First Week in August Agreed Upon Details
A fragment describes an incident near Prescott Hotel where a buggy driver Barry was injured when horses bolted and wheels struck him. It covers road dangers, a wrecked buggy, and a distant note about Texas products and a political dispatch from Washington on August first regarding plenipotentiaries and the Russian Japanese talks. The text blends local accident chatter with a wartime international update and a Texas advertisement motif.
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Wil Cueton
Boss Barry
Prescott
Barry
Arch Parks
Ia Kon
Prescot's
Wan
Ie Bridge
Teaving
Ivedell Sentinel
Russia
Washington
Roosevelt
Burt
Inoven
Japan
Manchuria
West Texas settlers contrast with grim local tales
The piece contrasts West Texas vast deserts and rough life with a hopeful view of settlement opportunities. It notes deaths in the community, a funeral led by Rev. Sparkman, and mentions surviving relatives. It also contains stray anecdotes about local trades, groceries, and general life in a frontier town.
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Tweedy
A.D. Sparkman
Robert
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Oliver
P_N. REEDER, Clifton
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Jom
Apean
Texas
Elon
Peroens
United States
Unap
Old States
West
Makas
Agi Jorst
Sinarh
Morkel M
Anysess
Oliver Chilled
P. N. Reeder'a
Eatables
W. HI. Snell & Son
Hal Sele