County Farmer Pushes Good Roads for Wilbarger County
Lon Byars, Wilbarger County farmer, calls for concrete roads and a county paving outfit with an expert roller. He argues funds should come locally, expand road coverage, create jobs, and boost trade while contrasting gravel and dirt roads' wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paarker
Lon Byars
Harger
Byars
Og Progmien
Omnitttee
Mr. Byars
T.de
Tow
Whelrita County
Electra
Wilbarger
West Texas Cattle Tick Protection Plea Heights Funding
Vernon Chamber of Commerce urges lawmakers to fund the Livestock Sanitary Commission for Texas cattle protection. West Texas herds are tick free and remain so with an $398,370 appropriation covering eighty five inspectors and assistant veterinarians. Three federal veterinarians would be supplied if the appropriation is approved. The letter implies the state’s cattle industry would suffer otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Chamber of Commerce
Bo FL Johnson
W. TH. Bledsoe
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Texas
West Texas
Over the Top Train Car Prank Ends in Naked Runaway
A Fort Worth Denver City Railroad incident features agent Paul Wheeler attempting to drain a tank car. A four inch jet showers him and his clothes into the trackside flood as a switch engine approaches, leaving him naked and scrambling to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Mr. Wheeler
Amelie
Iit
Rainy day mishap and domestic notes headline
A diary style clipping reports an oil soaked accident near a rail yard, a raincoat search, and workplace chatter. It notes Mrs Pace visiting, Miss Mary Louise Hurley at a ranch party, and a Magnolia Demonstration offering a salad dressing recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Hurley
Elis
Slip
S. W. Bailey
Mexico exhibit sparks questions on ancient Asia ties
A Mexico focused feature in the Texas State Fair 1921 showcases the Mexican National Exhibit with curios gathered by scholars. It suggests possible Toltec Aztec links to Asian civilizations through artifacts and sculptures, inviting public curiosity about early transcontinental connections and Mexican history.
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Old Mexico
Texas
Republic of Mexico
Mexico
Asia
Cortex
North
Bering Straits
Pacific
Government of
Mexico City
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Jon Byars
Tad Te
Vernon
Tie
Verney
Terhune-Orr Tmplement Co
Orr
O Rr
Crowell
Wheeler Lok
Fort Worth
Denver City Railroad
Paulie Wheelin
Ikate
Fortune
Wheeer
R. (. Pace
Jows Park
Rey
DP. Garvin
West Wilbarger
Pace
Garvin
Tronsand Island
Obie
City
Are
Mongolia
Member
Jeral Reser Sysie
Herring National Bank
T Herring
G. ¢. Morris
U. K. Johnson
Puckett Brothers Grocery
Napier Bros. Motor Co
Vernon, Texas
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