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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1937
Page
3
County notes report the death of Dr J W France found in his garage after likely spending hours there with flashlight. The obituary lauds his service as a physician and citizen and notes an inquest to follow. Also mentions local social events and small-town notices including graduation attendance and community updates.
A short reflection compares unseen faith to a kite string felt rather than seen. Dr. John W. Holland and Albert Pike are quoted to illustrate belief, duty, and liberty. The passage links spiritual conviction to civic responsibility across generations.
Howard Payne College will open September 13 with one of the latest enrollments. A large improvement program has completed a new home economics department in a rock cottage lab. The college offers 27 major departments and 270 plus courses. Student costs as low as 242.50 for nine months for women and 21 for men living expenses cut by light housekeeping. The school promotes a democratic spirit where everybody is somebody.
A note cites a Progressive Farmer item describing invisible writing. It says dip a new pen point in lemon juice to write, let it dry, then hold the paper over a candle flame to read the message.
Texas county farm and home demonstration agents are notified of a statewide meeting in College Station from September 6 to 10. It replaces the 1937 short course canceled due to infantile paralysis. All agents statewide are expected to attend. regular short course work will be included in the program.
The Commerce Department reports $1,536,380,000 in exports and $1,383,701,000 in imports for the first half, with a $147,321,000 trade deficit. June shows imports outpacing exports by $20,583,000, extending a months long gap.
San Antonio cattle trade shows large calf presence with 700 cattle and 1300 calves. Cows and steers weak on plain stock. yearlings around 6 to 4.25. calves mostly 4 to 7.50. Hogs 600 head. demand active with top 11.25 and various weights selling 9.5 to 11.25. Sheep none goats limited. market slow and weak.
A poem praising the telephone girl who knows everyone’s news and sorrows and could cause chaos if her knowledge were told. It envisions gossip turning friends to foes, marriages to trouble, churches to fights, and the town into a stew if even a tenth of what she knew were shared.
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