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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
3
The Bryan Cotton Oil Company invested about $15,000 in improvements including new boilers and French press machinery aiming to cut fuel use and boost oil extraction. With seed values high at $60 a ton, output drops due to drought, crop timing, and weaker oil per ton.
The Eagle invites all Brazos County communities not yet represented to join via a capable reliable correspondent who will provide a weekly letter. Contact the editor for particulars.
In Harvey on Monday another good rain eased cattlemen and school reports note Miss Ruth Pate Ruth Weeden Arlie Dyess and Mrs Bertha Turner left for Wharton to attend the institute. George Davidson and Lloyd Dyess returned from San Antonio. A long time loyal mule aged over thirty years was laid to rest Monday at 2 30 with no military burial due to farm time constraints. Old Pete is dead.
Riverside residents report rains break dry spell enabling some fall planting. Potatoes turnips radishes lettuce now planted while cotton picking winds down. Community anticipates early school opening and notes updates on local health and visits. A Bohemian Red Cross chapter forms in Brazos county with officers elected and fifty eight members enrolled.
Steep Hollow residents note improving gardens with peanuts and a hoped for good cotton crop while contemplating Liberty Loan bonds. Visitors include Roy Foster and Joe Barnett. neighbors from Beaumont Wixon Edge join Miss Annie Lou Lindsey and families for Sunday. A new motorcycle ride for ladies ends with a push to free a stuck bike, then abandonment at the first farmhouse.
The passage describes a group begging a horse and buggy to transport them home in time for supper, with plans to do full justice to the meal upon arrival.
Mrs Goen and daughter Mamie from San Marcos visit Harvey this week. Local youth will leave for Huntsville Denton Bryan Villa Maria College A&M. Pastor Rev Newsom resigns to teach. Christian Endeavor meets Sundays at 8 30 p m with a musical program.
The fall gardens are thriving and all district schools will open Monday September 17. A farmers' meeting is planned at Tabor high school Friday night. The Misses Andrews have left for Abilene after visiting Mrs. O. L. Wilcox. A large Cottonwood crowd heard Rev. Smith on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Thompson visited the Tabor area Sunday. Also an advertisement for HERBINE liver remedy notes price and seller.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant vegetable liquid that substitutes calomel for liver relief. It claims calomel is dangerous mercury causing weakness and salivation, while Liver Tone cleanses bile, relieves biliousness and constipation, and is safe for all ages. The copy promises refund if no improvement.
Local board lists 150 men passing physicals and exempt claims, with many Bryan and College names including Homer Mims, Anton Machos, Henry Seals, Wm C Peteete, Otto Seemann, Hardy Todd, Jesse Mead, Elbert Reynolds, and Joe Edward Spell among others. Rejected physicals and exemptions allowed noted. further adjustments possible after district board report. Stella Bulmanski obituary noted. malaria remedy ad included.
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College district extension agents meet with Assistant Director Walton to plan war food control efforts led by Clarence Ousley. A September October drive will urge Texas county commissioners to support production conservation and cost sharing for field work nationwide. Also includes an antiseptic ad for BoroZone offered by M H James.
Bryan and Robertson county leaders push to land the Henry Exall Memorial highway route through central Texas. Two options exist Huntsville and Bryan Bremond Franklin Wheelock, with Bryan gathering data on roads bridges and potential cooperation. A Bryan convention with Texas highway commission may be held and county data compiled to support the bid.
A note dated Sept 5 from John Sealy Caldwell, one of the first eleven drafted, reports arrival at Camp Travis. He mentions uncertainty of his address, plans for medical examinations, and bunking with Johnnie Hallway, noting Camp Travis is about five miles from town and they expect limited visits.
Goose Creek Texas September 11 No 12 Wight of the Gulf Production Company struck oil at 3200 feet with an initial production of 2500 barrels in this field report.
Cincinnati ad claims freezone relieves soreness in moments and lifts corns or calluses from roots with a few drops. It asserts quick drying and no irritation to surrounding skin, offering cheap salvation for hard or soft corns and requiring only a small bottle from drug stores or wholesale houses.
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