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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1920
Page
5
The National Farmers' Union plans a nationwide producers strike to curb falling prices for grain cotton wool and livestock. About 00,000 members are invited to stop production or take a farm vacation to pressure costs and stabilize agricultural prices amid rising farm implement and labor costs.
President-Elect Harding urged plain living and honesty as essentials for America’s postwar readjustment. He spoke at the New Orleans Commerce luncheon on unity, cooperation with Latin America, and a stronger industrial south. Also listed is a lost horse mule reward notice in Grant Texas.
The University of Texas announces a demanding 1922 football slate with Vanderbilt in Dallas for the State Fair, and a game against Mississippi A. & M. at Austin. The A. & M. showdown will be at College Station.
J E Lewis reports October at the Y M C A shows high use with an average daily attendance of 400 and total 12 400 for the month. The natatorium housed 1 350 students and 26 other organizations used the building for diverse purposes.
October cotton use totaled 399 837 running bales of lint and 39 137 linters, with October imports 13 825 bales and exports 582 014. Stock on hand and public storage remained high versus last year as mills shut down or cut hours affecting manufacturing, with Wisconsin, Texas and other states showing reduced activity.
Edward T. Devine PhD LL D Columbia University sociology professor and New York School of Philanthropy director will speak next Sunday morning. He led The Survey during WWI and served as American Red Cross commissioner in France and Petrograd special agent in 1916.
One Early Mawn on the tongue with a swallow of water at bed time. Sold on a guarantee by Roman and Vick Drug Store.
James Sullivan of the Athletic Association of A. and M. College said in Bryan that a record breaking Thanksgiving football crowd is expected in Austin for the Aggies versus Longhorns game. Estimates put attendance at 15,000 or more with additional seats secured on the A. and M. side by highway commissioner C. N. Avery.
Bryan High defeat Houston Central High at Kyle Field. Key plays come from Cortemelia Dobrovolny and Dansby with multiple long runs and two 50 yard touchdowns by Dobrovolny. Bryan’s defense halts Houston on downs and intercepts a pass late in the game.
Dallas aviator Lestere Miller plans a test of a new air to air fuel transfer device. He will attempt a nonstop Chicago to Dallas flight in a specially built plane covering about 1240 miles in roughly eleven hours.
Ballinger, Texas, Nov 18. Cotton oil mills burn hulls for fuel due to no demand for hulls and to clear them. Hulls could have brought 20 a ton a year ago. W C Shultz, a Concho County stockman, brought 100 steers for feed last week and plans more as mills fix cheap hulls and meals, attracting feeders.
Mrs L A Fife of Chapel Hill announces the marriage of her daughter Beulah to Mr E H Daniels on Thursday November 11 1921 at the Fife home in Houston Texas The couple will reside in Houston Meanwhile Mrs John T Hanway remains confined to her room with a severe cold and is cared for by her daughter Mrs M L Parker on South College Avenue
In New York on November 18, Bowery Mission leaders announced a new emphasis beyond shelter for destitute men. Prohibition has reduced hard drinkers and opened opportunities to expand educational work and outreach to women and children on the Lower East Side. Christian John Wentz supported the shift, noting the end of the “bum business” and the mission’s broader mission.
Foot Ball Reporter notes Austin High eleven travels to Kyle Field to face Bryan High in a pivotal game for the state title. Coaches Hudson and Wilson drill plays as Bryan High aims to defend its record. Tickets on sale at Brandon and Lawrence. general admission one dollar. box seats one fifty. students and cadets fifty cents.
Cotton futures closed 65 points lower at 2 pm with local middling at 14 1 2 cents. Cotton seed quoted $238 per ton. Warehouse tallies total 14 919 bales across Farmers Union Eden Eden Lawrence. federal official Harvin from Dallas visits Bryan. Rev Brown and wife travel to Austin for a B Y P A Institute and meetings with Dr Campbell.
Porter A. Whaley of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce told Dallas Advertising League members that the group will push state redistricting into senatorial districts at its Ranger convention in January and press for a West Texas A. and M. college with a lobby in Austin starting January 1. The chamber highlighted three years of growth and sent sorghum rain exhibits to fairs. a tie in new-member contests delays the prize. An Advertising League in Wichita Falls was announced.
Paris reports 125000 former workers unemployed as daily dismissals hit metallurgical leather textile and clothing sectors. High prices labor surplus slow purchases and speculator stocks contribute. Limoges shoemakers face large layoffs and 40 percent of clothing workers idle as Roubaix Tourcoing textile sector stumbles. Government cabinet debate seeks solutions while mass meeting at Labor Bureau is planned.
Advertisements urge Bryan farmers to visit local merchants for bar pares and winter goods. H Boatwright and A W Kinnard return from Waco after attending the United Cotton Growers Association state meeting. Eagle reports full Waco meeting coverage.
Fort Worth police report Captain Quincy Burnett in critical condition after a shooting at a drug store soda fountain. Miss Bessie King, the жен shooter and Burnett's former friend, is greatly improved and faces an assault to murder charge. notes found on Miss King reveal a broken engagement and a wish to be buried in crepe de chine if Burnett is spared.
R E Dickson of the Agricultural Experiment Station in Spur Texas leads a large alfalfa selection project. From 16 000 plants of adapted Texas alfalfa, about thirty show outstanding quality and may yield a superior pure line. Seed distribution will follow the breeding cycle and aims for a notable improvement within a couple of years. Plant breeding parallels herd improvement in cattle. The piece also advertises Martin Dale Seed Farms at Lockhart Texas and a cold remedy.
Final plans for the annual UT homecoming reception were announced with ticket sales opening. Gov and Mrs W P Hobby will lead the grand march and Pat Neff has been invited. Complimentary tickets go to Texas A&M football quad and faculty. The event is in the Hall of Representatives and Senate Chamber with dancing from 2 30. An orchestra and campus musical groups entertain in the Senate Chamber for non dancers.
An old line advert promotes Blue Star Eczema Remedy for French Itech eczema ring worm tetter and cracked hands offered with a guarantee by Roman and Vick Drug Store.
The Eagle urges buyers in the Bryan trade territory to shop locally where fall and winter goods are offered at lower prices than wholesale city rates. Bryan merchants defend prices and invite customers to come to Bryan to buy now.
Several members attend the State Federation in San Antonio led by delegate Mrs S C Hoyle. Mrs Hoyle will report next week and urges club members to attend. Mr George A Adams spoke for a cemetery association project to organize locally. The group plans a meeting next Tuesday at 3 30 PM to discuss formation. The Club Reporter notes a surge in Red Cross tuberculosis patient donations, urging participation.
Bryan merchants offer splendid bargains across dry goods clothing shoes and dress goods with prices reduced for local shoppers. The Eagle urges Brazos County residents to read the advertisements and visit Bryan to trade in a first class market environment.
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