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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1937
Page
4
A collage of comic exchanges and courtroom quips ranging from a judge offering counsel to a self-deprecating bankrupts joke. Bits feature a colored man denying a lawyer, family banter on age and money, marital foibles, and playful one liners about work, love, and music.
Cattle and calves at San Antonio Monday were only modestly lower than last Monday’s record run. The market stayed active with price levels mostly steady despite heavy receipts. Calves remained strong with medium to good grass calves from 6.00 to 7.00 and short lots to 7.50, while plain calves ranged to 5.00 and culls to 4.50. Bulls mostly 4.00 to 4.50, stockers 5.00 to 6.50. Hog trade active with top 11.00 for 180 to 250 lb butchers. good 160 to 180 lb at 10.00 to 10.75. best 140 to 160 lb 8.50 to 9.75. Sheep and goats offerings unsold at noon with a weak market. Five tons of gold from Japan arrived aboard Hikawa Maru, valued at 5,826,844, bound for San Francisco mint. Governor Alfred in Austin seeks tax increases to close the general fund deficit. Kimble county taxpayers seek balanced outgo and income. Fire Prevention Week noted in December 39.
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reports over 1500 Texas establishments employed 91 252 workers in August, a rise from the prior year. Weekly payrolls reached 2 233 011 dollars, up 22.9 percent year over year. Gains above average occurred in Amarillo Denison El Paso Houston Port Arthur and Wichita Falls.
A group including Gerald Ragland James Hodges Raymond Jamies LaRue New Jack King Reyes Buster Jelly Murrah Joe Cunttingham C K Cunningham and Mr and Mrs Ollie Floyd traveled to Kerrville Saturday night to watch McMurray College Abilene defeat the Schrein er Institute Mountaineers by seven to two. Isaac Hoch and Dorcas of De Soto Iowa celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Also notes that about one fifth of earnings are taxed by various taxes.
A full grown mountain lion strolling from Forest Park Zoo in Oak Cliff alarmed residents noon today. The animal padded a residential street and approached the J B Pruitt home porch before police arrived. Workers prodded the creature into a portable cage after a garage trap was cut open.
A historical overview traces baseball from a medieval ball game to the American sport. It notes the Knickerbocker code of 1845, first matches, early professional clubs like the 1868 Red Stockings, and the 1876 Louisville convention creating the National League, with the era expanding to multiple leagues led by the National and American leagues.
A 1920s historical note recalls Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis becoming baseball czar as a backdrop to an American rights warning posted at the entrance of a Birmingham coal mine. The billboard reads a stern message to agitators and mentions Acmar Mines with a reference to October 29.
An excerpt highlights humorous and absurd quotable lines cited by Alexander Abingdon. It lists playful quips on chivalry compliments marriage religion and science and ends with a pun about a mugwump. The piece showcases satirical echoes from a recent magazine.
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