Marathon News Highlights From Local Social Roundup
Local residents and visitors converge in Marathon with family visits and business. Notables include Mr J W Simpson of Marfa and Mrs J T Martin of San Antonio visiting ranches. Sul Ross students win an operetta. missionary society meeting at the Baptist church features a Texas flag display and a map of Texas. Engagement announced for Miss Winna Be Cochran of Tudhartz to Albert R Purchase of New York. wedding set for April 18 in Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon Missionary Societies
Baptist Church
Texas
J. A. McGonagill
R. W. Arnold
Anna Mra C. H Cochran
Tudhartz
Winna Be
Albert R. Purchase
Lox Uland
New York
Tur Ees
Fragmentary marriage notice from Tucson society page
Fragmentary OCR shows two graduates from Ariza and a Tucson wedding note. The text references a bride described as mother of the late C H Cockew Aly of Marth, with little additional context or readable names or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ariza
Tucson
Continental Still Bets on Newspaper Ads in 1896
Continental Oil company plans to spend about seventy eight percent of its total consumer advertising budget on newspaper space in 1896. Advertising manager Wesley I. Nunn says Conoco’s Avaanche will carry ads this year and the firm has one of its largest sales promo budgets. Nunn cites rising earnings and a record high Germ Processed Motor Oil sales as proof of newspapers’ power for growth. Cochran family tied to ranching and moves to Arizona noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Okla
Continental Oil Company
Wesley I. Nunn
Conoco
Terlingua District Social Notes Recap
Mrs Elizabeth Weaver spent last weekend in Alpine. Jean Arnold of Marathon and Pauline Hurst of Alpine visited Castalon with Miss Louise Crawford. M McClure came to Alpine for Sunday. W Waters and Henry Armstrong went to San Antonio returning with racer Sweetie. Hannah Weinkauf moved to a hotel in Big Spring for convalescence. C H Wainus of Houston visited the Fredricksons in Study Butte, father of Mrs Fredrickson. Mr and Mrs O Keller and children returned from Stephenville. Mrs W D Burcham and children spent last weekend in Study Butte. Mrs A M Turney Mrs Skevington and Miss Josephine White of Sete Set free Set rday and Sunday. Park board members visited the vicinity last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Hurst
Alpine
Jean Arnold
Marathon
Louise Crawford
Castelon
Castalon
W. Waters
Henry Amstrong
San Antonio
Mr. Waters
Racer
Sweetie
C. H. Wainus
Houston
Fredricksons
Study Butte
Mrs. Fredrickson
A. M. Turney
Skevington
Josephine White
Gre Sete Free Setrday
35 000 Buzzards Captured At Llano County Ranch
Llano Texas report notes a long running buzzard trapping at A Moss ranch led by Mark A Moss. The operation has captured about 35 000 birds over more than ten years with yearly catches previously ranging from 100 to 1 000. The success prompts consideration of designating the area as a national park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano County
P. Moss
Mark A. ‘Moss
Moss
Trap pens built in Lane County for birds and bait
Fragmentary OCR describes large turkey pen like traps in Lane County with heavy wire netting about 40 by 29 feet and two openings for birds to enter. Mentions LETO'S PYOR and RHEA REMEDY as products used by druggists, and notes few live birds remain in the pen while others decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lyda Crawford
J. W. Simpson
Marfa
Frances Hargus
Myrtle Ball
Hollye Sansom
Sul Ross
D. N. Scott
D. N. Scott, Jr
Las Cruces
Hugh
Monroe
San Angelo
Tom Yarbro
Tom
Cora Lachance
Tom Musgraves
California
Ernest Colliflower
Robertses
Miss Benton Shackelford
Freshies
Sul ‘Ross
Marathon High School
John Edwards
Midland
Gage Hotel
Russell Oliver
Balmorhes
D. W. Collins
D. W. Jr
Hot Springs
Paschal Wilhelm
Guy
Combs
Alice Combs
Jimmy Roberts
del Rio
Burma
Continental
Red” Cochran
Cochran
Miss Lemons
Arizona
Safford
Ariz
Terlingua District
A. C. Spalding
Elizabeth Weaver
M. McClure
Hannah Weinkauf
Big Spring
Mrs. O. Keller
Stephenville
W. D. Burcham
Chilren
Park Board
Llano
Tex
DeLuxe Cleaners
Arepay
Bailey Bros
Featuring
Mouton
Inter Blend
Alamo
Conoco Travel Bureau
Denver
Colo
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