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Newspaper
Bowie Booster
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1936
Page
3
A 1922 boilerplate from The Bowie Booster states mailing details and a policy to correct any erroneous reflections upon individuals, firms, or corporations upon notification to the editor. It reflects standard post office classifications and errata procedures for the period.
A call urges land life saving akin to sea rescue stressing cautious driving. Advice includes using proper traffic lanes before turns and keeping right of way, avoiding risky passing, and treating driving seriously to prevent crashes and protect others.
The Hoffstutter family thanks friends for kindness flowers and favors after the passing of wife and mother Pleasie Hoffstutter. Signed by Pleasie, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Givens, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hickey, A Wall, and Mrs. Virginia Hill.
The article argues that ignoring unwritten driving rules endangers all by raising reckless behavior. If ordinary common sense and courtesy were followed, accidents would be caused only by freak circumstances, according to Industrial News Review.
In Abilene Texas a car wheel shattered a window and lodged in a rocking chair. W. D. Gooch, bleeding from scalp and hand wounds, recalled the incident as a car sped away about 200 feet from his home. His wife and five children witnessed the event as a man and family came to recover the wheel.
Santa Monica resident Mrs Anna Van Skike begins a 75 mile challenge for her 75th birthday plan to swim five miles daily five days a week for three weeks She aims to complete one mile for each year of life by February 24 She swam 38 miles in January and previously did 25 miles at age 74 to mark the occasion.
Austin Texas February 5 The State Health Department warns pellagra a noncontagious disease caused by poor diet. Early signs include nervousness indigestion mouth stomach trouble and skin scaling. Prevention relies on adequate foods milk meat vegetables and fruits with tomatoes whole wheat products salmon brewer's yeast and fresh fruit emphasized.
James C. Palmer, serving a 99 year sentence for murder, applied for a veteran’s bonus and said he would spend the $786.50 to search for Dillard Garrett, whom he was charged with killing. He maintains Garrett is alive despite a skeleton found in Hopkins County being identified as Garrett.
In Ice Land, whistling is against local belief, held as a breach of divine law and solemn custom. Residents say that silent streets honor the gods and maintain harmony with the frostbound realm.
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