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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
1
Our Great Sale ends in four days with special reduced prices on many items. The store highlights remaining Holiday articles including brush sets, mirror sets, and jewelry boxes in Ivory and Silver, plus a selection of ladies and gentlemen’s handkerchiefs and gift boxes.
The Waller County State Bank, established in 1907, is praised for strength and public trust. Its leaders Mills and Agopian are cited for integrity, with deposits protected by the state guaranty fund and a modern safe system.
The Brookshire article urges Christians to honor Jesus Christ by generous gift giving and aiding the poor on Christmas Day. It laments secular excess, stresses spiritual meaning, and calls residents to prepare for the holiday while noting urgent needs for a municipal water system and electric light plant and fire protection.
Our sale extends through Christmas as a result of strong patronage. We plan further reductions and close out odds and remnants at half price. Each article will be marked plainly, with many goods cut up to 50c on the dollar. A new Xmas goods lot includes jewel boxes ink stands neckwear hair receivers manicure sets and shaving sets.
A plan to build a waterworks system in Brookshire argues it will protect property lower fire insurance rates and place the city on equal footing with progressive towns. The proposal cites a bond amount not exceeding 6000 dollars and hints at adding a light plant. A committee was appointed to draft resolutions. The notice also includes a civic message urging moral conduct and community improvement.
A Colored Mass Meeting was held Monday night December 15 at St. Paul Baptist church under J. S. Randle N H Hall and L Branch. Randle was chosen chairman and John Hensley secretary to urge colored farmers tenants and workers to repair property shift to thorough cultivation grow more corn hogs poultry and eatables and cooperate with landlords to secure normal wages and savings.
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