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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1939
Page
2
The piece critiques political interference with the FBI under J Edgar Hoover while noting the agency’s crime fighting reputation. It also reports a Missouri wife shooting her husband with a sharp anecdote about a juror, and a local man’s Christmas gift to his wife of a tractor and a living room set.
The writer condemns Tam for Youth and its allies for their extreme intolerance toward the Jitterbug Big Apple swing music and other youthful diversions. He expresses sympathy for young people who explore relations and seek broader knowledge, admitting they may be silly or foolish yet supporting them.
A speaker defends those who resist the money mad, power mad age. They are the leaven preventing a hectic era from forgetting to live and laugh, preserving the beauty of life amid the rush to merely make a living.
A speaker asserts opposition to their generation's narrow views and champions today’s youth. They praise youth rebellion and call for frank, honest truths despite past shunning of open knowledge.
Dr. Geo W Cox, Texas State Health Officer, urges annual thorough physical exams for all, likening health to stock-taking. He warns common diseases such as cancer and heart ailments attack silently and stresses early detection lowers suffering and costs.
James H. Westbrook, pastor, leads morning worship at 11:00 A.M. with the subject Invisible Riches of the Year. Evening Watch Night service begins at 9:00 P.M. and continues after midnight. All Methodists, members, friends and the public are invited to attend and stay for the full service.
A WPA scene shows a foreman ordering workers back to work after the noon whistle. A worker replies he was waiting for the echo, highlighting a small humorous exchange on shift routines.
They meet at Atlantic City and chat on the beach about a developed arm from basketball. She compliments the look while he confirms the origin. She pivots to asking if he was ever on the track team, hinting at a shared athletic history.
We extend deepest gratitude for acts of kindness during our mother Mrs. Martha Hillan's illness and death. Special thanks to those who sent floral offerings. Mrs. M. E. Hill and families Mrs. M. S. Reeves and family.
The Tyler Journal notes rising tax agitation across the nation. Peter Molyneaux launches THE TAX PAYERS DIGEST to meet reader demand for tax reform commentary. The piece likens the tax system to a rambling house built on the backs of the little man and urges a modern, fairer construction.
A mother chides Dorothy for hiding crusts, warning she may live to want them. Dorothy replies she saves them to avoid that fate. The father asks why he punished the son, and the boy laments that he was beaten yet blamed for it.
Lindae and Harrion Woods of Healdton Oklahoma spent Christmas with Zelma Prater. Visitors to Mr. and Mrs. G A Griffin for Christmas included Rema Griffin of Lubbock Carl Bowden of Eunice New Mexico Weldon Dane of Levell and Elix Griffin of Solar Marion Griffin in US Army El Paso Bill Sullivan of Bowie. Other relatives shared Christmas with Garland and Mrs Smith and with W H Wright family in Illinois Arch Brodie returned from Oklahoma City after a month with Sug Walls and Dub Cozart visited Wichita Falls. Barton Massey holidaying with grandparents Lee Walls.
Miss Hazel Shockley of Fort Worth visited her parents Mr and Mrs Luther Shockley. Miss Clara Belle Scarbrough of Wichita Falls and C L Scarbrough of Archer City visited relatives in the area during the holidays. Visitors to Mr and Mrs F J Atterbury over Christmas included Mr and Mrs Floyd Renfroe and children Saint Jo Mr and Mrs Dink Florida and Mr and Mrs Melvin Truitt Greenwood.
The weekly Christian Science Lesson Sermon centers on Christ Jesus as the light of the world with the Golden Text from John 8 12. It cites Revelation 3 20 21 urging openness to God and a promise to sit with Christ on his throne alongside the Father. The lesson also notes Eddy’s Science and Health page 95 linking spiritual sense to eternal truth.
The Bowie News and the Se Weekly Farm News priced at 1.50 dollars per year.
War correspondent Ralph D. Paine made his name with coverage in the Spanish-American War and the Boxer uprising but gained lasting notoriety for a hoax about Pierre Grantaire who allegedly raised and sold trained spiders that spun cobwebs over wine bottles. The tale, printed in the Philadelphia Press and later echoed in magazines and Atlantic Monthly, attracted investors and repeated claims of a spider farm run by a queen named Sara Bernhardt.
A playful exchange unfolds as a youth asks if listening to a movie with eyes shut is possible and a row behind voice retorts with a cheeky alternative about listening with the mouth shut.
A witty line from The Mutual Magazine claims the human brain is the most wonderful thing in the world and that it starts functioning the moment a person rises and runs until they return to work. The quip highlights energy and daily labor with light humor.
An advert promotes Alkalo sine A claiming relief from indigestion gas gall bladder pains and high blood pressure with a 30 day money back guarantee. The Griffis Drug Store sells the product for $1.50.
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