Local visitors drop in from several towns
Mrs. Thomas Gentry and son Denver, Colorado, are here to visit. Mrs. H. H. Inter. Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Ferrell are visiting friends or relatives this week. Darwin Hamilton spent Sunday in Cross Plains visiting relatives. Mrs. R. P. Hendrix, with a home at Center, has been here during the week visiting her sons, Henry and Wesley Shook and families.
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Thomas Gentry
Denver
Colo
H. H. Inter
A. W. Ferrell
Darwin Hamilton
Cross Plains
R. P. Hendrix
Heyons
Henry
Wesley
Local Social Notes From Dublin and Area
Mexico Mrs Earl Fines of Dublin visited her mother Mrs Iva Adams here Wednesday Mr and Mrs Humpy Tackett spent Sunday with her parents and Mrs Rackley at Proctor The Hancock family visited J R Williams home at Edna Hill Saturday night Howard Whitfield spent a few days in Wichita Falls with his sister Mrs C A Spragin Jim Adams Ladout Adams and Humpy Tackett were in Dallas on Sunday Oney Kennedy visited in Boston over the weekend Dublin residents and families are noted in these social items
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Earl Fines
Dublin
Iva Adams
Humpy Tackett
Rackley
Proctor
D. M. Hancock
J. R. Williams
Edna Hill
Howard Whitfield
Wichita Falls
C. A. Sprag
Jim Adams
Ladout Adams
Umpy Tackett
Dallas
Oney Kennedy
Boston
Joe Humphries
J. L. Richardson
Emily
Dunn Hatchery Adds Premiums to Boost Poultry Production
The Dunn Hatchery highlights its role in expanding poultry raising by paying premiums for desirable hatching eggs. With capacity for 15,000 eggs and annual premiums amounting to hundreds of dollars, the program rewards standard breeding, blood testing, and balanced feeding. The note thanks farmers for past patronage and invites continued business.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Dunn Hatchery
Notice to Bidders for Diesel Motor Grader in Comanche County Texas
Comanche County Texas invites bids for a diesel motor grader with a 6 cylinder 66 HP engine and a second hand Caterpillar No 11 patrol unit. Bids due May 6 1946 at 10 am at the Court House. Warrants up to 4400 dollars issued serially with 6 percent interest. bids may be rejected. R S McCharen County Judge. Also notes U S oil reserves total nearly 20 billion barrels with Texas making up 55 percent.
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Comanche County
Comanche
Texas
R. S. McCharen
United States
Blanton pledges to block war and curb labor power in 1938 bid
Thomas L. Blanton addresses voters in the 17th district urging his candidacy. He pledges to organize Congress against war, protect farmers and workers, curb Wagner and NLRB policies, safeguard social security funds, reduce government spending, and restore jobs. He cites experience as judge and congressman across Texas counties from El Paso to Stephenville.
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17Th Congressional
Congress
Concrees
Texs
el Paso
Stephenville
Europe
Wilson
United States
White House
Treasury
Labor Department
John L. Lew
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
Frances Perkins
Thomas L. Blanton
Grade by grade pupil names and a nursery ad
A long list of student names by grade from first through eleventh appears, followed by an advertisement for Wolfe's Nursery in Stephenville Texas offering landscaping and a free color catalogue with stock. The ad notes pennies to dollars growth and urges readers to drive two miles west of Stephenville on State Highway 10.
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Stephenville
County To Sell 79 Acre Poor Farm At Auction May 7
The State of Texas, County of Comanche will sell at public auction on May 7, 1940, between 10 AM and 4 PM at the County Court House door in Comanche. 79 acres more or less out of 169 acres of land, part of the Comanche County School Land Survey known as County Poor Farm, deeded October 18, 1901 by J A Roberson et al. The right to reject or accept all bids is reserved. Ben Wilhelm, Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
School Land Survey
Texas
Comanche
County Poor Farm
J. A. Roberson
Ben Wilhelm
Local news notes and social visits reported
T Brandt and Doc Watson made a business trip to Waco last week. Delena Ellenburg and Dr and Mrs Tull of Abilene were visitors here Sunday. A crowd from here attended the skating rink at Purves Saturday night. The first in a series of Bible study meetings at the Methodist Church was well attended Thursday night. Mr and Mrs Charley Ander-
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Liberty
T. Brandt
Doc Watson
Waco
Delena Ellenburg
Mrs. Tull
Abilene
Purves
Methodist Church
Charley Ander
Black-Draught Vegetable Laxative Ad Teaser
An advertisement touts Black-Draught vegetable laxative as a gentle yet thorough remedy. It promises relief from constipation headaches biliousness sour stomach and bad breath with a quarter to half-teaspoonful on the tongue followed by water and a good night's rest. The product is described as economical with 25 to 40 doses costing 25 cents.
Texas oilmen fund schooling for a quarter of students
Tom Jeffreys reports a group of Texas oilmen paid the full cost of schooling for one fourth of the state’s children, supporting education in town and across Stephenville.
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Texas
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Mace
Wanda B. Tankersly
Wanda Sue McEntire
Barbara Jo Caffey
Gay Moore
Max Pruitt
Glennis Reeder
Laverne Smith
Juanda Jo Hillin
Anna Lou Vines
Gene Walker
O. Cox
Nita Ruth Jones
Ella Marie Linders
Jewel Rogers
Dauphene
Ruth Allen
Billie A. Ferril
Jack Byron Lusk
Dwight Chandler
Joe John McEntire
J. C. Drennan
Bob Farquhar
Jack Weldon Ferril
Gar
Leonard Moore
Dorothy Hancock
Nelda Parsons
Winell McCullough
Mary Jo la Roque
Mary Frances Armstrong
Lamar Guthrie
Erman Davidson
Mary R. Lusk
Raylene Young
Jonnie Sue Lusk
Jimmie Moore
Dorothy Brazeale
Louise Guthrie
Annie Joyce Haynes
Lurena Ti
E. R. Wright Jeweler
Reese Drug Store
H. H. Cox
McKinzie Hotel
Shamburger Select
Gregg
Brownwood College OF Business
Center Ave
Brownwood, Texas
Stark
Town
Tom Jeffreys
Frank Phifer
Swift
MR. Farmer
Swift Fertilizer
L. R. Williams
I. M. Vineyard
A. A. Hilley
Sidney
Gustine
Mercantile
Apou CO
Otus
Aan
Esca. Sps
Tp&l
Texas Power
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