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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1929
Page
3
William A. Radford offers free guidance on practical home building for a colonial style residence with a central hall plan, 28 by 24 feet main area plus sun room. The layout includes living and dining rooms, a kitchen with breakfast nook, four upstairs rooms, a bath, and shingled exterior.
Excavators in Newcastle and Wallsend plan shafts under streets to locate Hadrian's Wall section and the Vallum while seeking ruins of Pons Aells and the fort at New Castle. They aim to uncover traces of the Ninth Legion and the fate of Roman Britain, linking Tyne riverside wonders to the old frontier.
Shellac provides a fast drying, elastic finish suitable for floors woodwork and furniture. Two coats can be applied an hour or two apart with proper curing time. It serves as a good undercoat and liquid filler and offers a durable velvet look, with orange and white grades for different woods.
Benton Harbor Michigan reports a $50,000 fortune left by the late Frank DeLisle, a tobacconist and odd wares merchant. The hidden wealth, amassed over 80 years, is to be shared by two nephews after trust officer R L Hubbard locates their father James Matteson, husband of DeLisle’s sister in Rack Creek Ohio, who claims he does not know their whereabouts.
William C. Alexander of New York joins the Milwaukee program for the thirteenth Kiwanis International convention, June 23 27, expected to attract 8000 visitors from the United States and Canada.
Chippewa Falls farmer Ralph Steele won a flapjack eating contest after devouring 27 pancakes. Still hungry, he chose a tile dessert with nine sausages, cheese, pie, and coffee.
The Nicholls-Conigrave arts and crafts expedition reports Papuan coastal villages showing courtship customs. Boys wear armlets anklets flowers vase and ear adornments to attract girls who must propose. Feasts feature limited food as youths seek to impress women. Tight belts signal readiness to propose.
Excavations at Nineveh will continue with vigor, says Prof. Edward Chiera. A large mound covers the royal palace site, while another mound may hold the temple and a mosque named for St. Jonah. The mosque reportedly contains the prophet’s body and a whale tooth linked to Jonah.
A one year old Airedale named Kent works at 88 Broad Street for Walton Advertising and Printing. The dog greets visitors with a bark and places cards and hats on the desk for Miss Agnes Thorpe, the secretary. Walton says Kent is invaluable for sparking business conferences with strangers.
Joe Panzello, on the edge of a gravel pit near Lynn, killed a pheasant with a stone and paid a $35 fine after his wife prepared the bird for cooking. The incident led to his arrest for off season hunting.
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