West Texas influx reshapes U S settlement in 1920s
Fort Worth Star Telegram reports West Texas will gain about 300 new families daily, or roughly 900 people, with rail and automobile migrants moving into Panhandle and South Plains lands. The piece cites the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and Santa Fe railway figures, and forecasts population and economic growth for Fort Worth and regional cities.
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Fort Worth
Kingsley
Texas
Manitoba
New England
Louisiana
West Texas
Santa Fe
Plains
Panhane
South Plains
Homer D. Wade
Wade
Yesteryear
And
Wisconsin
California
Vermont
Iowa
Morgia
West
W. L. Ellwood
Lubbock
Swensons
Yellowhouse
Amarillo
Lubbo
Plainview
Spur
Crosbyton
Stamford
Tulsa
Lamesa
Tahota
Slaton
Seymour
Denver
Pacific
Ives
Peter A. Lazarnick
Winnipeg
Texas U D C to Meet in Austin on Jan 2
The executive board of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Texas Division will convene in Austin January 2 led by Fort Worth president Mrs E W Bounds. She said the group plans to mark every Confederate grave in Texas and noted a contract for a memorial stone in Courtland Virginia for Hoods Brigade dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas U. D. C
Austin
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Texas
E. W. Bounds
Fort Worth
Bounds
Courtland
Hood
Heredity Belief in Youth Turns into Disillusion
A literary remark notes that many men cling to heredity as fact until their sons and daughters behave in ways that reveal folly and folly in youth, challenging long held assumptions about inherited traits.
Navy Rushing Shenandoah Repairs For Pole Flight
The Shenandoah dirigible at Lakehurst undergoes rapid repairs for a planned summer flight to the North Pole. Navy leaders and Congress discuss the mission as a test after surviving an eight hour gale and $80 000 to $100 000 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas Wilson
Lakehurst
N. J
U. S. Navy
North Pole
Congress
Atlantic Seaboard
Charles P. Burgess
Aeronautical Bureau
Shenandoah
Secretary of Navy
Denby
Shemahdoah
French
Idaho
House
Subcommittee On
Naval Affairs
Navy
United States
Pole
Greenland
Point Barrow
Alaska
Polar
Katie Tinnin Weds Beagle in Arizona Ceremony
Friends announce the marriage of Miss Katie Tinnin to Mr. Beagle in Arizona. Miss Tinnin is the daughter of C. M. Tinnin a stockman well known locally and the family lived at Toyah for years as noted by the Van Horn Advocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Tinnin
Mr. Beagle
Arizona
van Horn
Miss Tinnin
C. M. Tinnin
Toyah
Fast Thinking Boy and Girl Exchange Leap Year Lament
Dialogue shows a fast thinking boy and girl debating love across months. She questions February versus August and he explains February has 29 days during leap year, while August has 30.
Sheriff Sale of Real Estate in Reeves County Texas
The State of Texas Reeves County sheriff announces a sale of land in Reeves County to satisfy judgments against O J Green and Mrs Mary Bridges Green and against R C Warn and R E Warn. The parcels include 100 acres in Section 18, Block 3 H G N RR survey and 42 acres in Sub-Blocks 84 85 86 91 92 93 94 95 in Section 37 Block 13 H G N RR survey. Sale at the Reeves County Courthouse Pecos City on Feb 5 1924 between 10 AM and 4 PM for cash. Publication to run three consecutive weeks in Pecos Rio. B Kiser Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
County of
Reeves
District Court
Reeves County
Texas
O. J. Green
Mary Bridges Green
Robert Norris
E. J. Norris
Webster Brothers Company
Dublin Mill Company
B. Kiser
H. & G. N. RR. Company
Pecos River
Venna Simmons
E. E. Simmons
R. C. Warn
R. E. Warn
Lee Monroe
S. M. Daniel
W. S. Marshall
Wenna Lee Simmons
Towit
Pecos
Public sale of real estate in Reeves County Texas
On Tuesday in February 1924 at the Reeves County Court House Pecos Texas the sheriff will sell the defendants O J Green and Mrs Mary Bridges Green property at public auction for cash between 10 AM and 4 PM by virtue of levy and Order of Sale. The notice appears in the Pecos Enterprise. E B Kiser Sheriff Reeves County Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Reeves County
Pecos
Texas
O. J. Green
Mary Bridges Green
Levy
Pecos Enterprise
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America
Yellowhouse Land Company
J. P. White
George W. Littlefield
Lamb
Hockley
Capitol
Will
Admiral Peary
Spitzbergen
North Magnetic Pole
Time County
Tsewe
E. B. Kiser
Scok & Bowne
Bloomfield NJ
Tutt’s
Sepals
Dr. Bell
Toliver’s Dry Goods
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