Wild Hogs Found In Two Texas Counties Once Roamed State
Texans now recognize the Pec as a game animal with legal protection and a limited season from November 16 to January 1. The Pec, or javelina, weighs up to fifty pounds and its meat requires careful preparation. Wild hogs and peccaries spread across Southwest Texas, damaging property and challenging hunters, with historical notes from Attwater, Roosevelt, and early explorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Felty
San Antonio
P. Attwater
Attwater Prairie
Zavallanty
France
Theodore Roosevelt
Frio
Uvalde
Kentucky
Mauermann
Texases
Dera
Edwards
Real
Itt
Webb
LaSalle
Maverick
Medina
Jim Wells
Broks
Kleberg
Edy
Willacy
Cameron
Hi- 0
Zavalla
Zapata
Jim G
Mercer Gap Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Otis Holiday kept his monthly appointment here with both hours. Mrs. Curtis McKinzie and Miss Morine Bryson of Cozie visited the McKinzie home. Margarete Couch left Tuesday for Abilene to visit sister Mrs. Youngblood. C W Payne and Ira Fletcher’s home hosted a gathering with linton Payne and son Dulane on a Brownwood business trip. Freewill Club met Tuesday honoring Mrs. R C Brooks with a miscellaneous show quilting.
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Otis Holiday
Curtis McKinzie
Morine Bryson
Cowie
T. M. McKinzie
Margarete Couch
Tuestor Abilene
Youngblood
C. W. Payne
Ira Fletcher
Hary
Linton Payne
Dulane
Brown
R. C. Brooks
Willie Lois Mur
Velma Stark Hosts Waffle Supper for Friends
Velma Stark was hostess at a waffle supper held at her home. Four friends attended the gathering, including Cath Cunningham, Nancy Hol Odessa Edmondson, Olene, and the hostess. The group planned to attend a picture show afterward.
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Iss Velma Stark
Misses Cath- Cunningham
Nancy Hol- Odessa Edmondson
Olene
Neverins Ho As
Young
Star tires sold by Comanche shop owner
Clarence Biggs, proprietor of the Biggs Auto Farts and Service Station, closed a contract to sell Star tires in Comanche and has already received a shipment. He advertises plans to offer a full line of these nationally advertised tires and tubes.
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Clarence Biggs
Biggs Auto Farts and Service Station
Comanche
A Three Minute Sermon On Prayer
A brief sermon on prayer defines it as communion with God, guided by the Holy Spirit. It cites Moses, Jesus, and Gideon to illustrate intimate prayer and notes that sin, forgiveness, proper motive, and Christ’s name are essential to answered prayer.
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Moses
Heavenly Father
Gideon
Jezreel
Dr. Shauffler
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Christ
Local families visit kin across towns in Texas notes
Dallas resident Miss Myrle Robison and Mrs. J. T. Brown visit their mother Mrs. Josie Robison as other area families including the Scroggins Wallis Farrow Harrell Norton Brownlee Gilliam Bowden attend gatherings in Dublin De Leon Brownwood and Fort Worth. A line about a girl force house appears garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrle Robison
Dallas
J. T. Brown
Dublin
Josie Robison
Mack Scroggins
John Wallis
Fort Worth
C. M. Farrow
Douglas
Donald
W. E. Harrell
Tolar
de Leon
Mildred Norton
McCharen
Davenport
Josie Brownlee
Cecil Brownlee
Fort Worth Boxer Wins State Golden Gloves Title
Fort Worth champion Eagleton defeats opponent in finals of the middleweight division. Wilhelm from Stephenville district earns a three round decision to capture the State Golden Gloves title after winning his first four bouts easily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagleton
Fort Worth
Wilhelm
Stephenville
Political Calendar Outlined For 1940
The 1940 political year calendar lists dates for precinct and county conventions, state conventions, primary filings and ballots, campaign expense reports, absentee voting periods, and the general election. Key events include May 4 precinct conventions, May 28 state convention, June 3 last day for state office filings, July 27 first primary, August 24 second primary, November 5 general election, and December 16 presidential electors convening in Austin.
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Secretary of State
Ratod
County Executive Committee
State Executive Committee
Austin
State Democratic Convention
Texas
Chief and Semi-Weekly Farm News Offer
A historic pricing note advertises a combined subscription deal: Chief and Semi-Weekly Farm News available at one year for 1.50 dollars. The offer targets readers seeking agricultural reporting and local market updates from two papers in one package.
Get Your Tier Paper at Chief Office
A terse notice directs readers to obtain a tier paper at the Chief Office. Details on eligibility or service levels are not provided in the readable text.
Texas Soil Minded Shows County Agents Boost Conservation
County Agents report 1939 saw nearly 3 million Texas acres enter soil and water conservation for the first time, lifting 24 year total to 16 million protected acres. Authorities list 766,211 crop acres terraced and 1,254,699 cultivated, with 108,855 acres diverted by spreader domes on grasslands.
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Texas
Extension Service
M. R. Bentley
C. Hohn
State Extension Service
AAA
Local families host visits and healing in community
Bibb and C J Scott of Hot Springs New Mexico visited their son Pat Scott last week. Roy Johnson Grady Barrick and spouses spent Sunday with Pres Singham. Aletha Drennan returned home from Paris Tennessee after an automobile crash. The son and daughter of Mrs Pate remain at her bedside as she is seriously ill.
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C. J. Scott
Hot Springs
New Mexico
Pat Scott
Roy Johnson
Grady Barrick
Pressingham
Aletha Drennan
Paris
Tennessee
Pate
Burks Outlines C of C Plans For New Year
Hilton Burks secretary of the Comanche Chamber of Commerce outlines 1940 plans and calls for more funding publicity and local projects including a Market Place a Fair Ground a hotel a hospital and expanded fruit and berry cultivation to promote Comanche County. Uncle Jim Williams on the sick list and social visits noted.
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Burks
Hilton Burks
The
Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Comanche
Jim” Williams
Juanita and
Nelda Summers
Mary Francis Armstrong
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Velma Stark
Biggs
P. B. Fitzwater
D.D
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Morton’s
J. M. Gilliam
Monroe Gray
Gayle
Brownwood
M. T. Bowden
Bowden
Gilliam
R. D. Routh
George Lat Chie
Ottice
Aubrey
Oscar) Wilhelm
Andy
Texas Soil Minded
N. E. Scudder
Baby
de Leon Highway
A*p Food Stores
Ann Page Sparkle
Winesap
A&p Bread Giant Loaf
Sultana
Folger’s
Max
D.S
Bibb
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