Brazos County Fair Opens With Expanded Exhibits
The Brazos County Fair, second annual and sponsored by Earl Graham Post 159 American Legion, opens tomorrow with more exhibits and improved housing in Villa Maria Academy. It highlights farm products, 4 H clubs, rural schools, and community projects, aiming to match or exceed prior fairs and boost local pride. The event will run through Friday with Bryan and Brazos County participation and prizes funded by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Earl Graham Post
No. 159
American Legion
Villa Maria Academy
Brazos County
Texas
Bryan Legion Post
Bryan and Brazos County
Bryan and
Brazos
Plastic surgery craze draws New York crowd and vaudeville links
About 500 plastic surgeons in New York and over a dozen private clinics attend to demand for cosmetic nose jobs ear trims and cheek lifts. The piece notes Hollywood ties plus risks and lawsuits, naming Fannie Brice Belle Baker Bebe Daniels Mollie O Day Ruth Taylor and Vivienne Segal among screen figures who underwent procedures.
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New York
Hollywood
Fannie Brice
Belle Baker
Bebe Daniels
Mollie O’day
Ruth Taylor
Vivienne Segal
Georgie
Price
Harry Richman
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Valentine
Lave
Paris
America
Music Program At Tabor Community Club
Tabor community meeting featured a musical program though Dr. Fred Jensen was ill. Local performers included Bishop banjo Snngers guitar, Conrad violin, McCulough ukulele, Benson harmonica. County Agent Benson offered a prize for memorizing seven A M farm program points, with entries tied to a big Legion Fair.
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Tabor
Fred Jensen
Francis Bishop
R. E Snngers
Will Conrad
Wilmer R. McCulough
C. L. Benson
Benson
Walton
College
Wilmer R. McCullough
Tabor Community Study
Texas
Six Communities Enter Plays in Fair Tournament
Six rural communities enter one act plays for the American Legion Fair contest next week. King's Highway presents A Southern Tonic with Mrs Eliza Collins portrayed by Alma Kindt and others. Edge offers Squaring It With the Boss featuring six characters led by Jimmy Greening played by Mike Rosier. Other entries include Two of a Kind by Kurten with Mrs Rebecca Rhubarb and Miss Armita Rhubarb, and a thirty minute A Nice Quiet Evening from Steele's Store with Joe De.
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King’s Highway
Alma Kindt
Eliza Collins
Lena Novosad
Malissy Collins
Leona McDonald
Sarah Collins
Willie Milberger
Bud Collins
Doris Hearne
Sisssy Collins
Maple Still
Martha Griggs
Maude Moore
van Dorn
Edge
Mike Rosier
Jimmy Greening
Bernice Rosier
Beth
Jimmy
Effie Hibbets
Hortense
Robbie Parker
Mr. Dunne
Jimmie
Marie Boenigk
Claressa
James Rosier
Johnny Bender
Club Boy's Corn Earns Him Trip To Dallas Fair
Ernest Sample a 4-H Club member from the Tabor community earns a noon train trip to Dallas for three days at the Dallas Fair encampment. The award follows his club demonstration of one acre of corn yielding 79 1 2 bushels, with higher market value net return than another boy's 4 1 4 acres of cotton in Brazos Valley.
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Ernest Sample
Tabor
Dallas
Dallas Fair
Ernest
Young Sample
Brazos Valley
Intend to marry in Brazos County notice filed
Angelo Grazzaffi and Rosa Carrabbo both of Brazos County filed notice of intention to marry with County Clerk Jesse McGee on Friday.
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Angelo Grazzaffi
Rosa Carrabbo
Brazos County
Jesse
McGee
Noah Webster Birth Anniversary Noted
The history column marks the birth of lexicographer Noah Webster on October 16, 1758, noting his lasting influence on American language and education.
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Noah Webster
Yeager chili sauce to be marketed after fairs
F. W. Yeager of Millican showed vegetable chili sauce samples from his truck farm and plans to exhibit at the San Antonio and Central Texas Fairs and bottle the product for market. Farmers urged selling cotton as prices fall with a large crop ahead.
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Bryan Morning Eagle
F. W. Yeager
Millican
Houston
E. 8. Peters
Calvert
Southern Cotton Association
New Jersey
Oklahoma oil leader adopted as Osage Eagle Chief
Frank Phillips president of Phillips Petroleum Company was adopted by the Osage into Glans and named Hulah Qi He Kah Eagle Chief. The ceremony at Phillips 4,000 acre ranch near Bartlesville included a century old bone saddle and a pledge to keep it in his family. Chief Lookout presented the gift as a token of tribal affection for Phillips and his role in Osage oil development.
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Frank Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company
Oklahoma
Mr. Phillips
Cow Thieves and Outlaws Association
Bartlesville
Okla
Qiege Chief Lookout
Chief Lookout
Cotton Bags Gain Ground in Texas Feed Trade
Exchanges, a large cotton bag manufacturer with a major Atlanta factory, reports Texas sales activity shifting from jute to cotton. Fort Worth and Dallas agencies note two big local feed bag producers abandoning jute, one carload order switched to cotton with a 2000 premium, and another Fort Worth maker expanding cotton bag use. farmers and commercial feeders benefit as this strengthens farm prosperity.
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Atlanta
Star-Telegram
Texas Sales Agency
Fort Worth
Dallas
Fulton Mills
West Texas Chamber Presses Textbook Accuracy Fight
Editorial from Fort Worth Star Telegram notes West Texas Chamber of Commerce protest over Texas geography and history textbook inaccuracies. It urges Textbook Board to require publishers revise errors, and suggests stickers or corrections sent to teachers while bids for contracts are reviewed.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas A
Texas
West Texas
South Texas Chamber of Commerce
East Chamber of Commerce
State Textbook Board
Fort Worth
Southern urged tariff on jute to favor cotton bagging
Editorial argues for a tariff equalizer to curb foreign jute as cotton bagging grows in the South. It asserts cotton supports agriculture and local industry, notes higher cotton bagging cost but calls on Southern consumers to prefer cotton packaging to aid rehabilitation of Southern agriculture and economy.
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Texas
South
Doylcott
Fort Worth
Edge The play Squaring it With the Boss at the fair
The Edge school auditorium hosted a Friday night program October 10 featuring the play Squaring it With the Boss along with minor acts. Edward Rhodes and Nina Martin surprised friends with a quiet marriage at Normangee October 4. Harvey Clyde born to Mr and Mrs Henry Martin. Marie Boenigk taught at Edge school and visited Humble weekend. Ethel Winn and her Wheelock relatives visited Edge. Inez Corgey visiting Normangee to continue schooling.
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Edward Rhodes
Nina Martin
Normangee
Henry Martin
Harvey Clyde
Marie Boenigk
Edge School
Humble
Ethel Winn
Wheelock
Edge
Inez Corgey
Community Family Visits Over Weekend
Saturday night and Sunday in the home of her parents Mr and Arthur Corgey. Mr and Mrs George Me of Kinks Highway spent Sun with relatives at Edge. Mr and Mrs W R Henry family and Mr and Mrs Wal Henry and son visited in the home of Mr and Mrs R R Donald on Sunday. Mrs Mary Drew who has visiting at Wheelock returns home Sunday.
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Arthur Corgey
George Me
Kink'’s Highway
Edge
W. R. Henry
Wal Henry
R. R. Donald
Mary Drew
Wheelock
Prospect County Visit Highlights Local Activities
Prospect County Superintendent Fj Vance visited Prospect week and discussed short tala with Mrs Price’s room. Mrs J W Beal called at the schoolhouse Friday to help teachers with hot lunch plans. D J McDonald and family attended quarterly meeting at AndrIa Sunday, delivering a sermon and dinner. A large Day School crowd gathered Sunday with visitors Mr and Mrs Mett Sheffield and family and J E Wilson and relatives at Tabor. D J McDonald works on the old Bond family house site and prepares for a 4 born. Mrs Minnie Prince and daughter of Clovis NM visited Mrs J E Wilson and relatives in Coleman before visiting here.
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Fj Vance
Prospect Acho
Mett Sheffield
J. E. Wilson
Tabor
D. J. McDonald
Bond
Minnie Prince
Clovis
N. M
Couple Files Notice to Wed in Brazos County
Jacob Boriskie Krezinski and Anton F Kazalk Bettie Kucere filed notice of intention to wed with Brazos County officials. County clerk Jess B McGee recorded the notice on Tuesday in Eagle columns and local society notes.
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Jacob Boriskie
Krezinski
Anton F. Kazalk
Bettie Kucere
Con Brazos County
Jess B. McGee
Rural Electrification Conference At A and M College Texas
A three day rural electrification conference at Texas A and M College in College Station runs Oct 30 to Nov 1. The event, first of its kind in Texas, gathers experts to discuss farm and home electricity use with displays of equipment and talks by Dean Bolton, Prof Scoates, and P T Montforth.
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College Station
A. and M. College of Texas
Texas
Agricultural Engineering Department
Texas Committee
College
P. T
Montforth
Agriculturalgineering Department
Dean F. C. Bolton
The
of Engineering
Scoates
Agricult Engineering
T. D
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