Old Time Fort Griffin Rider Hyatt Dies in Midland
Captain John S. Hyatt, famed Wells Fargo pony express rider and frontier figure born 1839 in North Carolina, died at 84 in Midland Texas. Funeral held with Rev W S Garnett officiating. Hyatt served in the Sixty fifth Georgia Regiment, rode mail to Fort Belknap and Fort Griffin, later clerk of Erath County, and moved to Midland 14 years ago.
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Midland
Texas
John S. Hyatt
Pony Express
W. S. Garnett
The
Baptist Church
Captain Hyatt
Asheville
N. C
Gilmer County
Loving Ranch
Weatherford
Fort Belknap
Fort Griffin
Georgia
Crack
Sixty-fifth Regiment
Atlanta
Jefferson
Meridan
Erath County
What a Letter Can Do
A brief exploration of letter shifts showing how each letter alters words and meanings. The piece lists transformations from B through Y with examples like bear to beard, crow to crowd, pearl from pear, linen from line, crown from crow, plumber from lumber, and more curious changes. It cites phrases and endnotes.
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N. Y
Throckmorton Hopes For Fort Worth Plains Railroad
Throckmorton residents, per the Throckmorton Herald, await a Fort Worth to Plains line that would link Stamford to Fort Worth via Throckmorton as part of a broader plan. The Stamford & Eastern project, surveyed in 1917, aimed to run from Fort Worth to Stamford Eliasville Mineral Wells Azle and back toward Childress, with right of way and terminals sought in Fort Worth.
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Throckmorton
Throckmorton Herald
Eliasville
Fort Worth
Plains
Stamford & Eastern
Stamford
Stamford & Northwestern
Santa Fe
Upper Plains
Childress
Mineral Wells
Azel
Stamford & Eastern Railroad
Throckmorton County
Dear Doc Swag Answers Health Rule Question
Dear Doc Swag invites readers to pose health rule questions. Sleepless Sarah asks if a young lady should go to bed before 10. Doc Swag replies with cautious guidance about room conditions and timing, suggesting waiting until others leave the room.
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Doc
Sarah
Texas House Joint Resolution Proposes State Highway System
House Joint Resolution No 16 proposes adding Section 9a to Article 8 of the Texas Constitution to create a State controlled highway system funded by specific excise and ad valorem taxes, with counties compensated for certain improvements and an election set for July 1923 to ratify or reject. It requires a $5000 appropriation for proclamation and election costs.
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State of
Texas
Signers of the Declaration of Independence facts
A Scottish Rite News item lists 56 signers with roles: 26 lawyers, 8 mechanics, 6 physicians, 2 soldiers, 2 statesmen, and single signers in each of these trades. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest at 70, Edward Rutledge the youngest at 26, and Charles Carroll the last survivor died November 14, 1832 at 95.
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Benjamin Franklin
Edward Rutledge
Charles Carrol
Scottish Rite News
Constable's Sale in Graham Texas Under Judgment
Constable J D Dawson of Young county will sell on the first Tuesday in July 1923 at the Graham courthouse to satisfy a 1397.00 judgment in favor of J F Raley against C C Triplett and Joe Darnell. Property is east 12 of lot 11 and all of lot 12, block 2, Corbett addition, Graham. Proceeds to satisfy the judgment and costs.
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District Court of
Young County
J. F. Raley
C. C. Triplett
Joe Darnell
Corbett
Graham
Texas
J. D. Dawson
Phillips Petroleum Company seeks water permit in Brazos river
Notice warns of filing by Phillips Petroleum Company Bartlesville Okla for a permit to appropriate up to fifty acre feet annually from the Brazos river in Young county Texas for mining and manufacturing via a pumping plant to be located near the Humphreys survey south east of Graham hearing set for July 30 1923 in Austin to determine the application and allow responses by interested parties. Public citation follows for a separate suit in Young County involving Employes Lumber Co against Travers and Lewis with multiple named defendants over an oil lease lien and potential receiver appointment.
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Phillips Petroleum Company
Bartlesville
Okla
Board of Water Engineers
Texas
Brazos River
Young County
P. J. Humphreys
Graham
Fairbanks-Morse
H. P. Fairbanks-Morse
State of
Austin
A. D
MO. A. Norris, Co
Clark
A. H. Dunlap
A. W. McDonald
Ernest Hecht
George E. Tangeman
Louis Eichmeyer
George Tanck
George H. Thiessen
George Gulstoff
Edward C. Mussman
George H. Poole
Anna Pool
John H. Schenck
Licia E. Schenck
Dorothy Fowler Heald
Nicholas J. Kollins
John H. Brockman
L. C. Hatch
Milo G. Vorishek
Chas. C. Phillips
John Powell
Milo F. Novak
Wm. A. Reynolds
S. D. Graff
Lena Tangerman
W. Wright
Adolph Provok
Walter H. Moorse
Clara H. Moorse
W. Novak
Earl N. Boyd
Harry H. Stinger
T. Glenn White
Mary E. White
Ralph D. Hunting
George Kristensen
Kayle
92Nd Judicial District
Judicial District
District Court
Employes Lumber Co
Travers and Lewis
George H. Pool
Travers
Lewis
Wm. Johnson
C. C. Triplett
Gra
City to Improve Public Square in Graham Texas
Notice of planned improvements to the public square between Oak and Elm streets in Graham Texas. The project includes raising grading filling concrete curbs gutters brick paving on concrete, with assessments as liens on abutting property. Public hearing June 28 1923 at 8 30 p m in City Hall Council Chamber.
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8Th
4Th Streets
Oak
Oak Street
Elm Street
8Th Street
4Th Street
Elm
Public Square
3Rd Street
4Th
8Rd Street
Council Chamber
Graham
Texas
Board of Aldermen
Spencer vs Good Auction Notice for Trailers Sale
In Young County Texas a 2 1 2 ton Spencer trailer No 410 with bolster standard stakes king pin hitch pin will be sold at Graham Court House door on June 26 1923 to satisfy a $166 03 judgment and costs in J H Spencer v W W Good by order of the Justice Court Precinct 1. The notice is dated May 14 1923.
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State of Texas
Young
Justice Court of
Young County
Justice of the Peace
J. H. Spencer
W. W. Good
Court House
Graham
Breckenridge Officers Raid Ivan Hotel Seize Liquor
In a raid on an Ivan hotel last Sunday Breckenridge officers confiscated five gallons of whiskey four quarts of gin and a quantity of choe beer One arrest was made according to the Breckenridge American.
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Ivan
Breckenridge
Breckenridge American
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Fort Griffin Express
Tutt’s
Roy
Goodyear
Gooiers Ys
Pqpanen
Moody Bros
LeSage Motor
Texas Motor Co
South Bend Motor Co
South Bend
M. D. Brown Elmer Graham Brown & Graham Lawyers
First National Bank
Graham, Texas
W. W. Price
Smith & Smiley
G. Drummond Hunt
American Exchange Bank Bldg
Dallas, Texas
R. F. Arnold
Fred T. Arnold
Arnold & Arnold Attorneys-At-Law
Mist Nat'l Bank
McFarlane & McFarlane Lawyers
Tidwell Building
Young County Abstract Company
Arnold & Kay
Johnson & Johnson Lawyers
West Side Square
R.E. Erwin
W. J. Hodson
Northwest Corner
Tidwell Bldg
W. A. Morris
Graham National Bank
L. A. Kayser
Caldwell & Fowler General Insurance
East Side Square
Constable’s Sale
Ham
Willie Riggs
Golda Barnett
Aste
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