Milkman fatally shot after mistaken burglary claim
Calvin B. Besse a 24 year old milk wagon driver was shot by Louis P Head a newspaper employee in Head home Dallas this morning Besse was in the kitchen to collect milk tickets and money for the week Head was detained then released to appear before the grand jury Burial set for Weatherford Besse’s widow survives him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin B. Besse
Dallas
Louis P. Head
Associated Press
Head
Grand
Besse
Weatherford
Easy Cure Found for Down-in-the-Back Disease of Cattle
Reports from College Station say Sir Arnold Theiler and Dr. H Schmidt confirmed that the South African disease known as lamisCheck te is identical to the Southern Texas condition called down-in-the-back. A bone meal diet of three ounces daily per animal prevents paralysis and yields about 180 pounds yearly gain. total cost about $1.80 per year per head. Sir Arnold departs for Houston after a cattlemen and veterinarians lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Daily Eagle College Station
Tex
Sir Arnold Theiler
H. Schmidt
J. E. Boog-Scott
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
Arnold
Texas
Schmidt
Sir Arnold
A. and M. College
Houston
B. Youngblood
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission
Pastor and Wife to Be Honored at Church Event
The First Christian church ladies plan a Thursday 7 50 p m reception in honor of their new pastor and wife Rev and Mrs Guy Ament. Members of the church Bryan pastors families Allen Academy and A and M students are invited to meet the couple and enjoy an evening of pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the First Christian Church
Guy Ament
The
Christian Church
Bryan
Allen Academy
Cotton consumption in October rises from 1922 totals
The U S Census Bureau reports October cotton use reached 541 825 bales lint and 57 128 linters, up from September and above October last year. October’s total marked the strongest month since June, with year start slightly behind the previous year despite record spindles and dwindling stock by October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
U. S. Census Bureau
Bryan Citizens Urged to Aid Turkey Day Visitors
Rev W H Matthews secretary of the College Y M C A asks Bryan residents with spare furnished rooms to list them for Thanksgiving football visitors from A and M. He notes loyalty to the College over potential earnings and seeks quick action. Ex students plan a November 26 meeting to discuss further housing for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
W. H. Matthews
College
Baptist Women Meet All Day to Make Surgical Bandages
Circle 5 of the First Baptist Auxiliary will hold an all day session at Mrs. Coulter Smith’s East 24th street home. They will craft surgical bandages for Baptist hospitals in China and Japan to aid missionaries lacking supplies. Bryant Baptist church is apportioned fifty bandages for immediate shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle 5
First Baptist Auxiliary
Coulter Smith
East 24Th Street
China
Japan
White Cross
Bryant Baptist Church
Baptist Women of Texas
Cotton Market Futures Close Mixed In Quiet Trading
Cotton futures closed with a 35 cent point gain amid thin volume. Local price reports show middling prices around a regional benchmark despite uneven demand.
Largest Assembly of Baptists Opens in Galveston
In Galveston on November 14 more than 3,000 delegates gathered for the Diamond Jubilee of the Texas Baptist General Convention. Officials anticipate over 5,000 at the opening, as the thirty-seventh annual Baptist Womans' Missionary Union session and pastors and laymen’s conference conclude preliminary events before the main convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Galveston
Texas Baptist General Convention
Texas
Baptist Womans’ Missionary Union
Magnolia Petroleum Awards Contract For New Filling Station
M Kay of Magnolia Petroleum Company announces the company has awarded a contract to O O Martin son for a College Avenue filling station at East 28th Street. The brick veneer building measures 24 by 28 feet with a 50 by 50 foot paved drive. Construction starts quickly and street paving plans at East 28th are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Kay
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Dalas
O. O. Martinson
College Avenue
East 28Th Street
East 28Th
Robertson County Awards $53,000 Contract for New Court House
Franklin Texas November 14 The Commissioner's Court has let contracts for remodeling the county court house. The old outside walls will stay but the structure will be rebuilt into a three story building with modern conveniences. Total expenditures run about $53,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertson County
Court House
Franklin
Tex
Commissioner's Court
Bryan Reading Club Studies Cathedral Tuesday Afternoon
The Bryan Reading Club met Tuesday afternoon to study The Cathedral by Hugh Walpole. Members discussed religious aspects, European cathedrals, and the book's life likeness with lectures and vocal numbers. Prof Harrington from A and M College planned the next opening meeting and a discussion on Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading Club
Hugh Walpole
W. L. Harrington
Europe
C. M. Bethany
Fred Jones
Mesdames H. RB. Brayton
G. R. Crawford
Webb Howell
Hendrix Conway
Bryan and College
Prof. Harrington
A. and
M. College
Sinclair Lewis
Additions to seats raise Texas A&M Texas game capacity
College Station Texas November 14 special to Bryan Daily Eagle reports that extensive seating expansion will raise the Turkey Day capacity to 20 000 at the Texas Longhorns versus Texas A M Aggies game. All side seats sold and only new stand space remains for ticket holders. No profit from ticket sales. attendees must hold a seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Daily Eagle
College Station
Tex
University of Texas Longhorns
Texas A
M. Aggies
James Sullivan
Flue Fire Sparks Minor Blaze at West Side Park Home
A flue fire at a house near West Side Park owned by John Devine caused a brief alarm this morning as fire wagons rushed to the scene. Fireman A. D. Graham reported only roof damage with no further destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side Park
John Devine
A. D. Graham
Mrs Mawhinney Hosts DAR Meeting at Ursuline Avenue
Mrs. Robert Mawhinney will host the regular meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at her Ursuline avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mawhinney
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ursuline Avenue
West Philadelphia shooting leaves two men dead in Marlin Texas
Walter Pinkett 35 is dead and Andrew Didner 52 is wounded in a shooting affray in West Phila community near Marlin. Didner is charged with murder and allegedly fired all shots but may have injured himself as he drew the pistol. A flesh wound to the neck of Mrs. Rabroker’s small son is also reported. The clash stemmed from a property partition dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated I’ress
Marlin
Tex
Walter Pinkett
Andrew Didner
T. Rabroker
West Phila
Here
Didner
Mak Who Sunk First Sub Dives in Chicago
Ole Johnson, once widely credited with firing the gun that sank the first German submarine, died in Chicago. A U S merchant mariner in World War I, his records place the sinking in August 1917 before his boat was later sunk in the North Sea and he and his crew endured twenty one days adrift before rescue by a British ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Ole Johnson
United States Merchant Marine
Johnson
North Sea
Wavasota Active Drilling for Oil
In Navasota Texas Cuthrell Carlson Johnson and associates form the Cuthrell Oil Company with headquarters in town. The Navasota Oil Company prepares to drill on Singleton block while Houston operators seek a block near Anderson. Two more locations ordered with two wells planned within seven miles of the large gasser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navasota
Tex
Messrs. Cuthrell
Carlson, Johnson
Cuthrell Oil Company
Navasota Oil Company
Sikorski Sikorski Wedding at St Josephs Church
Stanislas Sikorski and Miss Pearl Sikorski were married Tuesday at 9 a.m. in St Joseph's Catholic Church. Rev. J B Gleissner officiated the ceremony, followed by a nuptial mass said by Rev. P Litwora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanislas Sikorski
Miss Pearl Sikorski
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
J. B. Gleissner
P. Litwora
Observing National Education Week A County Plan
County Superintendent D J McDonald outlines observance of National Education Week November 18 to 24. Many ministers and teachers are urged to address education topics daily from Sunday through Friday covering patriotism, literacy, government, and community roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. McDonald
The
American Legion
National Education Association
Bureau of Education
United States
Balllot
America
Fundy
Forrester to Take Over Warren Undertaking Duties
C S Warren resigns as undertaker with E F Parks & Co and moves with Mrs Warren to Dallas. G V Forrester, manager of furniture and drapery, will assume the undertaking department duties as licensed embalmer with many years of experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. S. Warren
E. F. Parks & Co
Grimes County Votes For $450,000 Road Bond Issue
Grimes County approved a $450 000 good roads bond for Road District No 1 by a 566 to 71 margin. Voters from Navasota Courtney Retreat Whitehall and Yarboro backed the measure which will fund improvements along the King of Trails Hunteville Austin and Beaumont Austin highways with state and federal aid. Plantersville area earlier advanced highway bonds and nearby communities plan future elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navasota
Tex
Grimes County
Navasota Courtney
Retreat
Whitehall
Yarboro
King of Trails
Hunteville-Austin
Beaumont
Plantersville
Richards
Shire
Iola
Singleton
Bedias
Anderson Saking
Black Mammy With 301 Descendants In Bastrop County
Elgin Texas records a 106 year old matriarch Mary Jane Blaylock said to be the oldest black mammy with 301 children and grandchildren. She was born in Tennessee and once belonged to Jim Blaylock who lived in Bastrop County. Nearby old slaves are held in esteem by white residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Tex
Bastrop County
T. J. Blaylock
Mary Jane Blaylock
Tennessee
Jim Blaylock
Remains of Joseph Behr Arrive Today
The body of Joseph Behr arrived at 3 40 this morning from Temple where he died at Scott and White sanitarium from pneumonia Sunday at 9 15. Burial will be Tuesday at 10 from St Joseph church. Behr, born in Palestine Texas 32 years ago, was an orphan and later cared for by Rev J B Gleissner. He married Anna Korpic in 1913 who died in 1918 and he served in World War I. One brother survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Behr
Temple
Scott and White Sanitarium
St. Joseph's Church
Palestine
Texas
St. Mary’s Orphanage
Galveston
J. B. Gleissner
Anna Korpic
Wortham’s History of Texas to Be Five Volumes
Walter Frisch representing Louis J Wortham visits Bryar to advance Worthams History of Texas. Wortham, president of the publishing corporation for the Fort Worth Star Telegram, states the five volume work will appear soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Frisch
Louis J. Wortham
Fort Worth
Funeral Rites Held for Joseph Behr at St. Joseph’s
Funeral services for Joseph Behr were conducted at St. Joseph's Catholic Church at 10 a m Tuesday. Rev B Brain officiated the solemn Requiem High Mass with Rev P Litwora assisting and Rev J B Gleissner delivering the eulogy. A large congregation attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Behr
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
B. Brain
P. Litwora
J. B Gleissner
Armistice Day Observed at St Joseph's Church
Large attendance at the 8:30 and 11 o'clock services as Rev. J B Cleissner led prayers for divine protection of the country peace and charity. Intercession honored soldiers who died in battle or from war injuries and sick and disabled veterans were remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Joseph's Church
J. B. Cleissner
Knights of Columbus Hold Memorial Services
The local council of the Knights of Columbus held memorial services yesterday afternoon. Grand Knight I. E. Warren spoke on the order and its dead, while the chaplain Rev J. B. Gleiss ner delivered the eulogy. Departed members named include P. Vitopil Sgt J. M. Kenny J Daly William Hajek F. Valouch C. H. Kelly and Joseph Behr. Miss Sadie Smith of Mobile is visiting W. P. Trant and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
I. E. Warren
J. B. Gleissner
P. Vitopil
J. M. Kenny
J. Daly
William Hajek
F. Valouch
C. H. Kelly
Joseph Behr
Brooklyn Bank Messengers Shot in Brooklyn Heist
Two bank messengers were killed and $43 600 stolen in a spectacular holdup at the 55th Street Station on the West End subway line in Brooklyn. The two victims, William Barlow and William McLaughlin of Brooklyn, were delivering money to another bank when bandits fired and fled in an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
55Th Street
West End
Brooklyn
William Barlow
William McLaughlin
Frenzied Financier Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison
Joseph Marcina once a Boston barber rose to a banker and faced many financial troubles across the county. He pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the misapplication of 200000 dollars from the First National Bank of Warren Massachusetts last February and was sentenced to four years and three months in Atlanta Federal Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Joseph Marcina
Barber
Federal
Atlanta
Federal District Court
First National Bank of
Warren
Mass
Bryan visitors report progress at Carlos well in Grimes county
A group from Bryan led by J. E. Covey and J. D. Martin visited the Carlos well in Grimes county and found crew actions moving fast to prepare derricks for drilling three additional wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Carlos
Grimes County
J. E. Covey
W. S. Higgs
J. D. Martin
John Conlee
M. E. Wallace
D. L Wilson
H. O. Ferguson
J. F. Brown
Kay Hassell
E. E. McAdams
Baylor and Texas Battle to 7 7 Tie in Cotton Palace Battle
In Waco Texas on Saturday November 12 the Texas Longhorns and Baylor Bears played a brilliant offensive game seen at the Cotton Palace Field with a 7 to 7 tie before about 15000. Big Joe Ward of Texas starred scoring a two yard TD with Robbie Robertson kicking the extra point after Baylor briefly rallied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
Cotton Palace Field
Texas Longhorns
Baylor Bears
Longhorns
Big Joe Ward
Longhorn Pride
Ft. Worth
Longhorn
Robbie Robertson
Baylor
Bryan Folks Attend Old Settler's Day at Steep Hollow
Bryan residents joined the Old Settler's Day celebration at Steep Hollow church on Sunday. Attendees included J. C. Cloud and family, Martha Martin, A. J. Buchanan and others, with Rev. J. M. Bullock and Dr. Gee among listed participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Steep Hollow
J. C. Cloud
T. A. Cloud
J. D. Martin
J. C. Williams
Martha Martin
A. J. Buchanan
J. Sidney Smith
R. R. Ellis
D. D. Jolly
Allen Academy preps after loss to Aggie Freshmen
Allen Academy resumes intense practice after a defeat by the Aggie Freshmen last Monday. Grandy "Grandma" Vance breaks a hand and misses the Houston High game but may suit up for the San Marcos Academy finale on November 28. Houston High earns praise as a top passing machine with a triple pass system challenging Allen's defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aggie
Allen
Houston High School
Grandma” Vance
Houston High
San Marcos Academy
Hudson
Baskin
Houston
Chautauqua Comes to Bryan in April
Arrangements for a chautauqua and lyceum were made after a contract between the Rotary Club and the Woman's Club of Bryan and the Ellison-White Chautauqua and Lyceum Bureau. The two clubs guarantee $1950 to the bureau. The course will begin in April with W. S. Barron and Mrs. W. B. Cline signing for their groups and Sidney Kring of Beeville acting for the bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Lyceum
Rotary Club
Woman's Club of
Bryan
Ellison- White Chautauqua and Lyceum Bureau
W. S. Barron
Rotary
W. B. Cline
Woman’s Club
Sidney Kring
Beeville
Bureau
Copy of two ancient newspapers noted by Mrs Steubenrauch
Ben Marwill reports Rosa Steubenrauch owns a Boston Journal from March 12 1770 and a Vicksburg Daily Citizen from July 2 1863 printed on wallpaper back, rare surviving copies. Mrs Rudhti visits Kosse relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Marwill
Rosa Steubenrauch
Boston Journal
Fox Taken for Alienist Examination After Coburn Killing
Philip E. Fox Ku Klux Klan publicity man shot and killed W. S. Coburn, attorney for the Simmons faction, and was hospitalised in Fulton county for alienist evaluation. Fox complained of nervousness and claimed little sleep. Branch and Howard to aid Coburn’s relatives in prosecution. former Gov. Dorsey and Frank Hooper named as Fox defenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Philip E. Fox
Ku Klux Klan
W. S. Coburn
Simmons
Fulton County
Linton Smith
Fox
Branch and Howard
Coburn
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Pate
Assembly OF Baptists
Magnolia Petroleum CO
Bryan Reading Club
Gm D. A. R
Mak
Wavasota
Sikorski
C. S. Warren
G. V. Forrester
Louis J. Worthan
Mei Ee
Rae Oh
Sadie Smith
Mobile
Ala
W. P. Trant
Brooklyn Bank
Bryanites
Brilliant
Chautaqua
Branch
Howard
Hugh Dorsey
Frank Hooper
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