28 Feb 1919
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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1919
Page
1
New Georgette Crepe Messaline Taffeta foulards and combinations shown. Gingham and Zephyr dresses for girls misses and ladies. Largest muslin and silk underwear display ever shown in Brookshire. New hats for ladies misses and children. New pumps and oxfords priced as usual, a little lower.
The Baptist Church in Hempstead was packed for a welcome home service for soldiers and sailors with reserved seating. The Hempstead band aided the event and decor featured Allied Nations flags. Plans stated to hold such services monthly until all service members return home.
Extension service guidance outlines selecting sound seed from top hills or storage banks, discarding any with black spots to avoid rot, and treating seed and slips in a corrosive sublimate solution. After treatment, plant slips in beds with three inches of soil and space so they do not touch.
Rev C M Hollett of the Anti Saloon League of Texas spoke at the Methodist Church last Tuesday night to raise funds for the organization. Mrs Frank Wells returned Tuesday after a stay in Temple sanitarium and is reported improved. Misses Janbelle and Virginia Baronian visited Houston last Friday.
W M McGaughy sold his telephone business to J B Miller of Houston who will take over March 1. Miller, with twenty years in the trade, will build a first class service for Brookshire and vicinity and has moved his family to Kellner rental housing. McGaughy remains ill and retires from the business.
Thousands of captured war trophies go on display this week in Houston under the Young Men's Business League. The exhibit, billed as the last time these items will be shown in America, invites all who can to view the collection at the City Auditorium.
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