Brazos County Sends 105 Boys to Camp Travis for War
From Wednesdays Daily Eagle 105 young white men from Brazos county depart at noon for Camp Travis to train as soldiers of the national army. They face strict physical exams and drills, with many likely to be granted furloughs home before serving abroad. Families and crowds gather in Bryan to bid them farewell as speakers praise democracy and the just cause of the war.
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Daily Eagle
Brazos County
Camp Travis
National Army
Bryan
Masonic
Main Street
Martin
Allen Academy
Ue Park
Arrington
W. C. Boyett
Exemption Board
W. B. Bizzell
A and M. College
W. ©. Davis
Solomon
Father Gleissner
J. T. Maloney
United States
International
Great Northern
Grimes
Houston
San Antonio
Valley Junction
Felix Rotillo
Steele’s
Walter W. Hicks
Kurten
John Reed
Louis H. Sisco
Harry M. Todd
Nugent R Clayton
Reid
Henry Schmidt
St. Joseph's Parish
Greissner
King G. D. Tucker Sells All Kinds of Feed Low Prices
King G. D. Tucker advertises a wide range of feed products at reduced prices. The notice emphasizes lower costs per unit to attract customers and promote quick sales.
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G. D. Tucker
Lemon Juice Freckle Remover Lotion Ad
A vintage ad suggests making a quarter pint skin softener by mixing two fresh lemons with three ounces of orchard white to remove freckles sallowness tan and to whiten and beautify skin. The lotion is strained to remove pulp and kept for months for daily facial massage.
Bond Election Set for October 18 in Bryan
The Bryan city commission called an election for October 18 to vote on a $90,000 bond issue to finance a new school building. An accompanying repeal election on Article 16 of the city charter was also set, with bids for curbs and gutters and other city issues discussed.
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Daily Eagle
Bryan
City Commission
Messrs. Doane
Parker
Henderson
Haswell
Charles Jenkins
la France Company
Fire Department
North Main
North Bryan
Twenty-fourth Street
Vick Planning Mill
Walter Wipprecht
Compress
Wipprecht
College
Pros Organize for County Campaign
At a county prohibition committee meeting last night C B Bullock and John L Edge were appointed campaign managers. Several committees were authorized and permanent headquarters will be secured. The campaign will start promptly with mass meetings and frequent speakers. Rev Williams will serve as office manager and secretary.
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Daily Eagle
Prohibitionists
C. B. Bullock
John L. Edge
Rev. Williams
Negro Soldiers Trained in Their Own States Policy Proposal
A resolution introduced by Representative McLemore of Texas urges each state to train its own Black soldiers in separate camps. It argues that sending northern Black troops to southern states endangers local peace and happiness and should end.
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Washington
McLemore
Texas
Bottoms Search for Negro Slayer of Clyde Cooley
A white county deputy reports that Clyde Cooley was killed by Jim Hamilton in a drunken dispute. Hamilton fired on Deputy Morehead and Deputy Boyett during a night chase through bottoms, but both shots misfired or missed. Cooley fell after being shot in the mouth. Hamilton fled into woods as bloodhounds trailed him. The motive cited is a prior feud sparked by a prior altercation.
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Clyde Cooley
Jim Hamilton
Bryan
Dansby Company
Hamilton
Morehead
Boyett
Cooley
Mr. Morehead
Parker Middle
More Cotton Used in August Than in 1916
The census report shows consumed cotton excluding lint during August 1917 at 569 351 running bales, up from 557 580 in 1916. Linters 78 969 bales in 1917 vs 72 118 in 1916. held in consuming establishments 1 171 803 in 1917 vs 1 363 135 in 1916.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reclamation Act Drafted After State Conference
Austin September 19. Representative Tillotsen of Austin County, following a conference with Texas conservation and reclamation association members on September 10, is drafting a comprehensive measure to implement the conservation and reclamation amendment adopted August 21. He will not seek passage in the current special session, awaiting election results October 2, and expects a new special session to pass the act. He predicts over 1,000,000 acres could be reclaimed within a year after enactment.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tillotsen
Austin County
Texas Conservation and Reclamation Association
Houston Carpenters Strike Over Union Labor Demand
About seven hundred union carpenters on government Camp Logan projects struck today demanding union labor be employed. The stoppage began in Houston on September 18 as the workers protested the missing union labor requirement.
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Houston
Camp Logan
Millions of Cattle Shipped From Texas
Austin reports that since January 1, 1917, 1,008,193 head of cattle have been shipped from drought stricken Texas. The figure shows an increase of 488,645 over the previous year. Low water and scarce grass drove the shipments, and commissioner Weinert cautions of a possible beef famine next year unless relief actions are taken.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
W. C. Weinert
Weinert
Four Hundred Thousand Men Begin Training Contingent
The national army's first call sends about 400000 men to sixteen cantonments for training. This represents roughly 45 percent of the total quota from nearly five thousand exemption boards. The second contingent arrives in San Antonio with about four thousand men expected today and sixteen thousand more by Sunday.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Army
San Antonio
Notice in Probate A F Wilson estate Brazos County Texas
W B Hudson filed September 15 1917 in Brazos County Court for probate of A F Wilson deceased will heard October 15 1917 at Bryan Texas. Court requires posting notices in three public places before return day. Writ witnessed by H O Ferguson clerk with deputy T C Nunn Jr. certified true copy.
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State OF Texas
Brazos County
Court House
A. F. Wilson
W. B. Hudson
Said
Bryan
Texas
H. O. Ferguson
T. C. Nunn, Jr
Texas onion crop set to rise to 3.8 million bushels
Associated Press reports from Austin that Texas onion production will reach 3.8 million bushels this year, up from 3.2 million last year, a gain of 600,000. Sam J. Smith, superintendent of the State prison factories, prepared the statistics after studying the onion belt.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Sam J. Smith
Maude Davis Gains Fourteen Pounds on Tanlac
Mrs Maude Davis of Dallas credits Tanlac with restoring her health after twenty years of stomach catarrh and fatigue. She says she weighed ninety eight pounds before treatment, gained fourteen pounds in five bottles, and now enjoys renewed energy with improved digestion and appetite. Tanlac is sold in Bryan Wellborn Edge Allen Farm and Tabor by local agents.
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Maude Davis
Hickory Street
Dallas
Texas
Taniac
Mrs. Davis
Tanlae
Tanlac
Bryan
N. A. Stewart
Wellborn
J. B. Royder
Edge
Moore & Payne
Allenfarm
Terrel Bro’s
Tabor
J. K. Presnol
Ady
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