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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1926
Page
5
Local notes show Van Martin now works as clerk at Butt and Garrett Inc. Prices listed for suits cleaned and pressed at 1.00 with delivery service. Kerrville visitors Mrs Luehrs and Mrs Hoggett, Mrs Frank Wilson heads to Dallas for medical care.
Henry Ford maintains leadership with high output at Rouge and Highland Park plants. Daily production includes 6,000 to 6,500 cylinder blocks and 7,900 crankshafts, 31,600 pistons, plus 6,000+ complete motors shipped for chassis. Ford emphasizes low car-mile cost and radical carburetor improvements to sustain demand, especially in farming regions, aiming for 1926 output near last year's 7,990,995 units.
Miss Willie Boyett of Milam Texas is visiting her brother A P Boyett. The brief note places the social visit in Milam and mentions family ties.
E C Jordan visited San Antonio on business this week. Junction Tailor Shop advertises care for garments. Mr. and Mrs. Miller Oliver hosted guests. Frances White and Lara B Taylor vacationed in Brady. Model Shop promotes Christmas cards. Sam Houston Coffee offered at Kindrick’s Grocery. Mrs Vara Stephens and Raymond James visited Kerrville. Mrs Henry Hamer returned from Goliad. Dress cleaning guaranteed. Lola Brooks and Daisy Russell visiting relatives in Laredo. Russell heads to San Antonio upcoming visit.
The friends of Mrs. W A Caldwell of Hot Springs New Mexico regret her death in Hot Springs on November 1 1926 She moved to Junction City March 9 1877 and two years later married W A Caldwell who survives her She was known among early settlers and was sister to John Allen long a Junction resident now in Hunt Texas
The paper corrects a previous item about staffing last week. It states Mrs Luther McDonald accepted the position with the Philip Joseph Store, and Miss Velma Fleming of the Telegraph community was not a clerk. Apologies are offered for the error.
Temple Deats Louis Dunbar and Jack Hubbell leave Sunday with G H Estes for the Winter Garden section in Dimmitt County. Citizens from Kimble County have visited that area and return with glowing reports.
The Model Shop and Rev. and Mrs. J. Virgil Davis with sons Virgil Edwin and Marvin Rea left Saturday for their new pastorate at La Feria. Friends express regret at their departure yet extend good wishes for success and happiness in the new post.
Local ad lists 10 lb bags of potatoes at 42 cents with a limit of ten bags, No 2 table peaches at 16 cents, Large Van Camp catsup at 18 cents, and 11 cans Hooke Lye for $1.00 with a limit of eleven cans.
Miss Mildred Maddox, after two months at Rankin Texas, accepted a job last Monday with Camp Bell Drug Store in Menard.
The Ladies of the Baptist Church invite the public to a handwork sale and lunch at the Chase Building all day Saturday November 20th. Attendance is welcome.
Mr and Mrs Sayres Farmer and their daughter Betty Moseby travel to San Antonio for a family visit this month as Mrs Farmer plans to visit relatives with Betty Moseby.
A heavy Tuesday night freeze prompts reflections on dwindling summer savings as winter mood takes hold. The observer notes the contrast between warm months and current cold spell, wondering how finances will weather the season.
Mrs. A. W. Loeffler came back last Thursday after a two week trip to Houston and other South Texas cities and reports a very enjoyable journey.
Advertises special prices: potatoes 42 cents per 10 pounds limit, No 2 Table Catsup 18 cents, 11 cans Hooker Lye $1.00 limit 11 cans. Ends with Butt.
Mr. N. S. Craven, formerly of Austin, has joined the prescription department at Wiggley Drug Store, starting about a week ago. See G. H. Estes for excursion trips to the Winter Garden districts of Dimmitt County, Texas, famed for orange groves.
Luther McDonald leaves Wahl Brothers and Jordan to join Safety First Filling Station. Roy Skaggs and Arthur Lawler spent part of the week in San Antonio. Holiday goods advertised at Heyman Drug Store with an invitation to come early. Junction Tailor Shop promises no gasoline odor on clean clothes. Fruit cake ingredients offered by Kindrick's Grocery from 30 to 31 cents.
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