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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1925
Page
7
The readable lines show a fragmentary note with incomplete words and garbled phrases. No coherent event, names, places, or dates are recoverable for a meaningful summary.
Derrick of Coke County and long-time Hico resident Prof. Derrick has developed a cotton chopper, claiming it will ease back-breaking work. Meson Vevelo Foundry & Machine Company will manufacture the first unit, with Derrick receiving a machine this week. He credits inspiration to work with his uncle B A Norrad and notes the risk of inventors not profiting from their creations.
Walker Good and Charley Baker announced in The Enterprise they purchased the 8. J. Townsend grocery and filling station at Tennyson and have renamed the concern Good & Baker. They moved back to Tennyson with Mrs. Good, expanded stock, and plan a general merchandise line including country goods and cream.
Bronte High School received 1000 dollars from a late state special school fund after inspection praised the board of trustees for upgrading equipment. An inspector noted the improvements and approved aid despite late or initial missteps in the application. The news boosts morale as the seven month term nears its end.
The Sanitary Bakery announces slow but steady progress toward opening though it cannot yet deliver bread. Patrons express support and patience while officials seek better arrangements for wood and transportation to support baking operations.
A man described as a high born gentleman on the Robert Herron farm near town allegedly used the day after Sunday to assert authority over his wife. He reportedly struck her after a quarrel, delivering a thrashing titled as a domestic dispute in the Senegambian household.
The article notes Miss Verna Smith, a Simmons College student from Abilene, delivering lectures in Bronte and Blackwell to large congregations. It reports strong appreciation for her grasp of beauty and tenderness in thought on canvas and mentions an ensuing disruption at a gathering quelled by Deputy Sheriff O. O. Ivey, who ordered some attendees to leave or face county departure.
Messrs I A Bird and Bird of Robert Lee return from Stamford with two cows already en route and two just delivered. They paid 1200 dollars for the four white face cows from RB B Colbert, a noted breeder. The men are praised for investing in pure bred stock to uplift Coke county cattle herds and West Texas ranching.
R. Bi. Cumble was taken to Ballinger sanitarium on a Sunday afternoon after suffering a stomach perforation. He underwent an operation in the evening to treat the critical condition.
Mr and Mrs RL Bayley of Mecha Eles were traveling Monday toward Oldes to visit their son George when a sand bed on a high embankment caused their car to lurch and roll over. The driver steered to avoid going over the bank, badly damaging the car but the occupants escaped with minor injuries.
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