Mobeetie Plans Big Fort Elliott Celebration
Mobeetie prepares for a two day event on June 17 and 18 at the old Fort Elliott site one mile from town with a free barbecue fashion show and dance drawing thousands. notable attendees include R Russell Canadian J J Long and Mark Husselby as Fort Elliott veterans with over forty years in the Panhandle. Local committees report all arrangements complete and ready.
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Fort Elliott
Panhandle
R. Russell
J. J. Long
Mark Husselby
Mobeetie
Mr. Russell
Amarillo baseball surprise and West Texas moves
In Amarillo the Shamrock team is teased as offering a surprise Sunday while Doc and A W Dean and Slick Morgan are praised in a baseball scene. Ada McCarty of Lubbock visits the McCarty family in Canyon for the West Texas State Teachers summer session. A. L. Anderson Jr notes recruitment for Battery B 131st Field Artillery and opportunities for young men to learn and be paid through the company. A daughter named Bessie Fivelyn was born to Join Henry Berry in San Jacinto on June 4, and a son was born recently to Charles Austin Selby of 7041 Wells Street. People show their ages in their handwriting.
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Bud Amimonds
Shamrock
Amarillo
W. Dean
Slick Morgan
Ada McCarty
Lubbock
J. T. McCarty
Kentucky Street
Canyon
West Texas State Teachers College
A. L. Anderson, Jr
131St Field Artillery
Join Henry Berry
San Jacinto
Bessie Fivelyn
Charles Austin Selby
Wells Street
Diverse 1920s Texas items span crime, finance, roads
A scatter of notes from Lockney to Brady covers local finance, appointments, and plans. Lancaster pays a bounty for crews. Floyd County builds a 47000 dollar school, a 70000 dollar poultry farm is planned at Brady. Senator Bratton to speak on July 4. courts in Spain. golf and wheat yields feature amid municipal and church news.
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Houston
Lockney
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Parhandie
A. Hf. Lindsay
Washington
Seattle
Hill
Spain
United States
Sumat Bratton
Uctumuar
Navid Bates
Cahier
First National Bank
Floyd County
Chigres Happy
Plainview
Vega
Dimimitt
Hereford
James T. Ross
Stephenville
Miordada
Pampa
Griggs
Wloydada
Southern Methods
Suneet
The
Brad Chamber of Commerce
Brady
Oeegh
Universal
Williams Hardware Co
Sixth and
Polk Streets
A. MI
Prospect
Twelfth Street
Unus
Amarillo Improvement Co
Wuatures
Edgefield
Edgefield Addition
Otten Turnley — Co
G. C. Odom
T. W. Cotten
G.H. Turnley
H. E. Knapp
Bill Hinton
I. O. Willson
W. W. Cox
G. 5. Witt
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