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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
4
The American advocates a tourist park project in a front page editorial, urging citizens to support the pro position and push the plan to reality. Local farmers endorsing the idea propose Saturday entertainments for visitors, including concerts, races, and stunts to draw crowds and boost business.
E Earllsbill Isbill of Hamlin was in Stamford to authorize The American to carry his name as candidate for county assessor. A native of Jones county born twenty years ago he has lived in the county all his life with farming and teaching experience. He has never held public office before and asks voters for support to be the best possible assessor.
Clarence C Rosamond of Stamford asks voters in the primary for Public Weights Precinct 2. He has twenty years in Stamford and fifteen in the cotton trade weighing sampling and grading. He pledges efficiency and satisfaction in the office and notes his long local reputation and trust by residents.
Ericksdahl church holds regular services every Sunday with Sunday School at 10 am and Swedish and English services. The congregation supports a large Sunday school, youth programs, and a thriving Lusher League with about one hundred members meeting monthly for devotional exercises and community events.
The period features a June 27 evening performance of Old District School by Willing Workers and Luther League at the school house. A fish fry follows a community fishing night on June 23. July 4 picnic, drills, songs, speeches by candidates, orchestra rehearsals, and a growing choir are planned, aided by Delco lights and a new cotton gin on Carl Ekdahl’s farm for the 1924 crop.
Rural column records a windy spell affecting feed but cotton outlook remains good. Local residents share visits among families including the Boldens, Nashs, Murals, Vaughts, Meadors, and Pustrovoskys. Updates include illnesses, recoveries, travels to Port Arthur, Texas, and Port Argour.
Plainview visitors Mr Scott and son Sterling stopped by the Fourqureans Sunday. Rev Baker of Weatherford preached here and plans to Floydada for gospel work. Stamford Sagerton crowds attended singing. Lowell Wofford broke an arm in a Saturday horse fall and is improving at the sanitarium. Brown Eyes notes good luck.
Rain is needed for maize as cotton chopping winds down. The community notes a bout of whooping cough, local visits by Lena Boedeker to Stamford, and Miss Boedeker taking a mane lesson from Mrs. Burrow. J P McIntyre of Capron was in town on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs E J Boedeker visited Kupot family near Lagerton. Candidates circulate cards while cats threshed west yielded sixty bushels per acre.
In Sunnyside, residents report milder weather and improved spirits but crave rain to protect cotton and feed. Grasshoppers persist in large numbers, leaving weed growth and cracked fields. some workers already idle, with fishing trips by Moser, Henry Osment, and others yielding decent luck.
Mrs. Henry Osment visited Stamford with Mrs. Jack Jones while her husband fished. Mr. E. D. Appling attended court in Anson. Mrs. Georgia Rivers, recently ill, recovers and hosts her sister Miss Johns of East Texas. Bonnie Walker moves closer to town for her son Ellis to attend summer school. Thelbert Ivy and family from Tuxedo visit Mrs. Ivy’s parents. Several families fish on the river for a weekend outing. Telephone work improves lines with new poles and insulators being installed. Local teachers Blanch and Corinne Noble return for another year. Mrs. Ed Shanafelt hosts Roy Gibson and kin from Guthrie. Rody Shanafelt attends Roby picnic and barbecue. All for this week.
The announcements list candidates for the July 26 1924 Democratic primary across offices including County Superintendent Miss Luella Hauk Public Weigher No 2 Mike Corley Roscoe Hood Henry McCauley Clarence C Rosamond Tax Assessor W H Griffith James A Davis Earl Isbill Commissioner No 2 H D White Sheriff T C Birdwell District Clerk Clay Brandel
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