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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1955
Page
5
The article argues that every town business should be listed in local papers, even if briefly, to reveal the town’s commercial identity. It urges consistent advertising as essential to a town’s vitality and growth, criticizing those who avoid townwide promotion.
A personal reflection describes using nature and botany as an escape. The author hunts for unfamiliar wildflowers, studies their botanical lineage, and paints accurate water color copies to forget daily annoyances and avoid gloomy thoughts.
A reflective line about a poker player finding joy in blues and the idea that success combines a solid plan with hard work. It contrasts independence with reliance on others and frames effort as essential to achievement.
Public notice issued for second class mail matter at Brady Texas post office on May 17 1910 under the March 1879 act. McCulloch and adjoining areas and Elsewhere in Texas City Delivery in Brady Out-of-state am.
Farmers in Fife Texas discuss cotton pest control with about 75 cents per acre cost for insecticide. Three or four applications are typical. weather may turn rainy this weekend affecting cotton yields. Grace Utsey visits Anson. oil activity noted in north McCulloch County.
A narrator recalls resting on a yellow sand rack while swimming and feeling unusually good after about 20 minutes. He jokes about sitting on a potential fortune and then links the sensation to drinking a beer, concluding it was likely daydreaming.
Mr and Mrs J A McKinnon traveled to Hillsboro to attend the funeral of his aged mother who was buried there Wednesday after dying Sunday in Denver Colorado.
Funeral services were held in Marlin for Mrs. L A Robinson mother of Mrs. James Walton of Brady. She died Sunday in a Marlin hospital after months of illness. Final rites were by Rev. H B Streeter and Rev. C P Owen. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery. Mrs. Robinson widow of L A Robinson former Nash Robinson Lumber Co vice president. Born Burnet County, she lived in Marlin since 1905. Brady attendees included Mrs. B Simpson and Will Wilson.
A brief notice asking readers if they have hosted guests or gone on a vacation, with a request to call The Standard at 2236 for more details.
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