County Abuzz Over Good Roads Paving Plan
Local officials debate concrete road paving in Wichita County with speaker Byars urging a county run paving crew. Residents like Vernon Is Hub and Orr question costs, while experts stress efficiency, job creation, and phased upgrades starting near Vernon as wear demands attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byars
Maanage
Tow
Wichita County
Electra
Lon Brars
Conty
Vernon
Pears
Oc. Orr
Terinne-Orr Fmplement Co
Orr
Ask Protection for West Texas Cattle from Picks
A Vernon Chamber letter to Representative Boosfolson and Senator W H Bledsoe urges a large appropriation to the Livestock Sanitary Commission for cattle tick protection in West Texas. The request totals 218,870 dollars for salaries and expenses of 25 inspectors and three veterinarians, with federal matching on this item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Comemerce
Boos.folson
W. H. Bledsoe
Livestock Sanitary Commission For
Texas
Oil Spouts Over Top as Wheeler Loses Clothes
In a Port Worth incident, Mr. Wheeler fights an oil spill from a tank car on a railway line. Oil spurts flood the car interior as Wheeler strips to fight the leak, clothing left on the track, while a switch engine approaches unnoticed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aqen?t
Wheeler
Ioral
Che Port Worth
Fragmented Rail Plant Incident and Local Social Notes
A disrupted work scene shows machinery injuring clothing and prompting a worker to seek shelter, while others apply waste materials amid unactionable attention. Social notes mention Mr. and Mrs. Pace visiting, Dr. and Mrs. Garvin, a home made salad dressing tip, and Miss Mary Louise Hurley attending a dance on the Waggoner ranch as a guest of Mrs. S. W. Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Grostes
Wheeler
Mary Louise Hurley
Ekie
S. W. Bailey
Mexican National Exhibit Illuminates Ancient Ties to Asia
The author extols the Mexican National Exhibit at the Texas State Fair 1921, presenting theories of Toltec and Aztec origins and possible Asiatic contacts. It invites readers to view artifacts and curios collected by scholars illustrating Mexico’s past, including evidence of Chinese and Mongolian influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Mexico
Texas
American
Republic of Mexico
Stexico
Mexico
Asia
Cortez
North
Bering Straits
Pacific
State Air of
Government of
Mexico City
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Mmeser
Crowell Road
West Texas
Gannett
Dame Fortune
Mr. Wheeer
R. Pace
Town
Nev
W. PL. Garvin
West Wilbarger St
Pace
Or. Dean
Garvin
Warty
City
Mongolia
Herring National Bank
Tf. Herring
J. K. Johnson
G. C. Morris
Doeralf
Puckett Brothers Grocery
Napier Bros. Motor Co
Vernon, Texas
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