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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
1
A local grocer advertises a wide selection of Christmas Dinner ingredients and meals. Shoppers are urged to visit the store to select items with assistance from courteous staff offering personalized help.
D and B Mercantile urges attendance at a parcel post sale Saturday starting 11 30 A M. Items include chicken gumbo sandwiches cake and coffee plus parcel tickets at six tenths of a dollar. Vendor Max Wander claims to represent top national insurers and asks for business. Lee Ford of Liberty Hill visited relatives. Jacob Caprielian and wife plan to stay in Brookshire after visiting New York. Brookshire Mercantile notes window glass stock and Mrs A H Muske's return from Temple care visit.
A hard freeze hit Wednesday with gusty winds and a shift to winter conditions. The day reached 20 degrees above, and neighbors reported enjoying pork chops and sausage from W. J. Cooper. Mrs. Selma Gra, recently treated at a Temple sanitarium, returned home improved after a throat operation. J. B. Enos spent several days in Houston.
Two passenger trains on the M. E. and T. were discontinued effective last Sunday December 7 to conserve coal. Train No 26 to Houston and the evening train from Houston are cut, causing inconvenience as schedules run several hours late daily.
Local Baptists raised 1650 dollars toward a five year missionary fund goal of 75,000 dollars. The Brookshires quota was 1000 dollars and the extra 650 dollars shows strong church support for its work.
The notice invites the public to a Saturday night performance by Viorra's Roy al Hawaiians at the School Auditorium on December 20th. It promises entertainment for pleasure loving people and highlights local honor roll honorees A B Martin L D Amsler and Jno G Manasian.
Brookshire High School pupils stage Maidens All Forloek in the auditorium Friday night at 8. Admission is 20 cents and 80 cents. Proceeds go to reduce the Laboratory Case indebtedness.
A dated notice recommends Dr S S Robinson as an efficient Eye Ear Nose and Throat specialist in Fullhear Texas. The item also notes J W Dozies recovering at home after a stay in northern Texas.
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