Marathon notes and visits from Marathon Chronicle
Local residents and visitors listed with kinship ties and travels. Mrs. A B Hitchman of San Antonio visits sister Beulah Van Deman while other Marathon residents host relatives and travel to San Angelo Kerrville Del Rio and Red Hill for family and college matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Hitchman
San Antonio
Beulah van Deman
Jean Pugh
Red Hill
N. M
Katie Roberts
M. H Jones
Robert
Feron Ritchey
Jean
Cronks Indians Wives Crossed With Almost Disastrous Results
The article recounts a humorous Texas tale from Noah Smithwick about the Cronks tribe and Captain Dimmit. A feast at Dimmit's ranch led to a misunderstanding with Mexican soldiers who attacked for a moment before the Indians clarified they were Dimmit’s friends, ending in a chaotic yet comic escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cronks
Texas
Noah Smithwick
Smithwick
University of Texas Library
Dimmitt
Dimmit
Lavaca River
Press Chambers
Bill Kimball
Johnnie Chambers
Buck Jones
Albert Chambers
Ty Momen
Mexico
Military Savings Stamps and Weapons Prices Feature
A vintage wartime notice lists U S Army Navy and Marine Corps prices for defense stamps and equipment Calibrations include 10 cents for insignia 1 arm splint 6 for an antitank shell 370 for a pontoon bridge 15000 for a pontoon bridge and 1000 for a reconnaisr plus naval items like a bean pot raincoat and marine barometer The piece mixes humorous wartime fare with serious cost figures and references to Smithwick’s anecdotal tales of Cronks and a Texan cavalry encounter
Two Oxen for 1280 Acres in Texas History
In Fort Worth Texas, S. T. Hamilton shared a tale at a civic club about his family’s origin in the state. The first member to settle here reportedly exchanged two oxen for 1,280 acres of land, a barter tied to a era when land was cheap and later became valuable amid mineral wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
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Marie Simpson
Correspor
J. H. McGhee
Joe Holmes
Holtsville
Calif
Marathon
Earl ‘Clark
Cal Speer
Crystal City
Geo. Harris
Elmo Weston
Waller Diggs
Don Forker
Roxanna Holland
Vassar and
Gage
Holland
Marathon Defense Guard
Richardson Ranch
Alpine Sunday
del Rio
Sallie Hopkins
W. A. Hopkins
Val Verde County
W. 7. Burnham
Waddy , Jr
Bill
Lloyd Wade
Mary Alice
Sarah Ford
Charlene Hutchings
Barker
Worthingtons
Miss Hutchings
G. W. Worthington
W. Z. Burnham
Kerrville
Schrether Institute
F. T.spud Leary
San Angelo
Buttrill Ranch
Spud
Mrs. Buttrill
Raus
Rau Ranch
Mr Rau
Annie Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Gouldbush
Coleman County
Geo. W. Hampton
Vinton, la
Ed Decie
Zeth Hicks
Grand Canyon
Aunz
Dink Wardlaw
Nan
D. W. Collins
9. W. Jr
D. W
Schreiner Institute
Walton Shoemake
Ralph Coe
Leroy Granger
Mark Feerring
W. R. Green
R. E. ‘Thompson
Archie Standiea
Virginia Young
Frank Skevington
Alpine
Geo. Skevington
Ruby Green
Shafter
Wm. Green
High School News
Balmorhes
Beiig
Frances Meeks
Sul Ross
J. A. McGonagill
Leo Brown
Sol Kelly
Sonora
PTA
Roland Martin
Mrs
Guy
Dunbar
el Paso
Mae Star
Holland Hotel
Spine
Menus
Chas, Treadwel
Joe Granger
Earl Young
Mrs. G
Combs
City Loans
M. L. Hopson
Alpine, Texas
Defense
U. S. Army
U. S. Navy
Marine Corps
Hpres Ae
Lipay
PT. Jar
Cameo Vac. Pack
Chuck
BULK
Hersheys Or
Bakers
Masonic Building
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