Cabbage Prices Stir Texas Rural Debate
A Texan exchange argues that urban growth lowers producer earnings for cabbage while raising consumer costs. A letter from S P, Lee Rountree, and Joe J Taylor features price figures from 1921 Rio Grande Valley to Dallas markets, arguing overhead hurts farmers and urging discussion of supply and demand dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Farm and Ranch
Pryan Eagle
Lee
S. P
Texas
Tail
Lee Rountree
Joe J. Taylor
Dallas-Galveston
Joe
Rio Grande Vallege
Dallas
Houston
Russia
Austria
Germany
Amaze Your Friends With Your Complexion
An old advertisement touts Ironized Yeast as a quick, easy remedy for pimples and blackheads, claiming it improves skin with two tablets per meal. It urges readers to buy from their druggist or mail for a free three day test and lists Tronized Yeast Co. as the address in Atlanta along with generic store endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. 99
Atlanta
James Drug Store
Beason knows his business in Brazos County clubs
A Dallas-Galveston News feature praises C. L. Beason Brazos County Agent for organizing rural community clubs across Edge Smetana Wellborn Millican Tabor Kurten and Steep Hollow. It notes Beason assists yet allows clubs to run themselves with support from Eberstadt of Bryan and the Chamber of Commerce funding and backing the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas-Galveston News
Farm News
Brazos County
A. and M. College
Edge
Tabor
Millican
Kurten
Smetana
Wellborn
Steep Hollow
C. L. Beason
Mr. Beason
Benson
Beason
Eberstadt
Chamber of Commerce
Bryan
Flowers for the Living group praises Mineral Wells editor
The Mineral Wells Flowers for the Living club received a bouquet from Mrs. Leo Russell and Justice George P. Barber to the Index editor in appreciation of an editorial. The editor Sam E. Miller notes such endorsements inspire deeper study and better daily work.
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Mineral Wells
Living” Club
Leo Russell
George P. Barber
Th Index
Index
Bright
Pathway Daily
Sam E. Miller
Mineral Wells Index
A Happy Medium Prefers Pipe and Labor Balance
The Mineral Wells Index notes President Harding may need to smoke a corn cob pipe in his study if he secures a railway strike deal before harvest. The piece argues for a middle ground between pipe smoking and vigorous work, warning against excess in either direction.
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Harding
Judge Harwood’s Fishing Prize Picture Draws Grin
The Eagle editor received a fine fish photo from Warren Michigan judge Homer Harwood. He caught the fish on a trip with the National Editorial Association in Montana. He is urged to send more fish than pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Eagle
Homer Harwood
Warren, Mich
National Editorial Association
Montana
Homer
Democratic convention missing Lee J. Rountree
The Bard of Bryan attended the event in full flourish while a San Antonio newspaper quoted a playful line about the convention, likening it to Uncle Joe Cannon without a cigar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee J. Rountree
Joe Cannon
Bard
Bryan
San Antonio Evening Press
Ferguson Refuses to Talk in Texas Newspaper Clash
James E Ferguson declines to comment amid ongoing dispute in Texas coverage. The heated exchange centers on statements and political maneuvering, with editors weighing public interest against limited access.
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Tme
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Lance Corporal We Hope Under Stands the Term Overhead
The brief fragment mentions a military term overhead and a person titled Lance Corporal, suggesting a wartime or training context without further details or events.
Fishermen urged more fruit trees planted in Brazos county
The piece argues Brazos county should plant more fruit trees in the proper season, urging farms and homes to increase fruit tree planting ahead of the upcoming planting time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Millican Community Fair Moves into Fall
Millican plans a fall community fair as Tabor locks in September 29 for their event. Brazos County urges multiple fairs to boost countywide attendance and momentum toward a larger county fair.
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Millican
Tabor
Brazos County
European muddle driven by hatred and jealousy
The passage claims hatred ignorance and jealousy are dominant in the European muddle while other European nations are fine. It presents a critical view of regional tensions and calls attention to negative attitudes within Europe.
The Advertising Problem in Small Town Papers
A Groesbeck Journal note argues foreign advertisers gain from small town papers due to continuous ads. It contrasts local merchants' underuse of advertising with the higher returns from familiarity, warning that newspapers would struggle without foreign ads while locals fail to fund papers.
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Groesbeck Journal
Russian prices and US peach tale spark overhead debate
Sunshine Joe Webb notes Russia’s high prices to illustrate overhead, contrasting with the US where an Arkansas peach farmer saw rotted crop at 25 cents per bushel while a single peach sold in a Dallas hotel for 40 cents with a 15 cent tip, prompting questions about economic understanding.
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Joe
L. L. Chappelle
Bryan
Bentonville
Arkansas
Friut
Oklahoma
Dallas
Sunshine Joe Webb
Waco News-Tribune
Russia
United States
Waco claims new snake killer champion in Brazos River
Pearson Rowell of Waco says he shot and killed 43 water moccasins with one shot in the Brazos River below Waco. The town already boasted a champion craps shooter and a speed demon, and residents joke about a future cotton picker title.
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Pearson Rowell
Waco
Brazos River
Eighteen Graduate from A and M Texas Summer School
Special to the Bryan Eagle from College Station Texas Sept 2 1930 The A and M College summer graduating class includes eighteen graduates with degrees in agricultural education agriculture civil engineering and related fields. Speaker Lee J Rountree urged a new Texas constitution and permanent funding to sustain education and place Texas schools among the nation’s best. President W B Bizzell awarded diplomas and praised the program as a model for expanding summer study and college activity statewide.
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Bryan
College Station
Texas
A. & M. College of Texas
Lee J. Rountree
Brazos
Grimes
Rountree
W .B. Bizzell
Union
Bizzell
Thomas A. Fritts
John Alvin Hetericks
Penelope
Leander D. Howell
Bexar
Brazos County farmers urged to boost corn feed and effort
The Brazos County Farm News notes 150 carloads of corn will ship to Bryan this fall and winter, with banks likely funding a quarter to half a million dollars for feed. It highlights county agent work, Mel Lara’s watermelons, George Hound’s return to McAdoo school, and T. O. Walton’s talk on Christian citizenship urging community cooperation and hard work to strengthen agriculture.
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Deaser
Bryan
Mae Preston Sneed
A. V. Lara
Fort Worth
Texas
Lara
Brazos County
A. & M. College
George
George Holland
Welborn Sunday School
T. O. Walton
A. and
M. College of Texas
Nehemiah
Walton
Corsicana
College Station
Tucker and Roberts visit Mrs Tucker for Sunday
Mr and Mrs N B Tucker of Navasota and Dr Will C Roberts of Hempstead spent Sunday with Mrs L H Tucker in a family gathering noted in local society pages.
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N. B. Tucker
Navasota
Will C. Roberts
Hempstead
L. H. Tucker
Mrs. Goen and daughter visit Ferguson brothers in San Marcos
Mrs. C. S. Goen and her daughter Miss Mamie of San Marcos are visiting her brothers Mr. J. M. Ferguson and Judge H. O. Ferguson. The family gathering centers on the San Marcos residence and local hospitality.
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C.S. Goen
Mamie
San Marcos
Mrs. Goen
Mr. J. M
H. O. Ferguson
Social Roundup Buoyant as Bryan Guests Arrive
Numerous residents and visitors appear in Bryan for weekend and institute events. C M Risinger of Steep Hollow, Miss Eleanor Jones of Houston, Miss Gladys Walker of Cameron, and many more are listed among relatives, teachers, and business visitors.
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C. M. Risinger
Steep Hollow
Eleanor Jones
Houston
D. C. Jones
Gladys Walker
Cameron
Bryan
West Side
M. H. James
Grover C. White
Grover C., Jr
Belton
College Avenue
Grover, Jr
R. J. A Roberts
West 26Th Street
W.P. Griffin
Dorothy
Beaumont
Midland
Car Cole
East 24Th Street
Washington and
25Th Street
Cole
24Th Street
East 23Rd Street
Artie Barron
W. S. Barron
W. E. Barron
Iola
Teachers’ Institute
College
N. A. Push
Joe Opresteny
Galveston
A. G. Gibson
Annie Gibson
Elmer Gibson
Rock Prairie
Georgia
W. E. Foster
Brevard Knox
Dean Purpear
W. O. Sanders
Gove
Austin
Alton Boyett
C. “. Ilkins
Edgar Bullock
W. E. Neeley
Almera Dunn
Cameron H Pital
J. B. Dunn
Wheelock
Cox
Lorin Bryan
J. F
Alia
Ew Stanford
Woodvil
N. A. Bush
Rebecca
George Hadley
Bryan Crimm
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Guion Hall
Brazos County Boys and Girls
Dallas Morning News
Hana F. M. Law
Texas Banker’s Assoiation
Banker-Farmer
George Hound
Agriculture Clubs
West Texas
McAdoo School
Bryan High School
Billy
Kellogg's
Kelloggs
Kellogg’s
W. K. Kellogg
Kellogg’s Krumlles
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