Brazos County Holds Mass Meeting on Bridge Bond Plan
Citizens gather at the Brazos County Court House in Bryan to urge the commissioners court to call a bridge bond election for 100000 to refund 46000 in warrants and repair bridges after floods. The plan would issue 40 year bonds at 5.5 percent and raise eight cents per 100 valuation.
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Brazos County
Bryan
Commissioners Court
Ferguson
Little Brazos River
Koppe
Brazos
Jno
Davis
Major McInnis
Easters
Mrazos County
Dean Nagle
Brazos County Commissioners Court
Reward of thirty thousand dollars for train robbers
A telegram from Postmaster General Hays authorized a $30,000 reward for capturing the bandits who robbed the mail train from Kansas City to Galveston. Five thousand dollars is offered for each of the six participants, with some men reported to be employees of the railroad company.
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Associated Preas
Oklahoma City
Post Office
Hays
Kansas City
Galveston
Fatty Arbuckle released on $5,000 bail
Roscoe C. Fatty Arbuckle, held for manslaughter in the Virginia Rappe case, was freed from San Francisco city prison on five thousand dollars cash bail. Friends predict he will become a hero of the age as he leaves in a twenty five thousand dollar car for another alleged rampage.
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San Francisco
Roscoe C
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Fatty
Volivia Declares World Flat Demonstration in Zion
Zion City Sept 29 Wilbur Glenn Voliva, overseer of Zion, declared there is no law of gravitation while he demonstrated disbelief using a book, balloon, feather and brick. He follows Alexander Dowie in preaching the earth is flat and motionless.
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Zion City
Til
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion
Alexander Dowie
Et Ain
Gridirons of North Are to Be Invaded
Associated Press reportsSouthern colleges schedule over 500 football games this season from Sept 24 to Dec 3. Intersectional contests rise with Southern teams set to face Harvard Princeton Yale Navy Penn Penn State Rutgers West Virginia Dartmouth visiting Atlanta Georgia and other northern venues. Indiana may play Florida in December and Florida could meet the Pacific Coast champion at Pasadena’s Tournament of Roses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Navy
Pennsylvannia
Dartmouth
Rutgers
Penn State
West Virginia
Detroit
Atlanta
Georgia
Indiana
Florida
Miami Palm
Brazos County Singing Convention Set for October 2 at Steep Hollow
Brazos County Singing Convention plans a gathering next Sunday October 2 at Steep Hollow inviting all interested singers to attend with baskets. E A Peters chairs. Jimmie Walker injured by horse kick is recovering at his mother Mrs W J Walker’s home and hopes to be out soon.
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Brazos County
Steep Hollow
E. A. Peters
Jimmie Walker
W. J. Walker
Bridge Bond Election For $100,000 On Oct. 29
Brazos County Commissioners Court votes to hold a bridge bond election on October 29 for 100000 dollars with 46 warrants retired and larger bonds issued to fund permanent bridges. The move follows flood damage to Koppe bridge on the Brazos river and to the Little Brazos bridge, with voters asked to authorize funding for durable crossings benefiting farmers and business people.
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Brazos County
Brazos River
Little Brazos
Little River
Williamson, Milam
Bell
Lampasas
Need for Rural Credits in Texas A. W. Kinnard discusses enslaving and emancipating credit systems in the South and options for reform.
A. W. Kinnard analyzes historic credit practices in Texas and the South, describing merchant loans with high interest, peonage among sharecroppers, and bank financing aimed at merchants. He advocates short and long term credit reforms, Land Bank support, and graduated land taxation to attract settlers and reduce tenant bondage.
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A. W. Kinnard
Bryan
Louis XIV
South
U. S. Industrial Commission
Alabama
Texas
East
South Texas
Europe
Federal Land Bank System
U. S
Brazos County Grand Jury Indicts and Discharges
Brazos County grand jury reports to Judge W C Davis via foreman C C Dulaney for the September October term. Fifteen felonies and seven misdemeanors indictments were returned with state representation by County Attorney J G Minkert. The jury praised for diligent work and investigations. list of members includes J W Burrows W E Graham W E Gandy J S Byers J H Reid J G Gilpin Elzie Francis John Kasarek M S Broach J W Hall and R B Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Grand Jury
W. C. Davis
C. C. Dulaney
J. G. Minkert
Davis
Foreman
J. W. Burrows
W. E. Graham
W. E. Gandy
J. S. Byers
J. H. Reid
J. G. Gilpin
Elzie Francis
John Kasarek
M. S. Broach
J. W. Hall
R. B. Grant
Russian Money Proves Worthless in New Ruble Bills
Moscow announces issue of one million five million and ten million ruble notes valid only until July 1. Officials say large denominations are needed due to inability to carry many rubles in small bills. At official rate the dollar equates to about 40 000 rubles.
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Proag
Moscow
Father and Daughter Join Same Jury in Des Moines Trial
In Des Moines Iowa on September 29 192?- a jury of 12 includes F A Sawtell and his daughter Bessie as they prepare for the trial of Mrs Lizzie Christy alleged bank robbery accomplice. The article discusses cooperative banking models Raiffeisen Schulze Delitzsch and their emphasis on moral responsibility and farmer needs.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Lizzie Christy
F. A. Sawtell
Bessie
Plan formed to kill boll weevil in cotton stalks
Oklahoma City meeting members agreed destruction of cotton stalks before boll weevil leaves them is an effective extermination method. Southern districts should plow stalks under after picking, with Texas adopting the plan sooner. John Fields urged farmers to grow sufficient food to avoid credit dependence during planting and tending.
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Oklahoma City
Texas
Oklahoma
John Fields
Trustee Appointed for Beard Bros at Edge
At the first meeting of creditors of Beard Bros. of Edge Texas held in Houston the trustee was Harry J. Gurlich of Houston Judge Charles Hume presiding. J G Minkert County Attorney represented Beard Bros. The news item also notes visitors Mrs J W Barron visiting Waxahachie and family in Texas and a Beaumont visitor W F E Johnson arriving in Bryan.
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Beard Bros
Edge
Texas
Houston
Charles Hume
Harry J. Gurlich
J. G. Minkert
J. W. Barron
Waxahachie
Elsie Gray
M. H. Brogden
Wyoming
Gray
W. FE. Johnson
Beaumont
Bryan
Cooperative Agricultural Societies in Texas for Rural Credit
The article argues for farmer cooperation and unlimited liability within a society to share debts, urging education and organization of Cooperative Agricultural Societies under the 1917 Texas law. It calls for rural credit unions, capital stock options, and potential cooperative banks, with slow progress due to law and public funding restrictions.
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Texas
Austin
Cooperative Agricultural Societies
Peoples Banks
Collective Bargaining Association of
Bread Line Opens as Unemployed in New York Seek Charity
In New York the first bread line since World War I begins at St Marks Church Bowery under Dr William Guthrie after a talk with Urbain Ledoux Mr Zero. About 500000 jobless residents await aid amid scarce work and high wages. Domestic labor shortages force wives to manage homes as maids fear low pay. Typical wages range from 40 to 70 dollars for cooks and houseworkers, with Japanese butlers at 100 to 125 dollars monthly.
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Bryan Eagle
New York
Church of St. Marks
Bowery
William Gutherie
Urbain Ledoux
Mr. Zero
Boston
Associated Press
England Rejects Ireland Conference Basis in Note
Gairloch Scotland September 29 Premier Lloyd George says Britain will not conference with Ireland on the present basis. He and his colleagues seek settlement only by personal discussion, with a London conference proposed for October eleventh to meet Irish delegates on represented national aspirations. Mrs W B Bizzell invites College of Agriculture and Mechanical ladies to a campus reception Friday September 30 4 to 6 pm.
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Gairlach
Scotland
Lloyd George
Ireland
London
W. B. Bizzell
College
A. & M. College
Bryan Rotary Club Holds Fine Meeting with Notables
The Bryan Rotary Club met Wednesday with talks from Prof. R. O. Allen and Maj. Ike Ashburn and songs led by Gabe Carell of Mineral Wells. Rev. S Moylan Bird was elected a member, joining a list including T. K. Lawrence and Oak McKenzie as officers.
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Bryan
G Sam Parker
C. E. Jones
Wilson Bradley
D. Ernest Moore
D. X. Bible
R. W. Howell
W. H. Oliver
J. T. S. Park
F. L. Henderson
M. L. Parker
Gabe Cazell
Mineral Wells
S. Moylan Bird
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Bird
Brenham
Texas
Simmons seeks full government inquiry into Ku Klux Klan
William J Simmons head of the Ku Klux Klan sends letters to President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty urging an immediate nationwide government investigation of Klan activities. He promises cooperation to trace outrages and asserts the order supports law, patriotism, and 100 percent Americanism.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Harding
Daugherty
William Joseph Simmons
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Simmons
E. Y. Clarke
Department of Justice
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Brazos County Bridge
Court House
Fatty” Arbuckle
Volivia
Gridirons
Call For Brazos Co, Singing Convention
John A. Moore, Jr
Belton
England
France
Switzerland
Denmark
Canada
Schulze- Delitzsch
Raiffeisen
Schulze-Delitzsch
Raiffeinssen
Reiffeissen
Boll Weevil
Bryan Rotary Club
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