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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1927
Page
1
The People’s Column celebrates Bryan’s hotel project with a September 12 contract letting. It calls the hotel a key drawing card that will boost visitor opinion and civic pride. R W Howell supports the effort, while the piece urges good roads as the next major city improvement to keep Bryan unmatched.
Mr and Mrs John W Regmund and family from Corpus Christi visit Mr and Mrs Chas Kosarek while Regmund, a farmer in Nueces county, reports 125 acres of cotton and 58 bales this year Don Lee Portland Cement Association representative surveys the new stadium at College assisting A and M ex students Claude Nelson Dallas and G L Jones of A and M assist Y M C A funds for students J E Henson Gulf Company manager returns from a state tour as Lion Tamer for Bryan Lions Miss Dorothy Graham visits Ardmore and Dallas singing on radio Reed Powers drug store adds plate lunches daily a 6 Sankey Park jewelry store offers a $36 prize with purchase of other articles
The Central Texas Association Golf Tournament at Bryan Country Club on Monday September 5 will feature special entertainment for ladies including swimming and bridge parties. President W S Howell says a crowd above 300 is expected to attend, with a big noon dinner at the Country Club. Local citizens are invited to dine with visitors, tickets priced at one dollar. Representatives from 17 or 18 Central Texas towns are expected to attend.
Twenty five property owners on 127th street filed a petition with city manager J Bryan Miller to be presented to the City Commission at the next regular meeting. They request to restrict fast trains on L G N tracks within city limits, arguing it is a nuisance to residents and asking the railway to maintain the street, meet grade crossing standards, speed, and other state law requirements.
Cotton futures lose 10 points as markets close. Local spot prices range from 22 1 4 to 28 cents per pound, reflecting weaker cotton demand and price adjustments across the market.
At UPAVON England Captain Leslie Hamilton and Lt Colonel F F Minchin fly Saint Raphael with Princess Lowenstein Wertheim aboard. After ten days of waiting they depart for Ottawa with 44 hours of fuel aiming for 37 hours eastward. The prize of 25000 dollars awaits the London Ontario finish.
R W Howe announces construction of the LaSalle Hotel, seven stories high with 100 rooms, to open with modern amenities. Dupree Fountain will manage, and the project costs about 250000 dollars, fronting Main and Bryan streets with a coffee shop and convention hall. George Louis Walling is architect. Albert Pick & Company to furnish.
Charles Levine said he would abort plans for a return Atlantic flight if British aviators Hamilton and Minchin succeed in their current attempt. He proposed an alternative eastward flight to break long distance endurance records.
Mrs John Kirsch, mother-in-law of Monte Currie of Beaumont, died in an automobile crash yesterday. Her funeral was held this afternoon at four o'clock. No further details were provided.
A group of Cisco farmers and Chamber of Commerce representatives visited Bryan and A and M College for a dairy inspection tour. They toured the college with J A Clutter and others, met by Sam E. Eberstadt and C L Benson, and were hosted by Bryan Rotary Club. The party, led by R L Poe, covers a 1500 mile auto trip to study the dairy industry with expenses paid by Cisco Chamber.
Thieves broke through a window at Pleasanton railway station near San Antonio and robbed three sacks of mail containing an undetermined amount of money and checks. Three suspects were arrested by officers, and none of the loot has been recovered.
Ernst Vierkotter, a German, was leading the $50,000 twenty-one mile Lake Ontario marathon in Toronto on August 31. About 200 swimmers started, roughly half remained as the race continued with notable dropout including George Young, Catalina Island swim winner.
Fire Chief I E Warren told State Fire Commissioner Mitchell Campbell in Austin that fifty percent of major fire losses in Bryan come from traffic interference at or en route to fires. He cited an incident on Monday night where fire trucks were slowed eight minutes by autos, with seven or eight owners facing city court. The department urges residents to halt disruptive behavior to protect life and property.
Members of the Brazos County Singing Convention will hold a practice session at Sue Haswell Memorial Park Sunday afternoon starting at 3 oclock. Jess E. Hensarling says the group met there last Sunday to a large crowd and was delighted with the park facilities.
Madisonville prepares to vote on an $800,000 road bond issue to build about fifty miles of state and federal highways in Madison county and improve principal lateral roads. Petition circulation to call the election is expected, with guidance from Walker and Leon counties that recently carried bond elections.
Austin reports Governor grants a 20 day reprieve for Willie Robertson a 22 year old Black man who faced execution on September 2 for the murder of a Denton county farmer Former Representative Joseph Frnka Columbus says the delay allows further investigation with a view to seeking commutation to life imprisonment.
Bryan friends regret the departure of Mr and Mrs John R Bender from College to make their home in Houston. Mr Bender, former athletic director at A and M College, will head the athletic department at the new Houston junior college. Brazos County PTA regrets the removal of Mrs John R Bender, beloved president of Ninth District PTA.
San Antonio August 31 Captain C H Reynolds and Sergeant Gus Newland whose plane was forced down in Mexico Saturday were located at Presidio Texas today per a telegram from Colonel C S Babcock First Cavalry at Camp Marfa Texas. Advices from Camp Marfa said the plane had been forced down in Mexico and later dispatches from Mexico City said the men were not prisoners but the plane would be held for investigation.
Washington August 381 Gulf Texas and Western Railroad was authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission to intervene in the Ardmore Vernon and Lubbock Railway case seeking permission to build a line from Ardmore Oklahoma to Lubbock Texas.
Mrs Lucy J King aged 72 years 2 months 29 days died at her son Rufus King’s home in Bryan after a lingering illness. She was born in Huntsville Texas and married W C King in Bryan in 1873. Survivors include sons Rufus and Earl King sisters Sallie Tabor and Annie Dunlop and Carrie Connor. Funeral Thursday at 10 a m from McCulloch Dansby with Rev R E Day officiating. Interment in Bryan City Cemetery.
Coach Bible and Mrs Bible returned late Tuesday from an extended summer visit in Florida and other points. They spent most of the summer in Lakeland enjoying the trip. The couple also visited Jacksonville and Miami, traveling the Dixie Highway along the coast and through palm shaded parks. They report a most delightful journey.
In a Monday evening ceremony at the home of Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Day on West 26th Street, H G Umland and Marie Ewing, both of this city, were joined in marriage by Rev. Day. Witnesses included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Myres and a few friends. The couple will reside at the cottage corner North College Avenue and East 24th Street.
NEW YORK Aug 31 Oscar Petty 82 returning to America from Paris committed death by own action by jumping from the deck of the French liner Paris officials of the line announced today.
Special weather brief reports partly cloudy skies for Bryan and nearby areas with no precipitation expected. Weather conditions remain mild with light winds.
Grant Lumber Company is constructing a new 10 000 office and warehouse on College Avenue to expand stocks and improve trade. The plant will face College Avenue and the south, measure 80 feet in length, with 300 feet of lumber sheds. It should be finished in about six weeks. J D Wilson manager, aided by W H Looney, oversees the project.
The Texas highway department prepares an $8.5 million maintenance budget for the new fiscal year starting September 1. Leo Ehlinger notes the calendar year $10 million plan was spent two thirds, with four months left. A $1.5 million reduction is planned for 12 fiscal months, to accommodate auditing. The commission is ready to approve the cut unofficially.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Sturgis return from a three month vacation traveling 7500 miles through Ames Iowa Yellowstone Seattle Vancouver B C and along the West to Davis California and El Paso Texas meeting S M Miller brother of E A Miller. Sturgis notes no car trouble and in the A and M department.
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