Editor Takes A Spade Truth, A Rural Column Tale
A column recounts a humorous week of blunt truth telling by a preacher and editor. It offers vivid anecdotes from town life including a brawl on Main Street between Les Labors and Moore Eaton, and a marriage of Casey Le Masters and Isabel Rackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Labors
Moore Eaton
Les
Moore
Arthur's
Bostile
Justice of the Peace
Casey LeMasters
Isabel Rackers
Casey
English-African traveller chases bus in Fort Davis tale
Fort Davis residents recall a visit from an African astronomer staying at Hotel Limpia. He rushed toward a departing north bound bus after leaving Mc Donald observatory. Rev Richard G Irving and landowner Marvin Adams helped him reach the vehicle, prompting light hearted exchanges before the bus rolled away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
McDonald Observatory
Limpia
Richard G. Irving
Mr. Irving
Marvin Adams
Richard
Pandon
Fort Davis
Rev Dodge to Fill Presbyterian Pulpit This August
Rev. C. E. Dodge of McKinney has been engaged to preach at the Presbyterian church each Sunday in August. The local congregation is considering calling Rev. Dodge as pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Dodge
Presbyterian
C. E. Dodge of
McKinney
M. C. Asbell
Mac
Hungarian man applies for new marriage after wife’s funeral
Laduskaus Galacs of Karczag Hungary attended his wife’s funeral at ten o’clock in the morning and filed an application for a new marriage at four o’clock that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laduskaus Galacs
Karczag
Hungary
Rodent Teeth Talk At Mile High Club Supper
Speakers at the Mile High Club supper discussed rodent identification noting all rodents have prominent front teeth. H N Elliott of the U S Biological Survey spoke on wildlife and conflicts with livestock, while court and local notices followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile High Club
H. N. Flliott
U. S. Biological Survey
Elliott
Missionary Pastor Travels 750 Miles Monthly to Four West Texas Pulpits
The Rev. Dewey Hobson Joiner of Fort Davis preaches monthly at four towns Valentine Imperial Marathon and Pumpville, covering about 750 miles. He serves as missionary pastor with territory from El Paso to Uvalde and preaches in three associations, planning a Pumpville church as attendance gathers from surrounding areas. He and his wife and two sons live in Fort Davis for its convenient location among the four pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Hobson
Fort Davis
Big West Texas
Valentine
Jeff Davis
Imperial
Pecos County
Marathon
Brewster County
Pumpville
Southern Pacific Railroad
ValVerde County
Sanderson
del Rio
Joiner
el Paso
Uvalde
Mountain Peaks Notes on Transfers and Training Plans
Six engineers from the International Boundary Commission assigned to Presidio for the flood control levee survey have been moved to Rio Grande city. The 77th Field Artillery at Fort D. A. Russell Marfa will relocate to Camp Bullis near San Antonio for training starting August 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Boundary Commission
Presidio
Rio Grande City
77Th Field Artillery
Fort D. A. Russell
Marfa
Camp Bullis
San Antonio
Six Man Game Origin Traced to Nebraska Start
The article explains six man football was invented by Stephen Epler of Chester Nebraska. The first game occurred Sept 26 1934 in Hebron Nebraska between pick up teams from four high schools with each side scoring 19 points. The game rapidly spread among small schools with about 50 Nebraska schools adopting it that first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Epler
Chester
Nebraska
Hebron
Epler
6 man football in schools gains global reach in 1938
Lenser, a small school coach, champions 6 man football now taught in 2 500 schools worldwide including 200 in Texas and 152 in Minnesota. By October 1934 he played his first game and this year coached in Iowa and Colorado. A Toledo tally notes 113 games with one injury as interest soars. A Marfa field game pits East against West of the Pecos with Lenser guiding local youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam L. Chandler
Corpus Christi
Fort Davis
Johnny Pryde
Lenser
Texas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Colorado
Toledo
Ohio
Canada
China
Prude
Marfa
Pecos
Institute Closes With Barbecue and Rodeo at Prude Ranch
The event ends this Saturday with four ten minute periods of play as visitors attend a barbecue at the Prude ranch followed by a rodeo in the afternoon at the same location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prude Ranch
Electric eel at New York World’s Fair shocks with volts
The electric eel of the New York Zoological Society exhibit delivers bursts of 400 volts for a fraction of a second and 110 volts for a minute. It holds enough energy to electrocute a person, and handlers work with rubber gloves for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Zoological Society
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