Social notes from Marlow and nearby towns
Local residents visit relatives and friends across Marlow Rogers Rockdale Somerville and Waco. Highlights include Minnie Lamkin visiting Ross Posey and family, Emma Mae McCormick and Edith Allison staying with relatives, and parishioners at the Baptist church.
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Minnie Lamkin
Ross Posey
Rockdale
Emma Mae McCormick
Rogers
Sallie Boatright
L. J. Boatright
Curry
Lloyd Sanford
Rice
Edith Allison
S. J. Henry
Lewis Posey, Jr
Dorothy Posey
Somerville
Dora Coward
Virgil
Lula
New Willard
Milton Hillard
Houston
Elwood Kirk
Roy
Salem Socials Report Sunday Visits and Events
Salem residents hosted and visited relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Bill Reimer of Lilac with Mrs. Andrew Pfarrdrescher family, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Horlica and daughters, and a gathering at W. L. Tucker home. Several local youths were entertained Saturday night and several pairs of friends and relatives traveled between Cameron, Sharp, and nearby homes for weekends and Sunday gatherings.
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Lula Coward
Ray Mayfield
Miss McDowell
Taylor
Marlow
Ernest Pratt
Minerva
A. E. Henry
Bill Reimer
Lilac
Andrew Pfarrdrescher
Jim Horlica
Ad Hall
W. L. Tucker
Tillie Pfarrdrescher
Viola Harlica
Ruby Whiteley
Cameron
Verlie
Tucker
Lois Noey
Verlie Tucker
H. T. Daniel
H. W. Sims
Jessie
Charlie Sims
Sadie
Rufus
Preston Tucker
Sammie Cass
First toy soldiers date back to the Middle Ages
The article traces toy soldiers from ancient Rome and Medieval Europe as preserved items in British museums and notes their original use as children’s toys. It highlights seventeenth century shifts to mechanical toy models and mentions a current Texas figure of about 2,100 Indians.
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Rome
Biblical Dates and Christmas Origin Debated
Tit Bits Magazine argues the true date of Christmas cannot be fixed with certainty and suggests December 25 was chosen in the fifth century to replace Saturnalia. The piece notes early Christian observances varied among January April and May and recalls Texas' single weekly newspaper in 1856.
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Tit- Bits Magazine
State symbols of Texas noted in brief
The Texas state tree is the pecan praised for its graceful fruitful growth. The Blue Bonnet is identified as the Texas state flower.
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Texas
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Nunn
Dick Holly
Hanover
Vinson
Lawrence
Earnestine Hardwick
Gladys Storey
Thelma Baggerley
Theressa Quillin
Lievd Sanford
Will Lake
Cameron Hospital
Nadine Burnett
Jones Prairie
W. B. Burnett
Leonard Derby
Waco
Baptist Church
Jewel Hobson
Henrietta Mode
Markham
Salem
J. K. Freeman
Cameron, Texas
United States Government Depository Depository
United States Postal Savings Funds
Ly Newspaper
Will Ondrej
Parma
Santa Fe
Wm. P. Carey Lumber
Milam County Lumber Company
A. E. Matula
Cameorn, Texas
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