Tene A Chase Leads Guests Through Festive Evening
A fragmentary record describes a pursuit then a cornered moment with a doctor present, followed by music and dancing. A later ice cream course was served to guests including Mr. and Mrs. Truman Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. John Carroll, Mesdames Carroll Burks and Browne, Misses Ruth Hamilton Alice Ory Nettie Lasseter Estin Fay Burks Anna Lee Alexander of Dallas and Mrs. Frank Straub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Hamilton
John Carroll
Mesdames Carroll
Burks
and Browne
Ruth Hamilton
Alice Ory
Nettie Lasseter
Estin
Fay Burks
Anna Lee Alexander
Dallas
Frank Straub
Local notes from Mexico and Edna Hill community
A roundup of visits and travels in the Mexico and Edna Hill area includes H Henry and family visiting Mt Airy, Willie Henry of Hasse and others in town, and many residents attending church at Edna Hill. Various locals are moving, visiting kin, or seeking work in east Texas. Sunday school attendance and invitation for next week are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Henry
W. T. Gandy
H.f. Henry
Mt. Airy
Dallas Vann
Joe P. Porterfield
Hannah Parrock
Ed Gilbreath
Willie Henry
Hasse
W. Henry
Willie Ewing
Gatesville
Edna Hill
Moody Wells
William Hancock
John A. Ewing
Roy Ewing
Velma Collinsworth
Isla Porterfield
John Howell
Shiloh
Will T. Gandy
Emmett Hayes
East Texas
W. J. Kite
Comanche
Roy Hayes
Proctor
Calvin Bettis
Surprise Party for Jud and Mrs McCarty Honor
A whispered surprise honored Mr. and Mrs. Jud McCarty and sister Mrs. Frank of Los Angeles. A guest, awakened by strange lies, was carried by a figure to the hosts home where eerie lighting and ghostly sounds set a deathly mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud McCarty
Frank
Los Angeles
Grere
Rainy day social notices from Comyn region
Comyn reports a light rain day as residents announce travel homecomings and visits. Wes Roch returns from Burk Burnett while John Hoover heads to East Texas and Lipan native John Weldon visits his mother. Several family visits noted and Charley Ormsby dies at 14 after a six week illness.
Engine Goes Dead at Comanche Delays Frisco Train
Traffic on the Frisco line delayed several hours Wednesday after a passenger engine on the two thirty train "went dead" at Comanche depot. Passengers waited as an extra engine was brought from Brownwood to resume service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
Comanche
Brownwood
Digestive Laxative Cascara Ad On Liver Aid
An old advertisement promotes cascara as a digestive laxative and cathartic with liver benefits. The copy highlights cascara bark as the active ingredient and markets it as a general health aid, typical of early 20th century patent medicine style.
Grand Rocky Mountain Trip Highlights Crops and Wages
J A Dupuy writes from Lieb, Texas describing a two week plus journey 1500 miles through Denver Des Moines Pueblo Colorado Springs Trinidad to Cheyenne Ft Collins Estes Park and Loveland. He notes irrigation farming yields of 60 bushels wheat per acre and high wages 3 to 7 dollars daily for farmhands and a coal mine labor market. He reports stock sales and a large wheat crop planned with 500 acres and mentions 6000 soldiers at Fort Cheyenne and local attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieb
Tex
J. A. Dupuy
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Des Moines
Ratoon
New Mex
Trinidad
Colorado
Frank Fitzgerald
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
Greely
Comanche
Erath
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Capitol
Government Fort
D. I. Baker
Germany
Ft. Collins
Estas Park
National Park of
Thomson Creek
Loveland
Museum
Government
Rockwall
W. P. Roberts
Second Draft Call Delayed to Spring
Press reports indicate the second half million drafted men will not be called until spring. Initial predictions of a three month gap after the first call have proved inaccurate and the second call should be ready around March first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mareh
Community health and cotton trips noted in Terrell
Health of the community is very good. Newt Hoover and boys Ed and Jack Hanson and W. W. Roch left Monday for Terrell to pick cotton for a while. The Baptist meeting closed here Sunday night. Tom Bone and daughter Clarence Garner and wife and Minnie Mobley left Sunday night for Mort Texas to pick cotton. Jim Thompson of Stamford visiting his folks here. Mrs. Clara Simmons of Stamford visiting her sister here. We learned Jim Roch was sent from Dallas to Norfolk Virginia where he entered the navy as a fireman. Deep sorrow for the Walton family as their infant son dies with hope of reunion after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comyn
Wes Roch
Burk Burnett
John Hoover
East Texas
John Weldon
Lipan
Hodges
Hoover
Parsons
Clarence Garner
Joe Hughes
Albert Hodges
Jesse Hoover
Gorman
Mr. Cole
de Leon
Charley Ormsby
Charley
Newt Hoover
Jack Hanson
W. W. Roch
Terrell
Tom Bone
Minnie Mobley
Mort Texas
Jim Thompson
Stamford
Clara Simmons
Jim Roch
Dallas
Norfolk
Navy
Bill Rackley
Bill
Protor
Hay
Lal
Walton
Heavenly Father
Nutritive value and handling of dried bean pods for feed
The dried bean pods contain 25 percent hard seeds rich in nutrients. Grinding is hard after pods dry due to stickiness from sugar, but grinding soon after harvest or with grain helps. Pods sweet, about 20 percent sugar, readily water soluble, digestible, but bulky and constipating unless mixed with alfalfa or other legume hays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm & Ranch
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted in 19th Century Ad
An advertisement claims a cure for catarrh, asserting internal action through blood and mucus surfaces. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo firm F J Chendy & Co and urges readers to obtain the remedy from local druggists with a $100 reward offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Nature
Bes Save Qckey
F J. Chendy & CO
Toledo
Ohio
All Druggtata
Mesquite Beans as Winter Feed Compared to Barley and Alfalfa
Luther Foster of the New Mexico station notes mesquite beans offer rich feed for winter storage. In 100 pounds pod and seed deliver 8.34 lb protein 54.02 lb carbohydrates and 2.4 lb fats versus barley 8.4 65.3 1.6 and alfalfa hay 10.5 40.5 .9. Relative feeding value ranks mesquite beans 67.78 barley 77.7 and alfalfa hay 53.2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Foster
New Mexico
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Rs. T. R. Helmsley
Ford Oberr
Hereford
Oscar Callaway
Delius
Louise
Elizabeth Ithier
Hamilton
Jumbus Callaway
Athens
Lucile Bruton
David and Thompson Bru
George Boyd
Mississippi
H. S. Clarke
Bryson
Nellie Eanes
Uth Hamilton
Stella Hicks
Sal, Neal
Eva Lee Bryson
Essrs
Chesley Coleman
Byron Rainger
Elmo Montgomery
Hary Durham
W. D. Lane
Bry Bryson
J. B. Chilton
Oberier
Eugene Neely
Oberthier
Mary Harris
New York
Dell Wilson
Mesdames Reese
Kas
Chilton
Montgomery
Neely
Williams
Tunnelling
Carpenter
Holt Cunningham
Witt
Houghgo
Anthony
Boyd
Times
Slack
Gallup
N. M
Floy
Ola Cunningim
Jennie Blue Tunnell
Dellson
Elibth Oberthier
Alma Neely
Esse
Alma Reese
Clara Moore
Lydia McCoy
Little Woman's Sewing Club
Adell Simmons
Dorothea McClannahan
el Bennett
Alice Brightman
Dia Brightman
Minerva Dunvham
Laura Harris
Katharine
Myra Kearby
Elizabeth Secur
Mexico
Thomas Dixon
Hamilton Drug Co
Reese & McCarty Jewelers
W. M. Reese Drug Co
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