Rockdale Minerva oil man W W Bynum dies at 59
W W Bynum a leading Rockdale Minerva oil field figure died Friday at 1 40 p m at L A Wilders Minerva home after a brief illness Acute indigestion listed as the cause He was ill while drilling the Hooks test north of town and declined to go home His wife daughters two sisters a brother and ten children survive him He was 59 and had been prominent in Amarillo business circles earlier The funeral held in Taylor and he was widely mourned by the oil community and local residents.
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W. W. Bynum
Rockdale-Minerva
L. A. Wilder
Minerva
Bynum
Bynum & Palmer
Wilder
Niehaus
Sam Hoehenstein
Decedent
Taylor
Amarillo
Rockdal Reporter
Freeze Threat Hits Plains Cotton Growers
W. H. Camp, a seasoned ginnerbased in Thorn dale San Gabriel and Hicksowns a gin and just back from the Plains Country, says many large cotton farms there had begun opening when the recent freeze struck.
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W. H. Camp
Thorndale
San Gabriel
Hicks
Plains Country
Milam County Streams Flood After Heavy Rains Last Week
Milam County rivers and creeks including Brushy Creek San Gabriel River and Little River rose after heavy rains last Thursday and Friday. Sandy Creek flooded near Cameron and Rockdale traffic halted between Cameron Rockdale and Rockdale Thorndale area roads impassable for days. Rain totals in Rockdale reached about eighty four hundredths of an inch, with headwaters of the Little River Gabriel and Brushy receiving the heaviest rainfall.
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Milam County
San Gabriel River
Little River
Sandy Creek
Cameron
Rockdale
Thorndale
Gabriel
Brushy
Weather improves as rains total in Rockdale rise
Rockdale reports rainfall to eighteen and thirty six one hundredths inches since September 2. A norther blew Sunday night, Monday sunny with strong wind drying fields and roads. Tuesday and Wednesday were cloudy with a light frost Monday morning. Farmers look for dry weather to harvest cotton and save feed amid late-season moisture concerns.
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Rockdale
Rockdale Furniture Co. Announces Closing Out Sale
The Rockdale Furniture Company launches a closing out sale on its entire stock with prices cut. Manager James L. Coleman says the sale may not last to Christmas if demand stays strong and plans to relocate, possibly to Lubbock Dallas or Houston, aiming to finish by January 1. The Reporter notes regret at losing the firm and its manager and family.
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Rockdale Furniture Company
Tact Week
James L. Coleman
Coleman
Lubbock
Dallas
Houston
Rockdale
Ter
Moore Receives Patent for Electric Dish Washer
Mr J N Moore once of Thorndale now at Kennedy Ranch west of town has been notified by the Washington patent office that his electric dish washer has earned a patent. He plans to market the device soon, possibly by sale or royalty with a manufacturer or jobbing house. The machine reportedly operates on a rotary motion similar to a honey extractor.
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J. N. Moore
Thorndale
Kennedy Ranch
Washington D. C
Moore
Thorndale Champion
Wolf Race Attracts Town Followers Near Thorn dale Champion
Local men staged a wolf chase last Saturday to train dogs. John Davis owns blooded Walker dogs and other hounds. H M Rouse drove the wolf about three miles and boxed him into the Gresham and Locklin butcher shop near town. The chase thrilled the riders as the older dogs nearly overpowered both wolf and driver at the hiding place.
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John Davis
Davis
H. M. Rouse
Gresham and Locklin
Mr. Rouse
Thorndale Champion
St Jacobs Oil Promises Relief for Backache and Lumbago
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a quick, harmless remedy for backache lumbago and sciatic pain. It claims rubbing on the back relieves soreness stiffness and proves effective after a single use with a small trial bottle available at drug stores.
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St. Jacobs
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