B Gilbert in Sweetwater Celebrates Texas Journalism Legacy
In Sweetwater Texas on June 20 a veteran journalist, B Gilbert, recalled blazing the frontier of West Texas journalism. He helped found the Sweetwater Weekly Advance, the first swapper in the area, and has long been tied to Texas newspaper progress from El Paso to the Panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetater Weekly Advance
B. Gilbert
Progress Texas
Texas
Bearer
Alabama
C. E. Gilbert
West Texas
Abilene
Buffalo Gap
Gilbert
West
Sun. Co. KF
Sweetwater
Tf Abilene
Canvos
Taylor County
San Angelo
Tom Green County
Panhandle
el Pago
Weatherford
Sweetwater Weekly
West Texas publisher C. E. Gilbert shaped frontier journalism
The long retrospective recalls C. E. Gilbert founding the Abilene Reporter and Sweetwater Advance, battling in the West Texas free grass era, and steering multiple Texas papers. He shaped regional press, aided Southern and Associated Press growth, and later led Confederate remembrance efforts while living in Houston.
Mormon Pioneers and St Mawr Review
The piece surveys Brigham Young by M. R. Werner, praising its vivid epic of Mormon migration and desert farming from Bisbee to Salt Lake, and critiques D. H. Lawrence’s St Mawr as a challenging, thought provoking study of freedom, subservience, and social pressures. It notes Lawrence’s didactic tone and the tale of three lives bound to a wild horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisbee
Douglas
Ariz
Chincahaug
Desert
Harcourte Brace
M. R. Werner
Paul Bunyan
Jim Bridger
Yellowstone
Brigham Young
Joseph Smith
Great Salt Lake
Werner
D. H. Lawrence
St. Mawr
Knopf
Lawrence
Lou Witt
Bull Durham Tobacco Split Over Political Rhetoric
A satirical Columbus era riff laments a New York crowd and a boatful of scientists, contrasting American self sufficiency with a mock Bolshevik critique. It mocks political excess and tobacco branding to imply patriotic grit, hinting at a forthcoming piece in 1860.
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South Atlantic Ocean
New York
Red Bolsheviks
America
League of Nations
Dodson's Liver Tone vs Calomel in 1920s ad claim
An era advertisement warns calomel risks including nausea, soreness, and bone damage from mercury. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable remedy offering a money back guarantee if not effective, urging readers to buy at drug stores and cure liver ills without adverse effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
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California
Ruggist
Lone Star
Dr. E. Gilbert
Texas and Pacific
Sweetwater Weekly Advance
Washington
A. J. Wilson
New West Texas
R. A. Musgroom
Abilene Reporter
Texas’ Pioneer
Sweetwater Advance
Anson
Midland
Dallas Times
The
Herald
Dallas Times-Herald
Houston
Lanham
Austin
Daughters of the Confederacy
Sons of the Confederacy
Perpetu
South
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Texas Press Association
MB Southern Afternoon P. Association
Associated Press
National Business College
P. D
Wichita Falls, Texas
Searoniee
Directory Board
Wetsons Banks
Fort Worth
Dallas
Cleburne
B. L. Miller
Fahel LL
W. Rankin
Missouri
Rankin & McAlpine
Fer
Antile Bank
Dallas, Texas
Commerce Street
Fort Worth, Texas
Mr.rogers
Mgr. W. Rogers
Feifor Witt Rogers
Bull’ Durham
Will Rogers
Ziegfeld Follies
Screen Star
P. S
Rhie
Rupa
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