This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1948
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Bailey Taylor and Mr and Mrs Wincy Sanders owners of The Little Vogue traveled to Fort Worth Sunday to attend market and pick new fall merchandise for their shop.
Former Governor Coke Stevenson carried 167 counties and Lyndon B. Johnson won 73 counties in the July 24 Democratic primary. Stevenson had 39.68 percent of the vote and Johnson 33.75 percent. George Peddy carried 14 counties and is out of the race. Both men campaign for what is described as an exciting runoff.
Local painter H J Murphy is this week handling an extensive interior and exterior paint job on the A and P Food Store in Bowie. Work coincides with the installation of a new meat department at the store.
Donald Wood of Montague was in Bowie Thursday of last week for unspecified engagements.
Miss Paula Boedeker daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Boedeker Bowie has been chosen as one of seventeen Texas girls for a three week tour of Canada and the western states The itinerary includes Yellowstone Banff Lake Louise Victoria Washington Oregon California and Grand Canyon She has attended Camp Waldemar Kerrville for seven summers and is an expert swimmer and horseback rider earning the Senior Lifesaving Badge and a bareback jumping ribbon
Postale news notes visits from H B Williams and family of Wichita Falls to the Moreland home. Funeral attendance for Bedford Faver of Snyder Oklahoma includes Brazeal and Fry families. Ann Leek returns home from Wichita Falls hospital improving. Revival services draw families from Vashti Jacksboro and Azie. A baby girl is born to Jesse Geer. grandparents are S S Camp Sey. Jacksboro visitors Otis Liggett home.
Montague reports visiting relatives from Fort Worth Sherman and Gainesville. Notable items include births and home purchases. Henry Morrison has returned home from hospital in good condition. The Fenoglio family and several others are mentioned in weekly greetings and get togethers.
Mr and Mrs James H Henderson of Wichita Falls visited the home of Mr and Mrs La Grande Henderson over the weekend. O L Slaughter Jr returned home from Denton. he is the son of Mr and Mrs O L Slaughter of Bowie.
Bill Butler spent the weekend visiting Wichita Falls, engaging in local events and meeting residents.
J C Daves spent the weekend at his residence in Mineral Wells, returning to routine after a short domestic stay in the town.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.