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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1930
Page
5
A description from Nature Magazine extols a tall hibiscus as probably the most gorgeous plant native to the United States with crimson flowers five to eight inches across. It notes the flower blooms in borders and attracts attention in summer as red fly ground cover colors brighten southern landscapes.
A Scotsman recounts a quirky tale of a friend Mike patching a bicycle inner tube in a shed. The punchline shows readiness with many patches already on the tube, ready for a puncture.
London Tit-Bits reports residents of Porchester England see a tall white apparition in Porchester castle and nearby Warblington, with tales of a returning sailor wraith and the ghost of Margaret, countess of Salisbury, seen near Warblington castle ruins.
The text claims 666 tablets relieve neuralgia headache in 30 minutes and relieve cold on day one and malaria in three days with 666 tablets.
The Weekly Scotsman notes the so called Flanders chain of good luck circulating in Scotland and Romania. It describes a carbon copy document listing about eighty mostly foreign names. Recipients must make nine copies and send them to friends, risking turning friends into enemies as the appeal expands without any money prizes.
Mrs A B Anderson and Miss Joye Stagg visited in Hous Wednesday. Miss Valentin Giragossin and Serope Berberian came from Nueva Laredo Mex to see A M Highrabedian and wife Jh W Bracewell. Editor of Sealy News called at our office last Friday. M C Bryant and family from Houston visiting sister Mrs W A Wilson. Mrs B S Dalton spent days at San Marcos with relatives. D Q O Martin and family of Houston spend week here. Mrs Harry Cater and children of Waller in town Thursday.
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