Glen Rose Texas Lore and Fort Worth Fat Stock Show
A travel note recalls Glen Rose between Cleburne and Fort Worth with red buds and hills. It mentions Jack Bridges and Palominos on the courthouse lawn, a dinosaur exhibit, and the legend of John Wilkes Booth. Also notes the Welcome Stranger gold nugget and the fat stock show in Fort Worth in January.
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Texas
Cleburne
Glen Rose
Jack Bridges
Courthouse
John Wilkes Booth
Encyclopaedia
Fort Worth
Draftee Misreads KP Duty During Service Era
A draftee assigned to kitchen patrol joked that KP stood for Keep Peeling while reflecting on his wartime duties. The musing contrasts routine labor with the odd, dreamlike analogy of a saw cutting a log as a sleeping figure resembles a song at times.
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K.P
Peanut Outlook For 1947 Crop Futures Face Acreage Debate
The Southwestern Peanut Growers Association reports no acreage control for 1947 and a 90 percent of parity support price. It urges growers to consider future acreage, possible controls, and a Galveston meeting in May to discuss 1948 plans. The piece reviews historical prices and rising Southwest peanut acreage.
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Southwestern Peanut Growers Association of
Southwestern Peanut Growers’ Association
Southwest
U.S.C.A. Crop Reporting Board
Galveston
Southwestern Peanut Growers Association
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Mohon’s
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