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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1925
Page
8
Fragmentary notice advertises a booklet from Write Bracified Regulator Co Desk 113 Sivetope with a telephone contact. Text hints at weekly schedules or events and urges reader response.
Slag from steel mills previously waste now runs off furnaces into water and disintegrates into pumice like granules. The granules are scooped up and sold to cement plants for use in cement production.
A Houston woman recalls severe female ailments and a later blood poison case. She credits Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription with relief after three bottles and later uses Golden Medical Discovery to purify her blood. She notes lasting improvement and no recurrence.
A local column humorously weighs Mrs Jilp Havens and Mrs Dildge Ohl as village characters while quipping about a prayer mat habit and Mesopotamia London mix. The ad promotes Dr Peerys Dead Shot vermifuge at 60 cents, with sale details at 372 Pear Bt. N.
Hooper's Tetter Rem promises cure for eczema tatter itch ringworm pimples salt rheum dandruff cracked hands poison ivy old sores and related skin troubles. Manufactured by Bocaine Medicine Co Dallas Texas sold by druggists with money back guarantee or direct by mail.
Department of Agriculture report shows live stock and meats prices mainly higher week over week with top beef at 14.00 and bulk 13.50 to 14.00, calves and feeders up, fat lambs down. Stocker shipments tally cattle 35,838 calves 698 hogs ??, sheep 20,825. Eastern markets see mixed price moves for beef veal lamb and pork. Cotton and grain futures slide with middling cotton at 42 cents and March futures down 62 points.
The Texas Senate approved a 25 cent remission of the state ad valorem tax for 25 years to aid Brazoria County near the Brazos River mouth. Funds would back a Freeport Velasco port project, with a navigation district and $1,000,000 in bonds to guard the port from overflow and whaling. The House action remains pending.
Senator A B Woods of Granger will lead an investigation into mutual fire insurance companies in Austin Texas over claims payment disputes on minor technicalities. He signals possible push for strict regulatory measures this session linking the issue to contested policy provisions.
Mrs Mary Jane Power 116 oldest resident of Tarrant County died at her home near Everman Texas She was born in Olinoa in 1810 and moved to Texas in 1820 She lived in the county for 72 years and in the Everman area for 48 years Aged death occurred a few days ago at her residence three miles southeast of Everman
Mexia publisher N. P. Houx announced the sale of the Mexia Weekly Herald to GC L Tatum, a newspaper advertising man, who will be joined by Jamay Steward as circulation manager. Both new owners are employed at the Mexia daily.
General Bullard, newly retired from the army, inspected the Plattsburg training camp in August 1928. His son, Private Buddy Bullard of Company D, faced a thorough review of his uniform, rifle, and tent with the general offering sharp, sometimes humorous, criticisms.
A vintage advertisement touts genuine California Fig Syrup as relief for infant constipation colic feverish breath coated tongue and diarrhea. It claims prompt movement of poisons gases bile souring food and waste with a half teaspoonful and warns buyers to ask for the genuine product printed directions apply to infants and children.
A terse exchange shows a defendant pleading ignorance of society’s debt while a chap offers stern rebuke. The dialogue exposes tension between social duty and the offender’s defiance as the scene unfolds.
A tip suggests adding a half teaspoon of Calumet Baking Powder to every four eggs and beating well. The method promises a lighter, more attractive omelet with better volume and texture.
A British scientist says the quality of sleep is greatly influenced by the final thoughts before sleep. The finding suggests mental state at bedtime may affect restfulness and linked health outcomes.
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