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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
8
The Brookshire Times notes a holiday spirit fading as 1920 approaches and urges subscriptions. It mentions coal strike settlement restoring Katy rail traffic to normal and lists local business notes including G T Shearer renting a Pattison residence, a notary public office, and Brookshire Mercantile ads.
Revived by local and state leaders, Professor E L Blackshear longtime Prairie View Normal principal and extension head for negro education in Texas Kansas Louisiana and Oklahoma died at Prairie View at 2 p m. He organized the Colored State Farmoss Congress of Texas and secured record legislative support for the college during nineteen years at the helm.
The County Court of Waller County Texas issues a writ directing publication for ten days in a local newspaper. It announces temporary guardian Hubert Muske for minors Helen Louise Roy Elnora Elsie John Frederick Martha Marie and Idaline Muske, with a hearing date the first Monday in February 1920 to contest the appointment.
An endorsement from R D Harris recommends Dr S S Robinson a physician and surgeon in Fullhear Texas who specializes in Eye Ear Nose and Throat diseases and will faithfully care for any entrusted work.
The country in Birmingham organized a national Negro farmers congress and elected him president. Survived by wife, a daughter Mrs Eddy L Smith of Houston, and a son Theodore Roosevelt Blackshear. Funeral will be from the college Sunday and he will be buried in Hempstead beside his oldest son William.
Health Bonds issued by the National Tuberculosis Association this year are popular with large donors and firms. The graduated denominations start at five dollars, and early subscriptions show ease of use versus earlier Rea Cross Seals, with big contributors willing to participate.
A Katy resident John Osborn, about 80, was burned to death when his isolated home burned early Wednesday. The fire destroyed the prairie, five to six hundred acres, as neighbors fought to save surrounding property. Authorities believe a kerosene fire started the blaze after Osborn fell unconscious. Remains were interred at Katy cemetery. Osborn left a wife, a son and three daughters in California and Kansas, plus a son in Kansas and a sister in Des Moines.
Notice discusses Ford cars and parts availability and invites public interest. It references a sale of a grocery store by Dick Bijbijian and indicates a new owner G. T. Shearer will run the business from the first of the year with groceries fresh produce and candies and urges patronage at reasonable prices.
The bonds are issued for the benefit of large tuberculosis associations and proceeds fund the 1920 effort to cut deaths from tuberculosis in the United States. Last year the disease claimed 150,000 lives. Health bonds are obtainable from state and local tuberculosis organizations.
David Starr Jordan extols the value of children urging philanthropy to aid little ones. He asserts saving children is the path to wiser deeds and lasting social progress. The appeal promotes Red Cross Christmas Seals to fund child lifesaving efforts.
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