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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1925
Page
6
The Kansas City Star notes growing popularity of cozy nooks and urges placing two or more in living spaces and bedrooms, with fireplaces as the central group in living rooms. Smaller groups of armchairs, a wing chair, a grandfatherly look, a reading lamp and shade enhance coziness.
Correspondents of a British motorcar journal report numerous bird deaths caused by vehicles. Readers cite birds colliding with front wheels, while Yorkshire Post notes late summer fledglings on roadsides lack road experience, needing time to learn safe behavior amid faster traffic.
The article notes ongoing sea encroachment along England’s coast and a Norfolk style reclamation drive. It highlights Wingland’s project to reclaim 500 acres from the Wash once used by King John’s route and cites Lincolnshire gains since the Norman conquest totaling about 330,000 acres.
Abbotsford the residence of Sir Walter Scott on the Tweed was begun in 1817 and finished in 1824. It housed relics and marked his life as a famed poet novelist. Scott faced a publisher failure, owed about $600000, but sought only hue and in five years paid nearly $400000. He died at Abbotsford in 1832.
A medical notice touts Dr Mellenthin a Texas licensed physician with success in stomach liver and nerve diseases. It lists several Texas patients by name and ailment and states free consultation during a touring trip with rules on accompanying spouses. He practices in Los Angeles California at 212 Bradbury Ride.
The 1925 seed book from Hastings Seeds promises 112 pages with 250 photos and full color covers. It describes garden field and flower seeds suited to the South with attractive 1926 prices and offers 6 free seed packets to 1925 customers. Write for the book from H G Hastings Co Seedsmen Atlanta GA.
J W Avery advertises genuine Mebane Cotton Seed at 1.75 per bushel F O B Brookshire. Sold in 3 bushel sacks and 100 pound sacks. Immediate orders invited.
A claim promotes 666 as a prescription for colds grippe dengue headaches constipation biliousness and related conditions, labeling it a nigel secedy remedy without medical endorsement.
In mid ocean tests reported by George W. Gray a soda bottle crushed by water pressure at 2,000 fathoms, its wooden stopper forcing through the glass as a hydraulic cam. A meat sample similarly weighted emerged tender after deep descent and pressure.
A Washington Star reader recalls to a writer how financial strain kept their engagement ring modest until a later marriage moment. The author notes hardship from early poverty and a sudden windfall enabling a diamond ring for a daughter’s engagement. The tale highlights economics shaping gifts and family expectations.
Historic Scarborough mineral springs known as the Queen of Watering Phives, a two century old popular spa, have closed. Records trace the springs discovered around 1020, becoming a fashionable resort, rebuilt over time after earthquakes, with famed visitors like Sheridan in the 18th century.
Food specialists traveling through the Old World report that soy beans support nutrition in China Japan and other Asian nations. They note soy products as bread wash meals and vegetable dishes that sustain workers. The bean can be ground to meal baked into bread or cake and even made to resemble cheese when prepared with sour curds.
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