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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
1
Waller and nearby residents report visits and business trips in Houston and Hempstead. Social events include a party at Mr. C. H. Clark’s home and a Sunday School play at Penick Schoolhouse on June 29. Weather brought beneficial rain for crops.
W R McCauley purchased 175 acres of farming land near here from Jim and Stewart Wade and Lula Lane for 65 dollars per acre. He also bought the farming equipment and most of the growing crop, including teams and implements on the Wade place.
A Catholic service will be celebrated here on Sunday June 27 at 9 30 a.m. The invitation is extended to all to attend.
Miss Robertson returns from Karnes City while Miss Koehn visits Elnora Muske at the ranch on Route 1. Mr. and Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Wade visit Brookshire. Truck farmers ship several cars of cucumbers weekly to northern markets as watermelon season nears. The Times endorses W. B. DeWitt for Public Weigher of Precincts 4 and 5, noting his incumbency and qualifications.
An old ad promotes RAT SNAP in three sizes 250 500 and 1.00 sold by Peoples Drug Store. Mrs Hanna recounts anger after losing a setter and rats are claimed to be killed in a week. A.J. Robertson works on painting the Amusu Theater exterior this week.
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