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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
2
Editorial from Bryan Weekly Eagle extols Texas volunteers joining WWI effort. Poised to sail to Europe, it vows duty, faith in Wilson, and resolve to defeat Kaiser, comparing Rhine to Rio Grande and Santa Anna to German foes.
The county commission should act on a plan to beautify the court house park as residents note the lawn is neglected after rains. The site has been used as a horse lot machine shed and public garage, hindering its potential pride for taxpayers and the community.
The article argues that designating more highways will draw auto travelers who spend on lodging groceries clothing and repairs. It cites King and Meridian trails from Winnipeg to Galveston and notes towns benefit from increased demand and housing opportunities as personnel seek better living standards. It also highlights investor caution among renters and the need for modern sewers lights and water in new homes.
President signs the Indian War Pension Bill granting twenty dollars monthly to veterans aged 62+ who served in campaigns against Indians from 1859 to 1891. Widows receive twelve dollars monthly. The law highlights Texas volunteers defending the state from 1859 to 1861 and again from 1866 to 1876.
A reader from Atlanta, Joseph Meyer, seeks to spread information on a new law for U S service members and dependents. He invites inquiries and promises a printed copy of the law along with assistance, noting ages and eligibility for Confederate or Native American veterans may apply. He provides his address for replies.
The Bryan Daily Eagle reports a prominent citizen calling the paper a fools enterprise while noting ongoing civic events. Local life includes Masonic and Eastern Star gatherings, charity work, school district debate, social dances, and obituaries.
The long distance telephone office will occupy the building over Merchants and Planters bank with a lady operator in charge. In local fishing news, Nick Odom and Johnny Sanders killed a 9 foot 10 inch alligator at Hall's Lake on the Navasota river. The carcass was brought to Bryan for display yesterday.
Mrs. Joe B. Reed organizes a minstrel show to support Buckner Orphan Home. Several young men have agreed to participate and the event will be staged as soon as possible.
About 1,000 people packed the First Baptist church Sunday night to hear District Attorney John H. Crocker of Houston discuss prohibition and its impact on the county campaign. The crowd filled aisles and windows as Crocker argued the social harm of alcohol, urging support for a ban and predicting tripled student bodies and $50,000 yearly impact if saloons were removed from Bryan and the county. A rising vote approved sending a telegram to Governor Hobby, and the event closed with a duet preceding Crocker’s speech.
A local advisory notes wheat could be grown in Brazos county. J T Lawler consulted A and M College agronomy experts for guidance on grain troubles including smut and rust and their treatment. Formalin seed treatment requires wetting kernels with one pound formalin per forty five gallons of water and drying before sowing.
President Wilson told a large delegation of farmers and stockmen there would be no class exemptions or locality exemptions in the selective draft. The group warned that farm labor shortages could threaten the 1918 crop and noted an amendment by Representative Mansfield to allow appeals to the president on dependency claims for those selected or later chosen.
Robert Schwartz of Burton was accidentally shot in the leg when his revolver caught in a swinging restaurant door. The flesh wound was described as very painful and he received medical attention.
Within five hours after the subject was submitted by Acting Governor Will P Hobby the Texas house passed bills repealing the law creating West Texas A and M College and the North Texas Junior Agricultural and Mechanical College.
The piece condemns Bryan Brazos county for liquor and saloons amid schools A M College Allen Academy and Villa Maria Academy. It contrasts 1500 students and 22000 county residents with eight saloons and four schools, urging cutting drink for better water sewerage and light.
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