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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1913
Page
5
Numerous individuals travel to the city from Harvey Edge Cottonwood Reliance Kurten Iola and other nearby communities for shopping business visits and social calls. Several go to Houston for relatives and carnival events while others return home after brief stays.
Daily notes from Bryan record visits and absence of residents to Waco Houston and nearby towns. Various locals travel to concerts carnivals and relatives while others return home after visits. New births are announced and several residents are listed as visiting relatives or attending events in the region.
Residents and out of town guests filled Bryan streets as locals like W D Stallings and Hensarling were noted in town. Many others including Misses Locke and Morgan headed to Houston for the carnival and shopping while Cobb and son Julian visited Hearne.
L B Mendola and Prof Will Lewis visit from Normangee with the Bryan High School football team. Mrs J P Green returns home after visiting Rev and Mrs Finly. Mrs T D Mason and her son go to Houston for relatives and carnival. Baggage man W S Collard sprains wrist at N G N station. Henry James returns from Abilene after visiting Mrs Cc Moore and Mrs Bledsoe. Hugh Foley travels to Houston on business. Mrs M P Goodyear visiting relatives. Ada Burton from Hearne visits Mrs J S Doane. S W Horne and wife go to Houston for the carni. Anna Banks of Denton visits cousin Madeline Hanway. St Andrews Guild to meet at Mrs David Reed's home Monday at 3 pm. Mrs J L Drehr returns home after visiting sister Mrs W R Sanders. Dr C H Brownlee of Hook Worm Commission goes to Corsicana for Navarro County work starting Monday. W N Crenshaw buys P O Trant place in city west part, one acre land and house for 1250 dollars.
A long list of people visits and returns from trips across Texas, with names including N A Cotham Harvey W C Davis Waldrop Presnal Stevens Simmons English and many others from Harvey Wellborn Navasota Kurten Baylor Dallas Houston and College Station. A gold bar pin set with a diamond was lost on the A and W campus Sunday and offers reward for its return to Wilmon Newell College Station Texas.
A flurry of local residents from Harris School House Wellborn Wheelock Calvert Millican and other areas visited Bryan for shopping family visits and trips. Notables include Col A Moore Mayor J W Dormus Jr and Dr Robert Hodges plus attendees at the State Veterinary Association and the County Fair with entrants Will McFerrin P H Arrington from Millican and T B Durst from Richmond.
Several residents visited the city today including Mrs. A G Neely Mrs J H Royder and Mrs R L Garrison all from Wellborn. R M Dansby from near Wellborn Sam Luther from Leonard school community and Mr and Mrs J W Reed from College shopped in town. Laura Koppe of Houston Miss Frances Gillespie of El Paso visiting local residents.
Local market rates show eggs at 25 cents per dozen, butter 25 cents per pound, hens 3 dollars per dozen, fryers 2.50 to 3.00 per dozen, broilers 2.00 per dozen, turkeys 10 cents per pound, cows 4 to 4 1/2 cents per pound, calves 5 cents per pound, steers 5 to 5 1/2 cents per pound, hogs 7 cents per pound, prairie hay 16 dollars per ton, alfalfa 22.50 per ton, oats 55 cents per bushel, and corn at per bushel.
The Commercial Club discusses a $7,000 loan to fund electrification of the railway line with plan to raise $23,000 to $25,000 for power plant and improvements. Gammill has plans ready to proceed, contingent on loan guarantees. Judge Maloney touts a goal of 100 miles of concrete roads at $5,500 per mile, urging club action.
Burglars looted Coulter's store on Main Street between midnight and 1 am. Rev I J Tatum saw a man at the cash register and alerted Deputy Marshall Will Battle. Stolen items include two pairs of shoes a hat several shirts one suit of clothes two coats a suitcase and 225 dollars. No arrests have been made.
Houston news reports Judge Dean upheld L. W. Tittle's title to act as Prison Commissioner and continued the restraint on A. W. Stamps, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate, from entering the post.
The Bryan Commercial Club held a 10 am session with President Major L L Mechnnis and officers present. After debate, members voted to move weekly meetings to 7:30 pm starting next Tuesday and to continue until February 1, then revert to morning meetings in summer as the Bryan Interurban project discussion continued.
Brazos and Grimes County citizens camped near the Nava sota river in Grimes County. Members listed include John Davis T J Tobias J A Tobias D C Buchanan Same Pate Walter Myers Rufe Davis Oscar Davis and others. They killed six deer with Oscar Davis one Rufe Davis three Walter Myers one and T L Tobias one.
A Clarksville teacher reports a handwritten note from a mother claiming she will beat her son Sammy for not learning. The letter warns the teacher to confront the boy with a club when needed and to ignore the father’s pleas. The writer vows to handle the matter herself.
Cadets meet and endorse petition to enforce state laws on white slave traffic. A committee will draft the petition for cadet signatures following Hon. C. G. Roe of Chicago. The drive follows Roe's recent address and its impact on the corps.
Governors of Atlantic Coast States and Congressmen attend the sixth annual Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association meeting in Jacksonville Florida. Discussions will cover national waterways policy and other topics. Also in news Charles F Vopica arrives as new U S minister to Balkan states and will present credentials soon.
The November City Council meeting, chaired by Mayor Harris, saw many citizens seek time to speak. Traffic manager L M Hewit asked for special water rates for the interurban railroads, which was deferred due to limited supply. Extensions to two-inch mains were approved for McCulloch addition residents and Ursuline avenue. tapping fees set at five dollars. The US Government request to extend the sewer to the Federal building site was granted and a sewer connection ordinance passed. A reduction request for block 255 assessment was denied, and water meter purchases and superintendent candidacy were postponed.
Bryan High School football crushed Normangee High 51 to 0 at B B A grounds. Eight touchdowns and three goals capped Bryan’s win as Osborne Pipkin and Wittman starred in a team showing strong interference and long passes. Normangee returned home in buggies and autos after a one sided defeat. The day also carried a note on the fifth National Conservation Congress to address forest and farmland conservation.
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