Prohibition Election Contested in County Court
B H Knox and Joe Groginski filed a petition in district court to contest the October prohibition election. They allege illegal voting conditions including insufficient polling places and marked ballots, coercion at College and Millican precincts, improper notice, and potential denial of legal voters. The filing was served Friday and the contest will be addressed at the February term. saloon closures remain on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Knox
Joe Groginski
W. B. Hudson
Commissioners Court
Millican
College Station
Harvey
Tabor
Edge
Prohibition
Prohibition Party
Ownner
Morehead
Lamar Bethea
Bethea
Big Auto Numbers Cannot be Supplied
Austin Texas Nov 15 due to federal seizure of steel the Texas highway commission cannot supply license plates for autos with numbers 150 000 or higher Curtis Hancock says deliveries total 138 000 with one more carload expected to reach 150 000 but future shipments depend on steel availability from contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Highway Commission
Curtis Hancock
Bulletin on Smith Hughes Bill Sets Texas Aid Rules
A Texas education department bulletin explains federal aid under the Smith Hughes Act now in effect for vocational agriculture. Texas will receive 1,798,615 dollars over ten years for salaries of teachers supervisors and directors of agricultural subjects and for teacher training in industrial and home economics. Local boards must apply in regular session using forms from the state board of vocational education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Congress
State Department of Education
Board of Control
State Board of Vocational Education
Captain Martin Lectured on War at Bryan Baptist
Commandant Martin of A. and M. College spoke on trench life and early fighting with Canadian troops. He praised Allied soldiers for stamina and courage, attacked German tactics, and cited Verdun as turning point favoring the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Eagle
Martin
A. and M. College
Bryan Baptist Academy
Teutons
Russia
Verdun
State Board to Review Rural School Aid Applications
Austin Nov. 15 The state board of education will act on hundreds of rural school aid applications under a 2 million dollar appropriation. One million dollars is currently available for distribution, with over 2000 country schools expected to benefit. Rural supervisors L. L. Pugh and L. T. Cunningham recently toured the state inspecting qualifying schools. The new law has looser requirements than the initial aid statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
L. L. Pugh
L. T. Cunningham
Locals and Visitors Came to Bryan on Friday Day
A Bryan Friday roundup lists shoppers and visitors from Cottonwood Madison county Steep Hollow Harvey Kurten Rock Prairie Reliance Wellborn Tabor Iola Grimes county and Normangee. Notables include J M Cook I L Rains J H Walton and many couples. J M Sykes suffered injury while at work with the Houston and Texas Central railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Eagle
J. R. Williams
Amos Willams
J. H. Walton
T. J. Hicks
Jas. Fulberg
Ollie Buckhauks
Willie McMahan
Bryan
Cottonwood
Madison County
J. M. Cook
Steep Hollow
I. L. Rains
Will Rains
Harvey
Tom Wiless
Edge Jim Tobias
Kurten
P. H. Arrington
Millican
J. Gi. Carroll
Rock Prairie
C. Morgan
Reliance
M. B. Easters
John Yeager
C. A. Robinson
Joe Roberts
Wellborn
Gladys Broach
Tabor
Tom McCallum
Oscar Hall
Normangee
Frank Fickey
Cedar Creek
A. W. Shelton
Eagle
J. M
W. L. Sykes
Benchley
J. M. Sykes
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Wiley Coulson
Iola
Grimes County
W. H. Morgan
J. C. Gloud
T. B. Smith
Home guards urged statewide as war mobilizes Texas
San Antonio November 14 bulletin from secretary J F Carl urges county commissioners to organize home guards across Texas. The note accompanies Texas law Senate Bill No 8 authorizing counties cities and towns to form guards and fund arms and ammunition. Guards subject to sheriff orders and may drill and wear approved uniforms while on duty. The act suspends three-reading rule and takes effect after adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
J. F. Carl
State Council of Defense
State Board
J. R. Astin
Texas
Organization of Home Guards
Commissioners Courts
Commissioners Court
United States
United States of America
Congress of the United States
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Conference
Free Conference Committee
Feed for Cash at Ring 42 and G D Tucker
Local ad announces cash sales of various feed types at Ring 42 and G D Tucker. Contact details not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Tucker
E T Graham Dies at 82 After Long Texas Life
Rock Prairie resident E T Graham died yesterday at 2 35 pm in Brazos county. Born in Mississippi, he moved to Texas in the drought of the 1870s and lived at Harvey then Rock Prairie with son W E and daughter Phoenie. He was an 82 year old Missionary Baptist, funeral at Bethel cemetery at 2 30 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Eagle
E. T. Graham
Rock Prairie
Brazos County
Graham
Drouth
Harvey
W. E
Phoenie Graham
C. H. B. Graham
Mr. Graham
Mississippi
Texas
Missionary Baptist Church
Bethel Cemetery
Indictments Quashed in Ferguson Misuse Cases
Austin, Nov. 17 Indictments in seven Ferguson misapplication cases were quashed by District Judge James S. Hamilton. He refused to quash in two embezzlement and diversion cases. The ruling questions the criminal district court term extension in a habeas corpus hearing in McKay, affecting Ferguson prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Ferguson
James S. Hamilton
Hamilton
Criminal District Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
John McKay
German raid toll revised by Pershing report
Washington reports a revised Pershing tally on the November 3 German raid. Three soldiers killed, eleven wounded, and eleven missing. Earlier figures listed three killed, five wounded, and three missing. Amsterdam papers reproduce photos of the first Americans captured on the western front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pershing
Amsterdam
Bryan native Mrs. Mouzon dies after Dallas death notice
Mrs. E. D. Mouzon died at noon in Dallas after a brief illness. Her sister Mrs. Will Deaton and niece Miss Frances Mike traveled from Bryan to Dallas, with services planned there. Born Mollie Mike in Bryan, she was 46 with six children and leaves a large Bryan family including siblings D. Mike Jr Jim Mike and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Eagle
Dallas
E. D. Mouzon
Will Deaton
Frances Mike
D.mike, Jr
D. Mouzon
Bishop Mouzon
Mouzon
Mollie Mike
Bryan
Bryan High School
D. Mike
Messrs
D. Mike, Jr
Jim Mike
Mike
Ennis
Mattie Scrimshire
Laura Koppe
Houston
R. Stubenraugh
Ruling on Texas Automobile License Fee Clarified
The Texas Highway Commission announced that under the law cars must be registered and a license fee paid for the full six months, regardless of whether the registration occurs now or by December 31. This decision answers widespread questions about six month versus year long periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Highway Commission
Commission
No Texas Commissions In New State Guard
The adjutant general announces that no person subject to the selective draft will be eligible for a commission in the new Texas National Guard under War Department authority. Enlisted men are excluded from the rule, and efforts to enlist draft-age men are not planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Adjutant General's Department
Texas National Guard
War Department
Herley
New Guard
Brazos County Awards 27000 Courthouse Repair Warrants
The Brazos County commissioners authorized 27000 in courthouse repair warrants, sold to D E Dunn & Co of Wichita Kansas. The nine year series starts with 1500 due November 15 1918 and grows to 4000 at year nine end. Judge Maloney expects completion by January 1. Millican road district election set for December 20. Monthly bills approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Eagle
Brazos County
Commissioners Court
Ferguson
D. E. Dunn & Co
Wichita
Kans
Maloney
Millican Road
Grain supply changes in New York markets
The visible supply of American and bonded grain on November 20 shows wheat up 1,934,000 bushels, corn up 434,000 bushels, oats down 78,000 bushels, rye up 226,000 bushels, and barley down 855,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alien Enemies Must Register and Restrict Travel
President Wilson issues proclamation requiring all alien enemies to register and obtain travel permits. Enemies may not travel by water within the United States except on public ferries and are barred from air travel, Panama Canal Zone entry, or approaching water fronts and docks. Germans only are affected, with further limits on residence in the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Germany
United States
Panama Canal Zone
District of Columbia
Lard Smuggling Ring Busted at Brownsville Ri o Grande
Over fifteen hundred pounds of lard were seized on the Rio Grande bank near Brownsville by U S customs inspectors. Jose Zamora, a drayman, was arrested. The smuggling stems from the acute food shortage in Matamoros and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Texas
Rio Grande
Jose Zamora
Matamoros
Last of surplus wheat shipped to Europe in 1917
Chicago reports that the United States has shipped all surplus wheat to Europe and cannot ship more until the 1918 harvest. Harry A. Wheeler says only what is saved for ordinary consumption remains, following talks with Herbert Hoover and state administrators. A wheatless meal may be ordered to supplement the existing wheatless day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Europe
Harry A. Wheeler
Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Physicians Praise Hobo Kidney Remedy in Advertising
Retired Lake Charles physician Dr. B J Lyons endorses Hobo Kidney and Bladder Remedy after treating his wife for three years. He reports her complete and permanent cure after ten bottles and urges readers to request a free booklet with sworn statements from Hobo Medicine Manufacturing Co in Singer Louisiana via M H James Bryan Texas Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Lyons
Lake Charles
Bright
Hobo Medicine Manufacturing Co
Singer, la
M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
Rioting in Berlin as police clash with mobs
Reports from Amsterdam relay severe street fighting in Berlin last Sunday. Police used firearms against demonstrators while rioters employed rifles knives and revolvers amid a heavy casualty list and a seizure of press details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Berlin
Amsterdam
Spanish Moss Feed for Cattle in Texas
Spanish moss is in demand as stock feed with orders from Llano to ship several carloads for starving cattle on the breath stricken range. The supply in the county is practically unlimited and many farmers are using it to feed their stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Llano
Congressmen Narrowly Escape Machine Gun Fire at front
Five American congressmen and two private citizens touring the Belgian front were caught in German machine gun fire near Dixmude while inspecting trenches. The group included Congressmen Dill Washington Timberlake Colorado Miller Washington Johnson Washington and former Representative Stout Montana. The incident occurred as British forces advanced near Paschendaele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Pelgian
Dixmude
Dill
Washington
Timberlake
Colorado
Miller
Johnson
Stout
Montana
Ringe
Pas Chendaele
Rain in Panhandle refreshes stock water in drought lands
Fort Worth reports rain across west Texas including the Panhandle where the heaviest showers came too late to save winter pasture but may improve stock water supplies amid the drought. Other areas noted soaking rain aiding livestock needs and pasture prospects despite delayed timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Drouth
West Texas
Panhandle
Community News From Tabor Texas November Update
The Tabor area reports a shower Saturday night. Rev. Charles Bullock of Bryan preached at Cottonwood Sunday morning. Local socials include Misses Lois Julia Wilcox visiting Maggie Susie Benbow and Aline Elliott with Donie Newland and Rae Elliott hosting. Mr and Mrs T J Abbott move to Mart, wishing them well. J L Sample hosted a Saturday night gathering. Albert McCallum bought a new Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor
Texas
Charles Bullock
Bryan
Cottonwood
Lois
Julia Wilcox
Maggie
Susie Benbow
Aline Elliott
Donie Newland
Marvin Elliott
Rae Elliott
T. J. Abbott
Mart
J. L. Sample
Albert McCallum
Local Births Report Three New Babies in Texas Towns
Birth notices list three newborn boys. Joseph Michael Berger born November 12, 1917 to Mr and Mrs Joseph Berger at Kurten. William Nathan Powers born November 19, 1917 to Mr and Mrs C B Powers at Steep Hollow. A boy named James or James Parsons born November 5, 1917 to Mr and Mrs James G Parsons at Millican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Berger
Kurten
Joseph Michael Berger
James G. Parsons
Millican
C. B. Powers
Steep Hollow
William Nathan
Real Estate Transfers List
T. F. Carson and wife transfer 39.33 acres of J. E Scott league to B. Youngblood and wife for 2000 dollars. M. T. Weaver and wife transfer lots 5 and 6 in H. R. Cavitt subdivision to G. W. Orms for 5000 dollars. Mrs. Lula Watson and husband transfer lot 6 block 1 Watson Addition to Bryan to C. H. Green for 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Young Blood
M. T. Weaver
G. W. Orms
H. R. Cavitt
Lula Watson
C. H. Green
Watson
Bryan
For Sale Pigs and Grocery Business in Bryan Texas
Registered Duroc Jersey pigs farrowed September 11 best strain of hogs in Texas. See J. O. Thomas R F D No 4 Bryan Texas. 174pd For Sale Half interest in modern grocery profitable business. Part cash and good paper. address CC C care Eagle tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
J. O. Thomas
Bryan
CC. C
Care Eagle
Deputy Sheriff Endorses Tanlac After Long Suffering
J D Patton a Oklahoma deputy sheriff and farmer credits Tanlac with curing years of rheumatism indigestion and liver trouble. He reports renewed appetite weight gain and deep sleep after three bottles and notes his wife also bought a bottle. Tanlac advertised with local Bryan Wellborn Edge Allen Farm and Tabor outlets.
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J. D. Patton
Keeseton
Okla
Rains County
Texas
Patton
Musko
Bryan
N. A Stewart
Wellborn
J. P. Royder
Edge
Moore & Payne
Allenfarm
Terrell Brothers
Tabor
J. K. Presnal
Goeben and Sultan Selim Hit in Gallipoli Air Raid
London dispatch reports a British air raid over Gallipoli and Constantinople struck the former German cruiser Goeben and the Turkish warship Sultan Selim, causing a large explosion and official confirmation of damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gallipoli Peninsula
Constantinople
Goeben
Sultan Seliam
Rhode Island Reds Lead In Egg Contest In Texas
In the first two weeks of the Texas National Egg Laying contest two Rhode Island Red hens each produced 12 eggs. Seventeen hens from several breeds laid eight or more eggs. Owners on the honor roll include Fred Clark Van Horn R B Homan Ysleta N A Lee Seadrift Mrs Laura Terry Copperas Cove R A Penick Stamford W C Pearson Denton and C A Felker R L Poll and C M Evans of Bryan. Pen totals show the first pen with 41 eggs and the second with 36. Competition is strong and the outcome remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
R. N. Harvey
Agricultural Experiment Station
R. B. Homan
Ysleta
N. A. Lee
Seadrift
Laura Terry
Copperras Cove
R. &. Penick
Stamford
W. C. Pearson
Denton
C. A. Felker
R. L. Poll
C. M. Evans
Bryan
Plymouth
Cases Against State Officials Continued
Austin November 19 The cases against John McKay Churchill Bartlett former secretary of state C L Stone former state superintendent of public buildings and grounds and C O Austin commissioner of banking and insurance were continued today until next Monday in criminal district court Judge Hamilton ordered the continuance pending McKay's habeas corpus petition in the criminal court of appeals
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
John McKay
Churchill Bartlett
C. L. Stone
C. O. Austin
Banking and Insurance
Criminal District Court
Hamilton
McKay
Criminal Court of Appeals
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Knox
Groginski
Smith- Hughes
the Smith Drug Co
Castoria
Preas
Ad Department
Tanlac
Rv Associated Press
Rhode Island Reds
Peruna
Elizabeth Reuther
11Th St
N. W
Washington, D. C
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