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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1936
Page
4
Entered at the Bowie Texas post office as second class mail this notice corrects reflections on character or reputation and invites corrections. Office at Tarrant Street Bowie Texas. Subscription rates one year 1.50 six months 1.50 advertising rates per inch 25 cents per line 10 cents for local, with fees for cards of thanks obituaries and tributes.
Classified items advertise sale of an upright piano kitchen stove and table at reasonable prices. Listings for Hines farming tools acres land chicken pen brooder house and sheet iron shed. Leases include good house 50 acres and 30 acre tract near Bowie Texas. Also Brook Mays piano house in Dallas offers pianos with payment terms. Rentals include several dwellings near South Ward school and a two room apartment with bills paid. Found eyeglasses reported at The News office.
In Fruitland on August 4 Mrs. Freda Spell entertained with a small party for little Laorne Parsons, daughter of Jewell and Treva Parsons. Guests included Mrs. A. M. Chandler, Mrs. Mary Bowling, Mrs. Ross Matthews, Mrs. George Davis, and others, with refreshments provided by Mrs. Spell and Mrs. Miller.
Vashti community thanks Roberta Harding for kind words about the Towle News and expresses pleasure in Vashti Items readers. Cemetery Association reports a Monday meeting with Grace Phagan and Van Elsin drawing the lucky number, next meeting planned with her.
The notice outlines a Christian Science service on August 9 with the Lesson Sermon on Spirit. It cites Psalm 148:10 and Matthew 6:6 as key texts and references Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Mrs Jack Agee and relatives express gratitude to all who helped during the illness and death of their husband and father, acknowledging support and assistance from the community.
Miss Hallie Keller of St Louis Missouri is spending the month with her mother Mrs W M Kelis.
Fort Worth pastor Dr W R Hornburg will lead a Baptist revival at First Baptist Bowie from August 16 to 30 aided by Fort Worth musician Mr Christian. The revival targets eleven counties, invites all denominations, and promises songs from a strong Fort Worth choir and special musical numbers.
In Colusa California a cocker spaniel slept under the Humane Society sign for two days prompting staff to investigate. The dog was given care and a permanent home was found for it.
Mrs. Sarah Black allegedly pulled off a man’s wooden leg and kept it to secure unpaid rent, prompting police involvement in a Chicago dispute. The incident centers on a practical joke gone wrong with legal consequences.
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