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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1940
Page
3
Miss Elsie Smartt and Miss Trula Oliver visited friends in Dallas last week, enjoying time and catching up with longtime acquaintances.
Adla Tablets provide quick relief from acid stomach pains indigestion heartburn and related symptoms. If relief is not felt a money back guarantee is offered. Available at your drug store.
Mrs. Jack Garrett and son Jackie of Gainesville spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Garrett. Mrs. W. G. Cox of Huntington Arkansas arrived Wednesday to vacation with her sister Mrs. J. R. Garrett. Mrs. John T. Roberts left Tuesday for a visit with her daughter Mrs. Minnie Powell in Fort Worth. Carl Anderson of Ringgold reported good farm crops in the Ringgold area.
An old advert touts Cardus as a remedy for menstrual discomfort linked to malnutrition. It claims to boost appetite and gastric juice flow to aid digestion and build physical resistance, reducing distress when taken before and during the period. The product is advertised as used for 50 years.
M E McMurray, secretary of the Texas Dairy Products Association, spoke at the Bowie Rotary Club on dairying’s value to community, county, state, and nation. He praised Bowie’s cheese plant and creamery, while the meeting featured a cheese themed menu and concluded with officer notes for the 1940-41 Rotary year.
Community plans a Pie Supper Friday night at the Postoak gymnasium to raise funds for the American Red Cross. All residents are invited. Also noted is a brief report that Rev. W. J. Walker at Vashti remains seriously ill after a period of illness, with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Thompson visiting him.
Community notes show Mr and Mrs G A Griffin visiting in Lindale with daughter and family in Bowie, Claude Johnsons with Salona connections, plus Ruth Wright from Wichita Falls staying with Modena Wright. Other visits include Haskell, Sullivan, Davis, and Little families joining church services and weekend stays.
S B McClure undertook a business trip to Wichita Falls on Monday, detailing travel for work and meetings arranged during the outing.
Mrs Opal Wood of Denton hosted weekend visitors and family guests gathered across multiple households. The notices list numerous relatives and friends visiting in Hood Munday Dye Mound Saint Jo Vernon Myra Montague Forestburg Bowie and Nocona with several households hosting extended kin and several sickness notes.
Mrs S O Karsteter and her sister Miss Mary Wisdom of Fort Worth are spending a few days at the home of Mr and Mrs Jennings Garrett. Mr and Mrs Geo H Kerr of Salona were transacting business in Bowie Saturday. Quincy Smartt is visiting friends and relatives at Bellevue this week.
Ill Mrs H W, dean, recovers after illness. Mr and Mrs E E Dennis visit relatives in Saint Jo. Mrs Melvin Truitt, Illa Arterbury, visits her parents F J Arterbury and family. Mrs Roy Shockley and son from Lindale visit mother W O Fowler. Families visit Holder home: Levia Busby Bowie Garland Smith Lin dale C W Clark Lone Star D Belcher family Fort Worth. Belcher family guests Holder. Esta Christine Leon Clif ton Atterbury visit Greenwood Texas Tuesday. Windell Holder with Buck Clayton Lone Star. J A Bullard family Pampa visit O M Saunders Thursday. Esta Atterbury Alton Mable Tage Curtis Woolf, all in community, at Perm Eyas Bowie Sunday. Floyd Holder Ida Belle Holder A L Clayton spend Sunday with Jess Burse family Sunset. Virginia Belew Lone Star visits Christine Atterbury.
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