Marathon News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Rail Work
Local residents including Bari Clark and Mrs. Starr visit Marathon while railroad crews lay heavier steel and ballast tracks over two weeks. Community notices report school board vouchers, guests at the Butter home, and various family travels plus Mrs Carter’s move to Clint for railroad work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rl, Davidson
Clovis
N. M
A. Starr
Marathon
Starr
8. P. ‘Railway Company
Local Families Return for Summer at Clark and Skinner Ranch
Supt and Mrs C Matthews and Attie son Bull come home Friday to reside in the Clark house. Mildred and Ruth Matthews visit from Mrs Walter Skinner and sons arrive from San Antonio to spend the summer on the Skinner ranch. Jean Pugh and family plan to move to Alpine with Pugh joining DeLuxe cleaning and pressing weekly. Marathon regrets to lose this family.
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Walter Skinner and Sons
San Antonio
Skinner Ranch
Jean Pugh
Sone
Shele
Alpine
Pugh
George T. Bartlett
Fragmented Humorous Snippets From an Old Paper
A collage of misheard phrases and brief quips. A sinking boat prayer scene unfolds with a meek man stepping forward to pray. A lawyer's lecturing habit appears in a short exchange about pay between two office boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eestany
West Tex oil belt counties fund improvement bonds
County voters across the West Texas oil belt approved large improvement bonds for roads, courthouses, and schools. Officials noted timely payments, no defaults, and investor confidence while residents recalled local development and public works funded by the bonds. The scene included remarks by a president and public reactions amid a campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Tex
Angelo
West Texas
Upton
Winkler
Crane
Rankin
Family elopement plan ends with shock midnight reveal
An irate father interrupts a couple planning elopement, entering the room to reveal the sister as the boy’s sister, amid a charged late night scene. A school play at a country district entertainment features a mock monarchy joke, countered by a Republican twist. The piece ends with a quip about acceptable English usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fate
Callex
John
Will
Death of Charles Montgomery in Waco described
Fort Davis notes state Charles Montgomery, brother of Mrs. E H Carlton and Mrs. H G Thompson, died Wednesday morning. His body will be buried in San Marcos. He lived in Fort Davis around 1902 to 1908, driving the stage between here and Marfa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Montgomery
Waco
E. H. Carlton
H. G. Thompson
Ellis M
Bii) Carlton
San Marcos
Here
Marfa
Carlton
Thompsson
Matern al News And Cousin Reveal At San Antonio Visit
Mrs C E Jones and Mrs Rows Walker hosted a reception in San Antonio where a surprise revelation linked Mrs Walker to her close friend Mrs Jones as cousins. Guests included County Assessor and Mrs C E Jones, and Mr and Mrs Sam Morris visited with relatives Richard Lee Williams and John H Killough. Norge refrigerators promoted by Alpine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Jones
San Antonio
Rows Walker
Cousin Arkie
Sam Morris
Sam Angelo
R. C. Willams
Morris
Mrs. Williams
Richard Lee Williams
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Bari Clark
Undine Foreman
Sul Ross
Eddie May Collins
J. W
Lordsburg
Jessie Clarke
el] Paso
B. J. Todd
Todd
LF. Butte
Bolarian Boyd
Louana Lest
Butter
Mr. Butter
Mari ‘Ethon Independent School District
M. Crenshaw
Leakey
Roberta
Mr. R. Ammold
Jean
Priday
B. B. Brown
Jim
Philip Worthington
Worthington Ranch
Vada Mae
Orewe Roberta
Benton Shackelford
Mrs
Jess Buttrill
Lenox
Marie Simpson
W. R. Green
Walton Shoemake
Louise Crawford
Bull Ross
W.]w. Crawford
Carter
L. W. Carter
Methodist Missionary Society
G. R. Sims
R. D. Atkerson
San Angelo
Mimses Bernice Carter
Hollye, Gansom
Mesdames Cole
Arnold
Jones
Walker
Goott
Henderson
Richey
Rooney
Irs
Giles
C. H. Cole
Ft. Davis
Feron Ritchey
Corpus Christi
Terry Shely
Pred
Charley Shely
Patricia
Tesnas
Green Ranch
Rubye Green
Worley
Oliver
Margaret Wilkerson
del Rio
James L. Roberts
Clint
Onan
Ree
F. D
Roosevelt
Sime
Tc Sale
Ine
Alpine Drug Store
Deak
Gateway
Hotel
Paso
Texas
Conn
Fort Davis
Barry Scobee
Southern Pacific Ailway Lines
Monay
Jett Davis County
RK. Merrill
Terna Gray
Fort Worth
Aledo
Weatherford
Tyrrel
Jack Ewells
California
Mr. Ewell
J. @. Ewell
R. D. Swartz
Emmyjess
Mabel Bloys
Jessie Weatherby
Dorothy Weatherby
State University
Mira
Williams
RC. Williams
Jack McCutcheon
Gam Easley
Taylor
F. @. Jones
el Paso
Vernon Martin
Benson
Arizona
Matt Ear
Reg Agers Ieee Geer Aera
Attle Stranger
Monroe Slack
O.D
Saturda
Carl Row
Bid Pryor
Charley Ann
Grampen
Loramma Bird
Mm. Walker
Mrs. Walker
Walter Z. Burns
Houston
Prude and
Jeff Ranches
Burns
John H. Killough
J. W. McCutcheon
Norge
Alpine Loe. Co
Alpine Meat Market
Matt Smith
First National Bank
First Investment CO
M. Deom
Henry Gord Nearbor
Tiost
Ford
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