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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1925
Page
4
A compact pledge of belief in the United States as a government of the people established on consent, democracy, equality, justice, and humanity. It vows allegiance to the constitution, laws, flag, and defense against enemies.
Mary Lowe Dickinson urged families to cultivate love though acts of care. She suggests showing a weary husband appreciation, planning small gifts for birthdays, and involving children in bright moments to renew family warmth and trust.
Texas notes rabies concerns with dogs vaccinated and monitored at the Pasteur Institute in Austin. Citizens urged to cooperate with city authorities, support vaccination, and accept occasional euthanasia of dangerous strays to protect public health. Also mentions New York port costs and South Dakota cement road program as unrelated notes.
In a citizenship column the author recalls Mark Twain and a Civil War private, John P. F., of Stonewall Brigade. John P. faced fear openly yet advanced with the front rank and stayed to the last, doing his duty through Harper's Ferry to Appomattox.
The narrator recalls John P and his wife surviving the war with faithfulness and courage amid narrowly avoided cowardice. He contrasts John’s fear with Stonewall Jackson’s brigade resilience and notes Joe Arrington's illness and dental treatment, confining him to his room for weeks.
A collection of humorous anecdotes recounts a taxi ride mishap, a couple joking about paying a doctor bill for their new baby, a misdirected reply about damages in a hospital visit, and a miscommunication with a Chinese houseboy amid social callers.
The Bazette and Edson Peeples Warren tests draw attention from the oil fraternity this week as Penn Windsor Empire Oil and Gas and other firms watch closely. Chalk findings at favorable depths boost royalty and acreage interest northeast of Powell while Currie and Richland pool districts show satisfactory progress. The Hubbard district test northwest of Mexia aims near waterworks and key farms with about 1800 acres leased and Styles and Groover contracted to drill. work expected to start within a week or ten days.
Geologists have worked six weeks and twelve oil men scouted the fields this week. Water proposition remains active and expected to close soon. In the southern wildcat area work waits for rain as Mr. Meers pursues a new test on the Will Freeland farm.
Mexia Marble and Granite Works firming up a new memorial service line amid rising demand for personalized gravestones and cemetery inscriptions.
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