Cotton fly repellant letters and town chatter
In Balmorhea Texas on July 27 1980 a reader sends a homespun anecdote about using absorbent cotton to repel flies on screens and a kitchen salt shaker while noting the playful ruin of cotton by children. The note blends local observations on cotton screens rains and city streets with a signoff from Martha Nichols and mentions the Alpine chamber of commerce and a new bulletin.
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Balmorhea
Walmorhea
Texas
South Dakota
Jimmy
Harold
Martha ‘Nichols
Hank Finger
Alpine Chamber of Comerce
Big Bend Park May Hold Last Black Bear Stronghold in Texas
Fort Worth Star Telegram reports Texas officials warn Big Bend National Park could become the final refuge for the black bear. With few bears killed annually and previous extirpations in East Texas, the stock of bears now survives mainly in West Texas mountains and the Big Bend area as conservation efforts aim to protect habitat and reduce livestock predation.
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IG Bend National Park
Texas
George Christian
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Austin
Rio Grande
Texa
The
As Game, Fish and Oyster
Big Bend
Davis ‘S Mountains
US Tame Commission
Trans Pecos Mountains
Coyotes
Game Department
Sam Luedecke
Pecos
Louisiana
Big
Matagorda
Thentury
Edwards Plateau
Bea
West Texas
Big Bend Park
Midland Livestock News Prices Rise at Midland Auction
Prices on meat classes of cattle advanced $1.00 to $1.50 at Midland Livestock Auction Co sale Thursday August 3. Market active with 325 head consigned and sold. Fat calves and yearlings brought $26 to $30, medium grades $26 to $28, fat cows $19.60 to $22.50, stocker cattle scarce, steer calves $20 to $31, odd high grades up to $38.50, heifer calves $28 to $31. Canners and cutters moved $13.50 to $18.50. Bulls $19.80 to $23.
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Midland Livestock Auction Co
West Texans Plan Grizzly Hunt in Canada
Ralph Tippit of Kent plans to join a hunting party to Canada about 1000 miles north of the U S Canada boundary for a month long grizzly bear hunt. Other participants include Will and Joe Reynolds of Kent and Fort Worth, with additional members from Fort Worth. Tippit family roots and Abilene connections are noted along with unrelated local remarks.
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Ralph Tippit
Kent
Tippit Ranch
Alpine
Canada
Will
Joe. Reynolds
Fort Worth
Ralph
A. J. Tippit
Abilene
Tippit Mitre Peak
Jeff Davis County
Guy Caldwell
Closing of Lockhart Clinic Hospital in Alpine four years after opening
A founder states the Lockhart Clinic and Hospital will close on August 15, four years after opening. He argues hospitals must be a county responsibility and offers the plant for sale to Brewster County for 75000 dollars, urging county operation to avoid heavy tax burdens. He will keep the clinic operating in the building until sale.
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Lockhart Clinic
Alpine
Brewster
Brewster County
Lockhart
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Realtor Tax Service Bookkeeping
Holland Hotel Lobby
Midland Livestock News
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Texas Starliners
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Jim Francois
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Livestock Auction Company
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