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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1915
Page
7
The piece notes a surge in college admissions and housing near Bryan as an hourly interurban runs Bryan to A and M College. It highlights a bakery and farm goods market, a villa Maria Academy entrance, and the belief that citizen quality rests on strong schools, praising Bryan’s educational institutions.
An interview with a Bryan schoolman highlights Allen Academy for boys as a sixteen year old private preparatory school with about one hundred boarders. Its alumni span Texas counties and nations, including doctors lawyers teachers soldiers and preachers, proving how schooling shapes future generations and community progress.
Washington August 25 final withdrawals of government money by national banks will be made. The total withdrawals amount to 118 097 500 dollars.
Reports describe Jamaican experiments turning dried bananas into a nutritious flour usable as wheat and rye substitutes. It blends with wheat for bread while cakes may require no wheat.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt spoke at a Plattsburg military instruction camp denouncing thirteen months of perceived national weakness. He criticized the government for lacking preparedness and condemned Germany as brutal, urging munition shipments to aid Belgian restoration efforts.
Dr. W. H. Oliver M. B. Parker and M. L. Parker visited San Angelo with J. M. Gordon who joined his wife to see relatives. Gordon underwent an operation a few days ago and, from the latest report, is resting well and improving as expected.
Justice court proceedings at Ed justice precinct No. 6 resulted in one acquittal and dismissal of the remaining cases. County Attorney Bethea led the prosecution while Hudson and Hudson defended twenty defendants charged with Sami.
J. P. Gilpin of Kurten visited The Eagle office and described extensive corn damage from recent storms. He found 20 percent smut and some sprouted corn, fearing heavy losses if rain persists, while cotton fared better. He notes rain may boost sweet potatoes peas gardens and fall pasturage.
The article extols Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Charles Pinckney as pivotal founders of the United States. It credits them with shaping the Constitution, advocating religious freedom, press liberty, habeas corpus, and trial by jury, and notes their differing political loyalties as a Democrat and a Federalist with presidential bids.
Homer Jordan, colored, was tried in Justice McGee's court and found not guilty of simple assault. He was released. Seven or eight negro boys pled guilty to shooting craps in the same court, were fined $10 and costs, paid, and released.
An enjoyable Monday night gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. McGregor featured games and musical numbers by Misses McGregor and Hempfling. An ice course was served at 11 o clock, and attendees praised the evening.
Gary Indiana August 26 police announce the arrest of George Schneider a Gary Saxon Verein member in connection with the murder of Rev Edmund Kayser. Authorities say the prior pro German motive theory is abandoned and Schneider was Kayser's enemy over disagreement with Saxon Verein plans.
An Associated Press report from Galveston Texas on August 26 shows a carefully prepared death list of 275 known dead and 102 missing from the recent hurricane. The tally within Galveston proper numbers ten deaths.
Berlin reports from August 26 that Socialist newspapers publish Reichstag and party committee talks on peace aims. They call for a permanent peace, no loss of German territory, universal nations clauses in treaties, abolition of tariff walls, freer seas, no capture, internationalized narrows, no weakening Austria or Turkey, opposition to conquests, and a future international court to settle disputes.
General Funston arrived in Austin to confer with Governor Ferguson on border security. He would not detail plans but said Texas City troops would be sent to Brownsville Eagle Pass and the Big Bend region.
Hallettsville Tex Aug 26 Earl Fry cashier of the Shiner National Bank died last night from an alleged personal safety related wound illness listed as the cause.
In Gatesville Texas two San Antonio boys Lincoln and Joe Schroeder ages 12 and 15 at the State Training School are to receive a fortune of 100000 dollars left by an uncle in Mississippi. The probate judge ordered their release and they will be taken to the state to claim the inheritance.
The piece notes Montana's 20 million acres of free public land awaiting settlement, Italy's wheat crop at 176 million bushels, and 70 000 census workers needed. It cites English labor saving devices amid farm labor shortages, Chile irrigating 2.3 million acres with more potential, and 29 percent of agricultural workers in unions. It also mentions Constantinople theaters shut due to actor safety concerns and forecasts wage rises as nations arm, with postwar labor shortages spurring invention and machinery.
Judge J T Maloney and D B Knowlton of Austin Brothers surveyed Jones bridge after last week storm. The 207 foot middle span is total loss, end span badly damaged but usable for repairs. Repair cost will rise and Knowlton will present an estimate to the commissioners' court at the next meeting.
Private secretary to General Carranza Agusto Espinosa Mireles has been named Provisional Governor of Coahuila, Mexico, announced from Washington.
An Associated Press item from Aline Texas describes a pistol duel at Alpine where W. M. Griffin was wounded and Bob Goodwin seriously hurt. The incident arose from a personal matter and Goodwin’s condition remained serious.
Washington reports the United States leads the world in exports for the first time. Official figures show $2.8 billion in exports for the fiscal year ending June 30, marking a historic trade achievement.
The Texas Attorney General states that the 34th Legislature open seasons are dove September 1 to March 1 quail partridge December 1 to February 1 and a daily limit of fifteen birds while turkeys may be killed three per season. Senate bill 35 supersedes prior limits on daily kills.
Burleson County reports widespread storm damage. Old Salem Church at Cooks Point and the German Church at New Tabor were destroyed, the Cooks Point school house blown away, and several barns unroofed. Open cotton losses reach 8000 to 10000 bales, corn fields sprouting after being toppled, and rain hinders recovery as residents press forward.
New York Aug 26 The new nickel batteries designed by Thomas A Edison to prevent chlorine gas escape are being installed on the submarine K-1 at the New York Navy Yard. An Edison agent works under navy yard guards with installation to take about two weeks.
Dr W. G. Cline maintains a practice limited to eye ear nose and throat care with residence at 622 and office at 521 Commerce Building.
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