Texas Confederate Was Fighting Man
The article recalls Texas fighting men in the Civil War, from Lt. Dick Dowling at Sabine Pass to Hood and Lee, and Terry’s Texas Rangers. It notes Texans’ eagerness to fight, their skills, and notable units like Hood’s Brigade, Forrest’s Mounted Rangers, and the Clarksville company that became Co. D of Forrest’s Mounted Rangers. It highlights their actions from Fort Henry to Shiloh, and the enduring Texan identity in the Confederacy.
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Dick Dowling
Sabine Pass
Tom Green
Velverde
Green
San Jacinto
Dide
Hood
Lee
Taylor
Texas
Confederacy
Robert E. Lee
Europe
Terry
Texas Rangers
Hell
John Bell Hood
Kentucky
Eltham
York River
Virginia
Joseph Johnston
Ood
Bull Run
Chancellorsville
Chickamauga
Clarksville
Red River
N. C. Gould
Memphis
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Gould
Forrest
Mounted Rangers
Texas Cowboys
Ft. Henry
Cumberland River
Ohio
Canton
Hopkinsville
Green River
Greenville
Sacramento
Nashville
Ft. Donelson
Cumberland Prer
Albert Sidney Johnston
Mississippi
Corinth
Shiloh
Sherman
Army of the South
Texas Company
23Rd
Texas Cavalry
Trans-Mississippi
New Mexico
Galveston
Mansfield
Waxahachie
South
Blue Lustre Carpet Cleaner Claims Premium, Soap Free
Fine Cleaning of Good Carpets offers Blue Lustre a premium soap free cleaner for all carpeting including Orientals. It works with any applicator or long handle brush and leaves no soapy residue to resist rapid soiling. It brightens colors and leaves nap open and lofty. Half gallon for 3.39 dollars cleans three 9 by 12 rugs at 3288 Andrews Hi Way.
Retired Preacher Honored As Baptist Father Of Year
Grand Saline Texas AP retired Baptist preacher W W Parker to receive the Texas Baptist father of the year award for unselfish spirit and soul winning after 50 years as a pastor. He and his wife Emma marked 66th wedding anniversary last month. Parker led many to Christ and served 18 churches in Texas and Louisiana including a missionary post in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Saline
Tex
W. W. Parker
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Baptist Standard
Dallas
Parker
Main Street Baptist Church
Anderson Care Home
Wills ’Point
Terrell
Henry
Tommy Parker
Marie West
Ora Lee Misliviets
Fort Worth
Etta May Edwards
Cleborn Parker
Emma
Mr. Parker
Texas
Louisiana
National Debt Limit Boosted
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a five billion dollar increase in the national debt limit to 288 billion for the upcoming fiscal year starting July 1. The move follows the Kennedy administration request and faces likely passage in the House and action in the Senate, drawing Republican and Democratic criticism over spending.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
Senate
Congress
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Lawyers To Look At Loan Sharks
Atty. Gen. Will Wilson announced a June 22 meeting of county and district attorneys to discuss controlling loan sharks in Texas. Attendees include Abner McCall of Baylor University Harvey Davis of SMU Tom Reaviey of Austin Ted Hanse of the BBB Les Proctor of Travis County and Emer McVey head of the attorney general's finance law division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Will Wilson
Texas
Wilson
Abner McCall
Baylor University
Harvey Davis
Southern Methodist University
Tom Reaviey
Ted Hanse
Better Business Bureau
Houston
Les Proctor
Travis County
Burglars Hit Commission Cafe For 235 Cash
Des Moines police report a burglary at the Commission Cafe where $235 in cash was stolen from the scene along with the ice cream freezer. The incident occurred recently and is under investigation by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Yowa
Commission
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Guinevere
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Associated Press
Francis Lubbock
Edward Clark
Clark
Sam Houston
Zale
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GES
Kniffen Jewelry Company OF
Midland
Ada d
Kniffen Jewelers
Postoria Waffle Baker
Sunbeam
China
Proctor Toaster & Srorer
Diamond &Ing
Cavster
Tio
GENTS
Dolova
Hamilton Automatic
Lord Row
Ewe
Gruem Automatic
Polarch
Sky & Howell
Sth & Grant
Iceland
Panta
Andrews
Shoe Mart
Buster Browns
Crestwood Shopping Center
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