Womack Sets Stage For New Cotton Gin And Telephones
Corn comes up oats and wheat fine as rain keeps ground absorbing moisture. Bosque County Independent Telephone Co held its annual meeting on the 7th electing Nye Lockett as president G N Ammons as vice president J F Damron as secretary and R T Womack as treasurer. The firm organized at Womack lists 50 stockholders and is praised as the best cheapest phone system seen. Womack to get a gin with Jim Greenwade Co to erect a $6000 cotton gin and an artesian well for water. Womack’s Sunday School weathered suspensions and local chatter about roads and politics. Musical entertainment by the Womack String Band at D C Epps residence reports good music and lively time. Prolific candidate hot bed noted with three candidates for commissioner. Some Womack residents attend Ft Worth fat stock show. other social calls and a buggy accident without injuries. Aunt Ellen Windham visiting Turnersville this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County Independent Telephone Co
Nye Lockett
G. N. Ammons
J. F. Damron
R. T. Womack
Treasury
Womack
Jim Greenwade & Co
Waco
Waco and Bailey
Clifton Enterprise
Ft. Worth
Rain and mud slow planting and daily life in town
Weather swings from warm to cold as farmers report corn planting stalled yet some corn up. Community notes mention illnesses, visits, and travel. A surprise 60th birthday celebration for Rev. J K Rystad at Norse Lutheran ends with gifts, coffee and cake as the pastor receives thanks for his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. BK. Ford
Fairy
J. N. Colwick
Waco
Federal Grand Jury
A.A. Anderson
Marshall
John L. Johnson
Grantius Gap
W. W. Jones
Martin Dahl
L. Dahl
Ule Norderhong
Hamilton
J. K. Rystad
Branhagen
G. G. Odegaard
B. C. Swenson
Rystad
N. Branhagen
Norse Literary Society Meet Debates Punishment Abolition
The Norse Lutheran Church Choir and Prof Danby Olsen provided music at a reverent gathering. The Norse Literary Society plans a March 14 meeting featuring a debate on capital punishment with named participants and recitations by several students. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup advertises relief for coughs and colds with a gentle laxative effect, sold locally with money-back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norse Lutheran Church Choir
Danby Olsen
Norse Literary Society
Martin Nelson
O. M. Olson
John Grimland
Theo Colwick
Oscar Larson
John R. Cowen
Prof
R. BE. Ford
Bernt Rogstad
Emma Anderson
Helga Johnson
Callie Solberg
Alvilda Olson
Christine Johnson
Edgar Bergman
Oliver Olson
Morris Homerstad
Gustav Hoel
Jesse Eggen
Noble Colwick
Agnes Colwick
Matilda Olson
Roy Olson
Milfred Hoff
Wm. H. Anderson
Soda Springs
Ida
Price & Mitchell
Clifton Lutheran College building fund notice
Notice to subscribers that work on a ladies dormitory at Clifton Lutheran College will begin soon and all subscriptions are urged to be current. Payments due by March 1 1908 or earlier should be given to treasurer John E. Schow to avoid delaying construction. Building committee Clifton Texas March 12 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Lutheran College
John E. Schow
O. E. Thorson
O. E. Schow
J. T. Glass
C. O. Poulson
N. J. Nelson
Clifton
Texas
Start Ambitious Students at Tyler Commercial College
Ambitious young men and women who enrolled at Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas last spring for bookkeeping business training shorthand typewriting or telegraphy now hold excited positions at good salaries. What will you be doing a year hence Nothing you are prepared to do. Let us prepare you to do something well and then get you that something to do tear out this article fill in your name and address sell it to us and receive 162 page catalog full of convincing facts. Name Address Dont miss the old maids tea party at Reeder Hall Friday night March 15 Admission 25cts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Texas
Funeral procession ends in buggy runaway crash
Rev. Neal W. Turner and C. L. Curry were en route to a funeral when a bridle bit broke letting the team run free. Turner leaped free with minor bruises. Curry suffered facial gashes, neck strain, and minor buggy damage as the horses stopped after striking a tree. The team remained unharmed and Curry’s family had ridden behind them previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Neal W. Turner
C. L. Curry
Mr. Curry
Rev. Turner
Curry
Box Rent Rates Effective April First in Clifton
Clifton Texas March 10 1908 post office box rent rates announced to take effect April 1 1908 call boxes small 25c per quarter lock boxes small 40c per quarter lock boxes large 60c per quarter. Also reports a cold norther with rain improving soil for corn and grain prospects remain high despite a panic scare among farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Texas
Post Office Department
Breeders Advertise Insurance and Stock in Bosque County
Notice states price of eight dollars for insurance and additional charges for fencing pasture. Warns buyers to avoid mistakes when breeding to the stock, claiming they are well known and favorable in Bosque and adjoining counties. Signed 44 47 J. H. Bekken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque
J. H. Bekken
Three Buildings Burn At Blum Blum Texas
A large blaze in Blum Texas caused significant damage to multiple properties including Rogers Brothers restaurant owned by unknown, J A Read office with records, D T Hunt drug store, and two other adjacent buildings. Total losses ranged from 500 to 1000 dollars with no insurance on any property. Fire was contained by nearby brick structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. Hunt Drug Store
Rogers Brothers
L. Daniels
Judge Read
J. D. Brannen
Hunt Drug Store
Mr. Hunt
Temple Enacts Unmuzzled Dog Kill Policy
Temple Texas March 4 May or F Hamill warns the public that all unmuzzled dogs found on streets will be killed by police. Rabies cases among local dogs have risen and about fifteen Temple residents are in Austin receiving Pasteur Institute treatment for wounds from rabid dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Tex
F. Hamill
Austin
Pasteur Institute
Weatherford Herald Star Sign Hint Taters and Hogs
A Weatherford Herald item notes a folk saying about sudden rise and blue heart shade as a sign to plant taters and hogs. The brief line conveys rural weather lore without specific dates or events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford Herald
Announcement Column for Democratic Primary July 1908
The following announcements are made subject to the action of the Democratic Primary election on July 25, 1908. The column notes candidate declarations and party notices awaiting primary results and related procedural details.
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Per Diovooe
Larsen
C. B. Lewis
B. Shultz
W.J. Whitney
S. F. Prichard
W. J. Whitney
B. Diltz
Ellen Windham
Turnersville
HUSRT
Otis Hand
Tom Mayfield
Allie Latham
Latham
J. G. Raney
Reeder Hall
Paul E. Montgomery
Dittrich Bros., Clifton and Womack
D. Nemri
Blum
Henry Lockett
S. Hale
R. A. Barker
Pb. J. Cutbirth
Willis Turner
KK. B. Robertson
Cf Batson
Thos, W. Elliott
Sherif
Homer Randal
Frank Hornbuckle
GO. M. Nichols
Bob Ferguson
W. A. Menemar
W. 8S
Mixon
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