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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
3
Washington reports debate over recalling Austro-Hungarian Ambassador Dumba amid alleged plots to incite strikes in U S munitions plants. Critics warn a diplomatic breach if bilateral issues escalate. Dumba travels to Lenox Mass as news unfolds.
Paris dispatch reports Italy has declared cotton contraband of war, announced by Rome officials via Havas News Agency. The move follows wartime shipping restrictions affecting trade and supplies.
The trolley strike in five nearby cities was settled and operations resumed. Arbitration over the disputed point will occur on October 1.
The Associated Press reports that Federal officials forecast a billion bushel wheat crop for the nation. A September 1 canvass projects a yield of 81,000,000 bushels, marking an increase in crop prospects.
The first ginning tally for 1915 reports 461 000 bales ginned before September 1. This compares with 480 517 last year and higher percentages in 1913 and 1912. State wise figures cover Arizona California Kansas Kentucky Missouri New Mexico and Virginia. Next report due October 2 at 10 am Eastern time.
Household tips advise using salt and alum in soaking water to prevent color running and alum alone for lilac and violet items, then washing in warm borax. The Japanese use petals of chrysanthemums stocks violets roses nasturtiums and dandelions in salads for their antitoxic properties. Also notes to boil macaroni for pie.
A brief ad story touts Gets-It as the world’s best corn remedy. The humorous tale mentions Mary and a toe corn, noting the product’s sale in Bryan and its widespread recommendation.
A simple recipe describes cooking vegetables in salted water until tender, draining them, then baking in a dish with seasoned gravy, herbs, and a thin cheese topping for about thirty minutes to create an excellent pie.
Robert Cravatt, prison inmate at Huntsville, asks Governor Ferguson for a pardon. He claims a $65 000 inheritance sits in an Ohio bank and says he plans to buy a Texas farm and become a citizen. Cravatt was convicted in Dallas County on July 14 1914 for perjury and has served half his two year sentence with a clean prison record.
Grand jury reports an indictment against Tony Woodyard a prominent local Italian merchant for murder in the killing of Jim Steepleton of Edge community The incident occurred at Woodyard’s residence and he was released on a $5000 bond pending trial Sheriff Nunn arrested him yesterday afternoon and released him on bond The article also notes educational visits by Prof A W Kinnard and teacher Maude Sowarby visiting Falls and Hopkins counties
Reports say U S troops patrol the Rio Grande area and General Carranza warns commanders to be held accountable for border incidents. In Texas, Villa executes three officers and a widow receives a letter detailing wills. General Silva flees Las Vacas and the mutiny is quelled with a death sentence for a colonel.
The department has advanced under new leadership and received a $750 donation from the State last year. State school authorities praised the shop's work. The main building is being cleaned in preparation for county and city teachers institutes next week.
Work begins on the first paved street at the college from the chapel to the Bernard Sbisa Mess Hall using bituminous macadam. The quarter mile thoroughfare, forty feet wide, is heavily used by cadets walking to meals. Other streets will be gravel surfaced from this parade way.
Professor Adel s perger, noted architect and professor at A and M, is active with plans for several new buildings to be erected on the campus. Details outline expansion of the architecture program and facilities.
Algernon Blair of Bryan visited Montgomery to inspect the post office building and confer with Theodore Miller, U S superintendent of public construction. They agreed to raise the floor nine inches to match higher curbs on West Anderson street, with Miller notifying the Post Office Department. Both men reported satisfaction with progress and no further changes.
The First Baptist Church repairs storm damage with work by the ladies' aid society. The seats will be refinished and the ruined carpet in the main auditorium will be removed.
A representative from The Eagle viewed East Side School improvements ahead of the September 20 opening. The music rooms and domestic science building on the girls' side are finished and ready, with the manual training building under repair after a recent storm. Prof. J L Reese has repaired benches and urged a band saw purchase, while a hand made four shelf filing cabinet gifted to Prof. Lawson showcases shop work.
Prof Adelsberger returned from a North and East tour studying building types for the Texas A&M College. He plans hog cholera serum production, a livestock judging pavilion, stock barns, a college hospital, and three new professor cottages to be built in the 1915 16 fiscal year.
An increase of 5c today lifts crude oil to 80c per barrel in Tulsa. The advance marks a 40c rise since August 2 and general activity in the midcontinent oil fields is forecast.
The piece praises Charles Carroll and Archbishop John Carroll for advocating Civil and Religious Liberty in early America. It notes Charles Carroll’s wealth and education, his signing of the Declaration of Independence, and Daniel Carroll’s role in signing the National Law, with a wry remark about “a few millions.”
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