Traveling with a Drummer Father and a Boyhood Train Ride
The narrator recalls growing up with a traveling salesman father who served as a drummer in the era before cars. They rode trains to visit towns, observed porters conductors and brakemen, and saw colorful 'news-butch' wares, including glass pistols and candy. The memory notes California fruits and juvenile counting of wheel clicks reaching up to 26 mph.
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California
Arkansaw
Texas
Finland
Youths Compete in Soap Box Derby and Train Memories
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a soap box derby down a grade and childhood train experiences. The narrative weaves in Christmas train rides, Gra ham Texas gunfire on New Year’s, and a drummer's hat check memory. It notes figures on horse and quarter horse associations and a legislative forgery incident, ending with local reunion details and a rental ad.
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Graham
Texas
Licenses Expire August 31 and Beaver Trapping Under Way
The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission warned that all licenses expire August 31 and 1941 42 licenses will be mailed to license deputies commercial fishermen and other buyers. Beaver trapping along the Llano River has begun as part of restocking efforts with six or seven field crews planned this fall and winter. A black jack rabbit was killed in Willacy County and a black cottontail found in Jack County as rare color variants noted in Texas wildlife reports.
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Austin
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Texas Game Department
Llano River
Llano
Texas
Eost
Mississippi
Kemper
J. G. Candi
Willacy County
Jack County
Comal County
Retired ornithologist Dr. Oberholser leaves service
Dr. Harry C. Oberholser internationally known for Texas birds retires from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service at 71 after Roosevelt extended his term to finish a two million word Birds of Texas work. He authored about 800 publications and identified over 650 bird forms. He often testified as an expert on migratory bird cases. A second item notes mowing machines harm nesting birds with flushing bars urged. Wisconsin studies show over 60 percent nest loss in observed plots.
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Harry C. Oberholser
Texas
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Oberholser
Roosevelt
Texas Game Department
Wisconsin
Also Mentioned on This Page
van Spinks
Alfred McKnight
Tort Worth
Thoroughbred Horse Association of Texas
Quarter Worse Camp Meeting Association of America
Robert J. Kleberg Jr
King Ranch
The
Thoroughbred Association
Quarter Horse Association
J. Goodwin Hall of
Fort Worth
America
Lometa
Schmidt
Enchanted Rock
Tllann County
Ben Schmidt
Ernst Schmidt
f_aughters
Wesley Schmidt
Oscar Schmidt
Allen Johnson
Velma Reese
Troom House
Joan Shark
Akron
Ohio
Traut-Baskin Butane Gas CO
J. M. Hardison Local
Llano, Texas
Kilts
Black Jack Rabbit
Gene Smith
M. C. Dakhau
General Insurance
Life Insurance
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Ereef Ake
Dodge
FRY Motor Company
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