Railroads and windbreaks shape Texas farming needs
The article argues railroads underpin national prosperity affecting workers, savers, farmers, manufacturers, and taxpayers. It highlights windbreaks as crucial for protecting crops in Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska and the Dakotas, detailing shelterbelt layouts and farm protection benefits to stabilize yields and land.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebedaky
Dakotas
Prairie States Forestry Project
Gasoline Station Etiquette and Fire Drill Calls
The piece urges courteous behavior at gas stations with tips for motorists and attendants, stressing order, safety, and avoiding aggressive conduct. It transitions to a Kiwanis Magazine essay by T Alfred Flo urging better fire drills in schools, praising Texas for integrating fire hazards into curricula with twice monthly drills and roles for students, including assisting crippled pupils and ensuring empty rooms and safe evacuations.
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T. Alfred Flo
National Board of Fire
Kiwanis
Fleming
Janit Stor
Reribes Crindownl
Lovely
Texas
Studeent Committees
Lone Star State
Ameri Bas
Dion Stors
Fragmented old timey quotes puzzle readers in travelogue piece
A collage of comic lines, misheard dialogue, and stray anecdotes unfolds. It includes verb conjugation drills, a line about autovvaties, a humorous hotel scene, a blacksmith lesson, and a Greensboro rat alarm, all tied to a travel era voice and ad style ending with hotel discount pitch.
San Angelo Show Parade Opens Fat Stock Event March 3
San Angelo Fat Stock show and rodeo plans an 11 a m parade on Friday March 3 starting at the old Santa Fe depot. Dallas Wives chair of the Junior Chamber committee urged entries and riders including rodeo contestants will participate. Parade rules require riders to reach depot by 10 a m and no riders under 16 without a parent.
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San Angelo
Dallas
Wales
al Harris
al Brady
Joe Funk
C. R. Harvey
Santa Fe
Hells Angels
Memory of Alpine's Wide Open Days Revived by Rusty Bucket
Memories of Alpine in the gay nineties surface with the discovery of a rusty iron bucket unearthed during dismantling of an old warehouse. Residents recall W B Hancock’s drugstore, the well behind it, local post office, saloons, and frontier justice stories as the bucket is placed in the Big Bend Historical Museum.
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Gay
Myrel McBride
Bul Ross
Alpine
W. B. Hancock
R. B. Slight
A. M. Turney
Gus
Turney
Justice Court
Justice of the Peace
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Helen Friend
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Fort Davis
California
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Sitendante
Therm 4
Po Iite
Enholder
Johnny
Mubby
Henpeck
Win” Henpeck
Greensboro
Avalanche
San Angelo Show
Brewster County
Hancock Drug Co
Popular ‘Magazine
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Gene
Jader
Alpine Beer Parlor
Cee Adams Sr
Home People
Dom Adams
Chrysler
Alpine Motor CO
Plymouth
Conoco Gas and Oils
General Auto Repairing
Wrecker Service
Alan R. Fraser
Holland Hotel Bldg
Alpine, Texas
J. W. Shepperd
Otis Turner
Isumance Phone
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Big Bend Abstract Co
Big Bend Feed Co
T. A. Beard
H.R. Gard
Mae M. Ament
Hord Bidg
Crawford-Baines_ Insurance Agency
G. K. Langeree Alpine
Matt Smith
Mildred Witwer
W. G. Fielder
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