Hill Country Keeps Old Spanish Trails Route
Word reaches that the Old Spanish Trails Route is saved for West Texas Hill Country with approval from the United States Highway Association. Route runs from San Antonio through Boerne Kerrville Junction Sonora Ozona Fort Stockton to Van Horn and extends from St Augustine Florida to San Diego California. Construction from Sonora to Kimble County line to open January 1 1927 will complete a premier cross state segment.
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West Texas
United States Highway Association
San Antonio
Boerne
Kerrville
Junction
Sonora
Ozona
Fort Stockton
van Horn
United States
St. Augustine
Fla
San Diego
Cal
Kimble
Sutton
Crockett County
Sutton County
PARENT TEACHERS TO MEET NOVEMBER 4TH
The Parent Teachers Association will meet Thursday at 3 30 in the school auditorium for a regular business session. A Fire Prevention program is planned with student performances and lectures by local figures and utility representatives. Also noted are travel updates for Mrs Wy it Mrs A Woeffler and John R Martin scheduling business trips across several Texas towns.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
Scottlands
Lois Hawkins
Edward A. Guest
Mae
Splendid Report on Junction School
Professor J J Brown State Supervisor of Vocational Agriculture spent a week in Junction. He praised the school under Mr Ross Brison, commending the school board for cooperation with the State Department of Education. He forecasts Junction will have its best school year yet with fine building, equipment, and a strong corps of teachers.
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J. J. Brown
Junction
Ross Brison
Brown
Brison
Jack Riddle Dies in Stanton Texas
Jack Riddle, long known in the county, died recently at Stanton Texas and was buried there. Born in Kentucky in 1834, he moved to Texas at age ten with his parents who settled in Titus County. He served seven years as a Texas Ranger and was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. Funeral services were conducted by the Masonic Order and Rev. Sailors of Stanton Baptist Church. The Parent-Teachers Association program for this afternoon is postponed to the first Thursday in November out of respect for Mr F E Garrett whose wife died yesterday.
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Jack Riddle
Stanton
Texas
Kentucky
Titus County
Texas Ranger
Masonic Order
Sailors
Baptist
Parent - Teachers’ Association
F. E. Garrett
Local Miller dies. Junction theatre upgrades shown
An old settler of Kimble County John Alexander Miller died last Sunday in Junction after a long illness. He was born February 15 1848 in Mississippi and moved to Texas in 1870, with nine children at his side. Funeral held October 25 at Junction Cemetery. The Junction Theatre under E G Lockley installed a new projection system this week, promising clearer pictures and a three program weekly schedule starting November 2. Also visiting were Rev J I Rea and associates en route to the San Angelo Methodist District Conference.
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Kimble County
O’coek
Alexander Miller
Mississippi
Junction
Miller
Texas
Guadalupe County
Seruin
Kimb' County
Johnson Fork
William Miller
Uvalde
Alfred and
Leander
London
Larkin
J. L. Wright
P. T. Hodges
Due Jobes
Maggie Jobes
Zora Burt
Selby Jobes
Bill and
Nettie Wright
Howard - Payne College
Brownwood
W. W. Parker
Noxville
Jack Sykes
Sonora
Felton Wright
Ballinger
Junction Cemetery
E. G. Lockley
Dallas
Junction Theatre
Knight
Lock
J. I. Rea
Kenedy
L. M. Ratcliff
Mr. Meyer
Beeville
Rev. Rea
J. Virgil Davis
Ratcliff
Ada Dockery
San Angelo
Sutton County Mohair Brings Top Prices
The Sutton County pool comprising 175000 pounds of mohair sold to J M Lea of San Angelo for the season's top price. Kid hair brought 78 cents and old hair 65 cents. funds deposited to growers' credit at First National Bank in Sonora. The pool aggregates many goat men pooling clips. largest shipment under 5900 pounds.
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Sutton County
J. M. Lea
San Angelo
Draper & Co
Boston
First National Bank
Sonora
Rainfall to date shows above average levels this year
Official weather figure by Mr. E. Holekamp records total rainfall of 26.07 inches to date, slightly above the 23 inch average with two months left. Monthly amounts include January 2.90, March 4.48, April 2.72, May 3.24, June 4.51, July 1.32, August 1.80, September 0.43, October 5.17. A near term drought relief raises confidence in good conditions before the season ends.
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E. Holekamp
Subscriptions Updated as Local News and Moves Mentioned
Mr. Huffman renews subscriptions for himself and daughter Lela, a San Antonio film company stenographer, praising Draughon Business College. The Eagle notes the death of Mrs. Garrett in Austin and Cravens’ plans to move back to function. Mrs. Stevenson heads to San Antonio and Houston for Eastern Star events before visiting Nacogdoches.
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A. W.oeffler
Houston
Order of Eastern Star
M. Huffman
Lela
San Antonio
Famous Players-Lasky Film Corporation
Draughon Business College of
Eagle
F. S. Garrett
Austin
Craven
Cecil
Lee
Wiggley
C. R. Stevenson
The
French Murphy
Nacogdoches
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Hill Country
Otto Herrmann
T. M. Hodges, Jr
Los Angeles
California
John R. Martin
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Alpine and
Sanderson
Junction School
John Alexander Miller
Flossie Blardone
A. B. Chapm
Jimar'y
Quariv Autocadge
Son Hodges
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