Diversification urged for Brazos county crops to aid college
The Bryan Weekly Eagle argues Brazos county should diversify beyond cotton with guidance from Texas A M College. It promotes growing oats wheat sorghum peanuts beans peas sweet and Irish potatoes sugar cane and livestock, backed by local banks, curing plants, and warehouse storage to keep wealth local and support the college.
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Kansas
M. Collge
Brazos County
Bryan
California
Lost dog sought by Judge and local events brighten town
The Judge pursued a missing dog found by friends at Wellborn and sent home. The community plans a Methodist church baby show next Friday. Ed Sims misses town with his hook and ladder team. his building burned on Christmas trip to Arkansas. Mrs. Lillie Wiggins returns home after illness with sister Mrs. Nunn. Several residents travel or visit Arkansas and Houston. A petition exceeds required names for a county election on a corporation question. A Nagasaki Christmas card arrives for Mrs Cavitt from T. D. Griffin aboard the Charleston. The First National Bank quips about bond profits in Bryan. Mrs. Calhoun hosts a refined party with literary contest and prize gifts attended by many locals.
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Ed Sims
Arkansas
What Eagle Files Tell of Other Days
A historical list mentions individuals such as Mars, Cole, Walker, Harts, Carnes, Carr, Shepard, Coulter, Smith, Thomas, Gordon, Lew Pence, Gainer, Wil Derden, Wie Marry Jetkine, Wilson, and Col. H.C. Rhodes, alongside a note about an organization and depot references from a bygone period. The fragment references a train depot, a gathering or event, and names connected to early community activity.
Bryan addition sales and cattle run at range in city
Late in Ooh A CL Mis addition to Bryan buyers purchase seventeen lots and Mr NB Cole plans a handsome residence. Mrs W W Hanpway moves into a new Bryan residence. Following the polls demand cattle and horses run at range in the city. Bryan residents joined excursion rates to Houston with H G Rhodes J B Mooring M C Arm among those listed.
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Bryan
NB. Cole
W. W. Hanpway
Houston
H. G. Rhodes
Mooring
M. C. Arm
Local incidents stir town with fires thefts and dances
Town residents report incendiary fires and housebreaking amid a rash of strange intrusions. The scene includes a Friday night dance at Mrs Chas Scotland's with W Holman’s band and cream cake afterward. Judges and clerks for the city election are named. a dog was stolen from Judge Gainer last week.
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Evi Guers
Negro Draft Evasion Report From Camp Travis
Ernest Hinson a negro from Brazos County is listed in the drafted army at Camp Travis. Local boards say they did not know how he arrived and Army officers requested his record along with another man whose papers seem lost. Hinson’s order number is 506 while the last training camp number was 362.
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Daily Eagle
Ernest Hinson
Brazos County
Camp Travis
Hinson
Texas Women Tools in Hun Plots Stir Fears of German Influence
John R. Babcock, director of the federal food conservation campaign, warned that some Texas women may be swayed by pro German socialists. Dallas has signed 15,711 pledge cards with the district reaching 123,010, while Texas lags behind states like Iowa which has signed about ninety percent of its quota.
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Texas
Germany
John R. Babcock
Federal Food Conservation Campaign
Dallas
Babcock
Iowa
Austin Aviation School Enlarged Plans
Austin Texas November 15 Plans to enlarge the government aviation school here to at least 1,000 students are nearing completion A new $100 000 building will be erected and more ground is being acquired An inspection by Major General O B Aquier head of the signal service praised the progress of the plans the school now houses 400 students
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Austin
Texas
O. B. Aquier
United States Signal Service
Timberland owners offer 1000 cords of wood at 2 1 2c per cord
Hempstead Texas November 15 owners of timber land near Hempstead offer to the secretary of the Hempstead business league 1000 cords of wood on the stump at 2 1 2 cents per cord. The timber is not offered to a speculator but to relieve the fuel shortage. The secretary says he could obtain more if needed.
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Hempstead
Texas
The
Hempstead Business League
League
County Attorney Urges Strict Enforcement of Sunday Laws in Brazos
The Brazos County Attorney Lamar Bethea warns residents that Texas Sunday laws will be strictly enforced in Bryan and Brazos County. He cites Articles 299 to 303 detailing penalties for labor or open business on Sunday and calls for citizen cooperation to close all businesses by November 25, 1917.
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Brazos County
Texas
Bryan
United States
A. D
Lamar Bethea
Texas offer to lease iron ore beds near Cass county
Capitalists of Texas plan to offer Governor Hobby and the penitentiary commission a lease or sale of iron ore beds in Cass and neighboring east Texas counties. The proposal includes the Rusk Iron Furnace, idle after convict labor, valued around 100000 dollars. The legislative resolution authorized the governor and prison commission to pursue disposal of the property. Millions of tons of ore are said to exist and could be made into pig iron and related products.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Hobby
Penitentiary Commission
Cass
Polish Laborers Held As Slaves by Germans
Copenhagen reports show Polish workers in Germany living in semi slavery. An advertisement in Deutsche Tages Zeitung offers to swap 50 Polish laborers for an equal number of others, 20 men and 30 girls. The Polish council of regency demands better treatment for Polish workers, whether trapped in Germany by war or recruited from occupied Russian Poland.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Polish Council of Regency
Poland
14 062 Bales Cotton Ginned in Brazos County
George Chance reports from Brazos county with data from Washington that 14 062 bales of cotton were ginned in 1917 prior to November 1, counting round half bales, versus 24 825 bales ginned by November 1, 1916.
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Daily Eagle
George Chance
Brazos County
Department of Commerce
Washington
Bonds Registered During Fiscal Year 1917
Austin reports 17,797,897 of bonds registered for the year ending August 31 1917 a drop of 4 476 180 from the prior year. City bonds led the decrease with 8 066 267 while county and school districts also issued bonds. Independent districts issued 79 and common districts 405.
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Associated Press
Austin
Comptroller’s Office Department
State Comptroller
Borozone Antiseptic Promoted For Immediate Wound Care
Surgeons note first treatment matters. Prompt use of Borozone as an antiseptic prevents infection and promotes healing in cuts burns and wounds for humans or animals. Available in 25c 50c 1.00 1.50 prices from M H James Adv.
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M. H. James
Adv
Max Eastman Indicted in Espionage Act Conspiracy Case
Max Eastman publisher of The Masses monthly magazine indicted by a federal grand jury with six others on charges of conspiracy in violating the espionage act.
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Associated Press
New York
Max Eastman
the Masses
Federal Grand Jury
Five German Submarines Sunk, UK Claims in Commons
London reports Premier Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons that five German submarines were destroyed Saturday. The claim comes as Allied naval actions press on in the submarine war.
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Alated Press
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Cotton Hits Record 28 Cents In Bryan Market
Better grades of cotton sold in Bryan today for 28 cents a pound the first time since 1866 after the Civil War. Middling spots brought 27 1/2 cents, futures closed about 15 points higher. Cottonseed valued at 370 a ton.
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Daily Eagle
Bryan
Ad for Herbine bowel regulator by M H James
An 19th century advertisement touts Herbine as a bowel regulator aiding digestion with added liver and stomach support. It promises strength and buoyancy and lists a price of 50 cents sold by M H James, Adv.
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M. H. James
Two Americans Wounded in War Action Report
General Pershing informed the War Department that two American soldiers were killed in action on November 13. Three were severely wounded and three slightly wounded. Among the lightly wounded were Privates Chester Johnson of Forest Hill Louisiana and Robert Redd of Burneyville Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Pershing
War Department Today
Chester Johnson
Forest Hill
Robert Redd
Burneyville
Okla
Ring 42 and G D Tucker Feed Sale
Ring 42 and G. D. Tucker advertise a cash sale offering all kinds of feed at cheap prices for quick purchase.
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G. D. Tucker
King G. D. Tucker Sells Feed for Less
King G. D. Tucker advertises all kinds of feed offered at lower prices. The note implies affordable livestock feed options with a simple sales pitch.
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G. D. Tucker
Lesa
Losses in Peck Five Friday Afternoon
A house of Sam B. Wilson, occupied by R. L. Peck and family, partially burned yesterday. The upper floor was ruined, most clothing lost, and the daughter lost all clothing she possessed. Mr. Peck had no insurance as the city struggles with hose inventory and maintenance.
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Daily Eagle
Sam B. Wilson
R. L. Peck
Mr. Peck
Ballards Snow Liniment for Neuralgia Relief
Advertises Ballards Snow Liniment as a powerful remedy for neuralgia of the face, shoulder, hands, or feet. Rubbed into the painful area to relieve suffering and restore normal conditions. Prices 25¢ 50¢ and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by M. H. James. Ady.
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M. H. James. Ady
Farmer Hit Hard by Penalty for Hop Cultivation Act
Alfred White, a Maidstone farmer, faced the severest penalty yet for violating farm cultivation acts. He was ordered to halve his hops acreage but refused, hoping to profit $50,000. The court fined $1,000, forfeited all hops, and sentenced him to two months in prison.
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London
Alfred White
Maidstone
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Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Wellborn
Lillie Wiggins
T. C. Nunn
Hearne
Burt Norwood
Tyler Haswell
H. Webb
Ed Crenshaw
Hondo City
Julia Wipprecht
Elizabeth
J. W. Cavitt
Nagasaki
Japan
T. D. Griffin
Charleston
First National Bank
New York World
B. A. Calhoun
Pearl Turner
Terrell
Eva Webb
Minden
Maude Howell
P.S. Tilson
College
Miss Turner
Shepard
Carnes
Parker
Taliaferro
Clothier
Howell
McKenzie
Clarke
West
Cole
Finley
Messrs
Norwood
Bain
Jones
Tilson
Law
Emmerson
Coulter
Cairn
Gaither
Eagle Files
Bryan Kad
Sound of Trade
Susie Wy
Pete
BR. R. Knowles
T. P. Boyett
Charles Veemiovsky
C. L. McCoy
W. R. Johnson
B. A. Smith
W. P. Carneal
Lena Hartman
Mabel Foster
Exchange
Prof. Minter
John M. Caldwell
Chloe Taliaferro
Georgetown
W. \. Taliaferro
Col. J. G. Anderson
R. J. Ford
Geo. W. Norrell
John 8. Williamson
Rhodes
John M, Lawrence
A.M. Whldrop
Marshall Dansby
Judge Gainer
Austin Aviation School Enlarged
Bethea
CTS Yong
Castoria
Peck
POST
Amercen
Deestur
New
Orieane
Conservation Division
Food Administration
Dr. Price
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