Marathon Lyda Crawford and Local Social Roundup
Marathon notes describe new residents Mr and Mrs A H Bennett and local visitors Ester Shely Laura Arnold and Charley Gregory visiting from Dryden. Family updates include Mrs Etta Sansom returning from visits, Bob Seria’s home fire, and births and dances at the Gage hotel with Valetine theme. Several locals travel to San Antonio and Alpine for medical care or visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ester Shely
Laura Arnold
Charley Gregory
Dryden
Victoria Centennial Celebration and Alonzo de Leon Event
In Victoria the Texas Centennial celebration featured a historical commemoration dated April 15, 1869, presided over by Alonzo de Leon as he surveyed La Salle's landing site. The event marked regional history with ties to early settlement narratives and local heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Elorfal
Alonzo de Leon
la Salles Selement
Galveston Named for Count Galvez and Pirate History
Galveston, Texas centennial city, sits on Galveston Island also called Treasure Island. It is Texas’ largest coast resort. The name honors Count Bernardo de Galvez. Jean LaFitte used the island as a base for expeditions into the Gulf of Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Bernardo de Galvez
Galveston Island
Treasure Island
Texas
Jean LaFitte
Gulf of Mexico
Beans Past and Present Impress With Old Time Flavor
The text highlights baked beans and bean pot dishes as timeless comfort foods with an old world charm and modern appeal. It describes recipes for baked beans with onion and cheese and a cold bean pot version, offering guidance on ingredients, seasonings, and serving ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Whimsical Rocky Mountain Fish Story Twist
In a mountain tale a West Texas angler spins an outlandish fish story to a Colorado fisherman at a summer hotel. The banter escalates as the narrator claims increasingly improbable methods to land a giant trout, each met with patient, deadpan agreement by the old man, forming a dryly humorous exchange about tall tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountains
West Texas
Colorado
Burglars Target Conoco Service Stations Facing Tough Penalties
Ponca City Oklahoma reports oil thefts and market rings in the southwest. Continental Oil uses trained investigators and local cooperation to catch and convict bulk station burglars. Two men received four year terms in McAlester penitentiary for stealing 25 cases of Germ Processed Motor Oil from a Conoco warehouse in Sulphur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Okla
Conoco
Oklahoma
McAlister
Sulphur
Fragmentary crime note mentions parolee with unclear details
A damaged OCR fragment references several counties and a parolee from a California prison, with unrelated product advice about NORGE refrigerators and Alpine LBr Co. The passage provides few verifiable specifics beyond these scattered elements.
Billboard Propaganda and Gun Ad Split by Alpine Lee Co
The fragment references a billboard and a line about trees versus billboards, alongside a line about guns and ammunition. Alpine Lee Co Haw Dept appears as a source tag, indicating a department or company connection to the ad. The text blends environmental imagery with an advertising or firearms note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Lee. Co. Haw. Dept
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lyda Crawrund
Correspor
A. H. Bennett
Marathon
Mr. Bennett
Marathon Garage
Cessil Hiler
Burt Clausen
Spokane
Washington
Henry Richburg
Iraan
Guy Crawford
Pauline Hurst
Louise Crawford
A. C. Spalding
Mrs. L. L. Hess
San Antonio
Albert Wilhelm
Paso
LF. Bowes
Bob Seria
Etta Sansom
Mrs
Jess Buttrill
A. Buchmaier
Alpine
R. B. Baum
Marfa
A. ‘Starr
Gage Hotel
Jean Riteney
Leona Starr
Marie Stillwell
Clinton Ritchey
John Skinner
Walton Skinner
Raul Juiia
Homer Rackley
Howard Sonnier
Roy Stillwell
Lonnie Parker
Lou McKinney
Odie Roberts
Tom Yarbro
Fred Gulihur
Jean Ritchey
Eddie Jo Hancock
Feron Ritchey
Elizabeth Dragoo
Valentine
Vada Chenbers
Frances Meeks
Hillian Chambers
Asa Jones
Jim Worthington
ULTRA
The
Newilete
Norte el Paso,Texas
Reeves
Matt Smith
Astorcca Oe
Sananto
Cimcamation
Servicor
ETON
NORGE
Alpine Lbr. Co
BUICK
EXIDE
Goodyear
Deiner
van bin
Patton’s Pharmacy
City Drug Store
P.D. Coulson
Alpine Drug Store
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