Local Socials and Visits Across Communities
Aurelian residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over the weekend. Clifton Brooks of Terral Oklahoma stayed with Ernest Veretto. Attendees from the area included W. J. Campbell R. Sharkelford Ray Fenoglio B Salvi Pete Giabetti and S M Tompkins. Mae and Grace Fenoglio of Byers visited Tony Ernoglio’s family in Nocona. Melvin Albigi spent time near Montague. Henry Fenoglio, a student in Denton, returned home for the weekend. Tony Phoe and Jack of Montague also visited Fred Nobile’s household.
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Louis Nobile
Clifton Brooks
Terral
Okla
Ernest Veretto
Bowie
W. J. Campbell
R. Sharkelford
Ray Fenoglio
B. Salvi
Pete Giabetti
S. M. Tompkins
Spanish Fort
Mae
Grace Fenoglio
Byers
Tony Ernoglio
Nocona
Melvin Albigi
Montague
Henry Fenoglio
Denton
Tony Pboe
Jack
Fred Nobile
We must rebuild character not wealth in hard times
John J. Wicker argues that postwar prosperity masks a deeper social decline. He contrasts 70s hardship with modern comforts, urges self discipline and work rather than material fixes, and calls for inner reform to avert a lasting low mood in America.
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America
John J. Wicker
This Week
Adhesive Myths Stir Stamp Debate and Father’s Folly
A humorous snippet notes Uncle Sam calls postage stamp adhesive tapioca while a claim of chair varnish persistence hints at a family joke. The piece contrasts belief in heredity with a son’s antics, poking fun at paternal certainty and gullibility.
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Uncle Sam
Birth in a Canadian Homestead Log Cabin
Mary Downing Tennis recalls delivering a baby by lantern light in a two room log cabin near Barnes' Crossing Saskatchewan. The 30 mile ride for the nearest physician with a 1920 model T car, no telephone, and a stove top bed frame, plus a $15 fee, mark a rural nurse midwife memory of a pioneer winter birth. The story also recounts a dramatic second birth on their tenth wedding anniversary with frost bitten surroundings and a sleigh ride to bring mother home, the baby later priced at two dollars a month installments.
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Mary Downing Tennis
Barnes’ Crossing
Saskatchewan
Canada
Burton Springs
Newport
Elvie
Charlie MacKay
Charlie
Lloyd Tennis
R. N. Barnes
Crossing
Old Buffalo Springs Fort Site Reveals Lime Kiln Remnants
The narrator visits Buffalo Springs near the fort ruins and uncovers signs of lime production, including a lime mortar block and a kiln-like mound. The fort sits about half a mile from water, with the Buffalo Springs and a government well nearby. Land belongs to the Kimbrough brothers. the fort was abandoned around 1868 after water shortages.
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Buffalo Springs
Buffalo
Kimbrough
Buffalo Springs and Inland Texas History Spotlight
The article highlights Buffalo Springs as a key inland Texas town fated from 1849 with the Pony Express route nearby. It notes a marker at the town center, local churches, a large school complex, a growing electric line, and a vibrant economy with three groceries and garages, plus the Rock Church and Free Will Baptist congregation nearby.
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Fort
California
Buffalo Springs
Spanish Fort
Jacksboro
Belknap Fort
Texas
Valle
Methodist
Patterson
Baptist Church
Marshall
New Rock
Tiff Covington
Boone's Tree Notches Confirmed By Colonel Boone
The passage recounts Daniel Boone in Kentucky locating a famous tree by its notches. Boone recalls that a notch in a young tree remains on the same side and distance from the ground, even as the tree grows. He demonstrates by cutting chips and making three visible notches to prove the record preserved in the wood.
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Daniel Boone
Green River
Kentucky
Virginia
Daniel
Boone
Colonel Boone
Birth registration urged for children starting school
State health officials urge parents of entering kindergartners to secure birth certificates or registration notices early. The Vital Statistics Department will handle many school certificate requests, and early records ease admission, work permits, driver’s permits, voting, marriage, inheritance, insurance, and identity proofs.
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State Department of Health
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Texas
Vital Statistics Department
See Lyon and Matthews Co for the New Title I FHA Loans
Local lender Lyon and Matthews Co promotes new Title I FHA loan options. The program supports home buyers with insured financing and simplified eligibility. Offered through the FHA program, the loans aim to expand homeownership access.
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Lyon & Matthews Co
Free illustrated book from Thornton & Minor Clinic
The Thornton and Minor Clinic offers a free illustrated book on hemorrhoids fistula and colon problems. It explains rectal ailments and provides advice based on experiences of over 50 000 patients without anaesthetics or hospital stays. Send requests to Suite C-20 926 Mc Gee Street Kansas City Missouri for mailing in plain wrapper.
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Thornton & Minor Clinic
McGee Street
Kansas City
DYE MOUND Society Notes Report Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs J B Jackson traveled to Vandilla Illinois for oil field work and returned home. A large crowd attended Mallard homecoming with family guests from Bowie Petrolia Gainesville Saint Jo and Forestburg. Birthday party for Leon Young drew a nice crowd and a light rain refreshed the area.
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Mildred W. Norvell
J. B. Jackson
Vandilla
Buck McCubbins
Fort Worth
Jim Blasingame
Henson
Petrolia
Wichita Falls
Lena Anne Wiese
Bowie
D. O. Norvell
Mallard
Nina Morgan
Sophie Neely
Forestburg
Harstend Sorrow
Gainesville
John Cook
Loree W. Wiese
Joseph
Lonnie Young
Leon
Pauline Blasingame
Saint Jo
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Coy Perry
M. A. Bryan
Associanion
Woodyard Associates
Aurelia
North Pole
United States
Commonwealth
Life In Canada
Mary Downing
B. F. Dearmore
Jack Spratt
BY. Geo. W. Cox, M. D
Texas State Health Officer
Dean’s
Altery
S.G. Norris, MB
Tarrant Street
Gillette Cl
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Bowie Mattress CO
Dickey
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