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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1929
Page
6
The Ramsey Variety Store announces a formal opening on Friday March 29 with no goods sold at the event. A nine cent sale runs Saturday March 30 and continues through the following Saturday, as carpenters finish work and goods are arranged for display. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey and staff will greet customers and explain new store features.
A shipment of 12 elk from Montana arrived in Kerrville on Wednesday and Thursday for L. A. Schreiner’s private game preserve. The Federal Government supplied the animals after many died in winter from food shortages. J. J. Dent oversaw moving the elk from the train to the Schreiner estates near the city. A herd of buffalo antelope and native deer were already at Schreiner park before the Elk arrival from Dixon Reservation.
A speaker on the phone notes Billy Smith has a bad cold and will miss school. The caller identifies himself as Billy Smith’s father. The exchange ends with a quip about doing things properly and timely.
Under a new Texas law Gov. Dan Moody signed, authority to issue marriage licenses shifts to physicians after a man obtains a medical examination card. The county clerk collects names ages and addresses, then the physician issues a clean bill of health before the license is granted.
Freddie the Frosh jokes about his engagement to Frances as a new maid answers the door. He asserts he is what she is engaged to while referencing the year round Junction playground setting and the Davis child on Kay Street.
A county judge announces an April 6 1929 trustee election for county and district school boards. Voters may organize the election, polls open 8 am to 6 pm, applications to print names due ten days prior. Requirements include reading writing English, paying poll tax before Feb 1, and six months district residency. Also details for three county school trustees. Then an ad for Wildcats work pants at Schreiner Hodges.
Bastrop Advertiser, Texas’ oldest weekly, marks sixty four years since its March 3 1853 launch. The paper began five columns wide with four pages on a Washington hand press. Now owned by J O Smith of Elgin with H A Schaefer editing in Bastrop, the plant features modern printing equipment.
A compact remark notes that an attractive woman draws attention from many men, suggesting social dynamics and envy in flirtatious contexts. The line frames allure as a source of attraction and complication.
A local column observes that most children have their parents well sized up. The piece suggests community awareness of family stature and child behavior through everyday neighborhood scrutiny.
A reader muses on leaving an art gallery and comparing postcard reproductions to the originals. The short piece explores personal enjoyment of art and the appeal of printed versions.
Sore gums and foul breath signal pyorrhea issues. Lete's Pyorrhea Remedy is highly recommended by leading dentists and offers a money back guarantee via druggists if it fails. WBREY BELL DRUG CO.
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