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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
3
The 1917 letter from the White House urges school officers nationwide to deepen instruction on community and national life. It explains war related lessons in democracy and national responsibility and notes Hoover and Claxton will prepare suitable lessons for elementary and high school levels to be drawn from local communities.
Miss Winnie Lee Greer aged 17 adopted daughter of F M Arnold of Welborn died at the family home yesterday. A well known church member she leaves a host of friends. The remains were interred yesterday afternoon in Welborn cemetery.
Ten of the defendants were found guilty of being accessories in the July murder of Police Detective Coppedge, with each sentenced to 14 years. Three defendants were acquitted in Belleville Michigan on October 8.
The Smith Drug Company lists Zensal for relief of itching eczema. Product positioning emphasizes topical treatment and over the counter availability.
Senator Astin has a letter from Secretary J F Carl of the state council of defense urging county councils and interested citizens to attend the state meeting at the Oriental hotel in Dallas next Monday. The focus is not stated but likely covers all council work with emphasis on food conservation and crop preparation for next year. Good seed selection is highlighted as a key issue urged by the government for farmers.
Washington Oct 6 Chairman Martin of the senate appropriations committee reports that this session breaks all records for appropriations and contract authorizations. Total appropriations amount to 16 901 966 815, and with second session totals and current contract authorizations the grand total reaches 21 390 730 940 for the fiscal year.
From Saturday's Daily Eagle Ruble Young aged three daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Young who reside near Martins Prairie Grimes county died at the family home yesterday The remains were interred in the cemetery at that place yesterday
President Wilson commends Congress for meeting army and navy needs and equipping the government to act effectively. He states the military branches have the powers required to mobilize national action.
In Houston on Friday afternoon Adam Abbott was sentenced to life in the penitentiary after the jury found him guilty of murdering his wife Magenlia Abbott. The jury deliberated only a short time before reaching the verdict.
The senators approved the soldiers and sailors insurance measure by 71 to 0 restoring the 10000 maximum and adding a provision promoting Major General Pershing and Major General Bliss to general ranks. The bill carries 176 million dollars. An accompanying ad promotes HERBINE for liver and digestion.
Secretary Baker asserts the allies hold decisive superiority in battle strength in the ongoing major conflict on the Flanders front, as reported by the war department in its Sunday night review.
Real estate transfer records Gus Plagin and wife conveying 114 acres in the Moses Hughes survey to J W T Cheatham for eight hundred dollars.
Dozen white men left today for Camp Travis near San Antonio to train for service in the national army in France. The group, joined by J Nolan from Houston, arrived by International and Great Northern train, with Red Cross representatives distributing comfort kits and food at the depot. A few cases remain undecided or ill, and instructions on call for negroes had not yet been received.
J M Schaedel will head the rural experiment station’s exhibit at the State Fair in Dallas opening Saturday. The display covers station work and farmer conditions, with cases on cotton variety yields, Sudan hay versus millet hay, weevil prevention, root effects on plants, cottonseed meat feeds, and charts on sheep and poultry feeding. It includes a Soll map of Texas and a Substation No 4 rice-sheaf exhibit.
Ginning enumerator George Chance reports Brazos county ginnings through September 25 total 11 543 bales. This sits about 5 000 bales short of the prior year for the same period when noted at a little over 16 000 bales.
An advertisement attacks calomel and promotes Dodson’s Liver Tone a 50 cent bottle claimed to cleanse the liver without griping or salivation. It asserts quick improvement and suitability for adults and children with a money back guarantee if not effective.
Brazos County voters pass public alcohol prohibition by a 39 vote margin out of 1957 ballots. The county canvass and potential recount procedures are set for mid October with final effectiveness around early November. Prohibition supporters stress college attendance in dry regions. opponents highlight local economic and moral concerns.
Waco reports that Hon Pat M Neff former speaker of the Texas legislature seems certain to run for governor He served three terms and was youngest ever to hold the speaker post His rulings were never appealed in the Twenty eighth session or thereafter
The ad explains making a lemon skin lotion by mixing juice from two fresh lemons with three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. Strain through a fine cloth to remove pulp for months of freshness. Used to whiten freckles and tan and soften skin, applied to face neck arms and hands.
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