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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
4
Chicago reports that tenants may press murder charges against landlords for withholding heat. A. J. McCarren sues Mrs. Sarah Cassin for 10000 dollars after eviction dispute. Heat officials warn death could lead to murder charges. Illinois contemplates treating rent profiteering as robbery.
Pallas Texas October 12 Geo Mc Fadden performing as Adam stunned guests and three maternal women in a Denver hotel. He wandered naked through corridors, tore a bed, broke room lights and overturned a radiator before police restrained him. The judge assessed his act at 62 dollars, which he paid.
Miss Alma Merwin of the A and M Extension Service leaves on the roon train for Dallas to supervise the domestic science girls encampment at the Dallas Fair. It is her second year in charge of this key work at the State Fair.
Austin reports the 1920 1921 Longhorn Band will exceed past sizes in number and quality with 75 members initially. Sidney P. Chandler is director and William L. McGill manager, D. T. Stafford president. The band supports football games in Dallas, Houston, and Austin, and plans new uniforms funded by Luther Stark. A monster T formation will again march at games.
Crowds at the State Fair in Dallas, Texas faced three holdups and several thefts over the weekend. A railroad worker, A. D. O'Conner, lost 15 dollars then regained 5, a visitor Frank Brown was robbed of 55 dollars by a masked woman, and Edgar Giles was relieved in City Park as police intervened but the bandits fled.
Miss Clifford Vincent of Zellwood Tl visited Tuesday for a short call with Mr and Mrs W A Lyon before continuing to her home.
The Bureau of Markets report shows stable cotton in Bryan selling at strong figures, often higher than surrounding areas. Last week Bryan and Navasota prices ranged from 19.5 to 21.5 dollars per unit, with cottonseed at 28 to 30 dollars per ton. The Eagle notes few Texas markets match Bryan in staple quality, while nationwide low prices hurt cotton makers.
W. J. Higgs arrived from Fort Worth on Tuesday to visit his family. W. H. Benbow of Route 1 spent Wednesday in town and called on the agile.
Thousand acres of the finest black land in Caldwell county planted in the latest improved Mebane Triumph Cotton and ginned in our own gin. Guarantees to cotton growers of Texas absolutely pure planting seed. Write for illustrative catalogue and prices. Lockhart Texas.
The Hillsboro Daily Mirror issue noted twelve pages with four solid advertising pages for leading Hillsboro firms. The Evening Mirror praises Hillsboro merchants for using newspapers as a strong advertising medium, showing auto and farm activity and wide regional trade reach.
The A. and M. College Consolidated Rural School No. 1 opened in a new building after months of preparation. Enrollment reached 250 with two new teachers planned, transport expanded to three school buses, and ongoing furniture deliveries to complete the facility. Students from Welborn Union Hill and Shirock areas ride in trucks, with travel times about thirty minutes, as staff relocate to a remodeled brick building.
Cork reports eleven hunger strikers in jail with two Ballylanders brothers John and Peter Crowley among them. Their father, 85, was arrested after their house was burned post raid. Other Ballylanders inmates Michael O Reilly and Christopher Upton were seized July 16. Joseph Murphy from Cork is tied to a raid discovery. Kenney from Grenagh, long in Montana, has seven children.
Mrs Clara Dunlop of Jefferson arrives for a visit to her nephew, Mr George A Adams, in town.
Daily arrivals of store stock offered at great sacrifice with low prices across cotton flannel per yard dresses and hose. Bargains include yard goods from 29c to 87 1-2c, children and misses dresses, ladies waists and sweaters, rib and silk hose at a range of 15c to 3.98. Men and boys hosiery and knit wear priced from 12 1-2c to 49c per pair.
The shoe department announces a large purchase of 200 cases of children and adults shoes at sacrifice prices. It promises bargains across all sizes from children to men including numerous dress and work shoes with prices from $1.25 to $5.50 and fresh stock of boots, with thousands of odd and ends offered at big savings.
New department introduces Sanitary Pawn Broker's Clothing with coats, overcoats, cloaks and sport coats for men women and children. About 2500 pieces arrive offering three to four times cheaper prices than expected. Visit to see through the department and compare values during hard times.
In Pine Bluff Arkansas the blaze yesterday left more than 60 buildings destroyed and 51 homes burned displacing about 500 Black residents who now seek shelter on nearby plantations. A businessmen relief committee has raised several thousand dollars as the total loss nears 1 009 000 with under a quarter insured. A M Thompson of Peden Iron and Steel Works returned to Houston after business here. Dr Searcy traveled to Hempstead on Tuesday.
Philadelphia reports Aug ust Pasqual confessed to kidnapping and killing 13 month old Blakeley Coughlin of Morristown. Authorities move to Montgomery county court, but prosecutors say lack of proof blocks murder charges. McCoughlin accepts the confession as true.
Houston firm with five years of success seeks new capital to erect a modern fireproof building in the business district. It presents an investment in a leading Southwest automobile concern as conservative and safe with good returns. For details contact W. F. Martin at 1117 Prairie Ave., Houston, Texas.
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