Wedding Hop and Tense Odds in Allen Te Varied Round Up
Polly and Jack prepare to wed as Bud accuses former ally Diek’s circle while Slim Hoover’s posse closes in on the killer. Echo Allen arrives in wedding dress amid a tense gathering where trust, jealousy, and danger mix with frontier revelry and a hunt for the gunman.
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Allen Hacienda
Slim Hoover
McKee
Bud
Polly
Bad
Jack
Sage-brush
Terrill
Diek
Dick Lane
Jack Payson
Payson
Sam Terril
Kansas City
Pa Son
Terri
Allen
Tucson
Chicago
Eeho
Tortilla Mountains
Echo
Avery
Bud Lane
Cowboy Conduct at Social Gatherings Described
Observers note cowboys show outdoor life effects and training, speak slowly, sit upright, and display exaggerated chivalry toward women. At dances they pair quickly but leave partners to seek friends, with loud banter after. At meals they converse little with women, preferring to joke among themselves as ice slowly breaks.
Tepary beans grow in Texas and seek market
Dallas April 27. Tepary beans were grown in Texas and sold as small white navy beans. W C Barrickman of the Texas Industrial Congress cites several million pounds of Teparies awaiting a market. E A Peden, Federal Food Administrator for Texas, is pressing Hoover for a market, noting California white bean crop commandeered for the army and confusion by Dallas grocers who bought California stock. The Tepary is well suited to Texas soils and climate.
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Dallas
Texas
W. C. Barrickman
Texas Industrial Congress
E. A. Peden
Hoover
United States Army
California
Beans as a new crop urged for August planting
The article discusses Brown and Congress promoting beany crops suited for August 1 planting. It notes a large bean seed supply in the state and aims to find markets, urging a bean growers association to facilitate marketing. Grayson County reports high yields on sandy soil and suggests Tepary beans as viable when bollworm pressure affects cotton areas.
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Congress
Grayson
Texas Lattimore Bill Grants Women Prime Voting Rights
The Lattimore Bill grants Texas women who are citizens, 21 or older, and county residents one year the right to vote in state and local primaries. Women must register with the Tax Collector by July 12, with lists prepared by July 27. The law takes effect June 26, prompting a statewide drive to inform leading women and supporters.
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Lattimore
Texas
Scrap items bought by 48
A buyer purchases scrap iron rags sacks beeswax metals of all kinds empty wooden barrels in a transaction recorded as 48 units.
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Buck
Eeho Allen
Walter Pressier
Kolmeier & Klier Co
Ernst Schmidt & Son
F. W. Arbelger
Bam
Deering
J. H.C
Moline Universal
Primrose
J. J. Case Threshing Machine Co
Canton
Moline Goods
United States Food Administration
W.S.S
United States
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