Community Notices and Local Movements in Marathon
Local residents shuttle between Marathon and nearby towns. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Shockley plan to move to Del Rio for a school position. Visitors include Sam Nall family and Emma Burnham. Several thefts reported at tourist camp and Oto Lochausen’s truck. Oliver and other families relocate to Alpine for schooling. Marathons bids farewell to longtime residents. Ritcheys attend a wedding in Hico and visit Fort Worth. Grace Wilkinson and Elizabeth Wilkinson visit from Del Rio.
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Carl Shockley
del Rio
Shockley
Tommy Henderson
Miller Oliver
Doc
Russel
Wenton
Don
Sul Rose
Marathon
Mr. Oliver
Ro- Silles Mountains
Here
L. C. Ritchey
Hico
Maratha Porter
Clinton
Grace Wilkinson
J. L. Roberts
Elizabeth Wilkinson
J. L. Rob
Schools Open and Labor Day Registration Noted
Labor Day marked registration for the coming school year as classes began the following Tuesday. A morning assembly featured a short musical program. Marathon High faculty includes Prof. C. G. Matthews and principal R. R. Cook, with teachers listed for grade levels. A Texas find by Dr. J. A. Udden is credited with breaking a former German monopoly on potash.
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Marathon High Jere
C. G. Matthews
R. R.cook
J. D. Wood
Zoye Decie
Geneva Smith
W.T. Burnham
Fay Bowman
Fort Stockton Men Seek Fabled Sublett Mine In Guadalupes
Fort Stockton men A M Bates and John Glenn visited Van Horn last week and searched the Guadalupes for the legendary Sublett mine. The tale traces to the 1880s about Sublett, who allegedly found gold and vanished. Many claim maps exist. searches attract fortune hunters each year, with folklore of buried California gold and a supposed fountain of wealth in the hills.
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Fort Stockton
Guadalupes
van Horn
A.M. Bates
John Glenn
Gauda
Antelope Thrive On New Trans Pecos Range After Trapping
Antelope trapped last spring in the Trans Pecos thrived on their new range through summer. The Game Department reports excellent physical condition and many fawns. Trapping is hailed as the country’s first successful move opening a new range. Antelope adapt to plain country and do not jump four-foot fences. A separate note mentions a lost teaching credentials letter finally reaching Farmington, Michigan after 13 years.
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Austin
Trans-Pecos
Game Department
Lottery Like Canned Goods Mix Up in Dallas Grocery
At a large Dallas Wisconsin grocery, flood damage washed labels from basement cans leaving shoppers unable to identify beans soup or corn until opened.
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Dallas
Wis
Modern Food Packaging Seals Beans in Glass Containers
Readable text notes a shift from traditional canned beans to heat proof glass jars with a sealed seating method. The fragment hints at a new container and a technical term for the sealing process without providing full details or outcomes.
Health Department Advises Infantile Paralysis Spread Factors
Health officials note infantile paralysis reports to the Texas State Department of Health in 1999. Direct contact is a chief factor in spread. Seasonal prevalence prompts concern over possible insect transmission though not proven. Early symptoms include headache fever vomiting and neck stiffness. Prompt care and reporting enable preventive measures. post recovery avoid fatigue of affected parts to aid rehabilitation.
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Texas State Department of Health
University lab yields pollen filtering box for hay fever relief
A Texas university research project produced a 15 inch square device to filter pollens from a room. Student engineer claims low manufacturing cost. In a separate incident, L. J. Hanna of Madison Wisconsin slipped into an open manhole and suffered minor skin injuries while letting two Indies pass on a dark street.
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University of Texas Laboratories
L. J. Hanna
Madison
Wis
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Sam Nall
Julia
Emma Burnham
Isabel Andrews
Nail Ranch
Chisos Mountains
Sul Ross
Mary Nancy
Kathryn Heft
Phoenix
Arizona
Guy Crawford
Alice Adams
Olivers
Elizabeth
Montgomery
American Legion Auxiliary
8. A. Starr
Leona Starr
Jeck
Todd
Billy French
J. A. Udden
Bueau of Economic Geology
University of Texas
Udden
Texas
Poite
France
Edouard Daladier
Inset
Daladier
Ender
Alpine Drug Store
Granada
Dick Wood
Floyd
Wood
United States
Farmington, Mich
Jane Rodgers
Health Department
DR. Counter
Alpine
Tri-State Equipment Company
al Pasc
TNA
Central Power and Light Company
Arash
Rer
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