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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1916
Page
2
The largest dairy restaurant in New York and other cities raised prices by five cents on staple dishes. Bacon and eggs and ham and eggs rise to 30 cents, a small steak to 30 cents, plain omelet to 20 cents. Pies go to 10 cents per slice as wholesale sugar climbs to 7 cents a pound and retail to 8 cents. War demand cited as cause.
Farm and Fireside reports Missouri county agents arranged six week home economics schools in Johnson county. An 80 plus grandmother and sixteen relatives attended. Young teachers demonstrated bread making pastry meat and vegetable cooking fruit canning sewing and home improvement.
Prices across food categories rose on October 1 according to the department of agriculture. Flour and potatoes lead with Civil War era highs and meat, onions, cabbage, and dairy products also higher.
A special ten coach train passed through the city at ten this morning over the I and G N en route to Austin. It carried Rice Institute students and Houston football fans. Rice Institute meets the State University football team in Austin this afternoon.
New York report states that in the past two years six million dollars has been raised and distributed for Jewish relief in war affected countries. The Joint Distribution Committee, formed by the American Jewish relief committee the central relief committee and the people's relief committee, issued the announcement on Monday night.
Governor Goethals of the Panama Canal Zone and Commissioner Clark of the Interstate Commerce Commission were named by President Wilson to investigate the railroad eight hour law. Goethals serves as chairman.
At a called Bryan city council meeting a resolution was carried to call a November 7 election. Voters will decide if a charter commission should draft a new Bryan charter. If defeated, further steps stop. if approved, commission appointed and charter drawn then voted on.
A man named O. L. Hill allegedly passed a bad £8 check at Daly Dry Goods in Bryan, signed Co. Hanover. Sheriff Nunn pursued the suspect, with Bay City reporting the man jailed there tonight. This marks the third recent attempt to pass worthless checks in Bryan and all have ended with the suspect jailed.
The Lawler flour mill near Bryan is in full operation producing top quality flour. The editor reports a sample sack and personal experience confirm excellence. Biscuits are white and light, like mother used to make, and absolutely irresistible. Try a sack.
The First Methodist Church Missionary Society holds a circus candy sale next Saturday October 14 in front of the Rohde building. It opens at 9 a.m. and runs all day selling sweets to raise funds for church activities.
Cleveland telegraph reports two dead and sixty injured after two street cars plunged thirty feet from a viaduct onto railroad tracks. Officials fear more deaths as recovery continues and victims are treated in area hospitals.
Mrs Cora Wade died last Monday night at 10 o clock after months of illness. Nearly all close relatives were present. Her niece Mrs Sam Royder offers gratitude to attendees and notes she is now with God, to be reunited later.
Fred Beilke of Wisconsin operates a small farm cheese factory for seven years. He owns 15 cows producing 250 to 300 pounds of milk daily in a 20 by 30 foot building with a split 15 by 20 foot cheese room and boiler room. The facility includes a steam engine, a cellar curing room with fresh air pipes, steam heating in winter, and a potential for butter production. Brick cheese is a major product and market demand exceeds output.
Ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute for calomel claiming it starts the liver without causing salivation or sickness. It targets both children and adults, promises relief from biliousness constipation and headaches, and notes druggists will refund money if not improved.
New York reports confirm John J. McGraw will continue as manager of the New York Giants next season. Secretary John B. Foster announced the decision amid rumors of his resignation after a dispute with the team following a loss to Brooklyn.
Billings Montana October 6 a race clash last night near Nihill pitted negroes against whites. Seven negroes are said to have shot three white men wounding two and possibly killing one. Sheriff’s deputies moved to Mossman to meet a freight train believed to carry the attackers.
A Cotton Belt Lone Star special derailed ten miles east of Greenville at noon injuring two women seriously. The injured were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
White & Webb Automobile Company announces the sale of a Hudson Super Six and a five passenger Chevrolet to Milton Sims of Brazos Bottom. Delivery is set for this week.
Paris reports a British Red Cross steamer was blown up Sunday morning in the Straits of Dover with details unavailable. Other dispatches note Romanian crossing of the Danube near Rustchuk and Turtukai, French capture of a Somme line section at Morval to Saint Pierre, and continued fighting around Lemberg and Eaucourt Labbage with varying outcomes.
Reports say a nine round prize bout in Mumford featured Billie Brewer of Bryan vs Ted Black of New Orleans. Black scored a technical knockout in the final round after Brewer tired, with Bryan officials praising the bout for the crowd.
A runabout with a rubber tire is offered for 50 dollars, a reduction from the original 125 dollars. Contact phone number 118 for details.
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