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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1924
Page
2
Texas items include Freeport mul phor exports and a 203000 sale of J B Murrah estate land in Val Verde County. San Antonio hosts 1926 insurance congress while bond issuances and highway projects loom across the state. Houston commerce, school bonds, milk ordinances, a six-boat state patrol fleet, Lindale beef canning, and a proposed Palacios National Guard camp reshape Texas growth.
The latest Agricultural Department market summary shows hogs steady to 30 cents higher with top at 9.90, feeders steady, and veal and lamb prices varying. Beef cattle and cows drift lower, while stocker shipments reach 66,736 cattle and calves and 8,407 hogs in the week ending December 5. Cotton futures hold at 22.80 cents with spot markets easing seven points.
Fort Worth Texas cattle market showed weakness Friday with cows down 10 to 15 cents and common calves weaker. Steers yearlings and bulls cleared near steady. receipts about 6 000 cattle and 1 500 calves. One car of yearlings sold at 9 dollars. small lots 7 to 8 dollars, most stock mixed and common.
In New Orleans trading, limited sales of fancy Blue Rose were reported at 6 1/8¢ per pound, down an eighth. Most holders stayed firm at 6 3/8¢, with the market nearing a cleanout at lower levels. Screenings sold at 3 3/4 to 4 1/4¢ for fancy lots, second heads scarce at 4 7/8¢, and foreign demand light for lower grades. The future market was quiet with no sales, while December futures rose three points to about 21¢ on early bids.
Gladine Bowera of Mineral Wells was elected president of the Texas High School Press Association for 1924 26 at the fourth annual convention in Belton Texas. Officers include Robe rt Horne Coleman recording secretary Hugh Sneed Amy Adrian Denison Hal Fields and more than 200 representatives from 63 Texas high schools attended.
Government figures show living costs in France have risen about four and a half times compared with prewar prices. The report outlines the impact of price rises on households and ongoing adjustments in wages and subsidies.
A dated examination of Christianity in 1924 argues the Bible remains the world’s moral backbone and faith a driver of reform. It notes the Bible’s influence on language, culture, and politics, cites public figures like Coolidge, and discusses Bible sales, colporteurs, and translations, ending with Christmas as a charitable season.
A poem titled A Carol of the Star by Margarnht Widdemer reflects on the Christmas star guiding shepherds wise men angels and the Christ child. The text presents a hymnlike exchange describing the star’s guidance and the humble stable where the holy child rests.
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