A Western Mystery Deepens with Scorbie and Waddell
In a rough frontier town, Scorbie advances on Buff Spooner and Bull Spooner as tensions flare. A dead man, Ace MacSwain, is found near the corrals after a late night confrontation, with Chris Waddell and Doc Stone investigating the brutal death and the gambling trouble surrounding Palace outings.
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Scorbie
Charley Urbine
Buff Spooner
Buff Spearer
Frank Searbng
Spooner
Chris Wadlell
Midas
Bull Spooner
Chris Waddell
Wim Reach
Waddell
Roach
MacSwain
Doc Stone
Hempstead Courthouse Records Detail Numerous Civil Dockets and Fines
Records from Hempstead Courthouse list multiple civil actions with judgments for sums ranging from $31 to $4115 plus costs. Dockets include dismissals, garnishees, and forfeit bonds for offenses such as drunkenness, assault and battery, speeding, and no signal lights. Several marriage licenses issued to couples in Arkansas and Texas are noted along with a general remark on a reading-area lighting tip.
Court Docket City Docker Wayne Cox Case Note
A docket item lists Wayne Cox in a fictitious state case, forfeiting a cash bond of $45.15. Larry Davis is mentioned in connection with a pass on a reevaluation or related matter.
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Birk Haynie
Max E. Potter
Wm. H. McLaren
A.C.C. Authority
Levi Bealing
W. P. Davis
Wayne Cox
Larry Davis
Inside Out Loo Fight Staged In Festive Recount
A fragmentary report notes a clash as roustabouts recall a spirited effort with a speaker promising more, hinting at a longer continuation. The passage remains incomplete with the line To Be Continued signaling further detail.
Houston Hosts Tennis Meet
Five of the world’s top 10 amateur players compete in the 27th River Oaks tournament in Houston starting Tuesday. A field of 64 players, mainly from the southwest, played 48 matches today to fill 16 spots opposite 16 exempt qualifiers. Neale Fraser and Bernard Bartzen head the field with three Australians among the top four seeds. Laver Emerson also among foreign stars.
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Houston
River Oaks
Southwast
Fraser
Rod Laver
Reg Emerson
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery Astonishing Cure
New York report describes a substance named Bio-Dyne, used as Preparation H, claimed to shrink hemorrhoids, stop itching, and relieve pain without surgery. Patients reportedly show reduction and many say piles are no longer a problem as the discovery comes from a world famous institute.
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New York, N. Y
Electric eels rival in waters across Atlantic and Pacific
Report notes at least fifteen varieties of electric fishes inhabit Atlantic and Pacific waters. Researchers compare their ability to send a current through metal harpoons and shafts to the shock capabilities of electric eels charging a wet fishline.
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L. P. Holmes
Buff
Butt Spooner
Midas Hill
Bull
Frank Scorbie
Fuink Scorbie
Charley
Urbine
Crescent Drug Store
Penney
Penney's
Penney’s
X48
Hempstead
Chancery
Fred Ellis
Greening Ins. Co
Denman Black
Time Life Ins
James W. Branch
B. W. Exwarda For Benefit of Hempstead Co
A. G. Garrett
Okla. Tire & Supply Co
Bart
Cox Jr
Law
Rence Alkingon
Quentin Hurtgen
Little Rock
Linda Rowe
Hope
Jerry Cobb
Hope Dwanna
Terry Hope
Benny Davis
Scagoville
Texas
Nancy McWhorter
Seagoville
James Swayze
E. C. Allsup
T. ©. Hocnett
Robert
Carlton
Aaroty Smith
Fred Perr
Carl Cornelius
Robert GL. Bennett
Frankie Brown
Frank Garland
Chester Spearman
Lloyd Bright
G. J. Mitchell
R. C. Reed
Jerry R. Cobb
Elbert Williams
Robert I. Ben- Inez
Haradel Warren
Marie Allison
Wallaes Johnson
Greene's. Gro. & Market
Aaron Smith
Hope Brick Works
Perry's
Barney Gaines
Eugene O'Steen
Carl Thornton
Bil Dillon
AAA
Ilors
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