Local Items Chronicle Weekend Social and Travel Notes
Local brief items list residents visiting and traveling. Crane visitor Boyt Scot arrives for a brief stay with Briersere AJ. Smith of Van Born hosts relatives, while J P Parker J O Watson and Mrs Watson head to Austin for wholesale grocers meeting. Several others travel or visit Dallas, Port Worth, Alpine and Pecos for family, health, or business.
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AJ. Smith
J.P. Parker
J. O. Watson
Mrs. Watson
Austin
For Sale and Advertisements in Alpine Area
FOR SALE registered Hereford bulls yearlings and twos. Prices reasonable. See W A Daugherty Grandview Courts Alpine at the YOR SALE New Firestone Magnex batteries at 473 and your old battery Cobb Moyer Second Hand store opposite courthouse ip.
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W. A. Daugherty
Grandview Courts
Alpine
Cobb & Moyer
Oppoite
May Extend Park Work at Ft. Davis
Rumor says COU work will continue at the state park for another period possibly months or a year. A dam across Limpia creek near the park and a smaller dam in Keesey canyon are mentioned if extended work occurs. The piece questions if Brewster County will get a park set aside and work started in the Chisos mountains.
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Port Davis
Bbc
CCC
Limpia Creek
Keesey Canyon
Brewster County
Chisos Mountains
County Judge Slight Out for Reelection
County Judge R B Slight announced this week he will seek reelection to the county post. In his statement he cites a 40 percent saving in county expenditures since taking office in 1932 and promises further cuts to keep the county on a cash basis if reelected. He asks Brewster County voters for support in the campaign.
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R. B. Slight
Brewster County
Hovey Postoffice to Close January 31
The postoffice at Hovey will discontinue January 31, about 30 miles north of Alpine on the Santa Fe railroad. Patrons will receive mail at Fort Stockton or here. Established ten years ago, Walter Graef operates the post office and a store. Hovey serves nearby ranches as a shipping center. Re routing U S 67 may prompt moving some town buildings.
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Markea
Hovey
Alpine
Santa Fe
Fort Stockton
Walter Graef
Production Assn Gets Ready to Start Loans
Henry T. Fletcher vice president said the newly engined Marfa Production Credit association plans to begin loan making by the tenth of the month. A Marfa directors meeting elected M. Hetterton secretary and inspectors, pending Houston Production Credit Corporation approval. Fletcher also serves as Brewster County director.
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Marfa
Your Hens Won't Say Try This Scheme and See If It Won't Work
Fort Davis correspondent describes a Davis county rancher faced with a failing flock. After killing and canning three hens she threatens the remaining birds to spur egg production. The woman, Mrs. RK Merrill, is identified as the source nine miles from the Fort Davis courthouse.
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Barry Scobee
Fort Davis
Davis County
RK. Merrill
Fo't Davis Courthouse
World's Champ Big Game Hunter Title Held by Ohio Youth
Columbus, Ohio. Twelve year old Arthur Sims Jr is named world’s champion big game hunter among boys after adding a second leopard kill to his tally. He killed his first leopard at age nine in Tulsa Jungles and sent notes from Jamshedpur, India, where he hunts with his father. In a separate note, Fred Sanders of Memphis is cited as the heaviest football player in Texas at 194 pounds on the Cyclones team.
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Ohio
Columbus
Arthur Sims Jr
Jamshedpur
India
Tulsa
Arthur
Fred Sanders
Memphis
Texas
Cyclones
Hee
Birthday Barely Marked on Leap Day
A man with a leap day birth celebrates only four birthdays due to February 29. The note highlights how his true birthday occurs only every four years.
Thedford’s Black Digestive Remedy Endorsed for Constipation Headache
J W Cooper of Longview Texas testifies to relief from sick headaches caused by constipation using Black-Danverr and Thedford’s Black-Davone a long standing, vegetable laxative remedy. He reports twenty four hour headaches alleviated by the product and recommends it to others.
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Thedford
J. W. Cooper
Longview
Texas
Buack-Danverr
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