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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
6
Lewisville Enterprise laments three months of out of town printing by local merchants. It argues printers need local business and urges readers to buy from advertisers to keep commerce and newspaper alive in Lewisville.
The article notes a campaign to reduce cotton acreage emphasized at planting time this year, urging farmers to limit sowing to curb overproduction and stabilize prices.
The boll weevil infestation forces farmers to reconsider cotton planting as many experience losses and seek diversification or alternate crops to protect their livelihoods.
Hempstead workers circulate a petition in Wal l er County asking county commissioners to call an election to incorporate Hempstead. The clip urges passage, noting no incorporated town exists in the county and praising incorporation benefits.
Timetable entry lists northbound and other departures with morning and evening times. No. 25 at 6 30 a.m No. 23 at 7 29 p.m. Northbound No. 24 at 9 03 a.m. No. 26 at 9 32 p.m.
Waller area residents travel for business and social visits. JW Weaver heads to Fairbanks while others visit Hempstead Houston and Union. A revival begins at the Baptist church and crops benefit from recent rains. A party at J B Haley’s gathers many locals for a pleasant evening.
A sharp critique of people who form clubs and join groups to kill time. The piece condemns the urge to organize more nuisances when the unemployed seek activity and complains about suburban phone calls asking to join and donate a dollar.
Old maids of both sexes organize leagues for tailless tomcats. The piece derides committees and clubs as ineffective, urging individual action over joining groups or appointing committees to tackle any task.
W D Mills Notary Public at Farmers State Bank reports J W Martin spending the summer with relatives in Kansas and the West. Mrs Anna Biggs of Bellville spent the weekend with her sister in law Mrs N G Pier.
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