Prison lashes at Ferguson prison farm spark letter claim
A letter to George Dixon from an unnamed Dallas attorney describes wholesale whipping of prisoners at the Ferguson state prison farm in Midway Texas. It states prisoners were lashed after demanding shorter hours and refusing to work, with reports of twenty three inmates receiving from three to twenty one lashes each and few ill effects.
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United Press
Houston
Ferguson State
Midway
Yex
George Dixon
Dallas
Dixon
Deaf Smith County Colonization Brings 160 Acre Farms
The Mounts ranch of 3500 acres near Hereford is cut into 160 acre tracts by J Coffman and most parcels have already sold. Seven families move in to farm and build homes as hundreds of acres are broken for cotton and feed crops this spring. Farmers come from Lubbock to Collin counties to colonize Deaf Smith.
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Globe
Hereford
Deaf Smith County
South Plains
Mounts Ranch
J. Coffman
Josephine
Texas
Lubbock
Collin County
San Jacinto Revival Continues All Week At Church
The San Jacinto Methodist revival at San Jacinto Church will run through the week. Large crowds have attended each service and shown strong interest. Two people came forward for prayers Friday night. Rev. Virgil Fisher leads the preaching with singing by Mrs. Bolton, Miss Henshaw, and Miss Martin assisting.
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San Jacinto Methodist Church
Virgil Fisher
Chamber of Commerce to Help Parmeers Kil Hoppers
Canyon reports grasshopper invasion feared. Canyon Chamber of Commerce orders arsenic and molasses at cost for farmers. J W Jennings coordinates prompt distribution with detailed usage instructions to minimize Randall county crop losses.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Parmeers
Globe
Canyon
J. W. Jennings
Canyon Chamber of Commerce
Randall County
Fishing on the Palo Duro and various notices
ET O Brya nt Buddy O Bryr ant and John Moore fished on the Palo Duro in a recent afternoon. The text also mentions Clinton Oklahoma and Western, a business visitor, and several scattered notes about workers, a fireman in McPherson Kansas, and a Rock Island employee in Amarillo.
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O'Bryant
Buddy” O'Bryrant
John Moore
Palo Duro
Clinton, Oklahoma
Weosterh
Clinton
Henley
Rock Island
Amarillo
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Ferguson Farm
San Jacinto
Rannual
Betton Pett Bsc
Rerio Everybody
Sondy Highlands
County Farm
James A. Bush
East Sth Street
G. C. McDaniel
Palo Duro Hotel
Beauty
Quire Mrs. Fisher
6Th Street
Carrie M. Hitchcock Carver
Tyler
Blackburn’s Funeral Home
Polk Street
Taylor St
By John Moore
Tel
Im. O'Kelly
Firemoan
McPherson
Kan
Carl M. Cawnp
India
B. M. Bushy
M-K-T. Railway
Wichita Palleway
Henle
the Panhandle
Southwest
Fort Elliott
Panhandle
P. Cox & Sons
Fort Elliott Highway
State
Mobeetie
C.p.gober Filling Station
Magnolia Gas and Oils
General Dry Goods
Hayhurst
A. R. Meek
Nathan M. Hunt
C.M. Scott, Mer
Mobeetie Roller Mills
J. E. Oakes & Son
Mobeetie Telephone Exchange
W. T. Arnold
State Bank
Tinsley-Long Gin Company
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