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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1936
Page
4
The editor and wife were treated to homemade country sausage and fresh produce sent by Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Willpitz from Katy. Reader Miss Louise Schlipf, a noted community correspondent and gardener, is praised for her kindness.
Paris gendarme Gendarme Marcel Thoret cannot return a prisoner from Sante Frison to Brive because Brive lacks a prison. The magistrate notes a prison exists at Tulle but no warrant covers the man’s other crimes, leaving custody unresolved.
Two local men near Swindon England have played a weekly golf match whenever weather allowed for fourteen years. One is a retired farmer aged 73 and the other a younger postmaster. They play under an understanding the match continues until one dies or must quit with the winner receiving a silver jug.
The report notes Switzerland has 5.64 km of tunnels per 100 km of rail lines, higher than Austria at 1.49 km and Germany at 0.42 km, highlighting Switzerland's greater tunneling due to terrain.
The piece humorously reflects on trade restrictions and flaws in human nature. It notes paradoxes like a doughnut without a hole failing to please, the stubbornness of adults, and the loyalty of dogs. It also jests about etiquette engines and city life through playful maxims.
Ten visitors arrived Saturday and were accompanied home by Mrs. Anna Bains and Mrs. Clyde Rodecape in Baytown. Judge A. B. Anderson of Hempstead spent Tuesday and Wednesday among friends here. Doris Agopian and La Zena Agopian invite visits to their Gift Shop inside the S. Hovas Dry Goods store for Christmas shopping.
Marie Ernestes was elected president Genevive Whitson vice president Blanche Jordan secretary and Lilian Morgan treasurer Mrs J M Stewart visited Houston Tuesday Mrs Katie Alderson and Miss Catherine Alt went to Houston to see Tommy Alderson sick with pneumonia Miss Eudora Fraser and her mother were Houston shoppers Mr and Mrs George Werner and baby Miss Ella Lammert and Alice King of Houston visited Mr and Mrs Vernon May Sunday
The undersigned applies for a package liquor store permit from the Texas Liquor Control Board to operate at Lots 9 and 10 in Block 80 in Brookshire, Waller County, Texas. Applicant: F. J. Wells.
A fragment references Hovas Dry Goods store and a possible person linked to a Christ related action or event. The readable text provides no clear facts about dates, actions, or outcomes to resolve into a fuller report.
Personal mentions show Adam Bijie Billie Harrison and D. C. Martin visiting Houston Tuesday. Warren and Mrs Warren Cooper spent the weekend in Houston with E Dalton and R W Avery. J C Day and Sidney Martin were Hempstead visitors Tuesday, with J W Avery and Sidney Martin in Houston Wednesday. Mrs Geo Rhemann and son Stanley and Mrs J B Anderson were in Houston Tuesday, while R H Witte and Doris Avery were in Houston Sunday. Mrs W D Bains and sons Whit Jr and L W were in Houston.
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