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Newspaper
Hill View Times
Location
Kerrville, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1926
Page
3
A reflective piece recalls simple pleasures and wholesome companionship. It speaks of restful sleep, love's tender tunes, nature's charm, and childhood memories. The narrator longs to evoke home, a mother's care, and the gentle music that brings lasting happiness to all.
A large gathering attended Kerrville’s new cash and carry opening last Saturday with the first 200 shoppers receiving a free basket after purchasing five dollars. The piece extols bargain hunting and consumer education while praising Kansas Governor Ben Paulen and Warden W H Mackey for quelling a prison insurrection at Lansing.
The message urges Kerrville residents to attend church encampment programs by the Presbyterian and Methodist camps. It notes nationally known speakers are featured, attracts visitors from distant communities, and encourages local participation and support of the events.
The London Daily Mail reports a price war between British and American meat firms in the English market. British producers cut prices to undercut rivals while Americans shoulder the difference, affecting import costs and consumer prices.
The Daily Mail reports a breakdown among firms in the Argentine meat trade as they clash with American exporters led by Swift Armours and Wilsons. It warns that American tactics threaten British and Empire interests by flooding Britain with chilled beef to force prices, potentially granting the United States control of global meat markets.
The 150th anniversary of the Declaration marks the 100th year since Thomas Jefferson’s death. Jefferson, first Secretary of State and third U.S. president, died July 4 1826, fifty years after the republic’s creation. John Adams also died that day, hours later.
A 1863 Fayette County echo reveals editors lamenting delayed news from beyond the Mississippi and citing a San Antonio Herald report of a Mexican captain hanging a thief in the Military Plaza. The piece questions martial law and defends editorials condemning the act as an outrage.
Camden New Jersey July 1 report of a community wide search for Marguerite Berkley a young girl who vanished while playing with other children in the woods. Parents Mr and Mrs Charles E Berkley appeal for help and information as searchers comb the area.
Proprieter parents of a grocery store scene a two year old child missing and a large civic response ensues. State police join hundreds in a fruitless search as the community reflects on instinct to protect and aid those in danger.
The district court of Kerr County Texas has a pending suit No 1301 Thos J Young versus Ethel T Young. The plaintiff seeks to compel witnesses to answer interrogatories and to issue a deposition commission as Ethel T Young is a non resident with no attorney of record. Publication required for thirty days. June 23 1926. MO R Leavell Clerk Kerr County District Court.
An advertisement urges readers to replace a bulky phonograph with a portable model and invites customers to call 69 to arrange an in home demonstration.
In a readers column the author critiques John Peiffer as a candidate in the Fourteenth Congressional District Democratic Primary of July 24, 1926. The piece labels Peiffer’s platform as insulting to voters and argues for prohibition as a universal rule, calling for sober workers in industry and transport.
The remark claims that appetite outruns reason and insults American voters. It concludes by noting a logic quip that “John is Jack,” implying misnaming or confusion in identity.
A humorous verse comparing animal and human signaling, noting many creatures advertise their presence while people often refrain. The piece closes with a Tribune joke about a minister and a member discussing church attendance and weather.
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