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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1923
Page
1
A poem in dated parlance recalls lonely evenings as dusk settles and night shadows hover. The speaker confesses growing lonesome while awaiting a wife’s return, noting crickets, sunset afterglow, and the slow passage of time before reunion.
The Waller county barbecue at Hagar drew an estimated fifteen hundred attendees from across the county and neighboring areas. The event aimed to foster fellowship and ease strife, featuring two thousand pounds of barbecued meat and usual accompanying foods.
Residents and visitors frequent local gatherings. Thet last week saw Brookshire’s Theo staying with sister Mrs Dan Wilpitz. F L Lange and wife driving to Katy. Mrs W M Spiller visiting parents in Muske. Edna Wisher from Houston with Hattie and Pauline Neiman. Adolph Peters and family visiting Peters relatives. Muske couple at Addicks picnic. Lizzie Quart of Houston visiting Ruf Muske. Sunny Side youth at Besses Creek dance. Mable Phillips of San Felip in town. Rufus Welch of Houston stopped by. Henry Goode and Pauline Schumacher visiting Hot Wells.
The passage notes that people’s appetites were satisfied at dinner, with all meals consumed by suppertime. The tone implies a communal or civic setting where food was fully eaten. No additional details on location or participants are provided.
Mr and Mrs G H Zehlman express sincere gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after the loss of their infant. The support offered was a great consolation during a trying time.
Little Edward Entrop was brought home last Monday from Houston where he had been for treatment. He is rapidly recovering from injuries after a horse fell with him last week. Miss Virginia Mills spent last Wednesday in Houston visiting relatives.
Mose and Joe Sumner Al ston Bemus visited Houston last Sunday. G A Rhemann and granddaughter Christene of Falshear came to town Tuesday. Mrs Julius Schulte of Houston visits mother in law near town. Elnora Sanders of Bellville visits relatives. Hawkes Optician arrives today June 22. Several residents travel for visits and a weeks stay in Galveston planned for Wander family.
Examinations for all grades will be held July 6 7 and August 17 18 with registration deadlines before June 20 for July and by August 1 for August. The new certificate law takes effect September 1 1923 restricting old law qualifications and defining who can build toward higher certificates, including timelines for various certificate types and continued eligibility rules.
Public notice from Superintendent Adise Cameron of Waller County Schools states certificates not held must be registered by the 20th of the month for examination. The notice is published after the initial registration day, June 20, reaching the office two days after publication.
Mass to be celebrated next Sunday at the Catholic chapel with public invitation. J H Lundy to preach at Adams school house next Sunday at 11 o'clock. Public invited. W D Mills Notary Public office in Farmers State Bank. Jos Wander in Houston on business. Colored people held Juneteenth celebration with barbecue and baseball, accompanied by a brass band.
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