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Newspaper
The Randall County News
Location
Canyon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
4
Train schedule notes local freight and passenger movements for the Plainview branch. Mainline trains 37 and 35 operate, with times listed for arrivals and departures. no Sunday service for those freights.
A call for local cooperation stressing that business success hinges on the prosperity of the entire community. It argues prosperity follows collective effort, mutual support, and seizing opportunities to help towns thrive.
The Randall County News bids readers a Merry Christmas and farewell to 1905. The note praises the year’s great crop harvest and general health, urges forgetting negatives, and looks forward to family gatherings and avoiding political upheaval for four more years.
The editor reflects on 1908 and looks ahead to 1909 with hope for prosperity peace and happiness. He notes how life hinges on our choices and wishes readers a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year with joy and generous personal balance sheet.
The editors respond to harsh comments about the Christmas number asserting fourteen pages of local content for Canyon City and Randall County. They say they aimed to serve local readers with strictly local matters and renew commitment to high standards.
The speaker asserts nationwide confidence in the county as a farming district and predicts its rise as the state’s banner county with more farmers. The tone emphasizes prosperity and growth in agriculture.
A reader asked the editor on the street to make the paper smaller or page numbered so he could know when he finished. He complained the issue is so large that by the end he forgets what was on the first page.
Canyon City readers are invited to greet a trainload of twenty one cars carrying household goods from Nebraska arriving in January. A festive reception is planned with enthusiasm noted and crowds urged to turn out.
Citizens aim for a hopeful start as residents urge support for local growth. The message calls for unity and confidence to attract outsiders and boost the county’s fortunes in the coming year.
Randall County sees a surge in Christmas edition copies bought and mailed this week, signaling strong local advertising interest and promotional activity.
A playful line echoes longing for a grand old firecracker blast to mark the start of the day, capturing retro enthusiasm and rural festival energy.
A city urges in a reflective piece to create a department for fire prevention and property protection as the year ends. The editorial stresses growing fire risk with new commercial growth and the need to act before the new year arrives.
A reflective note asks how much was spent for Christmas and whether a single soul was made happy, concluding that the author feels better for giving.
A terse line about turning back time and reviving youth for a single day, capturing a fleeting wish or playful musing. The phrasing suggests a personal, whimsical note rather than a formal event or report.
The Plainview area faces a new railroad outlook with a potential Santa Fe branch and cutoff shaping future growth. The Hale County Herald urges building a farming catchment around Plainview to attract rail lines and shops, arguing railroads will follow strong agricultural development and local enterprise.
A reporter visits Uncle Sam's post office during holiday rush and records the flurry of activity. Seventeen patrons ask for mail while workers handle money orders, registered packages, and weighing parcels.
A dialogue about a boy nicknamed Corns for being at the foot of the class. The mother laments the cruel label and asks why teachers use the name. The boy explains the origin as a pun on his position in seating.
L. L. McClure of this city tells a News reporter Earthr corn is ideal hog feed as it fattening and fully digested. He cites a hog he just killed under a year old fed only kaffir corn that netted 24 pounds dressed. McClure champions the Panhandle as a hog raising country.
R L Wagner manager of the Canyon City Mattress Factory suffered severe crushing of his right hand middle and index fingers when caught in a cog wheel while repairing machinery last Saturday. The injuries are painful but doctors do not expect the fingers to be lost.
Apply Chamberlains Liniment to the back twice daily and massage five minutes each time. Dampen flannel with the liniment and bind over the painful area to hasten relief. Sold by City Pharmacy.
The singer held her audience for more than an hour and then tenderly laid it in the cradle and rocked it to sleep.
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