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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1939
Page
8
We thank friends and neighbors for help during illness and death of our husband father and grandfather and for the flowers. Signed by Mrs. J F Yowell and families including Orth Vowell W J Berry Carl Ellis Tobe Laster and Fern Atkins and their children.
The family of a wife and mother thanks friends and neighbors for their sympathy and floral offerings during illness and after death. Signed by Jack Agee Mrs. Elsie Mae Partridge Opal Agee Betty Lou Partridge.
The Huskey family expresses deep gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindnesses shown after the death of their son and brother W. R. Huskey. They thank everyone for floral offerings and sign with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Huskey and Mary Frances and Charles Ray.
A family thanks friends for prayers sympathy and flowers during the illness and death of a beloved husband father and son. Signed by Mrs Delbert Allen and children and several extended families expressing gratitude and blessings.
R L Burgess of the Bowie Rotary Club outlines the Student Loan Fund during the weekly meeting. He cites discussions with W B Alexander A W Cline and Dan L Martin on loan handling and notes the fund created about fifteen years ago has aided roughly fifteen young people. Rev J H Westbrook gave the invocation and H Stephens presided with Ella Frances Golden at the piano.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday from the Baptist Church at Stoneburg with Rev. Greg Howard of Myra officiating. Burgess Funeral Home was in charge and burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ray Henry Shorty Trotter B. E. Watson W. D. Massey Sam Lovette and Lynn Garlington. Out of town relatives included families from Henderson Burkburnett Electra Whitesboro and Fort Worth.
August 4 in College Station reports home safety advice from Mrs. Bernice Claytor a specialist with the Extension Service. She urges better lighted stairways removal of loose rugs on waxed floors regular checks of electric connections and appliances plus first aid knowledge and stations to reduce the high rate of in home accidents.
The Bedford family expresses gratitude for many kindnesses shown during the tragedy and death of their two young sons Bobbie Lee and James Russell, extending appreciation to friends and neighbors.
A reflective piece explains trademarks as buyer guides that ensure quality and value. It argues advertising gives life to a mark, linking familiarity and trust to purchases, while unidentified goods hint at counterfeit risk. The author, Charles 3. Reth, urges reliance on well known marks and local merchants who back their goods.
The tale claims Frederick Law Olmstead Sr sued the Astor family over a Maine island treasure and settled for 2 million dollars. It originated as a Chicago hoax by Franklin Harvey Head in 1899 and remains a debunked manufactured legend told as real by some.
J F Rosborough A and M College horticulturist outlines fall garden prep to maximize moisture retention. Remove weeds plow shallow four to five inches mix dried manure or leaf mold to boost water holding capacity. Provide artificial shade for slow maturing vegetables and plan seed stocks for a strong fall stand. Suggested crops include Irish potatoes turnips carrots onions and cabbage among others.
Rev and Mrs H M Perkes of Elgin Texas are improving at the hospital after a car crash near Fruitland. Several local residents including Mrs J B Lance Sunset and Mrs H C Booze Salona show improvement after hospital stays for illness and pneumonia. Francis Brashear of Sunset had tonsil surgery. W F Hoeldtke and Mrs Essie Kelley were dismissed after treatment and major operation respectively. Mrs B G Sweet of McDade and Edna Fry of Shannon are improving at home after injuries and care. Neida Bess Freilley of Bowie had tonsils removed. Mr and Mrs J A Freilley of Bowie note their daughter’s procedure and local moves. The Bowie News and the Semi-Weekly Farm News $1.59 per year.
Selma and Bowie residents visit friends in Bowie Joe Hill and Leona. families host ice cream party. Wallace and Robert Eanes depart for Camp Hulen Palacios for a sixteen day National Guards training. J W Prestwood improving. Mrs Mable Williamson listed as sick with hopes of recovery.
Germany begins census style registration to mobilize labor in case of war. Poland vows to defend Danzig and modernizes its army as observers warn of clash. In Manila a newborn arrives with the heart exposed outside the chest, with doctors considering surgery and citing slim survival chances.
Oil operations five miles southwest of Montague at Sackett and Continental drill No 1 Brown to a planned 5 000 foot test. Revival at Sunset in progress as Union Revival of the Methodist and Baptist continues with preaching by Rev Manning of Alvord and Rev Fincher.
The Chillicothe event lists local singers in charge of performances with a plan for a ten day or two week continuation. The notice references Sunset and describes an expected period of splendid rains.
The week began with severe drought harming most crops, but the latest forecasts offer hope as farmers anticipate partial recovery and potential life-saving moisture improving yields.
The notice mentions future availability of feed and better pastures with Toma toes appearing on the market in larger quantities. It directs readers to Lyon & Matthews Co for the New Title I FHA Loans and related offerings.
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