Telephone Installer Wins Hero Award
Charles Rider of Guthrie Oklahoma, a telephone lineman, earned the Gold Vale Medal in a 1904 program for heroism shown during a train wreck. Despite a chronic illness and warnings against wind and dust, he braved fire and flood to aid others and restore lines. The award, part of the Theodore N. Vail Memorial Fund, honors his public service with the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.
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Boe
Charles Wtcha
Guthrin
Theodore
Guthrie
Tvor
Oklahoma
Tom City Lake
Cimarron Law
Mery
Siz O
Rider
Becaus
Acta
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
American Tet and Telegraph Company
Theodore N. Vail Memorial Fund
Em- United States
Scnshi
Belk” System
Myrtle Ethel Hadley
Bayder
Charles Nepelt Wolever
Bonfor Central Ofice-Man
Fittston
Bank Statement and Poem Fragment From 1925 Texas Paper
The page includes a bank declaration with names W. B. McRee and Frank Ruwwe as officers certifying a 1925 financial statement, plus a poem urging a boy to have a dog reflecting domestic verse and a note about a visit by Edgar A. Guest in Sid Antonio with relatives.
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W. BE. Meee
Frank 1
Ruwwe
Mwene
Trae
Twenty Two Ye Years Ago Items From March 3 1923 Headlight
Items copied from the Headlight issue of March 8 1903 review local happenings in Eagle Lake. Neat cottages built on Malin Street, Dr J K Davidson and others thanked for favors, the Davy Crockett night train boasting reclining chair cars, county veterans meeting details and moves to curb gambling. Various residents, visits, dances, and community notes appear along with poems and reflections on farming and family life.
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Irvin
McCarty Avenue
Roberts
Mable Natt
Westmoreland
Malin Street
Annie Phillips
Davy Crockett
Eagle Lake
Willie McFarland
Messrs. C. Tatters & Son
G. W. Denton
J. K. Davidson
Geo
Geo. 8. Zeigler
Dallas
Willie Dobbins
Mall
Southwestern Telephone Company
Q. Walker
Rowena
Tatty
Marty Crale
Rock Stand Fast
Mike Elit
Fragmentary Note Shows Halls Catarra Mid Issue
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a mid stage issue involving Halls Catarra and a stalled status. No clear names, dates, or places are readable, but the piece implies a local matter with uncertain outcomes.
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Houston
Pullman
J. Burger
IE Ue
American Lead Pencil Co
Fifth Ave
New York
G. W. Berry
Eldridge
J. Drustuta
Pulton
ARLES
Eagle Lake State Bank
State of Texas
Louna
Konda
Matite
State OF
Texas
County of
Colomile
W. FE. McReg
Frank
Cnahter
A.D
W. 8
Strickland
Tno Lee
SO. McCarty
H. Loy Johnson
Masaya
Tim
Mr. O. J.) Jennings
Sid Antonio
Suminy
Bey
Jonnie
Allen’ Conner
Misa Alan Harria
Weimar
Phursiay Nieht
Taines Newson
Tuck Snott
Famer Gorvton
Fedsing
D. Hy Conner
Mr. Pant Burger
Columbus
Simday
Bay City
Sherif Dick Tridge
Nlerman Deaton
Yaveling
G. W. Titelomo
Mika Teale Thilo
Ton Etorn
Beott Anderson Camp
Mattel Contyuirate
Sagit J. We
MeCarly
Bruces Tt
W. Davin
Phillipe
Th M. Johnson
J. A. Harepert
J. R. Alley
W. MM
Griffin
Alex Calliton
XB. Armatrong
Miny Allee Armatrong
Frasar
Opera House
T. J. Roberts
Fil R
Thin Thcket
W. R. Kinard
John Meyer
Ufe
Cotto
Hogg
Prily Mngethard
Whiconsin
Cnld
Willie
San Antonio
Fexas
Houston Street
Dr. Pierce
President Invalids
Buffalo
Brownsville
Alzea
Texas Qualified Druggists
Em Ontologists League
League
Beckman’s Drug Store
Texas Qualified Druggists’ League
Mesa
Farm and Ranch
H Magazine
Steel Eclipse
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