Bryan Weekly Eagle Telegraphed Post Office Listing
Publication notice from Bryan Texas 1912 shows mailing class and rates for the Bryan Weekly Eagle. Details include editors and Associated Press rights and advertising offices in Dallas New York and Chicago. The text lists subscription rates and distribution notes for Brazos County.
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Texas Daily Press League
Mercantile Bank
Dallas
Texas
Madison Ave
New York
N. Y
Association Building
Chicago
Blinoi 8
Looking Forward for Bryan and Brazos County
A forward looking editorial urges Bryan and Brazos County to assess assets and liabilities, grow industry, and improve farming methods. It highlights education at A and M College Allen Academy Villa Maria Academy and diverse churches, and calls for urban rural balance to keep young people, equality of opportunity, and patient community growth.
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Bryan
Brazos County
M. College
Allen Academy
Villa Maria Academy
Texas
Prohibition Again Faces League of Nations in Geneva
The League of Nations meets in Geneva with prohibition as a major issue. Nations differ in liquor laws and must curb smuggling while respecting each other’s rights. Finland and others already have prohibitions, creating a shared challenge for the league.
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League of Nations
Geneva
Finland
League
Tax politics and gasoline pricing stir Texas comments
The piece critiques a 8 to 2 cent gasoline tax cut in Texas as wholesalers raise prices, signaling big business power. It notes Secretary Sam Eberstadt’s visit promoting Bryan and College Station cinema amid this debate and reports cotton prices dropping after a政府 report predicting 14,439,000 bales, urging better prices for farmers.
Secretary Eberstadt Praised At Bryan College Tour Reception
Open house at the Bryan College chapter of the Chamber of Commerce honored Secretary Sam Eberstadt returning from a state tour promoting the Bryan College movie. He toured 74 counties, showed the film in 28 towns, drawing 22 661 paid admissions and earning praise from Chamber leaders and educators for his efforts.
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Sam E. Eberstadt
Bryan and Brazos County
Eberstadt
Bryan
Sonora
San Antonio
Gainesville
Jefferson
Lions
Rotary Clubs
Chambers of Commerce
Rotary
West Texas
Homer D. Wade
West
Pine for Luck, Spruce Up Your Luck Outlook
A light column counsels someone known for misfortune to refresh habits and appearance, arguing confidence improves odds. It notes small changes in routine and outlook can alter how others respond, framing luck as partly cultivated through effort.
Religious sympathy despite misappropriation losses
All Christian people in the United States express sympathy with Southern Baptists over a million dollar misappropriation from the Home Mission Board. The fault does not diminish the fund’s purpose. We trust the banking system despite failures. home and foreign missions remain vital services to humanity.
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United States
Southern Baptists
Home Mission Board
Home and Foreign Missions
Church
Weatherford Democrat Rural and Industrial Edition Honors Parker County
The Weatherford Democrat released a magazine style rural and industrial edition praised as one of the best of its kind. It promotes diversification and highlights local advantages. A prize was offered for the best article on Why I Like to Live in Parker County, underscoring homegrown assets.
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Weatherford Democrat
Parker County
South Texas Seizures Mark Dry September Trend
In September South Texas is drier than August according to Victor J. Buthod acting deputy prohibition administrator. In August federal officers seized and destroyed 119 distilleries with a potential output of 50,000 gallons of whiskey a month. In Buthod territory confiscations valued at $20,000, with 119 arrests.
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Houston
South
Texas
Victor J. Buthod
Buthod
Dansby Improves Bryan Avenue With New Modern Buildings
Bryan Avenue is becoming a leading street in Bryan thanks to Marshall Dansby. A three story building beside Dansby Furniture Co. houses Real Hat Shop on the second floor Yeager Edge Hardware on the other floors. An electric elevator is being installed. Smith and Morgan dry goods will occupy part of the next glass front building with a wide leveled sidewalk.
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Bryan Avenue
Bryan
Marshall Dansby
Dansby Furniture Co
Yeager-Edge Hardware Co
Smith and Morgan Dry Goods
Dansby
Farmers in Bryan Denounce Cotton Price Drop After Harvest Estimates
The text analyzes two government crop reports the first predicting 14,291,000 bales at 18 cents per pound valuing the crop at 1.286 billion dollars and the second estimating 14,439,000 bales cutting price to one cent per pound reducing value to 1.227 billion. It argues farmers lose 58.975 million dollars and implies 655,277 bales have no market value, accusing Southern farmers of being robbed of billions.
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Bryan
South
Seaboard Boys Thrift Club Holds Barbecue Dinner
The Seaboard Life Insurance Company Thrift Club hosted a barbecue at Sue Haswell Park with district agent N. N. Snapp and local agents J. E. Covey Herry Estill John Vick and W. L. Knox. Thirty three boys attended plus many parents and local staff. An annual event is planned to foster friendship and fellowship among clubs in the district.
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Seaboard Boys’ Thrift Club
The
Seaboard Life Insurance Company
Sue Haswell Park
N. N. Snapp
J. E. Covey
Herry Estill
John Vick
W. L. Knox
Madisonville
H. T. Childers
Houston
Ben Kaplan
Bryan High
Snapp
Quote on dead power and living company by Tryon Edwards
The remark notes that the dead often wield greater influence than the living and reflects on how a social circle shapes which books are read. It presents a meditation on memory and influence within a cited maxims context.
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Tryon Edwards
Anti-Al Smith Headquarters to Be Had in Texas
B D Sartin campaign manager for the Anti Al Smith Democrats of Texas announced a regional headquarters would be opened in ten cities next week. The towns listed include El Paso Lubbock Waco Austin Lufkin Corpus Christi Sulphur Springs Beaumont Orange and Laredo.
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Dallas
B. D. Sartin
Fay Wilson Returns to New York to Play Football
Enid Oklahoma report notes Fay Wilson former Texas A and M star halfback now with the New York Giants travels from Texas with team captain Steve Owen to New York. They plan a stop in Kansas City where Wilson wore the Cowboys uniform two seasons earlier.
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Enid
Fay Wilson
Texas A
M. College
New York Giants
Texas
Steve Owen
New York
Gotham
Kansas City
Qwen
Kansas City Cowboys
The Average Girl Reaches Maximum Height by Sixteen
A health article states that the typical girl attains her full height by age sixteen. It notes that growth hormones and genetics influence final stature and that period changes may affect timing in some cases.
Dredging to Give Galveston a Deep Port in Future
Galveston will gain a 32 foot waterfront channel with a 35 foot outer depth after dredging plus two feet extra for silting. Over 4 million cubic yards will be removed and Pelican Spit will receive most material. Army engineers supervise a dredging contract that may take six months or more.
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Galveston
Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
Texas
United States
Southwest
New England
Gulf
Mississippi
Rio Grande
Pelican Spit
Galveston Channel
East End
Galveston Island
Army Engineers
Jimmie Page Joins Bryan Buick Co. As Mechanic
The many friends of Jimmie Page Bryan singer and auto mechanic will be glad to learn he has signed with the Bryan Buick Co. and will begin work Monday. Page formerly worked for Hassell Motor Co and has lately been a freelance mechanic.
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Jimmie Page
Bryan Singer
Bryan Buick Co
Page
Hassell Motor Co
Cameron Farmer Drowned Friday
Cameron Davis, 28, drowned Friday afternoon in Little River when his wagon drove into a deep hole while hauling water for cotton pickers. His team also perished. Davis, a Gambill farm tenant, is survived by his wife and small son. body not recovered.
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Cameron
Jess L. Davis
Little River
Davis
Gambill
Hughes elected to World Court in Geneva
Charles Evans Hughes was elected a judge of the World Court of International Justice in Geneva by the League of Nations Assembly. He succeeds John Bassett Moore, who resigned, and becomes the second American on the court.
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Geneva
Charles Evans Hughes
World Court of International Justice
the Hague
Assembly of the League of Nations
John Bassett Moore
Doctors Debate Worm Symptoms in Children
Mothers and physicians debate whether irritability sleep disturbance digestive pains and itching eyes indicate worms. Most cases respond to White's Cream Vermifuge with a few doses costing 35c per bottle from Roman & Vick.
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Roman & Vick
Mayfield Thanks Friends in Texas Senator Letter to Ty Cobb
United States Senator Earle B. Mayfield writes to Ty Cobb of Bryan thanking friends for support in his senatorial contest. He notes malice toward none and vows to have given the best service as he retires March 4. He reflects on Democratic primary turnout and pledges future help to Texans and local institutions A and M College and Allen Academy.
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Texas
Edge
Eberstadt
Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Edge
A. and M. College
Allen Academy
Villa Maria
A. and
M. and Allen
W. C. Davis
Bryan
F. L. Henderson
Hearne
E. J. Jenkins
J. Bryan Miller
Jack Howell
N. B. Allen
George A. Adams
F. C. Bolton
H. O. Ferguson
Tyler Has
United States
Earle B. Mayfield
Ty Cobb
Mayfield
Senate
M. College
Community drives magazine donations for Huntsville penitentiary
Mrs. J. Webb Howell and Mrs. Travis B. Bryan collect magazines and books for prisoners in response to Rev. E. W. Miller appeal. Hundreds of items are being donated and will be boxed and shipped. Donations accepted on porch drops at Howell or Bryan residences until Saturday.
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J. Webb Howell
Travis B. Bryan
State Penitentiary
Huntsville
E. W. Miller
From Farm Hand to Congress Is Career of Lee
Col. R. Q. Lee of Cisco rose from farm hand to Texas congressman in the Seventeenth District campaign. He ran on a no mudslinging platform, carrying sixteen of nineteen counties and defeating Oscar Callaway in the runoff. Lee’s career spanned farming, merchandise, banking, railroading, and church work, including guiding the C. N. E. railroad through postwar turmoil to a full payoff for stockholders.
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R. Q. Lee
Cisco
Congress
Texas
Lee
Lone Star
Mississippi
Caddo
Stephens County
Breckenridge
Throckmorton
Texas-Pacific
Insect Pest Research Highlighted by East Texas Expert
F L Thomas of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station reviews pest control work in East Texas. He notes boll weevil, flea hopper, and other insects have caused heavy damage due to climate. Studies span Hillsboro, McKinney, Paris, College Station, with emphasis on cotton control methods and air dusting prospects.
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Longview
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
F. L. Thomas
Division of Entomology
East Texas
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Thomas
A. and M. College
Agricultural Experiment Station
College Station
Thomas
Division of
Entomology
San Jose
Hillsboro
Hill County
McKinney
Collin County
Paris
Lamar County
Brazos County
Texas
East
Baptists Lead Bryan Religious Census With 1334 Members
A religious census by First Baptist and College Avenue Baptist reports 1334 Baptists in Bryan from about 3 234 cards. Other groups include Catholic 869, Methodist 548, Lutheran 17, Presbyterian 209, Free Baptist 189, Christian 141, Episcopal 78, Church of Christ 39, Jews 35, no preference 225, and 50 for other groups. Missing households due to Sunday and Monday follow ups mean figures are a fair cross section, not a complete tally.
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First Baptist Church
College Avenue Baptist Church
Lutheran
Free Baptist
Methodist
Church of Christ
Episcopalian
Presbyterian
Baptist
Bryan
Cazell Delegates to Reunion in Havana Cuba
Gabe Cazell of San Antonio formerly of Bryan has been chosen as representative from the Eugene Hernandez Camp San Antonio to attend the United Spanish War Veterans and Allied Organizations meeting in Havana Cuba October 7 12. The camp covers all trip expenses. Cazell was the first to read and execute General Brooks order to clean up Manila in the Spanish American War. He looks forward to meeting many of his buddies.
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Gabe Cazell
San Antonio
Bryan
Eugene Hernandez
United Spanish War Veterans and Allied Organizations
Havana
Cuba
Cazell
General Brooks
Manilla
New Power Plant for Greenville
Greenville officials say the site for a municipal light and power plant has been selected and construction will begin immediately despite a temporary injunction granted to Tex as Power and Light Company. The injunction blocked Fairbanks Morris from selling plant equipment in Commerce under a contract dating to June 22, 1928, with a 1930 end date and an alternative damages claim of 350000.
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Greenville
Fairbanks-Morse Company
Commerce
Texas Power and Light Company
City of
Texas Power and Light Pyrceny
Major Hanna Killed by Train in Calvert Death
Major J. K. P. Hanna, longtime Democratic official and Woodmen of the World officer, was killed when struck by a Sunbeam train near Calvert yesterday. Funeral held today with burial in Calvert Cemetery. survived by two daughters and a sister.
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J. B. Gleissner
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Calvert
J. K. P. Hanna
Precinct One
Woodmen of the World
Hood's Brigade
Washington
Lee College
Hanna
Robert E. Lee
Matthews Kine to plead guilty in bank raid murder case
Matthews Kines a youthful Oklahoma outlaw will plead guilty Saturday to murder in the killing of W McAnally town marshal during a Bege bank raid Oklahoma His attorneys say a life sentence is expected instead of the death penalty which was returned by a jury a year ago and declared a mistrial
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Okemah
Okla
Matthew Kimes
Oklahoma
W. McAnally
Bege' Okla
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Bryan Weekly Eagle
Lee J. Rountree
Associated Press
Brazos
Government
S. E. Eberstadt
Eugene Edge Pins
Flower
A. C. of C
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Aggieland
T. O Walton
Seaboard Boys Thrift Club
Bryan Buick
Cameron Farmer
Charles Hughes
Senator Mayfield
Ter
A.M
Baptists
City of Bryan
Father Gleissner
Matthews Kine
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