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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1940
Page
3
The farming notes celebrate widespread silo building and hay stacks as feed costs drop and crop prospects improve. It implies low prices limit profits from selling feed, signaling a favorable year for farmers despite selling restraint.
Verna S declares skin pimples and blemishes vanished after using a product advertised as Ad a the eg. Adlerika is claimed to cleanse both bowels and relieve temporary constipation that worsens complexion, cited by G Slaughter & Co Druggists and Griffin's Drug Store.
Mrs. Bond Harris of Dallas visited her father J. H. Bell while John Hogan and wife visited relatives in Lookeba Oklahoma. Eighteen Miller relatives gathered Saturday. Jack Miller and family from Lubbock joined. M D Gardner welcomed a 8 4 pound boy named Jack. Opal Wood of Denton returned home from NTS T C. Hazel Williams from NTS T C. Denton visited family. A Mallard homecoming is set for Sunday August 4 at the Baptist Church with public invited.
Pecan producers in Brushy and Sandy Creek valleys near Mounta uge county report a fair to good potential for native and improved varieties. An April freeze caused little damage as moisture remained favorable, but an insect pledge including the pecan borer threatens some losses. Frank Whitaker of Sandy Creek valley notes potential for more pecans than last year, though borers and unpredictable pressure may reduce prospects. He cites many native trees alongside papershell varieties and warns control methods are not yet effective. Whitaker estimates a substantial but uncertain crop across local farms, with some valleys producing several hundred pounds per year and others tens of thousands, contributing meaningfully to farm incomes.
Local Bowie growers find a stabilized green pea market boosts income during harvest. The system, led by Morgan and Hill, offers unlimited demand and prompt payment, reducing waste and travel for sellers. Pecans in Sunset show 2,000 pounds potential with 25 to 30 cents per pound, signaling good fall returns for native and improved varieties.
Nine years ago in August Rev A C Harper of Lake Valley was ordained to the gospel ministry and became pastor of Union Hill Baptist Church after a call. Born September 21 1873 in Elby Alabama he moved to Montague County in 1889 and has lived in Lake Valley for 50 years. He married Dora Miller on September 20 1896 and the couple has sons and daughters. he also served Mount Zion Church in Jonestown Wise County and earlier led religious lectures and vocal music schools.
A speaker clarifies that eggs require hens while a child counters with his father who keeps ducks. The witty exchange highlights practical knowledge and a playful pushback from the audience.
A customer asks a clerk if grapes were sprayed with poison for her ill husband. The clerk answers that she must obtain the druggist for such information.
A holiday table tale recalls a cook explaining the pie’s decorative edge. Mrs. S praises the ornament, and the cook replies she simply ran a false edge around it to create the effect.
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