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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1921
Page
2
A classroom joke has the village schoolmaster asking for the shape of the world. The class answers round, squire. He corrects with the familiar quip that the world is square on weekdays and round on Sundays, creating a playful reversal.
An advertisement promotes Vader Balm as a stronger relief for pain, urging consumers to try the product and avoid imitations sold by competitors. It highlights effectiveness and warns against counterfeit versions.
A renowned artist and a woman critic clash in a quiet studio moment as she hesitates between two pictures. The artist gently counters that it “doesn’t matter,” revealing subtle humor about taste and judgment in art criticism.
An old shoe advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease to prevent rubbing and friction. It claims the antiseptic treatment soothes sore feet and can even let women wear a shoe one size smaller by shaking the product into each shoe.
Guidance on choosing linoleum materials notes tinaleai flooring options and a Mt fog oof felt layer. Precautions may extend life and reduce expansion or contraction, offering a softer underfoot feel and improved sound. Consider quirtantases for durability.
The report notes a tense moment as witnesses describe a domestic dispute among family members. The group remains focused on the case despite the quarrel erupting during proceedings.
Texas records a first quarter 1921 production of 24 910 356 barrels, up 1 223 852 from the prior three month high. Humble Oil led with 3 766 662 barrels, Texas Company 2 608 612, Gulf Production 2 783 662, with May output across Texas at 9 418 000 barrels and a national trend of reduced field activity shown by 667 wells completed in May across four states.
Laura Bromwell 23 famed for the loop the loop record for women pilots was killed at Mitchell Field near Mineola New York while attempting a second loop at about 1000 feet. The Cincinnati native had set the loop record May 15 and earlier that day flew 136 miles per hour over a two mile straightaway.
The Arkansas River flood in Colorado from Pueblo to the Kansas line is the worst in 40 years. A 12 foot crest struck La Junta after a sudden 3 foot rise in ten minutes, widening to three miles across the lowlands. Hundreds drown and damages reach about $10,000,000.
Kansas City jury acquits Denzil Chester in twenty minutes of first degree murder in the October 2 1920 killing of Florence Barton. Barton was shot while seated in a car with her fiancé Howard Winter on a country road south of Kansas City.
A three section train carrying about 1200 Mexicans passed through San Antonio on Thursday en route to Mexico. They were gathered in North Texas and are being repatriated under a Texas plan. This marks the second detach ment from Texas, following a first group of over 1,000.
The Bureau of Markets notes dairy butter markets steady with slightly higher prices amid active storing demand. Cheese markets remain quiet. grain trading shows nervous May futures, strong export demand late week, and May wheat at 1.87, with several cash prices listed across corn, oats, and wheat. Live stock in Chicago trends upward with hogs and beef steers rising, and spot cotton declines to around 1.147 dollars per pound.
Washington reports the Federal Reserve Board recommends Congress authorize $50,000,000 to the War Finance Corporation for cattle producers. Governor Harding touring cattle regions cites need for longer term credit while advising limits and repayment to the treasury.
Adam Fisher of San Antonio applied to the Mexican government for a concession to remove gold and silver valued at about 73 million dollars from a cave in Saddle Mountain overlooking Monterey. He says a multi year search led to the discovery after finding an ancient Saltillo archive note from 1810 claiming a hidden fortune of gold and silver. Fisher counted the treasure, with 8646 gold bars 4568 silver bars and 7.5 million in octagonal Spanish pieces.
Tulsa is back under city and county authorities after Adjutant General Barrett recalled the martial law proclamation. About 225 national guardsmen in Tulsa remain on active duty to prevent a recurrence of severe riots that left thirty dead four hundred wounded and property damage near a million and a half.
The 1919 lumber production totaled 34,552,000 board feet in the United States, down from 44,500,000 a decade earlier. Yellow pine contributed 13,062,000 board feet, 37.8 percent of the national total, a share three times that of any other lumber class.
A child Helen plays outside as flags adorn homes for Flag Day. She learns it is her father’s birthday and realizes the surprise awaiting him at home, exclaiming about the flags and the hidden plan. The tale captures a family moment marked by birthday delight and public celebration.
A teacher asks what other gentle things hatch from eggs, and Johnny responds with snakes alligators sparrow hawks and eagles. The Edinburgh Scotsman source frames a child’s riddle about eggs and gentle creatures.
Four year old Miriam ran inside crying to tell her mother a large dog had approached her in the front yard. She reported the dog smelled of her and 'tasted' her but did not bite or eat her, prompting a family scare and police nuisance inquiry.
The line suggests that when a woman cannot break a man’s heart she becomes reckless and harms herself. The statement frames emotional dynamics and consequences in a terse social observation.
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