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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1924
Page
2
Bryan Weekly Eagle lists daily and weekly subscription options in Brazos County with prices for one month three months and six months. The paper notes it is published Thursday and is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive rights to AP dispatches and local news.
An exhortation touts health as beauty, urging women to eat carrots and greens, drink milk, and exercise for a rosy appearance. It contrasts caring for the home with neglecting the body, presenting simple recipes and routines as cheaper than cosmetics.
Leonard school four miles from Bryan on Fin-Feather road undergoes summer remodeling. The board and patrons added removable partitions for multipurpose use, new teacher desk and chair, planned painting, a water cooler, a standard dictionary, and new maps. Attendance hoped to reach 40 to 45 by mid October as cotton picking ends.
An ordination service at the Free Baptist church in Bryan welcomed newly elected deacons D P D Vasbinder Parker Carroll Harry Edge and Earl Tatum. Hold-over deacons J L Edge and T A Cloud remain from the former board Rev J J Tatum reviewed the church history and gave the ordaining sermon Rev C B Thompson presided read Psalm 84 and offered the ordination prayer followed by Tatum’s charge to the new deacons.
The Brazos Federation of Church Societies held its regular quarterly meeting at the Free Baptist church from 3:30 to 5 pm. Mrs. W. G. Reynolds led a program including song, Psalm reading, prayer, and a vocal solo. Mrs. S. L. Mangis spoke on Women's Place in the Home, Politics and Church. A brief business session followed with Mrs. M. R. Bentley presiding and Mrs. D. C. DeMaret as secretary-treasurer. The event highlighted unity among Bryan churchwomen.
More than 100 relatives and friends gathered at the grove near Wellborn to honor District Clerk J. W. Barron with a large barbecue meal and trimmings. Speakers and tributes praised Barron for integrity and service as the crowd mingled and photos were taken.
The Brazos County Singing Convention meets next Sunday all day in Millican in a biennial session. Attendees are urged to bring baskets for a noon meal on the grounds. R F Crenshaw serves as president and Miss Mary Locke as secretary. announcement given to the Eagle by Jesse Mensartry.
Dominek Angonia leads Steele's Store in the precinct DNC fund drive chaired by Mrs. Lee J. Rountree. Angonia, appointed precinct chairman, exceeded the $35 quota with a total of $41, the largest single-precinct donation to date. The Italian community praise and notes list individual contributions, highlighting local civic effort.
The Bryan Lions Club noon gathering featured child welfare as the program with Jess Cook in charge. Colonel Ike Ashburn spoke on ex-students work at A and M and J H Hood urged Boy Scout programs for 12 to 18 year olds.
Kids with pale skin dark eye rings bad breath and lassitude may suffer intestinal worms. White's Cream Vermifuge is advertised as a safe effective remedy priced 85 cents, sold by M H James Drug Co at both stores.
The Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce board met at the commercial rooms at 10 am. Carl Wipprecht urged strict foot-and-mouth disease precautions, recommending livestock stay put and quick college vet inspections for any sick cattle. A committee was formed to draft a public resolution.
Brazos County agents inspect farms owned by Mr and Mrs Franze and Miss Mary Locke finding high quality Barred Rocks and strong egg production profits. The piece urges an early cotton field cleanup to combat boll weevil, and notes poultry meetings and marketing plans for turkeys plus record book deadlines for 4 club winners. It also reports tick fever losses and low cattle prices, urging improvement toward standardbred stock.
Gainesville Ga September 29 Among Brenau College Conservatory students registered is Miss Jean Edge of Bryan Texas. September 10 marked Brenau's forty eighth official opening with the largest enrollment ever and the outlook for the year is promising. Social events include recitals by Conservatory faculty and a Cushman Mob play from the School of Oratory.
A. and M. College urges Brazos County farmers to plant jujube trees imported from China. The trees, growing to 50 feet, serve as ornamental shade and offer early ripening fruit with potential commercial uses. U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers have tested jujubes. local farmers are urged to start a jujube stock, benefiting from the ground floor opportunity.
A vintage drug ad touts pepsinated calomel as milder than old fashioned calomel. It claims gentle effects with Pepeim and other ingredients to relieve indigestion billiousness bad colds constipation and headaches. One small tablet at bedtime leaves you waking hungry and well. Recommended by M. H. James Drug Co.
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