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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1926
Page
7
A note from B Randolph thanks supporters for securing the nomination and pledges to run an efficient county government. The message shifts to a dairy advertisement: cold fresh buttermilk sold by Brooks Dairy with morning and night delivery.
Jim Hodges has returned home from Winters and works with the Allsup shearing crew. Chas Henderson and family came back from a week near Fort Worth. Dorris Jones and Verle Blackburn visited J. W. Boone ranch. Singing at the church drew a good crowd. Tempie Boone was bitten by a poisonous snake Sunday and lay ill but improving. Mrs. Gertrude Murr planned a short visit with her parents before returning home. Ed Hunger and family assisted, and Frank Hubbell returned from a visit to relatives in Menard and McKavitt.
The Baptist meeting at the Community Hall ended Sunday with 29 baptized at the Yates crossing. Locals praise Rev Gren Reid and helpers, while Rev Miller and a pianist are thanked for their contribution. Voters participated in the second primary, cotton prices open at one dollar per hundred, and Rev Hoover opens a Church of Christ meeting on Friday.
The Texas governor's post offers a modest $4000 yearly salary yet includes a state funded mansion valued around $200 monthly rent, plus an annual expense account of $38,126. The state covers mansion servants, repairs, furnishings, fuel, utilities, and communications totaling $5,500 in 1925, with $2 to servants and $2,000 for repairs and new furnishings. Grounds upkeep features a large poultry yard with well stocked turface and flowers.
Wesley Peacock argues mothers shape children through deliberate care and self-study. He cites psychology research and notes children mirror parental traits, require daily routines for health, and deserve direct nurturing rather than outsourcing care.
A fragment notes that the governor must pay only for food consumed in the mansion and mentions no limit on the number of relatives living with the governor. It also includes an ad line for Kindrick's Cash Grocery and a reference to poultry eggs and butter.
Notice to property owners and interested parties that during the First Called Session of the Thirty Ninth Legislature in Austin on September 13 1926 a bill will be introduced to create Road District No 1 in Kimble County Texas. The act would validate orders by the Kimble County Commissioners Court relating to organization bonds and taxes and make those orders legal evidence. An emergency clause is included. Dated August 11 1926. A G Farmer County Judge Kimble County Texas.
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