYAN
W. H. Oliver
Milton Sims
R. Nall
Curt Oliver
Roy Nunn
T. C. Nunn
E. Cavitt
Ernest Goodman
B. G. Ward
Marlin
Honey Island
Christian Endeavor Convention Closes in Houston
The Sunday night service closed the Houston District Christian Endeavor convention at First Presbyterian church after a session from Friday. Eight to ten young people pledged themselves to Christian service amid a large crowd. Music from A. and M. College orchestra and solos by Janie Claire Kennedy and Willie Collard accompanied moving appeals by Rev. C. N. Caimes and Rev. J. J. Tatum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Christian Endeavor Convention
First Presbyterian Church
A. & M. College Orchestra
W. H. Matthews
Janie Claire Kennedy
Willie Collard
C. N. Caimes
First Christian Church
Christian Endeavor
J. J. Tatum
Thompson
Free Baptist Church
Coal Strikes Make Corn Cheap Fuel
Washington reports corn valued at 82 cents a bushel equals coal at 16 dollars a ton, per Secretary Wallace. He notes at 20 cents a bushel corn would match coal at 10 dollars a ton and says he will pay both farmers and towns to use corn, warning oil will be used on Western farms if prices rise due to strikes and bread lines.
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Washington
Wallace
Bryan High to Meet Conroe in Section Nine Title Bout
Bryan High travels to Conroe next Friday for a championship game against the undefeated Conroe team. The Inter scholastic League sets twelve section champions to be matched after next Saturday, with Bryan seeking a hard fought road test on the visitors’ home court. A Bryan Waco game is discussed but depends on league timing and future terms.
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Bryan High Tornado
Conroe
Bryan
Bryan High
Waco
Bry an Eagle Business Advertising Ad
Business owners may place ads in the Bry an Eagle to reach local readers. Contact the office at the Bry an Eagle for rates and deadlines.
A. M. E. Conference Opens 55th Session in Bryan
The 55th annual Texas African Methodist Episcopal conference opens at Allen Chapel in Bryan with Bishop William Decker Johnson urging industrious progress for African Americans. The gathering includes pastors reports, receptions, and addresses by local and visiting clergy and educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Stuart
Texas African Methodist Episcopal Conference
Allen Chapel
A. M. E. Church
William Decker Johnson
Georgia
Texas
Bishop Johnson
Bryan
B. T. Reese
G. R. Pearson
J. R. M. Lee
F. F. Washington
P. C. Hunt
H. A. Carr
D. D
S. D. Butler
S. J. Johnson
J. B. Butler
C. S. Shelton
W. T. Swanson
John A. Moore
I. D. Coffee
E. A. Kemp
Colored Public Schools
R. B. Goosby
F. A. Thompson
Zenobia Thompson
Ema Ellis
E. A. Thompson
the Baptist
D. L. Meador
Charles Stewart
Chicago
National Baptist Convention
G. B. Young
Houston
Two Rivers Oil Company Eyes Brazos County Oil Wells
The Two Rivers Oil Co of Bryan pursues valuable leases and aims to rush an oil well in Brazos County while oil activity continues in Robertson Limestone Grimes Freestone and adjacent counties. The note suggests Brazos County should not be left behind in the oil development.
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Two Rivers Oil Co
Bryan
Brazos County
Robertson
Limestone
Grimes
Freestone
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Charlie Rofino
Chief Martin
Navasota Examiner- Review
Eagle “Mikado
Eagle Pencil Company
S.S. Lanvention
U.S
Conyers Corporation
Ohio
Lorena Fis
Bryan City
Dr.Price
Ité Free Ce Baking Powder Factory
Chicago,i
Bryan HI
Bryan Eagle
TWO Rivers Oil Company
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