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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
6
A revival is conducted at the Baptist Church led by Rev Lem Hodges of the First Church Houston Heights. Services take place daily at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. through Sunday and likely into next week with all welcome.
Properties offered at varied prices and sizes to fit buyers. For information call at The Times office.
Local ad highlights B H Vogler offering tanks gutters roofing ridging flues and skylights with special attention to repairing roofs and ice boxes. Address listed as 705 Bringer Ave two blocks south Washington Ave and phone Tayler 0218.
The article outlines the life of Rob Roy born in Buchanan parish Scotland as the son of Donald McGregor a lieutenant colonel. It notes his red hair giving the name Roy and his Campbell surname adopted after 1691 descent on Stirlingshire and outlawing in 1712 for embezzlement. He led Highland raids under Argyll protection and became the subject of Walter Scott’s novel and Flotow’s opera.
A housing agent bluntly notes drawbacks of a listed home bounded by a gas works an India rubber factory a vinegar plant and a glass boiling establishment The husband reacts with alarm then the agent cites two advantages cheap rent and a way to tell which way the wind is blowing.
The article traces Italian language development from Latin origins with early traces in 960 Monte Cassino documents. It notes Florentine and Tuscan influence, the Sicilian school at Palermo under Frederick II, and Dante shaping the modern literary standard from the Florentine dialect.
The article explains the Court of St James presentation ritual for ladies with sponsorship by an American ambassador or British lady. Summons arrive three weeks prior. Dressed in regulation court attire with royal feathers, they proceed down a red carpet aisle to the throne. The line files past the throne, the lady curtsies before the king, then to the queen, and exits as the royal family bows and music plays.
A note explains the phrase a nine day wonder originated in England and was used by Shakespeare. It is linked to an old proverb about a puppy’s eyes opening after nine days, reflecting a temporary attention span and the dogs being born blind.
Frederick G. Fassett notes in the Boston Transcript that Grace Sherwood, a planter’s wife, faced witchcraft charges in Virginia in 1706. She underwent water ordeal but did not sink, was jailed, and the proceedings were dropped, with later civil suit record and a 1740 probate.
Pathfinder Magazine notes dice likely the world’s oldest amusement with evidence of dice use before 124 B C and a connection to Paramedes, a Trojan War hero. The piece traces dice origins and their long appeal across eras and cultures.
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