Camp meeting dates set for Skillman Grove this August
Freapondent Mty reports the camp meeting at Skillman Grove scheduled August 18 to 25 with four principal outside preachers announced. A sanitary system study is planned, costs estimated at 600 to 1000 dollars, and a July 7 conference will finalize plans. Local families and visitors are noted, including twins Jean and Jeanette Gray, and Bass Dr. L. Anderson and Rev. F. S. Onderdonk among others.
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Skillman Grove
Onderdonk
San Antonio
Methodist
J. Porter
Washington, D. C
The
Baptista
John Burma
S Ahachle
Presbyteria
L. D
R. L. Irving
L. R. Millican
Lucham
le Basket
W. Merrill
W._ apy
Ell Jones
John Z Means
Evan J. Wood
Alpine
Milestone notes and social items from a local paper
The column records a mix of social travel plans and community events. It notes a person declaring intent to return in August and lists friends and classmates, mentions art by Mrs Kendall, and describes Field Day visitors organizing cattlemen tours from Saragosa with barbecues and joint trips to Kingston country. It also covers a Westmoreland college visit, Elisabeth Jennings’ accompanying stay, and a Dallas furniture delivery for the Mace Stewart summer home.
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Chamber of Commeres
Saragosa
Big Tri
Kingston Country
Jef
Kelly
Tri-County
Ares
Jones Jones
Westmoreton College
San Antonio
Elisabeth Jennings
Corpus Christ
Dallas
Mace Stewart
Shower for Bride-Elect Lady Bird Fowlkes at Hotel Limpa
Tuesday afternoon hostesses Mrs. W. S. Miller and Mrs. A. Pryde organized a miscellaneous shower for Miss Lady Bird Fowlkes daughter of County Judge and Mrs B Fowlkes. The June 26 wedding to Mr Everette of Houston was recently announced. A brief program included a toast by Miss Dorothy Weatherby and Miss Callie Holt.
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W. S. Miller
A. Pryde
Hotel Limpla
Lady Bird Fowlkes
B. Fowlkes
Everette
Houston
Lady Bird
Dorothy Weatherby
Callie Holt
Miss Dorothy Clark Receives Gifts At Bridge Shower
A bridge shower for Miss Lady Bird Fowlkes was held last week with music by Miss Dorothy Clark. Beautiful flowers from Mrs. Ed Mueller of the Billingsley ranch filled the rooms as guests celebrated her coming marriage. A handkerchief shower followed, hosted by the Espy sisters Mrs. Worth Evans Mrs. Frank Jones and Miss Tammy Louise Espy.
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Dorothy Clark
Ed Mueller
Billingsley Ranch
Lady Bird Fowlkes
Espy
Worth Evans
Frank Jones
Tommy Louise Espy
Traffic Fatalities On Increase in U S
Chicago dispatch notes 1920 U S traffic fatalities rose five percent to about 33,000 with roughly 1,000,000 injuries and nearly a billion dollars in property damage. The National Safety Council cites changing vehicle fatality types and enforcement, engineering, education efforts. Speeding figures show 19 percent of injuries and 29 percent of fatalities. 30 percent of drivers in fatalities were under 25.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Legislativ
Aly
Ancient Basket Makers Cremated Their Dead in Guadalupes
Carl Livingston’s discovery in Guadalupe Mountains reveals cremation practices of the Basket Makers with remains found in cave crematoriums. The report notes skeletal fragments and possible economical disposal methods, alongside scattered references to related archaeological finds and historic laws on speed and public behavior.
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Guadalupes
Carlsbad
N. M
Guadalupe Mounains
Carl Livingston
Mierra
Crematorium
Nis Cave
Mr. Livingston
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Southern Pacific Railroad
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J. W Eapy
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San Marcos
J. G. McIntosh
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Oklahoma
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Jack Carson
Joe C. Thor
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George D.thoma
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Chas. Czowatki
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Orient Dairy
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