County Officials Seek Re-Election and Local Notices
A printed slate lists county officers including re elected positions for Treasurer Clerk and Supt of Public Instruction with candidates such as J.C. Tubb E W Young and Daisy Birle. War Department civil service openings for ex soldiers highlighted along with Red Cross notice and a brief health remedy promotion for Prickly Ash Bitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courcxar
John R Cowey Freston Hornbuckle
B. Stewart
J.C. Tubbe
W. Young
J.B. Coleman
S.C. Smith
Bynum
C. Hughes
Bosque County
Red Cross
War Department
Wa Congress
Oene Meni
Civil Service Commission
Federal Board For Vocational Education
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D
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Odle
Bosque County Red Cross
Meridian
Texas
The Grafters and a Counted Moral Reckoning
An elderly narrator recounts figurative murders of a patent right peddler who swindled his family out of livestock and cash. He details a notorious Coryell county trial of Joe Sappington and its emotional jury outcome, reflecting on guilt and justice in stark rural prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coure
Coryell County
State of Texas
Joe Sappington
Joe Bappington
Hong
Barre
Narrow near miss at Santa Fe gas station
Leonard Hood, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Z. P. Hord, nearly fell into a gasoline tank at a Santa Fe switch station. The tank was unlevel and fumes ignited as he leaned over a hose. after several attempts to reach him, he crawled out and was revived by doctors. The incident alarmed his father and family but Leonard survived.
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Leonard Ord
Z. P. Hord
Santa Fe
Mr. Hood
Leonard Fran
Tim
Ford
Ick
Ayo Hey
Mort
Leonard
Vatley Milla Trihuse
Fragmented memoir reminiscence of hunger and crime confession
A disjointed voice recalls hunger forcing grasshoppers to eat, a lost travel card, a dramatic courtroom scene, and a wife mourning a dead husband. The speaker protests never killing anyone while boasting about a patent right and claiming a crime may not be his.
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Haeer
Porsount
County Attornep
WORD
County Fudge
W. A. York
Sheri
D. (Dudley) White W. W. Wright W. H. Doty
Myer
J.D. Hord
G. W. Clardy
Luther P. Raley
P. J. Pierson
Silas M. Baskin
Carpenter Bros
Indiana
Dows Ban Bo
Clifton Mill & Elevator CO
Clifton
By Joe Sappington
Acta
St Joseph
Walter
Pulkerson
St. Joseph
Parkerson
Fulkerson
Daily Papera
Willad
Clieton
Ung
Dyne
Rawleigh
the Grocery Company
Clifton, Texas
F. H. Meier
Waco, Texas
Joes
Joe Bem
Suic
Cigametter
Colew
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