Rain Boosts Crops as Newport Sees Wet Week
Soaking rains from Saturday night through Monday morning provide a strong boost for crops in the Newport area with extended moisture aiding gardens and melon patches. The Wichita Falls rodeo drew about 3,000 spectators as Newport’s Wild Brahmas won second prize money. Oil prospects brighten with lease activity near Newport, while Bowie trades day adds knife swapping to its list of activities.
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Newport
Wichita Falls
Leonard Zuber
Zuber
Jacksboro
Montague County
Bowie
Trades Day knife swappers on Jockey Street in Bowie
Ed Bulls recalls a Trades Day scene in Bowie with a knife vendor trading for small change. The man on Jockey Street boasted a dozen knives, saying he earned dollars in swaps and planned to press on, echoing old Bowie practices from forty years ago.
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Bowie
Jockey Street
Overton Visitors Share Weekend with Sunset Family
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Williams of Overton visited in Sunset with Mrs. C. C. Williams, Williams mother, as part of a weekend stay. Mrs. Boone Gray of Nocona called on Mrs. R. E. Lunn during the same Saturday visit.
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Boone Gray of
Nocona
R. E. Lunn
Ferguson Platform Promises Third Roosevelt Term and Tax Plan
Miriam A Ferguson outlines a platform including a third Roosevelt term, a half per cent gross receipts tax to fund social security and pensions, state expense cuts of twenty five million dollars, labor and tenant farmer aid, and liberal support for schools and higher learning. The ad frames these proposals as benefiting helpless children, the elderly, and teachers.
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Roosevelt
Entertainment in Canada Described by Mrs Lloyd Tennis
Mrs Lloyd Tennis recounts life at Isabell Corners Saskatchewan describing a community hall dances scene. She recalls late night dances with 2 musicians paid, card parties, debates on tractors versus horses, and changes in farm fuel. She notes highway to Montana, fish trucks, and a warm winter with a dramatic ice road incident.
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Joyce
Nellie
Ned
Moses
Canada
Mrs. Lloyd
Barnes’ Crossing
Sask
Four Corners
Isabell Corners
Beaver River
Jack County
Montana
Local social notes from Bowie area visits
Aurel ia Melvin Albig made a business trip to Bowie Saturday. Mrs A J Fenoglio spent the week end in Nocona with relatives. Henry Fenoglio was in town last Thursday. Mr and Mrs Jim Giaketti of Montague visited Mr and Mrs Pete Giaketti Sunday. August Nobile Louis Nobile Mr and Mrs W J Campbell and Mrs Maud Davis were in Bowie Saturday. Mrs Bud Russell of Nocona visited her parents, Mr and Mrs Ernest Veretto a short while Monday night.
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O. M. Shipp
John George
Wichita Falls
Montague County
W. W. Melton
Waco
Orland Wall
Cleburne
Sandefur
Lula Belle Wall
Newport
Theodore Campbell
Dayne
Charlie
Melvin Albig
Bowie
A. J. Fenoglio
Nocona
Henry Fenoglio
Jim Giaketti
Montague
Pete Giaketti
August Nobile
Louis Nobile
W. J. Campbell
Maud Davis
Bud Russell
Ernest Veretto
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Newport News
Ed Bulls
Mattie Wright
Wichita Falls Hospital
Newport's
J. Zen Taylor
Slim Davis
Joe Easley
Easley
Newport Ladies Cemetery Association
G. W. Lemons
Luther McManus
K. F. Jones
Alamo
B. N. Jones
Clovis
N. M
Jones
S.G. Norris, M.D
Texas
Tarrant Street
Sven
Adlewska
Bob’s
Bob White
United Travelers Insurance Company
Evans Motor Company
Gulf Consignee
Ford
Bowi
Bud Williams
Overton
Mr. Williams
C. C. Williams
Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Mrs. Lloyd Tennis
Byrne College
Lyon & Matthews CO
F. H. A. Loans
Aurelia
Mrs
Bowie Independent School Dist
C. A. King
Henry Dear
Croy
Henry
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
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