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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1916
Page
10
An old style retail notice invites readers to visit and compare prices across dry goods, clothing, shoes, hats, and ladies wear. It claims a single price policy, transparent values, and steady trade, noting purchases made early allow some items to remain at old prices or only slight increases.
In our clothing parlor we offer a complete line of men’s clothes in the newest models and latest weaves at unbeatable prices.
Staples department highlights brown and bleached domestic dress ginghams per cales outings canton flannels mattress tickings shirtings and related goods. Some items at old prices, others with a small price increase.
At Laredo Texas quarantine chief Dr H C Hall directs large scale disinfection using hydrocyanic acid gas and vacuum air to prevent disease spread from immigrants from Mexico. October inspections totaled 63 309 with 3 371 vaccinations, and typhus smallpox dengue and starvation fevers were identified and isolated. A cotton seed grader invented at Eugene Edge promises to improve seed quality for planting in Brazos County handled by Ernest and Marvin Elliott.
A 1916 message from the Bureau of Vital Statistics argues birth registration is essential for labor law enforcement, education, and preventing juvenile crime. It notes thousands of births unregistered in Texas, urges unions, taxpayers, teachers, and mothers to ensure every birth is recorded to protect orphans and combat age-related legal issues.
A fragment from a dialogue shows a character expressing sorrow that a meek animal must die for others while a second speaker acknowledges the unfortunate situation. The terse lines imply a troubled moral moment referenced by two named speakers.
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