Wastland Echoes Early Oil Boom and Tall Tales of 1921
A traveler arrives in Wastland in July 1921, checks into the Stanley Hotel, and learns the Daily Oil Belt office is a dry hole. The town, recently booming then spent, recovers as Lake Idastland, Martin, and Moneer oil pools are found nearby. Local figure Bam Kneley recalls a stage play, and sports chatter shifts from aviation to boxing as Tunney and Dempsesy rivalry looms amid theater and cafe scenes.
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Sunshine Special
Stanley
Daily Oil Belt
Wastland
Eastland County Reminiscences and Local Characters
A nostalgic sketch recalls Eastland County memories including a Paris Texas joke, a journalist sending coverage from Philadelphia, a former murder acquittal borrower with a bull yearling as security, a rural cemetery rumor of midnight organ music, and a Mexican tamale peddler who recites a patriotic poem on Cinco de Mayo before resuming his daily rounds.
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Eastland County
W. J. Parnés
Fastland
Mexico
Init
Texas
Cinco de Mayo
U S Tire Makes First With Synthetic Rubber Ameripol
New York reports the Goodrich Company has begun manufacture of the first passenger car tire using a synthetic rubber named ameripol. John L. Collyer announced a plant with several tons daily capacity will be ready in the fall. The rubber is derived from petroleum and natural gas processes, promising to cut national natural rubber consumption by replacing 50 to 100 percent in tire treads and side walls.
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New Y York
RB. F. Goodrich Company
John L. Collyer
Collyer
Waldo L. Semon
Lemon
United States
Goldrich
America
Ameripol
Goodrich
Why America Has a Farm Problem
A historical note explains shifts from horse to mechanical power post World War I reducing demand for corn, cats, and hay. Gasoline driven efficiency shrank the feed market from about 361 million acres used for workstock and freed land for other crops.
AAA program to play vital role in national defense
College Station reports that the AAA farm program, designed for peacetime conservation, strengthens national defense by boosting farm land and range productivity. National AAA administrator R M Evans cites conservation gains and the range rebuild as key to future abundance, with ranchmen, consumers, and businesses benefiting from stable prices and sustained rural livelihoods. Grover B Hill notes beef importance over bullets and praises ranchmen for cooperative program development.
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College Station
AAA
Waagon
R. M. Evans
San Angelo
United States
Bryans
Grover B. Hill
Midland
Lampasas County Population Increases Over Decade
A preliminary Lampasas County report by H. J. Jackson shows population for April 1, 1940 at 9,257, up from 8,677 in 1930, with 1,092 farms, down from 1,185 in 1936 and 1,212 in 1930. The city of Lampasas grew to 8,428 from 2,709, leaving rural Lampasas County down 164, and Lometa posting a small gain while rural areas overall lost about 175. For sale piano small studio model in this vicinity. Write or see J. C. Ernst Fredericksburg Texas.
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H. J. Jackson
Coleman
Lampasas
Lometa
J. C. Ernst
Fredericksburg
Texas
Community notices and personal ads from local paper
A miscellany of social notes reads like a town column listing condolences messages jobs and housing. Items include be reavement thanks from the Hoy family a chiropractic home coming in San Antonio and inquiries for cleaning nursing help and rental housing.
Advertising Man Urges Local Merchants to Advertise
A Depot Times opinion piece argues merchants should invest a small share of profits in hometown advertising. It compares advertising to manure for crops and warns against schemes that lure customers away. The author claims town growth, church attendance, and school support depend on local ads and fair prices.
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Depot Times
Oil may intrude on UT land in Andrews County
Land valued at 294000 acres owned by the University of Texas faces possible loss of agricultural production as oil development proceeds after recent discovery on its 2,000,000 acre endowment. Local visitors from Rotan and Llano noted area activity while a local sale advertises a five burner kerosene range and an outboard motor.
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University of Texas
Andrews County
Willard Johanson
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Bam Kneley
Eastland
St. Lawis
Seavey
Krepley Hidal
Lindberg
Advast Vers
OH Belt
Empty
Jack Dempsesy
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Knepley
Antes
Theatre
Donald Barry
Ghost Valley Raiders
Charlie Chan
Panama
Fred) MacMurray and
Madeleine Carroll
Bali
Blue Barron
Pete Smith
John Wayne
Claire Trevor
Roy Rogers
Walter Pidgeon
George
Windy) Hayes
Ing
F Palace of Sweets Corner
Salvation Army
Paris
France
Jon Boyton
Lamar County Echo
Yea
C. 8. Boyles, Jr
Lufkin Daily News
Clayte Binion
Philadelphia
Cisco
U.S
First Tire
Lampasas County
Monty Hoy
Martin Hoy
Coaster
Mrs. Schrank
San Antonio
Pluma Denson
Milton Wiley
Currie Ballou
Liane
N. R. Porter
Callie Ellidge
Guy L.ament
J. C. Jones
Lockhart
Methodist Worint's Missionary Society
Dhes
Bisheap
Talidwin
Harris
M. D. Buster
J. H. McLean
S. V. Oatman
Frank Keyser
Wilbur C. Treadwell
John B. Stribling
John, Jr
Rotan
Llano
Granthaum
Llane
van Spinks
KTSA
Mors
Sandwich
Hasse Bros
Kellogg
Gebhardt
Alleweet
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