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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1913
Page
4
The Bryan Eagle announces subscription price set at 1.00 per year with publication dayThursday October 2 1913 and postal matter details for Bryan Texas readers.
Editorials clash over a new tariff bill promising free raw materials. Bryan Eagle warns it could force producers to lower prices, while Texas Republic questions how modest duties would help ranchers and cotton workers. Democrats unite behind the platform despite disagreements.
A Kansas paper reports extreme drought across Kansas and Texas with rivers and creeks dry. Cattle survive on evaporated grass for six weeks as alfalfa and crops suffer from intense heat and wind. The piece mocks the idea of rain and notes widespread water scarcity and agricultural hardship.
The prose and verse penned by Harry Kendall Thaw in Matteawan last December include lines about Broadway and debts of sin and a political scene where Speaker Champ Clark defends tariff policies. The report also notes Senators Morris and McNealus proposing steep income taxes on large fortunes.
A fragment questions Comptroller Jame’s demand for revination of birth of clerk Charles B. White and notes his announced candidacy for Comptroller at the election. It compares White’s bid to W P Lane’s gubernatorial run, implying both seek high office.
The article notes the global anticipation for the Panama Canal completion. It predicts passage for small vessels by October 10 and full opening for world shipping by December, marking a landmark achievement in world history.
The Dallas Democrat argues that only a real practical scientific farmer should head state agricultural departments. Politicians often fill roles, leaving capable farmers without time for politics or political debts. Such leaders would not participate in political maneuvering or be available when jobs are distributed.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram column Cracks at the Craft by Claude Callan has drawn wide praise and elevated the paper's profile, becoming a daily read for craft enthusiasts across the state.
The excerpt contrasts a congressman-at-large with a fugitive, noting the official role entails a fat salary and a state certificate. It cites Bonham Favorite and the Houston Post to frame the joking distinction between loyalty, pay, and peacetime duty in political life.
Coach Moran baseball? Actually football. Sixty men answer Moran appeal for A and M College squad. By week end thinning begins, first game October 10 vs Trinity Waxahachie at Kyle Field. Average weight to reach 175, rising to 180-185 midseason. Schedule includes Kansas, Mississippi, Haskell, Oklahoma, LSU. Texas teams all at College Station. Season tickets priced 2.50. R J Potts elected general manager. Hadyn P Mayers student manager. W G Beasley captain.
Congressman Eagle informs the Mayor that the federal building for Navasota won’t be erected for three years. He notes Bryan’s building also stalled after three years. Washington announces the Bryan contract will be let this November, offering a hopeful contrast to delays and a likely Thanksgiving timing.
Phillips Brooks urged gratitude for daily work and the obligation to do one’s best. He argued that being forced to labor—whether welcome or not—develops virtues that the idle cannot know.
An Oklahoma young man wooed a engaged woman and killed her first lover to gain her, a crime that shone bright as decisive, yet twenty years in the penitentiary for murder in the second degree reveals the remedy was unwise.
A literary reflection notes street cars in Jerusalem and electric lights in Constantinople signaling civilization's reach. The piece comments on progress and its relentless march, hinting that golf and bridges will follow as civilization grinds forward.
The article argues that becoming a multi millionaire invites misery and worry and notes the inheritance tax on the late J. P. Morgans fortune was two and a half million dollars, a levy said to cause intense anxiety.
The Houston Post argues for emphasizing agricultural cultivation in schools rather than public speaking. It notes teachers may manage this but warns it will be uphill, contrasting it with farmers producing cotton and W. J. Bryan delivering lectures to suggest oratory lags in appeal to youth.
A brief note to Colonel Green of the Tyler Courier Times and Ed Blackshear of the Navasota Examiner announces rapid growth in the turnip patch and signals a forthcoming shipment of produce in a few days.
A rural saying extols bumper crops and fat hogs while praising ripe possums as part of a jubilant life view. The remark hints at a simple, contented rural life and a celebration of seasonal abundance.
The young men of Bryan not in school this year have formed a football team to play adjoining towns and those representing local schools. The squad includes Joe Spell, Tom Evans, Harry Johnson, Hart Johnson, Carroll Harris, Roy Roberts, Herbert Preston, Roland Nunn, Pack White, and Marshall Bullock.
Edgar Buchanan Douglass Houston and Eugene Driver are among those invited to try out for the team. Everyone desiring to make the squad will be given a trial and practice sessions will begin in a few days.
Mrs. Bettie Bullock of Catron Kentucky recounts a distressing letter about a husband who rescued his wife. The piece mentions correspondence with Chattanooga Medicine Co and offers a 64 page home treatment book for women along with special instructions.
The Eagle urges readers to plan early for Christmas by helping a needy child or two. The message promises personal joy as the children's eyes brighten at gift giving, making the season truly happiest.
The article notes Gen. Porfirio Diaz has been recalled to Mexico. It questions his youth of four years and suggests he may refuse the call, preferring to stay abroad and end his days in peace and quietude.
The report notes that Federals chasing rebels in Mexico face risk of overstepping and being captured or shot themselves, a warning drawn from past incidents where pursuit exceeded prudent bounds.
A conversation about whether fishing proves deceitfulness rages through several adages. Quotations from Bokchito Oklahoma, Greenville Herald, and Houston Post debate if liars fish and whether fishing tips into character, concluding it may distort perceptions rather than define honesty.
On Tuesday Roland Garros crossed the Mediterranean in a nonstop 600 mile flight. A London aviator meanwhile carried seven passengers in an “aero bus” for seventeen minutes. Despite such feats some doubt air navigation can be perfected.
A medical authority argues daily garlic consumption could extend life. The Tyler Courier-Times notes a poetic alternative suggesting fatalistic acceptance if fate forces daily garlic, referencing the silver cord and divine vessels.
The cotton crop is short in Brazos County but high prices may lift returns to last year levels. Farmers could gain more by growing less cotton and focusing on stock, feed crops, and diversified production for more time and income.
Poetic quatrain urging balance between hope and hustle. A speaker warns some men overdo comfort and underdo effort, contrasting luck with labor and encouraging steady striving.
A reader notes that taste and law clash as Texas imposes many restrictions making a certain article difficult to locate for those seeking to sample rules. The remark references Thomas Jefferson and questions legal control over taste.
New York figures Judge Alton B Parker and William Travers Jerome head major prosecutions in the Sulzer impeachment and the Thaw case respectively. The piece notes little regret if either loses their high profile positions in these pivotal trials.
Claude Callen suggests men abandon neighbor schemes and instead focus on deceiving their wives as a remedy for divorce evil in a Fort Worth Star Telegram piece.
A temperance message promotes frugality and household virtue citing wood, meat, flour, money, contentment, and clothing for children. Franklin
Dallas Senator McNealus argues Americans investing abroad should not expect U.S. military protection for foreign ventures and funds, urging emphasis on home interests over overseas risk.
A debate exchange notes Bagby not running while most candidates are entering the race. The remark signals Bagby’s absence amid mounting competition as others announce campaigns.
The East Texas Register declares no one will go hungry in Texas unless they are too lazy to grow sweet potatoes and catch possums.
A Ringling family member faces divorce proceedings, drawing attention to internal circus affairs. The case centers on marital end, with observers noting possible public interest linked to long running family enterprise.
Deputy Marshal Will Battle raided a Main Street building Saturday night and rounded up a half dozen coon can players. Each participant will be asked to contribute the usual amount to support city government.
Ramsey offers 851 acres south of Wellborn at Enright Switch in tracts of 50 acres or more for 12.50 to 16 dollars per acre with small cash down and long deferred payments. Trade for stock welcome. Land viewing October 15 to 20. Contact H. B. Ramsey, Wellborn, Texas.
Friends of Harry K. Thaw report a deep persistent cold with a hard cough affecting him since last week. He is under local physicians care but not improving.
German scientists advertise Solace Remedy as a pure non opioid treatment dissolving uric acid crystals and purifying blood. It claims easy use, no stomach upset, and compliance with the Pure Food and Drugs Law. The Solace Co of Battle Creek distributes as U S agents with testimonials and free boxes upon request.
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