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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1923
Page
5
A Brookshire Texas post office notice discusses second class mail status and annual subscription pricing. The piece blends sermonlike quotes from Romans and Proverbs with critiques of mail order advertising, urging local merchants to compete with catalogs and encouraging charitable readings to foster peace.
The text argues that true education lies in applying knowledge after leaving school and in how one spends time. It questions whether the student continues to study and apply lessons learned beyond classroom instruction.
A civic exhortation urges residents to pay the poll tax for themselves and kin, framing it as a duty to support public schools and attain full citizenship. The quote urges discretion in responding to the statement and hints at broader voter or civic participation themes.
Amid a wet week and muddy roads, residents assail the oil promoter H. H. Hoff man for taking their money, with many feeling justice will come as he faces prison.
The article describes how ants invade homes and flower boxes in early spring and offers a method to trap them. Place a moisture rich, warm packed box near the area, then seal with a larger box and fumigate with carbon disulfide for 36 hours, noting the chemical is inflammable and explosive.
A terse notice lists Florsheims shoes priced at ten dollars in Harrison Geo with potential sale or trade context. Details are sparse but indicate a local transaction or offering.
W R Morehouse of the Savings Bank Division urged banks to boost newspaper advertising as a powerful business builder. He introduced a prepared advertising service offering a yearlong schedule with copy focused on banking services and stability to reach communities through local papers. He advised simple, direct ads, one hundred words or less, with headlines like INTEREST FROM DATE or PROTECTION FOR YOUR VALUABLES to prompt deposits and inform the public.
A historical ad-style note touts a remedy claimed to cure malaria chills fever bilious fever colds and grippe. The brief text markets a single medicine with broad curative claims.
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