Marathon Notes From Earl Clark Correspondent Report
Marathon news recounts travel and family events across the region. Obituary notices honor Mrs. Elizabeth Florence Martin, age 64, detailing her birth in Hunt County, long Brewster and Sabinal ties, and 13 children with 11 living, funeral in Utopia, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Martin
Elizabeth Florence Martin
Hunt County
Bill Keith
Dublin
Old Dublin
Brewster County
W. P. Tampke
Sabinal
Emilaren
Utopia
Texas
N. Martin
Robert
Rollie Martin
San Antonio
Roscoe Martin
Alamosa
Calif
H.C. Burchmore
Los Angeles
J.D. Yarbro
Emma H. Meeks
Marathon
Carrie Tampke
Calvin
Reuben
A. H. Martin
Iopia
The
Baptist Church
A Hot Tip and Vocationist Jokes Across the Years
A collage of humorous vignettes and dialogue snippets set in mid-century life. Bits range from marital humor about a wife who played piano before children to jokes about dignity, a park encounter, a mountaineer, and a Sunday school admonition. The piece includes a Texan farmer’s tale of moving east and prospering with an oil field, ending with a rambling description of a six room house and its unusual rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
East Texas
Fand
Alto
Fragmented tribute note with misread memories and jokes
A damaged recollection in a family note recalls a loved one resting in Heaven and mentions a daughter, items used for a keepsake board, and a humorous aside about a Scotchman and an engagement. The text is garbled with stray phrases and incomplete sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug
Grandpa
Jelly Making Time Soon To Be at Hand
Home Demonstration Agent Nette Schultz explains jelly making tips. She details ripeness, pectin from fruit, sugar timing, and methods to prevent overcooking. Proper steps include washing, mashing, straining, boiling juice with sugar, and sealing jars for better quality jelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nette Schultz
Thich
Improve Land For Future Gardening
Ground used for vegetables should be kept productive with two plots sown with cover crops and plowed under. Add organic matter to heavy soils to lighten them and to light soils to improve texture and water retention. Decaying matter provides readily available plant food. cowpeas are a top cover crop to plow under before reaching the hard stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nette Schultz
Terlingua District News Highlights Local Departures and Navajo Weaving
The Terlingua district notes many residents traveling to Alpine and Alpine events, with Audrey Lewis attending the Rainbow Girls grand assembly in Waco and families visiting relatives. Also described are Navajo life and weaving traditions, hogans, and the cultural role of looms in dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Spann
Navajos Prosper on Reservations
A historical account notes the Navajo people thriving on reservations in a vivid arid land. It traces growth from about 10,000 seventy years ago to nearly 45,000 by the 1990 census, following their 1868 return from Fort Sumner after five years imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Save
Hogans
Fort Sumner
New Mexico
Kit Carson
Silent Earthquake Rumor Sweeps Pecos County
In 1920 a reported silent earthquake crossed Pecos County with a veering northeasterly path. Cracks opened along the Orient railroad near snow McCamey revealing long fissures, while a Santa Fe conductor recalls wells in Pecos County reaching 800 feet that began to flow oil. Local geologist H. H. Adams and others investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelo
Orient Tracks
McCamey
Harvey Allen
Santa Fe
Pecos County
Local Bond Holders Clash Over London Drilling Contract
Mr. Allen negotiated with Orient bond holders in London including Sir Frederick Hurdle and others to secure a drilling contract for George Secovey, who later drilled the Mo discovery well. Thecnt bond holders failed to secure control on their land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuation
Mr. Allen
Orient
London
Sir Frederick Hurdle
George Secovey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Earl Clark
John Yarbro
Tuesay
J. M. Martin
James L. Roberts
del Rio
J. H. Lanham and Sons
Midland
A. Starr
Leone Starr
Mary Lou Sims
San Angelo
Guy Sims
Roy Sims
J. H. Sims
Clinton Ritchey
Aline
Ada Marie Curtis
C.W. Elison
el Paso
Munday
Methodat
Fort Davis
Lee Dragoo
Era
Chas. Martin
Amelia
Jeanne
Port Worth
Johnnie Myles
K. B. Kendrick
Kendrick
Kohne
Wilhelm
California
Lyda Belle McGonagill
Katherine Young
Alpine
Bul Ross
Emmett Meeks
Dorothy Stewart
Jeff Stewart
J. W. Woodson
J.B. ‘Aaten
Traan
Hubby
Stan
Cleveland
Sanday School
West Texas
Q New Deak
the Gateway
Paso, Texas
Gateway Hotel
Terlingua
Rabye R. Barcham
Bar
Anderau Har
Rend
Teriingua Nct
Morgan Curtiss
New York City
Monroe Slack
O.D. Optometris Marfa
Pecos
Alpine Meat Market
Matt Smith
First National Bank
First Investment CO
Alpine, Texas
L. Kokernot
C. W. Baines, JR
M. Decir
Tenryard Dearborn, Mich
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