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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1929
Page
3
The Richmond Light Infantry Blues parade in Richmond Virginia commemorating the 140th anniversary of their founding. The event drew representation from the 18 original states.
Eighteen year old Donald J. Becker of Tech High Omaha traveled from Omaha in May 1928 with two dollars. He rode the Columbine to Council Bluffs and crossed to travel via Panama India Suez and the Mediterranean to Australia and back on a freighter. He described dockyard strikes in Adelaide and life ashore in Sydney and Bombay before planning another world journey.
Sheboygan Wisconsin reports a local insurer offering policies to cover windows broken during hall games on the playground. Agents sold 133 policies at ten cents each, creating a small central fund. A recent claim involved a smashed window and a partial payout settled by the company.
Tests on English and West Indian honey show deficiencies in vitamins A B C and D. Dr Edward Wayle of the Lister Institute London reports the lack is not caused by storage deterioration.
A traveling elephant named Dolly rampaged through Wayne Virginia after a boy threw a stone at her. Several people were injured and about a dozen women fainted as the elephant charged the bleachers before handlers controlled the animal.
Victor Three Trons, Crow Indian, claims the original hard luck case. He drew 350 dollars from a Hardin bank and, with a friend, drove to Billings to deposit for a heavy car payment. A malfunctioning motor caused a crash. they escaped with bruises, only to learn 250 seventy five dollar bills had burned in the fire. He was last seen trying Montana moonshine to drown his grief.
Rev. Dr. Carl Stock, newly installed bishop of Cothersburg, denounces modern youths for neglecting the soul. He laments a trend toward worldly amusements and says weekdays are spent on news and scandals while Sundays are spent on sports and excursions.
Alfred Van Winkle faced three months in county jail for failure to pay alimony to his first wife and support for their five children and for support of his second wife and their two children. The wife and ex wife agreed he should be freed to work at Liberty and split earnings between them, and he was released.
A printed excerpt offers dessert ideas and tea table accompaniments. Rice pudding with gelatin and fruit, two cocktails with fruit syrup, watermelon drink, and a make your own sandwich notion for guests. It also covers floating fig desserts, iced tea tips, punches such as Pineapple and Cleveland Punch, and simple baked treats like pecan wafers and cream puffs.
The text touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as an effective antacid that quickly fixes indigestion and nervous symptoms after meals. It contrasts it with soda and claims lasting digestion relief and neutralizing power, recommending it after rich or heavy meals.
A Gretna Louisiana narrator recalls severe weakness after childbirth and credits Jaain B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and other remedies for constipation and general recovery. The note ends with reflection on a damaged friendship and questions about the initial relationship.
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