Waterway development eyed for Texas and Alabama progress
Gov. Bibb Graves highlights Alabama river navigation and power potential amid 1488 miles of streams with 460 developed. Texas plans Intracoastal Canal work to Corpus Christi and Brownsville, while Brazos River conservation aims to boost barges, power, irrigation, and recreation across the state.
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Mississippi Valley
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Birmingham
Mexico
Newl
Rome
Monte Mobile
Texas
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Hoover
Atlantic
Gulf of New England
Brazos River
Brazos
Way farm town to bef pret tulle ward about chie fas
A fragmented OCR item mentions a farm town and a ward in transit or preparation. Names, dates, or clear actions are unreadable, leaving only scattered references to local geography and governance.
Bryan preps for Thanksgiving classic crowd at Kyle Field
In the run up to the Texas A and M and Texas University game Bryan Texas prepares for a large Thanksgiving crowd. Officials urge cleaning up city hall schools and business fronts to welcome visitors and leave a strong impression of a growing city and its prominent college.
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Bryan
Texas A. & M
Texas University
Longhorns
Aggies
Kyle Field
Texas
City Hall
Bowie
Travis
South
Aggie
Owls
New quasi municipality forms in lusty oil town
Citizens banded into temporary government electing Davenport as city manager Ungerman as city attorney and Dr Wright as health officer Judge Tunnell and others join a governing council. The first action is to hire a firm to dispose of rubbish and trash and to empower the health officer to enforce sanitation rules. Sonny Ward serves as nightwatchman while crime reports are minimal.
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Rapid
D. M. Davenport
Dallas
Harry Ungerman
A. Wright
E.R. Tunnell
B. T. Swift
H. P. Stone
Vermer J. Cole
R. Russell
C. T. Pettus
FE. L. Coted
Tunnel
Sele
Wright
Sonny” Ward
Van
Montgomery Ward plans Bryan branch store signals growth
The Montgomery Ward Company intends to open a Bryan branch, seen as a sign of local growth and future prosperity. The note urges support for regional development and agricultural progress as the area expands with foreign capital investment and new retail sites.
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Montgomery Ward
Bryan
Former Richmond resident injured in auto crash near Spring
Earl Scott, 20, son of Mr and Mrs R E Scott of Richmond formerly lived here, is slowly recovering in a Houston infirmary from injuries in an automobile accident on the Airline Road near Spring about a week ago. He suffered a shoulder injury and head injuries including a brain concussion when a radius rod broke and he lost control of his car.
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Earl Scott
R. E. Scott
Richmond
Houston
Spring
Young Scott
Fire destroys East 17th Street dwelling in early morning blaze
A house on East 17th Street owned by Tom Smith and occupied by Josephine Wilson, both identified, was totally destroyed by fire around 1 am. Some belongings were saved. Officials suspect a defective flue caused the blaze as the alarm continued ringing until City Manager Miller arrived, dressed, and shut off the motor at the station.
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East 17Th Street
Tom Smith
Josephine Wilson
Miller
Lippmann Preface to Morals Featured at Seminar
College Social Science Seminar drew a large audience at the Physics Building as W. H. Thomas discussed Lippmann’s Preface to Morals and its call for humanism and realism. The gathering included lively debate on dogma, ethics, and youth faith, with a radio replay of Pinafore planned for WTAW. A Presbyterian bazaar is set for December 1 with details coming.
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A. & M. College
Liberal Club
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Gas
Plac
Francis Hackett
Abbe Dimmer
Walter Lippmann
Dr. Humbert
United States
Spencer
Samuel Butler
Twenty Five Years Ago in Bryan Morning Eagle Tidbits
A compilation noting W. C. Coleson of Iola visiting town and various items from 1904. Highlights include Yale defeating Princeton 12 to 0, UT beating OU 40 to 10, a forged will case in Oklahoma City, and new Tex A and M Textile Engineering funds. Also quotes Fargo Forum ad manager H. R. Hill on advertising lessons and business cautions about capital, experience, and consistency.
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W. C. Coleson
Iola
Yale
Princeton
Beaumont
San Saba
Masonic
Texas
Oklahoma
University of Texas
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
D. J. Spencer
A. and M. College
H. R. Hill
Fargo
N. Dak.) Forum
Dr. Solomon Accepts Hearne Methodist Pastorship
Dr E W Solomon after 48 years as a pastor will assume charge of Hearne Methodist Church following the Texas conference at Palestine. He studied at Auburn and Southwestern University and holds a D D degree. His son lives in Bryan and Rev J Carroll Cooper leaves Hearne for Park Place Church in Houston. Hearne Democrat.
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Methodist Church
Texas
Palestine
Hearne
Solomon
Alabama
Auburn College
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Bryan
J. Carroll Cooper
Houston
Park Place Church
Hearne Friends
Latest Fiction Found on Shelf Bryan Library
A Bryan Library list details newly found fiction across many authors and publishers. The catalog shows titles from Allenborough to Zweig and includes works by Ford, Wharton, Dorsey, Oppenheim, and many others.
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Bryan Library
Carnegie Library
Allenborough
Aldrich
Peter
Adams
Abbott
Jane
Burroughs
E. R
Tarzan
Africa
Bartlett
Beach
Bowles
Interior backs Ortiz Garza to quell Coahuila tension
The Department of the Interior informed Anti-reelectionist candidate Vito Alessio Robles that the federal government recognizes Nazario Ortiz Garza as the victor in Coahuila and will support his government as the sole legal authority, in response to Robles' plan to form his own legislature.
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Mexico City
Mex
Department of the Interior
Coahuila
Nazario Ortiz Garza
Vito Alessio Robles
Ortiz Garza
Banking in Texas Known Only Under Four Governments
Fort Worth reports on Dr. Avery L. Carlson’s discovery that Texas banking engaged with four governments: Mexican, Texas republic, Confederate, and U S. He notes the first chartered bank began in 1847 at Galveston by Samuel May Williams and Tom F. McKinney.
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Texas
Confederate
U. S
Avery L. Carlson
Texas Christian University
Carlson
Galveston
Samuel May Williams
Stephen F. Austin
Austin
First Texas Bank
Tom F. McKinney
Sam Williams
Quintana
Williams
Mexico
Republic of Texas
Texas National Bank
First National Bank
Houston
San An”ione
Inauguration of Hutchins at University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins, 80, was inaugurated president of the University of Chicago, taking charge of the $90 million institution in the Gothic chapel funded by John D. Rockefeller Jr. The event marks a milestone for the university as Hutchins steps into leadership. A baby girl named Gladys Fay was born to Mr and Mrs Frank Wentreek at 1 30 this morning, drawing local attention to the family. Former County Superintendent J McDonald and Mrs McDonald of Prospect were in Bryan for shopping with local merchants.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Frank Wentreek
Macyommunity
Shiney
Gladys Fay
J. McDonald
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