Bridges for Thorndale road district begin after timber delivery
Three loaded cars with bridge timbers arrive in Thorndale for road district No. 6 under a $125000 bond issue. Contractors plan 160 working days to complete the bridges beginning soon weather permitting. The project affects four main roads to Thorndale with low creek bottoms to be tresseled under court and local road committee agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas and Ratlif
Thorndale
E7vul Paasuenary Jyiey
Synuogy
Commissioners Court
Thorndale Champion
Peach Brandy and Home Brew Siezed Here
Arthur Young supplied evidence leading Justice Gore to issue a warrant. Constable Mierzschin and Young arrested Albert Watson in Thorndale after a search of the W. S. Elliott building. They found about two quarts of peach brandy and five gallons of beer in his rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Young
Justice of the Peace
Z. T. Gore
Thorndale
Gore
Mierzschin
Arthur
Justice Gore
W. S. Elliott
Main Street
Albert Watson
Young
Near Centenarian Mike Walsh Dies Near Town
Mike Walsh, Irish native nearing age one hundred, died of heart failure at his daughter Mrs. A. J. Holder's home a few miles north of town Tuesday at 3 am. He lived in the county many years. age estimated 90 to 95. Funeral at Taylor Catholic church and burial in Taylor Catholic cemetery. Large crowd attended. fuller report to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Walsh
Ireland
A. J. Holder
Taylor
Thorndale Champion
Thorndale Cotton Receipts Pass 700 Bales This Season
Local receipts at Thorndale exceed 700 bales with 1114 round and 175 square bales ginned by Wednesday noon. Counting rounds as half bales yields 722 total bales. Seed priced at $50 per ton and mid dling cotton at 19.50. Government gin report notes Milam County ginned 6,449 bales to Nov 1, 1925, vs 55,408 in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorndale
Department of Commerce and Bureau
Milam County
Keeping the Road Open Is Subject of Meeting
Local officials and citizens met with the county commissioner in Thorndale to discuss maintaining creek bottom roads. Proposals to drag roads after every rain faced drawbacks, so overseers and labor under law were urged to manage time or cash equivalents. A plan to rebuild and maintain roads under bond funds was debated, with progress seen as essential to serve Thorndale and surrounding areas.
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Mark Twain
Thorndale
Thorndale State Bank
McDonald
Thorndale Champion
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