Negro Unearths Jar of Gold Near Rusk
Emerson Polk a Black farmer near Rusk plowed up a glass jar containing coins said to total 925. Polk bought a motor car and left farming. Also notes first big rattlesnake kill near Camp Springs with 57 snakes shot by a party. Officers elected at Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ assn meeting in Fort Worth and 1984 San Antonio convention chosen. Longview banker W R Nicholson gifts Garland building to town as memorial to his mother and brother killed in a 1925 cyclone. Mineral Wells merchant J H Ezell dies in fall of wall at Travis school building.
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Emerson Polk
Rusk
Polk
Hood Ranch
Camp Springs
Will Nichols
Ben and Marion Hamilton
Gurley Carney
Fort Worth
Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
W. T. Coble
Amarillo
J. C. McGill
Alice
W. E. Connell
E. B. Spiller
San Antonio
W. R. Nicholson
Longview
Garland
First National Bank
M. A. Nicholson
S. E. Nicholson
J. H. Ezell
Travis
Texas syndicate leases Stratton Cripple Creek mines
One of the region’s largest mining deals closes as Stratton Cripple Creek Mining & Development properties are leased to a Dallas, Texas syndicate for ten years with a renewal option. Lessees pay 30 percent royalties on all gold bullion and a $25,000 cash bonus. option to purchase at $3,000,000 within the lease term.
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Pike's Peak
Stratton
Texas
H. H. Adams
J. M. Irwin
Clinton
Murchison
Walter
Reed
Dallas
Stratton Company
Dog Saves Two From Poisoning Fumes at Crane City Camp
During a heavy freeze that halted treated natural gas, a family in Crane City oil camps faced lethal fumes. A dog lunged at the door, opening it and flooding the house with fresh air, enabling Mrs Dutch Etheridge to survive with artificial respiration and sparing her four year old son from worse effects.
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Crane City
Dutch Etheridge
Etheridge
What a Difference Fifty Years Make
Long comparison of 1883 and 1938 lifestyles notes changes in women and men, work, fashion, and technology, then addresses malaria in Texas. It cites Dr. John W. Brown and outlines malaria causes, impact on deaths, lost productivity, and prevention and treatment steps.
Farm population trends and Texas game administration concerns
The United States farm population rose slightly in 1931 and early 1932, with 82 million recorded by year end 1932, while births surpassed deaths and rural migration shifted toward cities. Texas faces debate over dissolving the Game and Fish and Oyster Commission, with the American Game Association urging maintenance of the commission system for stable, nonpoliticized management. The article also advocates using oil and asphalt for highways to reduce costs and maintenance, arguing public funds favor economical, durable options over concrete.
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United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Texas
Game and Fish and Oyster Commission
Seth Gordon
American Game Association
Gordon
Mr. Gordon
Civil War Veterans Surviving Years After Lee Surrender
Washington reports 2,128,948 Union soldiers served in the Civil War with Believed Confederate totals between 800,000 and contested. Pension rolls show 27,672 Union veterans, while living Confederates may total at most 10,406. At 68 years since Lee's surrender, many veterans remain alive, with some likely to live several more years.
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Adjutant-Generals Office
Washington
Lee
DIES AT HOME IN SPRINGTOWN AT AGE 114
B L Shirley aged 114 died at his Springtown home eighteen miles north of Weatherford on Friday morning February 17. He served in the Union Army from Hamilton County Tennessee and was born Sequatchie Valley Tennessee. He moved to Texas in 1880 and lived in Parker County most of his life. He had five children born before the Civil War and is said by friends to be the oldest man in Texas. He rode horseback at age 90 and his third wife survived him.
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B. L
Black) Shirley
Springtown
Weatherford
J. Shirley
Texas
Hamilton County
Tennessee
Mr. Shirley
Sequatchie Valley
Parker County
Eaton couple marks 66th anniversary at lifelong home
Mr and Mrs Jimmie Eaton of Ladonia observed their sixty sixth wedding anniversary February 28 at the same house where they wed Mr Eaton is 88 and Mrs Eaton 84 An unusual note Mrs Eaton has lived in the present home eighty three years aside from about twenty months in California This item notes the long time in their home and the rarity of the milestone
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Jimmie Eaton
Ladonia
Mr. Eaton
Cow eats dynamite near Trenton quarry
Vernon Burleson, living west of Trenton, reported his cow ate half a stick of dynamite left near a rock quarry. A pasteboard box of dynamite and caps was unguarded. the cow approached, ate part of the dynamite, and left the caps mangled as proof. No injury occurred and the event is being documented for authenticity.
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Vernon Burleson
Trenton
Burleson
When Texas Was Legally Under Six Flags
A compact survey outlines Texas history from Spanish, French and Mexican rule to its eventual statehood. It highlights the six flags era, border dynamics, colonization motives, and the blend of peoples shaping Texas from early missions to the Republic and beyond.
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Texas
Six Flags
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Grolier Society
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la Salle
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