Rag Chawin with the Pencil Fiends
A collage of editorials and local witticisms from Ozona Stockman and Alpine papers. It notes Edison’s remark on wealth, praises the Fort Stockton Pioneer under Lee Giles, praises typography, and cites holiday greetings and humorous quips about Europe, Kentucky editors, and a giant Panama Canal cannon nicknamed Billy Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton
Lee Giles
Pioneer
Texas
Panama ‘Canal
Billy Bryan
Balmorhea Herld
The Man Who Lost His Laugh and a Girl's Composition
A fragment from The Lace Curtain edited by Thomas Dreier argues that chasing business success harms personal life and laughter. It includes a tale of a man who longs for his youth and a humorous student piece on gender, ending with a note “Credit Lost.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lace Curtain
Thomas Dreier
Thote
Dreier
God
Adam
Eve
New Era in Stock Business Promises Prosperity
The El Paso area and wider Texas farming scene see a shift from speculators profiting on feeders to stockmen feeding their own cattle and selling finished stock. Scientific farming methods in Mertzon and nearby areas aim to unite stockmen and farmers for greater prosperity, marking a new era in the local stock business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Rom
el Paso
Mertzon Star
The Eagle Cannot Soar
The Bald Knob Arkansas Eagle comments on misfortune and war effects, noting lingering hardship and rising copycat woes. It accuses Hon Hondo Davis of unfounded schemes and mocks the state farm lecturer appointment while remarking on absent citizens in San Angelo. The piece ends with a quip about a rabbit and moons as the jury sits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tree
Hondo Davis
San
State Farm
Angelo
Bald Knob
Ark
Eagle
Hornish
Liar Allright Hat Stolen From Exchange
A fragmented quip depicts a dispute about a hat stolen from an exchange. The speaker Sackville McKnott comments on trusting claims about sleeping porch comfort in freezing weather, suggesting skepticism about bold statements and implying a hat theft tied to a newspaper context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sackville McKnott
Notice to creditors in Williams and Means estates
Notice to all creditors of A Williams doing business as A Williams Company. J L Crawford Alpine Texas assignee reports deed of assignment dated December 10 1914 assigning to Crawford all property for creditors proportionate shares and discharge. Creditors must file claims within six months. assignee alpine Texas and attorney Copchord Alpine Texas listed. Adminstratrix Mrs W L Means Estate of W LeMans deceased requests valid claims by January 1915 at Alpine Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Wikns
A. Williams & Company
A. Williams
Brewster County
Texas
A. Williams Company
J. L. Crawford
Alpine
Elena Spetgene Cot Bai
Aline’ Peat
Dee
W. L. Means
Prosbate
W. L
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alpine State Bank
United States Depository For Postal Saving
Benjamin P. Berkeley
W. van Sickle
C. Miller
HW. Ferguson Coster
Trans-Pecos ‘Abstract Co
M. Sanford
E. B. Chandler
San Antonio, Texas
Alpine Lumber CO
J. H. Highsmith
Alamo Lumber CO
ALAMO
Alamo Lumber Company
Ray Turner
Rag Chawin
Smith-Jones Nolen
Ozona Stockman
Edison
Wenison
Ray Chaver
Kentucky
Europe
Kuzn Bill
Aline Avalanche
Ft. Stockton
B.p.nolen
Galveston
Allright
First National Bank
A. Brown
U.S. Depository For Postal Savings
M. M. Whisler
W. A. Buchanan
Folland Tiotel
LSID
Ellie
Jacob Flue
J. C. Brooke
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