Doc Leonard's Early Life and Bronte Years Chronicle
Autobiographical excerpts recount J D Leonard born February 8 1872 in Arkansas oldest of six children. He recalls a frugal upbringing in a 18 foot square log shack and his first show in Camden in 1884. He moves to Bronte in 1903 and describes frontier life water scarcity sandstorms cowboys and early medical practice with Dr Key. He details struggles earning $800 first year and his first surgical case a boy named Price with a severely injured foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Leonard
Arkansas
North Carolina
Doc
Camden
Jim
Bronte
Bud Stone
Colorado River
Goodby
Key
Pe Feney
Old Ee
Ini Price
Animatos
Bronte’s Early Years and Dr Leonard’s Troubled Era
A reminiscence details Bronte’s development after 1906, the Orient Railroad surge, and a typhoid outbreak. It recalls medical practices of the era, the rise of doctors and undertakers, infant care myths, and a personal loss when the narrator’s wife died in 1911 from throat tuberculosis, with a tease for more disclosures next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Arkansas
J. D. Leonard
Robert Lee Revelations and Local Social Notes
Community news from Bronte and nearby towns. Visits include Ava Maxwell in Bronte with daughter A M Tubb, Billie Sue Brown in Lubbock, and Delmir Sheppard at Merizon. Funeral services held for O K Rabb and family after a fatal kerosene explosion. Basketball and volleyball results feature Robert Lee, Gem Jewelers, Bronte, Water Valley. Socials include church event by Missy Dee Wilson and local visits and a newborn 8 pound baby boy in Rotan. Subscriptions urged for Bronte Enterprise.
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Ava Maxwell
Bronte
A. M. Tubb
Billie Sue Brown
Lubbock
John Brown
Delmir Morris Sheppard
Merizon
Delmir Sheppard
O. K
Baptist Church
O. K. Rabb
Madaline
Thelma
Rabb
Angelo
Robert Lee
Gem Jewelers of
San Angelo
Water Valley
Local residents share visits and update on health
Jess Coppedge returned home after a hospital checkup and reports feeling well and back to work. Mrs Billie Dan Labenske Mrs Dwain Pruitt and Mrs J T Henry visited to chat about daily affairs. J L Keeney Jr of Abilene visited for the weekend with his parents. Noah Pruitt Brooks Browning and Frank Keeney joined discussions on water prospects.
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Jess Coppedge
Billie Dan Labenske
Dwain Pruitt
J. T. Henry
J. L. Keeney, Jr
Abilene
J. L. Keeneys
Noah Pruitt
Brooks Browning
Frank Keeney
Thanks to America's Producers and Ranchers
A patriotic note praises farmers and ranchers from Montana to Texas for record crops and high livestock totals. It credits Swift & Company for processing and transporting food from farm to dinner table, emphasizing nutrition as a shared mission.
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America
Montana
Texas
Swift & Company
Misleading Pipe Sizes and Meat Storage Facts
A discussion explains how pipe size affects water flow and corrects a seeming mismatch in capacity. It notes commercial meat storage, the portion frozen, and how storage relates to production and consumption. The piece highlights Dr. H W Schultz, a Swift scientist, and his work on meat nutrition and baby feeding proteins.
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H. W. Schultz
Dr. Schultz
Martha Logans Recipe for Beans and Beets
Martha Logans recipe directs soaking beans overnight in water, draining, and cooking with onion celery in butter then simmering 3 to 4 hours. Reserve some beans, puree the rest, and reheat with six cups water and butter until tender. Yield about four servings.
Know Dont Guess in 1947 by Tyrue R Timm
A concise guide on maintaining a farm or ranch record book to track investments, receipts, expenses, and business transactions. It emphasizes a businesslike approach to monitor operations and evaluate whether plans and methods are effective.
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Tyrue R. Timm
Texas A. & M. College
Meat Packers Face Perishable Risk and Narrow Profits
The text explains that meat packers like Swift & Company must sell perishable meat quickly at prevailing prices, facing risks from livestock bidding by 26,000 slaughterers, possible misjudgments of quality or market demand, hidden defects, and transit delays. It notes average profits under 2 percent due to these hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Company
Simpson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leonard
Coke County
DR. Jj. D. Leonard
Coca
J. M. Rippetoe
Orient
Doris Pettit
Missy Dee Wilson
Ae Ee Ieee First Baptist Church
Kelley Gaston
Roscoe
Jim Blair
Jean Thomason
V. V. Wojtek
Fred Robertson
Rotan
Sloan Boone
Joe Dodson, Jr
Doris Fay Woodmansee
Houston
Ernest Varnadores
Bronte Enterprise
Ima
Levis
Cumbie & Wilkins
Ballinger
Gabe Smith
Rabbit Twister
Re Fae
Martha Logan
Nevy
Ham
Agrwuliu
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