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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
1
Rev P F White of Thorn dale arrives Monday to spend the week with his brother Rev J E White. Joe Schiniski and Mose Sumner were in Brenham last Sunday for a baseball game at Fulshear between Fulshear and Wharton. Good game guaranteed. Come.
Rev. P. F. White preaches at the Methodist Church Revival drawing steady crowds each night. Church workers report strong interest and praise the preacher’s powerful delivery. With only a few more nights, the public is urged to attend.
Cape DeWitt visits relatives then leaves for Houston while W F Donald and wife and Walter Martin travel to Houston to see their son Jack in Strauss NM. James Pattin of Hillsboro comes on business. Martin White returns from University of Texas to visit family. Edna Beyer and Celestia return from a northern state trip. R B Withers returns from a month with relatives in east Texas. Sheriff Castle and Judge Humpherys attend court in Hempstead. A Partitson business rumor is denied by F O Stenzel in a signed note confirming ownership and contract.
R. E. Tompkins of Hempstead was in our city last Monday on business. Dr. J. M. Stewart of Katy plus his wife and son Malcom returned from a long auto trip to New Mexico and Arizona. He says he is now ready to settle down to work.
Special on groceries for Saturday and Monday offers five pounds of sugar at 20c per 61.00 purchase. 25 lb sacks of ground pea berry coffee at 40c per pound. G T Shearer and Gus Klehem announce moving families from San Antonio to the area. Arthur Gray shipped two cattle cars to Houston this week. No Catholic services Sunday August 22, regular services on Sunday August 29.
Mrs BE L Gray and children visited Mrs E F Morgan. Several residents made business trips to Houston Ft Worth and Brookshire. Cotton picking underway with forecasts of a good crop if rains cease. John H Smith bought the Bradford Bing farm at 247 acres for 28 dollars per acre. Kay and Schmidt bought livestock. Bing to move to Oakwood.
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