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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
2
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A biting social commentary on rising political costs and consumer prices. The piece argues politics in the United States has become expensive and tangled, higher than shoes or salt pork, blaming parties, factions, and self serving leaders rather than external forces. It notes Republicans claim even higher costs and laments the decline of democratic idealism.
A War Department report details reclassification at Blois known as the canning factory. Of 1081 officers, 762 to supply, 118 back to combat units, 201 to return home. It notes lower demotion rates among regulars and asserts emergency officer efficiency, praising American youth under strain.
A Brazos county editorial argues for an October 1 bond election to fund highway improvements. It questions holding it on the first of the month citing busy merchants and bills to pay, urging the election be set at a more suitable time before proceeding with the road program.
Farmers in Brazos County fear their neighborhoods may be excluded from the next good roads election. Some threaten to sell and move if left out, while the highway committee presses for a countywide vote to secure essential road improvements. Property owners back a broad plan as vacationers return and sentiment shifts toward more and better roads.
A New York Federation of Labor committee proposes a six month wage hold to support production and curb cost of living. It urges national adoption, endorses Wilson’s program, and argues it demonstrates American labor’s soundness and democracy against unrest and radicalism.
The speaker suggests delaying the election to better serve the majority and population interests. It is not a criticism but a preliminary idea to allow careful consideration before arrangements are fixed. The aim is to ensure the issue passes and reflects public will.
Dallas notes plan for the Ninetieth Division 10 reunion on October 11 including Brigadier Generals A G McAlexander and J P O’Neill. Major Ike Ashburn reports a simple program with special features for Ninetieth Division Day at the State Fair to be arranged with fair secretary W H Stratton.
Advertisement notes Ballard's Horehound Syrup relieves coughing and irritation, heals lungs, and restores breathing. Sold at Jenkins' Drug Store and M. H. James.
George W. Smith purchased from A. J. Wagner the three story building at 26th and Bryan streets for about 21000 dollars. The property measures 50 by 100 feet with a 25 foot rear ground strip and will be used as a merchantile establishment.
Brazos county boys clubs plan a meeting with County Agent Benson in the commercial club rooms Saturday September 6 at 2 p m to arrange exhibits for a club show on November 12 known as Turkey Day. Exhibits will include corn peanuts pigs poultry cotton and baby beeves with farmers also displaying products. Attendance is anticipated from several boys clubs in the county.
Postmaster W. D. Lawrence will inspect rural routes over six days to assess road conditions and ensure each rural mail box has clear name and number markings. Boxes lacking identifiers may be cut off by law. Weather has worsened some routes, but none will be eliminated unless roads remain impassable. The inspection, eagerly watched by Brazos County readers, underscores calls for better highways.
T. H. Black and Miss Leila Brockman were married at noon Monday in the First Presbyterian church. The ceremony surprised many Bryan friends. Mrs Black is a Bryan native. Mr Black works as a towerman for H T C and I G N railways at the Intersection. They will visit Houston relatives before returning to Bryan to reside with the Ewings.
Coblenz reports French forces in full control after an uprising by followers of Dr. Haas of Landau. A four hour battle at the Ludwigshafen post office ended with officials overwhelmed while the Haas faction seeks Palatinate independence from Prussia.
Daniel Burton of Providence Rhode Island and P W Burton of Fount Kentucky, brothers, reunite in Barboursville after sixty years. Daniel served for the Union in the Civil War while P W Burton came to Kentucky with his father seeking fortune. A Louisville relative’s letter sparked the long awaited meeting.
Mrs Michael Cudahy widow of packing industry pioneer died today at 57 born in Ireland raised in Cedarsburg Wisconsin. She was made a countess by Pope Benedict XV in 1917 in recognition of the Cudahy family’s Catholic charity becoming one of two American women with papal title.
Advertising copy asserts that a tonic called Grove’s Tasteless will cure worms in children by enriching the blood improving digestion and acting as a general strengthening tonic. It claims two to three weeks of regular use will dispel worms and restore perfect health with a pleasant taste at 50 cents per bottle.
Washington reports a Knoxville race riot provokes widespread worry among senators and leaders. They blame war aftermath and labor strains, caution against federal action and urge lawful, measured local solutions to restore harmony between white and colored communities.
Tulsa preacher Rev. Harold G. Cooke known as the jazz parson plans a major church outreach with a Maryland style chicken dinner. Twenty five hundred chickens will be prepared to attract attendees and support church services this summer.
The Texas Republican council wired an invitation to Lieut. Col. Theodore Roosevelt to attend the Republican barbecue in Fort Worth on September 5 and to speak. He will address in Lawton Oklahoma on September 8 and is expected to visit Texas in this region.
Austin September 2 Senior Ranger Captain William Hanson was granted indefinite leave by Governor Hobby to serve as special investigator for the senate foreign relations committee. He will study the relations between the United States and Mexico.
President Wilson, an elder, voiced support for the New Era movement at Lake Geneva. He said the five year program aims to meet new church challenges and stresses service, enlightenment, and public good as the gospel in action. The message was read by Dr. William Hiram Foulkes and met with applause.
Engineer Manuel Bonilla, head of the Mexican Fraternal Alliance, works in his Wyoming street front room on a plan to unite all Carranza opposition factions for a peaceful settlement of Mexico's internal troubles. He types lengthy letters to Mexicans across the United States on a folding typewriter.
Lax FOS with Pepsin syrup laxative claims to relieve habitual constipation promptly and regulate bowel action with regular 14 to 21 day use. Advertises pleasant taste and 80c price per bottle.
General Motors of Flint announces a seven story fireproof hotel and club costing about 2.5 million dollars. Construction will start this year on a block long site providing housing for 1,168 men with 1,300 capacity auditorium, gym, baths, pool, dancing floor, stores and related conveniences to aid housing shortage and curb profiteering.
Mexico City reports government forces were found to use ammunition from the federal arsenal during a brush with bandits near the Lions desert. Military orders aim to prevent sales by troops and cartridges were recovered at a Thieves Market sold to agents of Felix Diaz and other revolutionary leaders.
An ad copy promotes Crove’s Tasteless Tonic as restoring vitality by purifying and enriching the blood. It promises soon stronger energy and invigorating effect with a stated price.
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