Chamber of Commerce Directors Hold Largely Attended Meeting
Twenty one board members met at 10 am with President Haswell and Secretary Eberstadt. Reports were sparse with several committees not reporting while Dulaney noted county progress on the San Antonio road and Wilson urged a regional trade trip. Secretary Eberstadt announced the Navasota road opening on September 7 and proposed a joint Bryan Navasota gathering. Mayor McInnis spoke on good roads and Cobb invited attendance at the Tabor fair on September 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chamber of Commerce
Tyler Haswell
Sam Eberstadt
J. J. Jenkins
E. J. Fountain
J. N. Dulaney
L. L. McInnis
W. H. Cole
R. S. Webb
A. M. Waldrop
R. O. Allen
J. D. Martin
F. L. Henderson
Jnc
A. Moore, Jr
J. M. Lawrence
M. E. Wallace
D. L. Wilson
J. M. Gordon
Oak McKenzie
Travis B. Bryan
Sam B. Wilson
K. Lawrence
Haswell
Varous
San Antonio
Trade Extension Committee
Sam E. Eberstadt
Navasota Bottom
Bryan
Navasota
Ebernstadt
Navasota Chamber of Commerce
Tyler
Brazos County
J. L. Cobb
Tabor
Bryan Pythians Confer Degrees in Navasota Meet
A Bryan Knights of Pythias delegation traveled to Navasota on Thursday to confer the third degree on eleven candidates, eight from Navasota and three from Bryan. The Bryan group listed 23 participants led by Oak McKenzie, Carl Wipprecht, J. E. Gammon, and others, with a dedicated degree team and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Knights of Pythias
Navasota
Bryan
Oak McKenzie
Carl Wipprecht
J. E. Gammon
R. M. Walker
T. G. Suber
T. H. Halton
Roy Hudspeth
Jennings Franklin
C. W. Carroll
Earl
Will Wimberly
J. B. Christian
John S. Caldwell
J. W. Hall
Willie Ruditi
C. G. Welter
M. M. Erskine
Chas. G. Welter
Lamar Jones
Seth Taylor
Will Gibbs
King
L. B. Maddox
Former Methodist Bryan Pastor D. T. Hotchkiss Dies
Rev. D. T. Hotchkiss, 65, longtime secretary of the Texas Methodist Conference, dies at his son’s Reagan home after paralysis. He pastored in Marlin Austin Bryan Galveston Pittsburgh and Houston and served as presiding elder of Houston and Pittsburgh districts. Funeral held in Austin at 10 a.m. Monday.
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Associated Press
Marlin
Texas
D. T. Hotchkiss
Texas Methodist Conference
D. S. Hotchkiss
Navasota
Dewitt Hotchkiss
Reagan
Austin
Bryan
Galveston
Pittsbury
Houston
White Lee wedding unites Houston groom and local bride
L H White of Houston and Gracie Lee of Bryan married quietly Monday night with Rev J J Pipkin officiating on College avenue. White, a former Bryan police chief, now works in Houston. The couple will reside in Houston after a brief Bryan stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Houston
Mr. White
Logan
Personal mentions from Bryan Tuesday social list
Mrs W H Matthews and son William return from Brownwood and Kerrville. Dr J C Young from Cincinnati visits sister Mrs Matthews. Miss Beryl Semple guest of Mrs J B Sanders. many locals cited visiting, shopping, or transacting business in Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Matthews
William
Brownwood
Presbyterian
Kerrville
Derden Chance
Walter J. Coulter
South America
New York
J. C. Young
Cincinatti General Hospital
Cincinatti
Ohio
Bryan visit lines up for out-of-town relatives
Mrs. F. M. Barrow and Miss Annie Marcia Barrow of Austin plan a Thursday Bryan call to visit Mrs. Mills P. Walker and family. Etta Wylie of Waco visits Mrs. J. N. Goodwin. Waco couple Mr. and Mrs. Terrell and daughters Kathryn and Elizabeth stay with the Sanders family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Barrow
Annie Marcia Barrow
Austin
Bryan
Mills P. Walker
Barrow
Miss Barrow
Walker
Etta Wylie
Waco
J. N. Goodwin
Miss Wylie
W. E. Terrell
Kathryn
Elizabeth
W. R. Sanders
Mary Bain
M. J. Parker
E. B. la Roche
A. & M. College
John G. Smith
Houston
Galveston
Bryan banking veteran Guy M. Bryan Jr seriously ill
An elderly Bryan resident Guy M. Bryan Jr. is gravely ill in Houston after a period of declining health. He helped organize early local banking with Clark Bryan and Howell and served as a bank director and chairman before becoming inactive. A telegram from Santa Barbara informed Travis B. Bryan of his uncle’s condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis B. Bryan
Santa Barbara
California
Guy M. Bryan, Jr
Bryan
Houston
Clark, Bryan and Howell
First National Bank of
Marriage Licenses Issued by County Clerk This Week
County Clerk A S McSwain issued marriage licenses to A L Lewis and Ella Webb Phil Lawson and Henrietta Lawnson Britton L Risinger and Maude Saxon Joe Rick irillo and Josephine Pamilli L H White and Mrs Gracie Lee during the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. McSwain
A. L. Lewis
Ella Webb
Phil Lawson
Henrietta Lawnson
Britton L. Risinger
Maude Saxon
Joe Rickirillo
Josephine Pamilli
L. H. White
Gracie Lee
Bryan Social Notes Highlight Local Travel and Visitors
Various residents and visitors are noted in Bryan including Mrs. Smith planning a Fort Worth trip, F. C. Key and daughter in town, Mr. and Mrs. McDonald of Kurten, and families moving to College Station. Also listed are local engagements such as a birthday slumber party for Eugenia Cochran and community notices of teaching appointments and transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Smith
Fort Worth
John B. Kirby
Willie Smith
F. C. Key
Elwood
Madison County
E. E. Stockton
D. J. McDonald
Kurten
W. L. Stangle
College Station
Hearne
Louise Cline
The
State University
A. B. Conner
Jim
David Bunting
Rockdale
Lexington
Waco
E. W. Crenshaw
Pansy Conlee
Seymour County
John Curley
Wade H. Jones
A. Crone
C. L. Baker
Mr. Douglas
Pattie W. Sims
Chautauqua
New York
Burleson County
Caldwell
Mina Graham
Weilborn
John W. Black
Mae Stevener Wilson
Respect
Eugenia
Mrs. Cochran
Susie Mae Sanders
Josephine Crute
Elizabeth Cline
Louise Bittle
Major L. L. McInnis Returns From Ashville Trip
Major L. L. McInnis and family members return from a long tour ending in Ashville North Carolina. The party traveled through Houston New Orleans and the old Spanish trail visiting Alabama Mississippi and Georgia. He reports cotton crops in the states poor due to boll weevils and drought though Georgia stays strong. He notes upward market trends but expects fluctuations. The Major says Texas is best and is glad to be home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. McInnis
Malcom
W. B. Bryan
Ashville
N. C
Houston
New Orleans
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Major McInnis
McInnis
Texas
Rev S Moylan Bird to Lead Bryan Church Beginning Sept 1
Brenham Texas August 29 Rev S Moylan Bird preached the concluding sermon after seventeen years as rector of St Peters Episcopal Church He has accepted charge of St Andrews Church at Bryan beginning September 1 Bird and family will move to Bryan in a few days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yry Associated Press
Brenham
Texas
S. Moylan Bird
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. Andrew’s Church
Bryan
Bird
Dove season opens September 1 across Harris County
Local hunters gear up as dove season begins September 1 with doves abundant along roads. Bags capped at 15 per party per day and licenses required. Sheriff Morehead notes many young doves not yet killable and jokes for changing dove law to follow quail season. guns and ammo orders surge at sporting stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
Houston Post
Morehead
Brazos County
S. W. Buchanan
White Front
New Pastor Arrives at First Christian Church
Rev. C. N. Calmes becomes the new pastor of the First Christian church and arrives with Mrs. Calmes and child from Benjamin. They will reside with City Secretary Guy P. Bittle until the parsonage is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
C. N. Calmes
Calmes
Christian Church
Benjamin
Bryan
Rev and Mrs Bird arrive in Bryan as new rector
Rev and Mrs S Moylan Bird and children from Brenham arrive to make Bryan their future home. He becomes rector of St Andrew Episcopal Church and starts duties tomorrow, succeeding Rev H B Jamieson who moves to Marshall to preach next Sunday. The Eagle extends good wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Moylan Bird
Brenham
Bryan
Bird
St. Andrew Episcopal Church
H. B. Jamieson
Marshall
Reverend Bird Will Preach Next Sunday in Bryan
In a Brenham letter dated August 27 Rev. S. Moy lan Bird says he will move to Bryan this week and begin duties as Rector of St. Andrew's Church on Sunday September 4. He asks the Eagle to announce the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Moylan Bird
Brenham
Eagle
Bryan
St. Andrew’s Church
Bryan visitors in Yoakum headline
J L Edge and wife and C H Holmes and wife from Bryan visited Yoakum yesterday driven by auto routes. Miss Sarah Edge accompanied them. Edge owns a $20000 factory in Bryan for an automatic electrical shoe shining machine. The party plans to depart this morning for Austin Lubbock Oklahoma and then home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Yoakum
Yoakum Daily Times
J. L. Edge
C. H. Holmes
Sarah Edge
Edge
Austin
Lubbock
Oklahoma
Reliable Blue Star remedy for skin and foot troubles
A local drug store advertises Blue Star as a reliable treatment for skin diseases and foot issues including itch eczema poison oak red bugs old sores screen children prickly heat. Sold with a guarantee by Jenkins Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins Drug Store
Bryan High Gridiron under Coach Hudson Eyes State Title
Coach C. B. Hudson, reelected at Bryan High, has built a strong program that last season lost only one game by one point to Heights and could contend for the state championship again with many returning players. Officials seek a Cotton Palace game with Waco and a full 1921 schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H
Jinx) Tucker
Waco News-Tribune
C. B. Hudson
Bryan
Brazos County
Hudson
Bryan High
Houston Heights High School
Heights
Cleburne
Tyson
Waco
Dr Held and other fish tales from the San Gabriel river
A humorous recounting of Dr John A Held’s midnight huge fish that proved only two pounds, plus Judge James C Wilson’s nine pound bass that got away and Col William H Salge’s tale of a legendary tarpon in the Gulf of Mexico amid hotel lobby laughter and a sleepy witness in pajamas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Held
San Gabriel River
Dr. Held
Abilene
U. S
James C. Wilson
Corpus Christi
Wilson
Lake Abilene
Asid
Isaak Walton
William H. Salge
Hotel
Bryan
Galveston
Austin
Governors Ross
Ireland Roberts
Hogg
Judge Hunt
Davidson
Bill Burgess
Bill Upton
Olin Welborn
William Henry Cr
Col. Salge
Atlantic
Daly Named Deputy Internal Revenue Collector
John Daly has been notified from Washington that he is appointed deputy collector of internal revenue. He will work with collector J. W. Bass, based in Austin. Daly plans to leave Bryan soon to report for his new federal duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Daly
Washington
Internal Revenue
Mr. Daly
J. W. Bass
Austin
Daly
Bryan
Tragedies of Life End Respected Editor Ben Harigel
After seventeen years serving Grange and Fayette county as editor of the La Grange Journal, Ben F Harigel travels to the mountains for health, likely to die. He battled long hours for meager pay, kept faith despite poor patronage, and died of tuberculosis. He faced final bills to grateful customers, both rich and powerful, with integrity.
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A Grange
Fayette County
la Grange
Ben F. Harigei
Ben
Ben Harigel
Henry W. Grady
Rountree Defends Texas Education against Hardin Criticism
The 22nd District representative Lee J. Rountree rebuts Rep Roy Hardin of Kaufman County over claims about the role of education in Rome and Greece and the need for Texas universities. He defends state higher education and notes Hardin’s later support for a higher educational bill, urging preservation of civilization through learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Texas
Roy Hardin
Kaufman County
Rome
Greece
Hardin
A. & M. College
Mr. Hardin
Lee J. Rountree
Texas Penal System Collapse Spurs Call for Special Session
In Austin it is believed Governor Neff will be forced to convene a special session next January to address penitentiaries and taxation after twenty years of mismanagement and inefficiency. The statement attributes the result to weak Texas administrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Neff
Unfounded Hope for Reform in Russia Warned
A wartime critic laments about eight million Russian children facing starvation while praising the fighting spirit, arguing reform is unlikely while the current generation endures. The speaker suggests only a complete generational death could allow any chance of change.
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Russia
Tanlac credited with relief for long stomach trouble
Mrs. Margaret C. Grider of Muskogee Oklahoma says Tanlac cured years of stomach gas pain heart pressure and sleeplessness. She reports appetite improvement and renewed strength after six bottles and plans to keep Tanlac on hand. Sold in Bryan by N A Stewart and leading druggists.
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Tanlac
Margaret C. Grider
Elgin Ave
Muskogee
Okla
Taniac
Bryan
N. A. Stewart
Adv
Missouri Citizen Falls to Death in Fort Worth
Franklin M. Smith aged forty five an oil man formerly of Joplin Missouri was instantly killed today when he fell from the upper floor of a bank building to a roof several stories below in Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Franklin M. Smith
Joplin
Insurrectionists Ordered Home Across Logan District
In Logan West Virginia on August 31 airplanes dropped copies of the president’s proclamation. The pamphlet ordered all insurrectionists to disperse and return to their homes by noon September 1, instructing both supporters and opponents to comply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Logan
West Virginia
Funeral for Mrs George Pletzer in Bryan
After a long illness Mrs George Pletzer Sr died at home at age eighty one. She lived in Bryan fifty years and is survived by her son John Pletzer with distant relatives elsewhere. Funeral is set for five o'clock this afternoon at her son's residence with interment in the city cemetery conducted by Rev J M Bullock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
eGorge Pletzer
J. M. Bullock
Lightning Kills Mule and Two Negroes on Daly Farm
Abe Ellen and his wife, both colored, were struck and killed by lightning Monday about 4 pm while gathering corn on the Daly bottom farm near Bryan. A mule hitched to the wagon died. another mule was unharmed. Officials present attributed the deaths to a lightning strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Ellen
Daly Bottom
Bryan
L. E. Morehead
W. H. Hendricks
Tom Taylor
John D. Rogers
Morehead
Cotton Monet Soon Available for Pool Members
County Agent C L Benson reports a Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association letter allowing pool members to store cotton in bonded warehouses or class A or B compresses or ship to Nelms Kehoe Dock Company Houston. The War Finance Corporation will provide 60 percent of market value for up to 800000 bales, available in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Benson
Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Nelms
Bryan Representatives Have Big Time in Houston
J. E. Covey and J. D. Martin returned from Houston where they attended a Southeast division meeting of the State Retail Hardware Association. They report a successful gathering with lavish hospitality and a Buffalo Bayou boat trip to San Jacinto battlefield. A morning session passed a resolution to host all four Southern divisions in Houston in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Covey
J. D. Martin
Houston
State Retail Hardware Association
Buffalo Bayou
San Jacinto Battlefield Grounds
State Association
Harvey business visitor in Bryan early today
C H B Graham of Harvey spent the morning in Bryan on business, stopping briefly for calls and appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. B. Graham of
Harvey
Bryan
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Board Directors Chamber Commerce
Bryan Pythians
Methodist
Amon Williams
John Nedbalek
Wheelock
T. B. Martin
Steep Hollow
C. L. Arnett
W. H. Worsham
Russell P. Worsham
A. B. Ford
Wellborn
FE. A. Hillery
Baby
Hampton
H. F. Payne
Frank McGee
Myrtle
Kennedy
McGee
E. W. Tarrant
Wilson Bradley
B. Youngblood
Texas Experiment Stations
A. B. Connor
Everett E. Hicks
Patterson, Moore and Brown
E. H. Moody
Groesbeck
Red Cross
Community
Ed Mills
Washington, D. C
Louis White
Greenville
Teague
Albert J. Buchanan
West 24Th Street
the Edge
Nanne Shelle
Allister
MR. Bryan
L. L. M Innis
Trip
Rev. S. Moylan Bird
Rev
Mrs. Bird
New Bryan
Bird Wil
Bryan HI
San Gabriel
Dallas News
Missouri
George Pletzer
Daly Farm
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