Marathon News Highlights Local Social and Business Efforts
Stewart Blair returns from Paso with rapid post operative improvement while Illa Simpson visits Alpine nurses. Mrs Norton Cheek hands hotel duties to Mrs Yarbro and visits with Decie on the ranch. Marathon hosts a dance in Spruce building with Sth Cavalry Orchestra. Maria Tom Burnam and Herman Wegwart head to San Antonio to pursue an oil well twelve miles away that has blown in. Marathon Commercial Club meets weekly and pushes hotel and electric light plant prospects. Club supports weekly Avalanche supplement and community progress. Anna Oxford Lucile French Russell and Earl Clark drive to Pecos Texas for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Burnam
Herman Wegwart
San Antonio
Marathon
Anna Oxford
Lucile French
Russell
Earl Clark
Pecos
Texas
Treasures in the Cellar Unearth a Mixed Hoard of Relics
In a Brooklyn townhouse cellar a man finds portraits, old coins, and various forgotten items stored with curious history. He catalogues shelves of mismatched curios, a canary cage, Indian head pennies, and tarnished relics as he recalls past owners and moments, loading objects into heaps for the ashman while humming an old hymn.
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Elfish
Selene
Parton
Ashman
Brookton
Fragmented OCR notes on a meeting and names
The readable bits describe a meeting or session with multiple voices and disjoint phrases. Names such as Bob and Ge appear amid garbled text. The fragmentary lines hint at dialogue, seating, and possible discussion of a plan without clear outcomes or context.
Fragmented Historical Rant Ob scrawled Across Page
A garbled OCR passage teases a political scene with odd phrases and misread names. It mentions SIFAP, a meeting at eleven, and a character Sr Arthur reacting with feigned anger. Overall unclear, the lines suggest a disrupted report on a contentious issue and pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sr Arthur
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Clark, Pres
G. W. Worthington
Marathon Commercial Club
Brewster County
Secy
Vernon Mélntyre
Treas
E.H. Todd
L. C. Ritchey
W. M. French
General Merchandise
Alpine Lumber Co
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Proprie
H. Spruce Drug Co
Pure Drugs Patent
King and Brown
Stewart Blair
Paso
Stewart
Illa Simpson
Alpine
Norton Cheek
Spruce
Sth Cavalry Orchestra
Maria
John Chambers
el Paso
Albert
Hn Ranch
Corona
Patan
Munand
Tad
Guy
Rovnses
Tnnivense
D. McKinney
Fallis
Pires
Phely
H. E. Mason
Lumber and Building Materials Marathon
Marathon Auto Co
Ford
Davis
S. A. Starr Market
Texa Fresh
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