Petition for Early Evening Closing By Merchants
A petition circulated this week asks merchants to close at 7 pm during July and August. Clerks would appreciate the earlier hours amid hot summer days, though the decision rests with the merchants.
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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1914
Page
5
Ministerial student dies of typhoid in Waco two weeks after quick wedding
G W Glasscock twenty died of typhoid fever this morning in Waco two weeks after he married Edna Davis of Waco to be wed today. His father, a brother and two sisters live in Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
G. W. Glasscock
Edna Davis
Lancaster
Revival Services Begin At Baptist Church Under Elder Luimbley
Elder Luimbley opened a Baptist revival with Sunday services at the church and held Monday morning worship at nine o clock aided by acetylene lighting. Assistant Elder Culpepper arrived late, but organizers expect the series to continue for some time inviting all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luimbley
The
Baptist Church
B. Culpepper
Fish in Brookshire Streets Spawn Prairie Wonder
Newspaper notes odd fish sightings after rains in Brookshire Texas where children found dozens of five inch fish in mud puddles. The column playfully claims Texas can grow almost anything and invites reports of similar sightings from readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chand
Texas
Brookshire
School auditorium show canceled this Friday and Saturday
The paper notes no show at the school building auditorium on Friday and Saturday nights this week. Mrs May McAllister orders her paper to Dubuque Iowa while visiting. Local items mention a Brookshire barbecue and post office improvements plus fruit and a new safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May McAllister
Dubuque, Iowa
Fort Worth Woodmen Camp Claims World’s Largest Rank
Lone Star Camp No 2 in Fort Worth claims the world’s largest Woodmen of the World camp after a ninety day membership drive for Tarrant county ends. The camp total reaches about 2 800 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Lone Star Camp No. 2
Tarrant County
Fishing Trip Yields Splendid But Light Catch
A Thursday fishing party among the Misses Dewey and Willie May Chiaibers, Willie and Winnie Donald, and gentlemen Alen Williford, Thomas Alderson, BE Miller, A Agopian, with Mr and Mrs Donald and Mr and Mrs Beamus as chaperones, reports a fine outing with few fish. Mr Storm visited Thursday and states he resides on part of an 800 acre farm bought by his grandfather in 1853, in the house where his father and he were born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Willie May Chiaibers
Willie
Winnie Donald
Alen Williford
Thomas Alderson
BE. G. Miller
A. Agopian
Donald
Katy Defeats Fulshear in Sunday Baseball Showdown
Dewitt struck out 17 for Katy amid sharp batting from Chattel and Hoffman. Katy pitchers were Dewitt and Campbell, while Fulshear’s battery was Avis and I Hoffman. Brookshire players Messiy Russell Miller and Dewitt aided Katy’s offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulshear
Katy
Dewitt
Chattel
Hoffman
Katy Dewitt
Campbell
Avis
I. Hoffman
Brookshire
Messiy
Russell
Miller
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P. L. Clapp
Budweiser
Southern Select
Dixie Pale
Max Kellner
E. A. Cooper
Patty
W’s. Big Camp
R. F. Entrop
Brookshire Mercantile Co
M. Kr& T
Peane
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the Times
Brookstore
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