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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1941
Page
6
Four families recount a close encounter with a large copperhead and three nearby snakes while driving home on Jacksboro road west of Newport. The group killed all the reptiles using rocks and sticks, with Mrs. Reaves dreaming of snakes that night.
Local families from Mallard and surrounding towns share visits and stays with relatives in Wilson Denton Red Springs Nocona Hood Dye Mound Wichita Falls Bowie Bowie area. The report lists numerous residents visiting kin spanning Oklahoma Texas and nearby communities with weekend gatherings and weeklong trips.
Sunday and Saturday services were conducted at Calvary Baptist Church by Rev Rodger Woodall of Chickasha Oklahoma. Local families and visitors, including the Paynes, Garlingsons, Rhyne family, and guests from Wichita Falls Bowie Leona Sunset Lawton and nearby towns, spent time with relatives this weekend.
A fragment shows a speaker resisting a nickname Big Bill while noting college names linger and they pursue medical studies. The brief exchange highlights tension between informal identity and professional goals.
Local residents and visitors gather around Vashti across the week. Names include Mrs. L. R. Ferguson, Miss Lera Adams, R. J. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ewell, Mary Dell, and many others from Bowie Petrolia Henrietta and Denton. Revival events, dinners, and junior choir gathering highlighted with several family visits and health updates.
Mrs. Howard Williams and daughter Patsy spent the weekend in Wichita Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Barnett and children of near Bellevue visited Miss Lurene Miller, who is staying with her brother Archie B. in San Antonio.
A domestic quarrel unfolds over a misheard demand for a new carpet and a failed follow up. The dispute centers on whether a replacement carpet was requested and who will arrange the purchase.
Gums that itch or burn can be mighty trying. Druggists will refund your money if the first bottle of LETO'S fail to satisfy. G. O. Slaughter Drug Co.
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