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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1938
Page
8
A string of vignettes mixes shop mischief and social quips from a 19th or early 20th century town. A shoemaker trades jokes over a customer, clerks mark down shoes, an applicant mulls earth sun distance, and a minister confronts ribbing about faith. Across tales, characters spar with jokes about nurses, engines, loneliness, and prayers, ending with a humorous twist on a beggar’s plea for money.
The report highlights Texas wildlife resources valued at 93 million dollars annually and sportspendings of 25 million by hunters. It proclaims Texas as the top deer and wild turkey state, with 30 000 bucks and many gobblers killed last year, plus widespread wildlife farming. It also notes the state’s rich climate variety and economic impact of songbirds on agriculture.
Oil men blame heavy importation of Mexican crude seized from American and British properties for the October proration hearing's market drop. Port of Houston imports exceed 100000 barrels weekly while contracts call for delivery of over 7000000 more barrels to Texas, contributing to industry strains and protests at the Railroad Commission hearing.
Two Sutton men R A Christie and J H Peterson of Texas New Mexico Pipe Line Co station built a portable sheep shearing power plant from a popular car motor and a home made generator. The unit works without belts or pulleys and supports sixteen clipper drops with room for sixteen more. Reframed to hold an electric floodlight for night work and plugs in at convenient outlets. Christie an engineer and Peterson an oiler did electrical work. both live in company houses on the Menard road and the sideline project was developed in a local garage.
W J Cameron advises youth to shape character through self mastery and effort. He notes America’s vast material wealth and opportunity, urging youths to use training as the world’s arena and to value the country’s legacies of growth and service. Washington, D.C. features prominently with statute count.
Long fall and winter evenings bring reading time and magazine orders. The Eagle offers clubbing savings with San Antonio Express and other dailies, with four magazines for one dollar at the Eagle Office. Savings exclude Life Time Fortune Architectural Forum. call to compare.
J. S. Farmer and G. W. Cavaness of Highland Chevrolet Company returned from Houston after attending the PreShowing Convention for Chevrolet Dealers and Salesmen. The 900 attendees heard updates on the 1939 Chevrolet models with plans to stock new models ready for October 22 Announcement Day.
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