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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
6
The piece urges food and feed conservation, noting money will be plentiful but not edible. It laments the Governor’s veto of the University appropriation bill as regrettable yet argues the veto protected the constitution, church-state separation, and prevented plutocratic, incompetent rule.
A.M. Highrabedian and Geo Harrison had envelopes and stationery printed at this office in the past week. Ned DeWitt of Houston spent Tuesday visiting relatives here. The note ends with a salesman signature MAX WANDER offering insurance services.
Dry weather continues in Waller with truck patches and corn needing rain. Local visits include Miss Minnie Bell with Zelda Martin, Mrs A B Martin and Geo Bell visiting J A Martin, and Claude Bonner with Jesse Bell at George Pope’s. Mayes family from Houston visited relatives. John Morgan’s baby ill with whooping cough. Richard Walgast party was well received. J A Martin and J W Martin made a business trip to Waller.
Classified brief states W B DeWitt offers top prices for old iron and invites interested sellers to contact.
The Canning Club girls held an ice cream supper after the Y M B L regular meeting Monday night, realizing a sum to buy a steam canner for the group. Cecil Catt was in Houston on business Wednesday. Dr. Bailey visited his parents in Galesburg Kansas for two weeks and returned Sunday night. Mrs J C Darnell hosted her sister Miss Grace Slan and Miss Harriett Cobb of Houston visited Sunday. Miss Carrie Belle Pennington of Houston, guest of Mrs M C Fields, returned home Wednesday. Mrs Edna McMikin of Kirbyville stayed with her grandmother Mrs M J Tucker. Miss Donella Smith, wintering in Humble, is home for the summer. Misses Laura Weirather, Mary Cowper and Iva Southard spent the weekend with Mrs T M Beach in Houston.
The ceremony at the church featured acolyte, choir, bridesmaids, and the couple entered by the side door. Miss Alice Atkinson played violin, with organ accompaniment, as the choir sang Love Divine all love excelling. The bride wore white crepe de chine with illusion veil and carried a white prayer book showered with Cape Jasmines. The groom, a local German farmer and clerk, and the bride, former Besse's Creek teacher, will reside in the city. The Times offers best wishes for their life together.
Question asks if the first senator has diplomatic experience. The other senator replies that he has not but notes he has lived in harmony with his mother-in-law, implying no diplomatic background.
Fritz A. Ebel of our city and Miss Gene Fisher of San Marcos were united in marriage Monday evening at 8:30 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church by Rev. C. If Horner. The ceremony joined two local residents in a religious service officiated by the rector.
Lice on chickens are killed by B.A. Thomas' Lauce Killer a product advertised to remove parasites and also claimed to kill bugs on cucumber tomato and squash vines. Dr L. Bains signs the notice promising refunds if it does not work.
U S Department of Agriculture specialists urge Southern growers to build well insulated ventilated storage for sweet potatoes to save about 10 million bushels annual loss from decay. Plans in Farmers Bulletin 548 show storage for 2,500 to 3,000 bushels, adaptable to 500 to 50 000, emphasizing economy of solid construction and long life.
T. T. Williams and Fred Robertson of Katy were in town yesterday afternoon. Mr. H. T. Smith and his son Jack return Wednesday from Bryan where they visited Mr. Smith's parents. Casper Rhemann was in Houston Thursday.
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