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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1925
Page
2
A $7,000,000 Navarro County good roads bond issue was defeated in the June 22 election with 4,841 for and 3,839 against, missing the needed two-thirds majority. Corsicana favored the bonds five to one, but rural precincts narrowed the city lead amid dry weather hits to crops.
Last Saturday afternoon at 4:30 the Mexia Country Club hosted a pastel butterfly themed miscellaneous shower for Miss Lelia Conrad. Miss Frederika Karner and Miss Frances Bass presided as hostesses with decor featuring pink green orchid and yellow hues. Guests enjoyed punch served by aides as toasts celebrated the bride with playful act ins and a butterfly motif.
A wedding tribute unfolds with fluttering verses and a piano rendition of Poor Butterfly and Mendelssohn as gifts fill a treasure chest. Bride-to-be Lelia receives elegant tokens at a large house party attended by family and friends, with refreshments of brick ice cream and angel food cake in bridal hues completing the celebration.
Cotton prices jump at New York open with July up 0.58, ebay up 0.04, and December up 0.09, reflecting a firmer start as McGrail and Olsie Desenberg note gains.
Sunday schools in Mexia show a summer attendance slump with Central Presbyterian and Salvation Army posting gains while others fall behind. Central Church rises by 20 from the prior week and Salvation Army by 10, as leaders seek to halt further declines.
Mexia Marble and Granite Works advertises sewing machines from $50 onward. John R Corley Company located at 207 East Commerce Street promotes equipment sales.
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