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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1925
Page
5
We are deeply thankful to friends and neighbors for sympathy and help in burying our wife, daughter, and sister. Your kindness lightened our heavy load and we pray others will do the same for you. Frank Kessee Charley Jackson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Good and Mr. and Mrs. D B Riker are enjoying self bathing in Galveston Bay this week and sightseeing. They are expected home late this week.
Q L Hames has been a plains visitor this week visiting locals and sightseers. He toured regional sites and met residents during his stay.
Seven year old Gladys Ash, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Ash, rode Monday night’s train to Hamlin to visit her grandmother and aunt. She wrote home the next day describing a wonderful trip.
Mr and Mrs Bryan Ivey left early Monday to visit Mrs Iveys parents in Clayton New Mexico and other places in the region. They also planned a stop in Des Moines New Mexico where the editors say the brothers family has a surplus cash joke. We wish them a delightful visit.
A reader asks if a bottle of Nilate is present at home. The request seeks confirmation of ownership or availability of a specific chemical product.
Willow trees exhibit two forms of tassels in early spring before leaves appear. Tassels on branches shed pollen bearing blossoms while remaining tassels hold seed producing flowers. The phenomenon, observed in forests parks and streets, reflects the tree’s reproductive stages.
London Sphere describes itinerant East Indian ascetics enduring extreme penances. One lies immobile on a rope with thorn scrub below to deter falls. Another lies prone in the road, moves, and returns with a stone in hand. A third keeps hands bound behind the back with palms and neck touching, withered from long restraint.
A Detroit man awakened by a tapping at midnight fears burglars but discovers it is his son using a toy flashlight to fetch a gift. The momentary terror turns to relief as no intruder is present.
Firefighters awaken a sleeper in a Manchester block. The man, thinking first of his pet goldfish, drops the bowl but saves the fish by scooping them into a dipper and racing to the sink for water before evacuating with his aquatic companions.
Atlantic City court hears a case against William Green, a garbage collector, and James Caldwell for swindling by taking district Christmas gifts intended for residents. Caldwell received 60 years in jail after Green sought life imprisonment.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ivey were seen shopping in San Angelo Monday. Miss Gladys Modgling visited her sister Miss Lillie in San Angelo Monday. Rev W E Anderson departed for Lamkin Thursday morning to hold a revival meeting.
Jesse Percifull and his relatives visited Obriato on Sunday with his brother T. J. Percifull and family, marking a family social outing.
J. A. Holt of Fort Chadbourne has boosted his subscription figures, and the paper thanks him for his effort and support.
Mrs E Sumrall and Mr and Mrs Lewis of Hamlin are Sunday guests of Mrs R R Ash, with Sumrall and Lewis being mother and sister of Mrs Ash.
Prof. W. R. Hardy, superintendent of Bronte schools, expresses thanks for a stationery order. He favors supporting local institutions and remaining with home suppliers.
Uncle Tom Keeney returns from Temple reporting very unfavorable crop conditions across the county due to dry weather. He notes persistently dry conditions affecting fields and yields and warns of possible economic impact for farmers in the region.
O. W. Smith mails The Enter prise to his sister Mrs. B L Batton at Plainview. The note thanks Mr. Smith and expresses hope that the old home town paper will delight Mrs. Batton with weekly visits.
The editor credits J. N. Nail of Fort Chadbourne with a generous gift of honey after meeting him while he was rubbing his bees. The writer expresses thanks for the remembrance and the fine honey received.
Robert Knierim and family were Sunday guests of W. J. Leach and family of Blackwell. They attended the meeting conducted by Rev. W. B. Hawkins of Robert Lee, reporting large attendance and some fine preaching.
Lee Richards made a tour of the plains in the latter part of last week visiting numerous locations. He recalled riding the range in the long ago era before barb wire fences and farms dotted the landscape.
Mrs Wilbur Hudman was brought home from a sanitarium in San Angelo on Monday after an operation two weeks earlier. She is reported to be doing excellently with no complications and is expected to regain strength and health.
San Angelo based tire and service station owner B W Wynn, a wholesale distributor of Dunlop tires, was in town Wednesday. He advertises close prices on casing worth your time to rest.
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