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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
8
Monroe Wisconsin plans its third annual Cheese Day on October 10 serving a ton of cheese sandwiches from 1600 loaves of bread. A public square demonstration will show cheese manufacture, with three bands Swiss singers dancers and wrestlers providing entertainment, and most city businesses closing for the day.
F C Bolton head of electrical engineering at A and M College returned from Philadelphia where he attended the Illuminating Engineering Society annual meeting. He visited the University of Pennsylvania and spent time in Pittsburgh as a guest of A and M College and the city. Thirty six A and M College of Texas men were in Pittsburgh employed by Westinghouse Electric Company and other firms.
Classes are in full sway at A and M College with the term under way. The opening exercises closed Saturday as lessons begin in earnest. Enrollment exceeds 1150 with President Bizzell optimistic for the best year in the college’s history.
The city of Bryan and the Commercial Club maintain a free wagon yard open to county visitors. The latest registration includes many residents and travelers such as Koller Bedias Hopkins Cross Moseley Nor mangee Jimson Oklahoma Sanders Allen farm Maxwell Allen farm Goodman Allen farm Thomas Bryan Todd Harvey Olson Iola Sikes Iola Cook Iola Cobb Cross Clary Cross Neville Cross Clary Cross McClenney Cross Mouser Cross Miss Birdie McHorse Cross Miss Nettie Williams Cross Sealy Zulch Rogers Zulch Sealy Zulch Ferther Edge Mary Williams Edge Nevill Cross Nevill Cross Ware Cross Williams Cross Cox Cross Cobb wife Cross Endler Kurten Moody Zach Zulch Sanders North Zulch Simpson North Zulch Sikes Tola Conley Iola Warford Miryan Stelzer Bryan Tarber Edge Frame Edge Lighman Edsee Mole Edge Valentine Waco Land Wheelock Land Wheelock Smith Wilcox Kirk Millican McFarland Wil cox Denman Wheelock Rice Iola Cheshire North Zulch Epps wife North Zulch Nash Edge Endler Kurtен Nevill Mross Frame Edge Cook Iola McWilliams four daughters Iola Sammons Iola Tyre wife sister Iola Atkins Wellborn Todd Rock Prairie Dixon Millican Wamilton Iola.
A fragment shows a mother chiding a son who hurled stones at an attacker rather than reporting it. The boy retorts that he could not hit a barn door, highlighting a flawed moral judgment in a terse dialogue.
Mr. Stebbins laments declining male population while Mrs. Stebbins jokes about tying them on in a lighthearted exchange. The cartoonish dialogue riffs on gender roles with humor and whimsy.
Washington reports a forecast of a major disturbance crossing the continent from Oct. 2 to 6 with a powerful hot wave followed by a storm and cool wave. Temperatures are expected to rise sharply Oct. 5, with widespread rain boosting fall pastures and potentially lowering grain prices.
County Tax Collector W I McCulloch announced his office will begin 1916 tax collections next Monday October 2 with receipts prepared by deputy Roy H Hudspeth. He expects a smooth start and hopes to avoid a last day rush as funds are plentiful.
The district court trial of State of Texas versus G. Roach ended with a jury returning a not guilty verdict. Roach was charged by indictment with theft from person and was defended by Attorneys Hudson and Hudson. The prior Drucilla Hudley case note referenced an alleged cutting during an attempted arrest, which testimony denied.
Austin Texas Oct 4 The task of copying a mass of evidence from the Texas ouster and penalty suit against Texas breweries and out of state breweries doing business in Texas is finished by a Justice Department representative in Washington He says the testimony concerns acts of interstate breweries shipping into Texas This step signals potential federal suits to curb interstate beer shipments into the state with federal action underway
A collection of quips from various papers including Kansas City Journal and Baltimore American. The notes compare changing times, taxi hired harvest workers in Kansas, and light banter about baths and dirt.
A nostalgic ad copy invites readers to enjoy Prince Albert tobacco, claiming swift smoking pleasure with a pipe or homemade cigarette. It emphasizes the ease and depth of sensation from this tobacco choice.
A Boston Transcript quotation notes fashion for women growing more youthful and a commuter jokes about his wife gifting up the automobile for a baby carriage. Another line praises the Norfolk Jacket with a handy belt to hang small packages, reflecting light commentary on trends and urban life.
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