Car Registrations for Brazos County Listed
Official records from County Tax Collector J. Marion Ferguson show new car registrations since the last publication. Names and associated locations include Bryan Cotton Oil Mill, Mrs Bertha R Danforth, Bryan. John R Bender College Station. Craig T Bowman Benchley. W A Boyett Bryan. Johnson Motor Co Bryan. C R Elkins Bryan. Jesse C Thompson Bryan. Joe Patranella Bryan. M B Sturges College Station. J L Platt College Station. F W Kazmeier Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Marion Ferguson
Bryan Cotton Oil Mill
Bryan
Bertha R. Danforth
John R. Bender
College Station
Craig T. Bowman
Benchley
W. A. Boyett
W. I. McCulloch
Johnson Motor Co
C. R. Elkins
Jesse C. Thompson
Joe Patranella
M. B. Sturges
J. L. Platt
F. W. Kazmeier
Local Navasota Couple Quietly Wed at Home Ceremony
J M Smith son of G B Smith and Nan Earl Steele of Navasota married quietly at 7 pm at the home of Rev J J Tatum Free Baptist officiating. The newlyweds will live in Bryan for now with no definite plans for a future home.
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J. M. Smith
G. 8. Smith
Steep Hollow
Western Public Service Company
Navasota
Nann Earl Steele
Ross Steele
J. J. Tatum
Free Baptist Church
Bryan
Henry Ford Expands Into Hemp Farming Nearby
The Hu Hoping hemp project near South Charleston Ohio draws interest from area farmers. The Chamber of Commerce lent 100 pounds of hemp seed free to growers as an experiment. Planting began May 28 with emergence June 2 and harvest on August 23 after about 90 days. Three stalks on display illustrated the harvested fiber.
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Associated Press
Ups And Downs Of Mt. Enterprise
Mount Enterprise residents recall the town's shift from a thriving 1869 hub to bankruptcy and relocation after a railroad built nearby. A new state highway threatens the current town center, nudging growth toward the railroad station as the trunk road brings more business.
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Associated Press
Mount Enterprise
East Texas
Billy” Ross
Ross
Old Mount Enterprise
Texas
Caro Northern
Marriage Licenses for Brazos County
List of marriage licenses issued since last publication from Brazos County Clerk A. B. McSwain includes William Edwards and Catherine Hunter, Abram Jones and Emma Glover, Marian McGruder and Mauline Fair, Manuel Gerra and Manuela Pina, Samuel Joseph Thompson and Daisy Canady, Lee Conner and Lovalis Butcher, J. L. Smith and Nan Ear Steel.
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McSwain
William Edwards
Catherine Hunter
Abram Jones
Emma Glover
Marian McGruder
Mauline Fair
Manuel Gerra
Manuela Pina
Samuel Joseph Thompson
Daisy Canady
Lee Conner
Lovalis Butcher
J. L. Smith
Nan Ear Steel
Those Desiring To Be Notaries Should Get Busy
Austin dispatch notes that many people seeking notary commissions are delayed by business changes and late applications. The report cites pending applications and urges timely submission to avoid disqualification or delays in certification.
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Associated Press
Austin
Federation of Young Folks Societies Organized in Bryan
Sunday night meeting at First Methodist Church organized a Federation of Young Peoples Church Societies in Bryan to boost fellowship and social activity. Pat Newton presided, a temporary committee of electors named. nine electors from five churches will choose officers and form the four quarterly executive body with ten member societies. A 94 attendance marked the debut program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation OF Young Folks Societies
Pat Newton
First Methodist Church
Young Peoples
Bryan
Earl Tatum
Free Baptist Church
W. C. Stuart
First Presbyterian Church
Maudelle Wiley
College Avenue Baptist Church
Flora Woods
Methodist Church
Texas notary public appointments explained by Rep Purl
Texas citizens face a lack of notary publics in offices and must apply to their state senator or county representative. Dallas’s Rep George C. Purl says write to your representative during session to gain a commission. He notes reappointments go to the January regular session and special-session appointees must reapply then.
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Texas
George C. Purl
Dallas
Purl
Edel Thomsen and Geo Bauer Wed Last Friday
Bryan and College relatives report the marriage of Miss Edel Thomsen of this city to Mr George C Bauer of College Station on Friday evening August 27 1926. The couple will remain in Iowa briefly then tour the west by car and plan to reach Bryan and College around September 15.
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Bryan
College
Des Moines
Iowa
Edel Thomsen
George C. Bauer
College Station
Bauer
Iown
West
C L McCoy Grows Record Cotton Crop In Bryan City
C L McCoy has cultivated over 60 acres in Bryan city limits and harvested eight bales weighing over 550 pounds each. He expects to exceed thirty bales as the season progresses and notes no bollworm or flea damage yet.
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C. L. McCoy
Bryan
Mr. McCoy
Mrs Tucker Returns From Eastward Auto Trip
Mrs L H Tucker returns to Houston from a three week automobile tour through the east with daughter Mrs Herbert Manton and granddaughters Mrs Monte Currie and Mrs Felix Currie starting from Houston. They traveled via Shreveport Texarkana the Ozark Mountains Missouri visiting her old home near Marshall. The party went to Chicago Detroit Niagara Falls and Buffalo before heading back reaching Houston late Sunday afternoon. Mrs Tucker says the trip was delightful but she is glad to be home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Tucker
East
Buffalo
New York
Houston
Tucker
Rev J J Tatum Leaves For Buffalo Springs Meeting
Rev J J Tatum left today for Buffalo Springs in Clay county to attend a Free Baptist Association gathering. He will address the meeting and return to Bryant next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tatum
Buffalo Springs
J. J. Tatum
Clay County
Free Baptist Association
Bryant
Girl's Own Room and Bedroom Furnishing Guide
This excerpt outlines the girl’s room as a personal domain and stresses cheerful, restful decor. It covers the bedroom’s purpose for healthful sleep, airiness, sun, cleanliness, and restfulness, plus woodwork, color, and finish. It advises minimal, meaningful pictures and wisely placed photographs.
Bryan school opens sixth site Monday
Superintendent Madison Hall announced a sixth Bryan school will open next Monday September 6. Rural students must take entrance exams at the high school on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to determine classification or standing in this school.
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Bryan
Madison Hall
Edgar Covey Returns to Run College Station Store
Edgar Covey, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Covey, returns from San Antonio where he has worked with The Texas Company since June after graduating. He now takes charge of the A. M. Waldrop & Co. store at College Station.
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Edgar Covey
San Antonio
Excursion to Galveston by G N Rail Line
Last Galveston excursion of the season on Labor Day. L. G. N. will authorize a very low rate to Galveston and return for trains arriving at Galveston afternoon September 4 and morning September 5, with final limit returning September 4. Ask ticket agent for details.
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Galveston
L.G. N
Henderson heads to Houston on legal business
F. L. Henderson departed this afternoon for Houston to attend to legal matters.
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F. L. Henderson
Houston
McMurtray to Be Ordained Deacon Before Leaving Bryan
H D McMurtray and his family plan to move to Arlington Texas with his ordination as deacon at a special service after the mid week prayer meeting The First Baptist Church will honor him for his prior illness keeping him from the earlier ordination and will miss the family in church school and auxiliary work
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H. D. McMurtray
Bryan
Arlington
Texas
The
Baptist Church
McMurtray
Seven Revolution Veterans Buried In Texas
A Texas University survey by Walter Prescott Webb lists seven Revolutionary War veterans buried in Texas soil. Names include James Wilson Henderson and John Alston with locations in Alto and Collin County, plus others in Daingerfield Jasper Houston and New Waverly. Several graves bear DAR markers while some details remain uncertain.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Walter Prescott Webb
Department of History
Texas University
Stephen F. Austin
Webb
James Wilson Henderson
Shilo Cemetery
Alto
John Alston
Lavon
Collin County
James Thompson
Peacock Cemetery
Daingerfield
Stephen, Williams
Jasper
Jasper County
Alexander Hodge
Sam Houston Park
Houston
John Archer Elmore
New Waverly
Jonas Chaison
Beaumont
Reba Boyd
Rusk
Brooke F. Early
Brownwood
Josephine Nowlin
Anna Damon
Arnold Lee Skinner
Kirbyville
James P. Lane, Jr
McKinney
Drewlayne
Death by electricity at Texas Penitentiary sparks debate
A dated dispatch from Huntsville describes the long, ritualized process of executions in the Texas penitentiary. Warden N. L. Speer leads the electric chair spectacle as condemned prisoners await death and ponder justice. The piece weighs the ethics of night executions against public hangings and calls for clearer, fairer punishment.
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Texas Penitentiary
Associated Press
Huntsville
Texas Pen
N. L. Speer
Warden Speer
World Service: Greatest Challenge to the Church
Dr. R. J. Wade executive secretary of the World Service Commission says World Service is the modern version of John Wesley’s world as parish. He urges renewed effort in prohibition, philanthropy, education, missions and spiritual life to redeem the world through missionary evangelism and Christian principles.
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World Service
R. J. Wade
SECY
Associated Press
New Orleans
Church of Today
Methodist Episcopal Church
Jesus Christ
China
India
Mexico
Church
Board of Temperance
Monthly Farm Bureau Meeting Set for Saturday
Brazos County Farm Bureau Cotton Association will hold its regular monthly meeting on Saturday September 4 at 2 p m in the courthouse. Members are urged to bring delivery problems and a large attendance is expected as farmers seek to resolve strains from two years of short crops and market cotton orderly per agreements.
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Brazos County Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Court House
Local Notes Highlight School Moves and Family News
Mrs. W D Stallings visits Bryan on business. Jane Reynolds will study at Baylor Belton next year after an excellent summer session. Sheriff Jess Conlee and wife welcome twin sons born August 31 at Bryan Hospital. Families relocate around Bryan from Worley cottages to North Whee lock, and from Brazos Bottom Plantation to the Carr home. Teachers, students, and college staff frequent Bryan, including Miss Susie Benbow en route to Institute Week, Miss Dorothy Ettle joining Bryan West Side, and Miss Gladys Reigle taking a position at the Women’s College in Florida. Prof Penn English returns to A and M faculty, while others travel or resume duties in Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Stallings
Alexander
Bryan
Jane Reynolds
E. B. Reynolds
Baylor College
Belton
Bryan Hospital
S. G. Buchanan
Worley
South Washington Avenue
Johnb. Hines
North Wheelock Avenue
West 25Th Street
Allen P. Carr
Brazos Bottom
John Wright Holyapple
First Christian Church of
Temple
Sam B. Wilson
R. J. Roberts
Franchelle
Houston
Susie Benbow
Tabor
A. and
M. College
Dorothy Ettle
Jno. F. Ettle
Bryan West Side
Ettle
Wellborn
Gladys Reigle
Woman's College
Talahasca
Florida
Penn English
English
A. and M. College
H. Lampe
Fort Worth
Katie Taliaferero
Navasota
Tyler Haswell
W. L. Powers
A. M. Waldrop
Nanne Shel Waldrop
Mattie D. Willis
Europe
Miss Waldrop
Willis
Waldrop
Dallas
Edward Brandt
W. M. Taylor
North Zulch
George Eisert
Waco
D. H. Reid
A. and M. College of Texas
Galveston
E. E. Aldridge
Brownsville
Texas
Edge Apartments
A. and M. College faculty and local residents noted
Numerous local figures attend institute week and visit relatives. Dr. Bilsing travels to Ohio for illness of his mother and aims to return for opening of school. Waldrops, Willis, and Bradburys engage in travel and hosting duties. Teachers and guests arrive in Bryan for autumn term activities.
Bryan visitors and faculty moves noted in town
Mrs L C Walker of Bot teday Ine M Moore and daughter Mias Ines of Tabor are in Bryan on business. Dr Black formerly with A M College veterinary dept leaves for Sonora Sutton county Texas to join Texas Experiment Station. Misses Julia and Lois Wilcox of Tabor travel via Bryan to Institute at A M College. Lois to teach at Bryan East Side School and Julia at Home Economics in East Side Bryan School. Home of Mr and Mrs Guy P Bittle in southern Bryan being repainted and redecorated. Dr O M Ball of Colleges in town today.
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L. C. Walker
M. Moore
Mias Ines
Tabor
Bryan
Black
A. and M. College
Sonora
Sutton
County
Xas
Texas Experiment Station
Julia
Lois Wilcox
Bryan East Side
East Side Bryan School
Guy P. Bittle
O. M. Ball
Brazos County Hill Lands Grow Fine Dorso Maize Feed
Mrs. G. W. Emory reports a Dorso and milo maize crop on her Brazos County hill land five miles east of Bryan. She estimates about ten tons of feed, with maize heads nine inches long and twelve inches around. The favorable season supports Brazos County’s feed self sufficiency for the year.
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G. W. Emory
Eagle Office
Hil
Brazos County
New Rookies Make Dope Very Problematical On The Race
Texas A and M enters the season with heavy rookies, aiming to replace fieldsmen lost from last year. Coach Bible expects improvement and warns fans to watch the Aggies as 60 players report September 10 at Kyle Field before season opener at Waxahachie versus Trinity University. Trinity, led by Coach Holton, is rated strong after last year, with high hopes for an upset.
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Albert L. Stein
College Station
Texas Aggies
Texas
Aggies
Gridiron Graybeards
Wilson
Berry
Kishi
McGuire
Irwin
Dansby
College Station Eleven
Coach Bible
Rothgeb
Dana X. Bible
Southwest
Bible
Kyle Field
Joel Hunt
Trinity University
Waxahachie
Aggs
Trinity
Rice
Baylor
Holton
Notre Dame
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J.M. Smith
Nan Steele
Henry Ford
Ups and Downs of
Mt. Enterprise
Geo. Bauer
Mrs. Tucker
Bernice Claytor
G. N
H. D. McMartray
Dixon L. Turner
Shirley Irene Turner
Mumford
Turner
Hereford
Deaf Smith County
Carl Jones
Reliance
Farm Bureau
SAM Houston State Teachers
Willis L. Smith
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