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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1936
Page
4
Discussion on mass production and machines raising employment and living standards. It argues that lowering manufacturing costs expands demand, creates lasting jobs, and sustains American prosperity through efficient methods, wider output, and affordable goods. The pamphlet cited is How Much Work Is There To Do.
A B Conner director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station spoke at fayette La Friday urging a dedicated research lab to expand cotton uses. He cited the stalk bur and seed as opportunities and urged testing for solvent derived products and better fabric design to boost cotton’s world trade position.
A clipping notes alpha perilla aldoxime used in Japan as a sweetener from Perilla nankinensis, with a comparison showing its potency against cane sugar. It also recalls Henry VIII restricting furWear and income-based fashion bans, and mentions Stephen Foster’s Oh Susanna as a gift to a music teacher who profited from it, ending with a teaser of tomorrow’s topic Exploding Trees.
A Van Buren Press Argus edition honors Bob Burns as the town’s No 1 citizen drawing auto tourists to the Burns Room. The piece notes Burns sweetly boosts the community, plus anecdotes about local pride, tourism, and other cultural figures, with 1936 copyright context.
The article argues for expanding cotton byproducts to glaze ceramic tile pipe covering shingles wallpaper warm fabrics and improved airplane fabrics and suggests leadership should act on Mr. Connors proposals. It compares soybean diversification to cotton and notes Brazil’s rising consumption reducing U.S. cotton exports, urging new uses to boost domestic demand.
The record lists multiple marriage licenses including Jeff Watson with Rosa Lee Williams and John B. Saint with Mary Ette Lester, plus several other couples. It notes J A Rhodes traveling to Navasota last night to bring back Mrs. Rhodes and a baby visiting her parents, Rey and Mrs. W. E. Binford.
The Bryan Daily Eagle notes the first issue of the 1911 12 Student Farmer monthly at A&M College published by the Scientific Agricultural Association with J J Brown as editor in chief and J B Short as manager. Other items include monument unveiling at Benchley and staff changes at the Eagle Printing Co. plus local tidbits and a quip on the cotton picker versus automatic waiter.
Local column notes Dr and Mrs E W Solomon and son Hal moving to Dayton Texas and visiting Bryan relatives. Various ex students and friends from A and M, Texas Centennial events, and Aggie Frog game attendees populate weekend guest lists and travels across Bryan and nearby towns.
Clyde Beatty, 29, star of the Cole Bros Clyde Beatty circus, performs with 40 lions and tigers in a Bryan engagement on Monday October 26 at 2 and 8 p.m. He trusts a green chair over gun or whip to halt charging cats and notes cameras made him nervous in Hollywood last winter.
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