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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
6
Jwers ons personals note several local moves and visits including Morris going to Belo for a Layne-Yates post and Smith visiting Sweetwater. Meers in health trouble returns from Waco. Edwards and daughter Aux Vee return from Ft Worth. 1500 bushels of Pedigreed Cottonseed sold at 1.00 per bushel. 2000 bushels offered at same price. Hassen Dry Goods man in Haskell. Barker Colbert shows off a new Cadillac in Stamford.
Harlan, president of the First State Bank, and W. B. Tayman of Lc Connell and Tayman firm returned swiftly from a trip to Galveston and reported heavy drought effects in South Texas with no rain beyond Dallas.
Mr and Mrs J M Patillo and Mrs Gladney Kerr of Ter Am Texas left Thursday morning after a short visit with daughter Mrs S B Tadlock and Sun Pr
An Overland Motor Company feature extols a Willys Knight Coupe as the sweetest car yet offered. The copy promises a complete job down to minute details and praises its finish and appeal.
Mesers and mesdames J C King and J L Wilemon visited Seenford on Sunday to greet relatives and old friends. J L Wilemon was seen around town again Tuesday, having purchased a residence and planning a new home construction soon.
FH Henson, manager of the Red War Stage Lines, placed a schedule card in the paper. The company runs trips in a new Maxwell car with hours timed to connect with other stage lines.
Henry Andrews, attorney, traveled to San Antonio on Sunday to visit his father, Judge W. P. Andrews. He reports the judge in fine health and improving weight, adding no Stamford man is held in higher esteem or loved more universally. The judge expects to return home in two or three weeks.
Allie Jackson comes back from Angelo with her tagger Miss Gladys Barnes who stays there for a week. Gladys Barnes remains among our own girls and hopes to return soon. If not for failing health she would be among the seniors graduating in May.
EFrea Cox from Districts C and E arrives from Ham for a brief stay. Cox praises G. L. Murphy as a lively booster and valuable asset to Stamford's territory. J. Cope, Stamford manager, and P. P. Sheppard, Western manager, cooperate with the visit, noting the company attracts many genuine fellows.
Local seed sale notices list 1500 bushels at 1 per bit and 2000 bushels at the same price. Seed reportedly grown in Haskell County. Seed offered by SfAMFO Cotton Oil Mill.
J. D. Shackelford of the First National Bank traded a Dodge for an older vehicle, failed to gain speed, sold the car, and now drives a new Chrysler from Hedberg Garage. He vows to outrun speed cops, declaring an open season on them.
The American Prize Story Writing Contest awarded cash prizes of 2.50, 1.50, and 1.00 for top HS history class stories supervised by Prof. Knight. Winners are published with their stories. non-winning entries will appear later.
A Stamford school year recounts the rise of L A Wooldridge and Miss Lula Buckley guiding seventh graders through early moves in arithmetic grammar history civics spelling and reading. It notes valedictorian Verlyne Thompson and class transitions into high school with colors rose and silver and the motto On for the op.
The piece recalls the 1920s senior class led by Mr. Wooldridge and Harry Bounds, noting their unity, productions like Come Out of the Kitchen and His Inheritance, a Baby Grand piano gift, and plans to publish the Senior Annual while praising the class's spirited Senior motto On to the Top. It also recounts a pursuit of a gold rush era grave mystery near Big Spring with legends of treasure, a mysterious light, and an open grave whose bones spurred town discussions.
Big Spring Texas grows from a tented settlement to a town of about four thousand five hundred. Located in Sulphur Draw the town rests near the northern and southern foothills. The story notes the Colorado river bed geology and the Colorado Desert route debate for gold seekers in 1848.
A synopsis of ranch life contrasts past and present in Texas with notes on open range, branding, roundups, and barbed wire. It describes cowboys attire, songs, dances, and the shift from long drives to rail and fenced pastures, highlighting Longhorns, Herefords, and famed Texas ranches near Stamford.
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