Local reminiscences and county life in Kimble County
An article recalls Aarne Coffey’s recollections of early west days in Kimble and Concho counties. It contrasts wagon travel to modern gasoline vehicles, mentions frontier hardships, post offices and doctors far away, and notes local social visits, rains, and agricultural prospects in Kimble County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Beck
Jude
S. Walton
Agnes
Rochester
Texas
Katherine Scharfoward Horn
Dick Weaver
Cummins
Rio Grande
R. J. Bownds
Kimble County
Japan
China
Roose
Hilter
Germany
Segovia School Students Write Prize Essay Bylines
A series of prize essays by Segovia grade school pupils appear weekly in the Eagle. The tale How a Butterfly Became a Sweet Pea follows a butterfly turned into a flower by a fairy godmother, then restored, with colorful scenes of gardens and queens, ending with a happy life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Segovia
Eagle
Queen's Yard
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promotes Gentle Bowel Relief
An old family doctor touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as safe for women and children to keep bowels moving. The remedy blends laxative herbs and pure pepsin and is sold in large bottles at drug stores. It claims wide female acceptance and ease of symptoms from constipation and biliousness.
Send Your Wool To The Sonora Wool And Mohair Company
Sonora Wool and Mohair Company offers warehousing at 1 2 cent per pound with fire proof storage and optional advances on mortgaged stock. Personal service promises separate sale of each clip with owner consent. Texas based contact W J Fields Jr warehouse manager. Sales committee listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sonora
Waking Up and Local Sentiments on War and Finance
Two years after WWI began England shopkeepers blame Belgium for war while Germans threaten. Three years of war mood pass and bankers begin to tighten credit for two weeks. Local voices criticize district attorneys and judge Lynch. Georgetown residents Chuckle Head Wilson host S M Barrow. Emmons and Dane relocate to Abilene after Emmons serves as West Texas Utilities manager.
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England
Belgium
Morse Jim
Maw
Jedge Lynch
Wilson
V. P. Emmons
Dickie Dane
Abilene
Mr. Emmons
West Texas Utilities
Whittle Family Visits Grandfather in Hackberry
Mr and Mrs Wilford Whittle and daughter Beatrice of Hackberry Texas visited their father and grandfather D T Whittle at Standifer Hospital on Saturday and Sunday They also visited Mrs Whittle and Miss Stella at the ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilford Whittle
Beatrice
Hackberry
Texas
D. T. Whittle
Standifer Hospital
Mrs. Whittle
Miss Stella
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Edger McLendon
L. A. McLendon
Campbell
Roquey Jobes
P. J. Dominguez
Kerrville
Doug Jobes
Rson
Eportison
Segovia School News
Naomi Wagner
John Guinn
Cleve Stephen
Walter G. Loeffler
Junction
Fritz Hotel
I. W. Myers
Ballinger
Mrs. B. W. Warren
Houston
Eagle Office
Mohair Company
Sonora —ii
W. J. Fields Jr
Mgr
Telephone No. 8
Ed C. Mayfield
Roy E. Aldwell
Fred T. Barwood
W. A. Miers
J. N. Ross
da. W. B. Calowentz’s
J. R. Smart
Cities Service Oil Company
Menard, Texas
Mos
Chuckle Head Wilson
Mrs. S. M. Barrow
Georgetown
Jobes Ranch
Schreiner-Hodges Co
W. P. Brand
Hill Country League
San Saba
Texaco
Llano
Keene
Brady
BURG
la Seen
Fame
San Saka Condom
Meson
Ot&r
Ltwme
San Gate
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