Responsibility and sacrifice in wartime america editorial
The Bryan Weekly Eagle argues Bolshevik power in Russia poses danger like the I W W. It champions individual responsibility and sacrifice for war effort, urging Americans to contribute through personal duty and Red Cross support rather than idle corporate or religious philanthropy. A Pershing soldier’s letter underscores drill in personal responsibility.
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Boshelviki
Russia
United States
L W. W
Germany
Austro- Hungary
Chicago
Red Cross
Board of Foreign Missions
Pershing
France
Dr. Blank
Jim Jones
Sam Smith
The Ugly Courthouse Tower Opinion Piece
The author critiques a Bryan courthouse tower and its towered clock, arguing for a modern dome in a dignified style. The piece likens the tower to grain elevators and calls the current clock costly and largely valueless as maintenance costs reach 60 dollars yearly.
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Campanile
Bryan
Catholic clergy align with autocracy in Germany
The article states that German Catholic clergy align with autocracy due to the monarchial structure of the Roman church. It notes that in monarchies the church would naturally accept temporal power as right, contrasting American Catholics who respect the pope yet treat him differently from European audiences and compare him to the president in national leadership.
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Germany
United States
Europe
How The Eastham Farm Payment Prompts Inquiry
Howell Mayes tax collector for Waller county testified before the investigating committee that the state paid Eastham farm owners 50000 more than their asking price. He received 14500 as a personal gift. the whereabouts of the remaining excess are unclear. Governor Ferguson defended the purchase and may offer illumination on the funds trail.
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Howell Mayes
Waller County
Eastham Farm
Ferguson
Novel entertainment and local news from Hearne area
An upcoming grand opera house show features twelve white and twelve red dressed ladies playing a large checkerboard game with two men as players. The Galveston News notes Bryan water company charter filed with $20,000 stock. Also reports include marriages, visits, returns, parish notices, and local movements around Hearne and College.
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Grand Opera House
Hearne
Austin
Galveston News of
Bryan Water, Ice, Light and Power Company
J. N. Cole
W. E. Saunders
Geo. W. Smith
Barn Fire Ravages Little Farm Bleeding Loss to Hikes
A Thursday night blaze destroyed the big barn and its feed at the Little farm occupied by Mr. Hikes. The conflagration consumed two tons of peanut hay, three tons of sorghum hay, 125 bushels of corn, cottonseed meal, and harness. a wagon was dragged from the flames. No insurance leaves Hikes in dire financial straits amid neighbor sympathy.
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Daily Eagle
Hikes
Mr. Hikes
McFarland Defends Uncle Sam's Uniform in Surprise Fight
In Waco on November 19 Packy McFarland emerged from anonymity to spar with F B Cole at a boxing event attended by Camp MacArthur soldiers. The bout, slated as exhibition, became a crowd-pleasing clash when McFarland, a trainer at Camp McArthur, revealed himself after Cole boasted he could beat any man in uniform.
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Waco
F. B. Cole
Camp MacArthur
Cole
McFarland
The World's Duty to Italy
Arthur Brisbane argues the United States must aid Italy in World War I as Italy has blocked Austrian forces and protected France and England. He urges immediate delivery of food ammunition guns and money, warns that failure risks German victory and a separate peace with Italy.
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United States
England
Italy
Germany
Austria
France
America
Leibach
Prussia
Verdun
Piedmont
Lombardy
Napoleon
New York
Crippled Soldiers Used Report From Cambrai Front
British Army in France reports Germans drawing troops to Cambrai region. Two companies of cripples and convalescents were among those rushed to the front. Some were captured exhausted and helpless from efforts under officers whips.
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France
Navy
Cambrai
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure and Reward
Readers are told catarrh is curable in all stages through constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and works via the blood to mucous surfaces, claimed to cure by strengthening constitution. Proprietors offer a hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Bryan
BR. J. Jenkins
M. H. James
N. A. Stewart
Farm Bookkeeping Urged At Tabor Club
A Tabor Community Welfare club program highlighted farm bookkeeping and conservation. Miss Mary Locke urged keeping farm accounts to credit gains and charges. Mrs. Sample discussed poultry care and egg production. Mr. Green reviewed Northwest Territory conservation and food security. R B Ewing emphasized home life and libraries for youth. Orms, Hadley, Peteet, and Eberstadt spoke on war time farming, community centers, and interdependence of town and country. Music by Carter and Miss Broach closed the event.
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Daily Eagle
Tabor
Mary Locke
J. L. Sample
Sample
Green
Alexandria
Northwest Territory
R. B. Ewing
Ewing
Orms
Hadley
Bryan
Walton Peteet
Tabor Club
Peteet
S. E. Eberstadt
Brazos County
Benson
H. L. McKnight
Gillespie
Manning
Carter
Lawyers Called on to Aid Exemption Boards
Austin November 22. A central legal advisory committee appointed by the Governor at President Wilsons request plans Texas mobilization of lawyers to assist registrants in filling out questionnaires. The Governor names permanent committees of three lawyers in each exemption board community to ensure access to competent counsel at no cost to the registrant.
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Austin
Central Legal Advisory Committee
Wilson
Texas
Catholics Side With German Autocracy
Official German radio statement from Nauen says German Catholic clergy back the ruling house and monarchic constitution. Bishops will read a pastoral letter defending the throne against external and internal threats and rejecting the sovereignty of the people as unequal and prone to servitude.
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Washington
Nauen
Germany
Coal Operators Warned Over Government Price Controls
Washington November 24 The fuel administrator Garfield warned Michigan coal operators that the government will seize and run their mines if they refuse to sell coal at government fixed prices The notice also mentions a request to rural trustees to dismiss teachers so they may attend the state teachers meeting at Waco November 29 30 and December 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
Garfield
Michigan
Doughty
Waco
William L. Powers
Your Rheumatism Can Be Relieved
Advertises Anti- Rheumatic with relief claims. States bottles sold 50c and 1.00 at Emmel's Drug Store.
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Emmel’s Drug Store
Los Angeles Votes for Saloon Elimination in 1918 Plan
Practically complete returns from Tuesday's election show Los Angeles favored eliminating saloons and restricting liquor by about 20,000. The initiative ordinance, effective after March 31, 1918, would make the city the largest in the nation without saloons.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States
YMCA Fund Surpasses Fifty Million With New Total
Final official returns announced at noon show the YMCA fund reaching 50,153,054 dollars, surpassing the 35 million goal by 15,153,054 dollars in New York.
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New York
King G D Tucker Feeds Supply Brief
Local notice notes King G D Tucker offering various feeds for sale. Details are unclear in the fragment, with references to pricing and availability not fully readable.
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