West Texas Pioneer Rev J W Hunt Profile
Rev J W Hunt, president of McMurry College Abilene, a lifelong West Texas figure, taught at Pirat Methodist Church and spoke at the Chamber of Commerce banquet. A frontier man who rode the plains as a cowboy, he later turned to printing and then ministry, beginning preaching in 1907 with a circuit across six counties and 27 church members.
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J. W. Hunt
McMurry College
Abilene
Pirat Methodist Church
Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
Catle
Mr. Foont
Old
Tadian
Hunt
Estacade
Crosby County
Young Hunt
Pioneers
Jie
J. W. Int
Telus
Panhandle
Amarillo
Punt
Char
Denyesn Qiul
Fambork
W. Fut
A Good Thing Dont Miss It From Chamberlain Medicine Co
Plain write your name and address with 5 cents to Deivines Iowa for a trial package of Chamverain Nemely for coughs and ailments including stomach pains and croup. Includes Avex Tabs for stomach and other pains. Salve for burns wounds and piles. Six cents total.
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Chamberiain Medicine Co
Deivines
Iowa
Reverend J W Hunt A West Faithful Preacher
William A Bishop and Ace of Aces Purnaita Gray describe Rev J W Hunt arriving in New Orleans to take protracted preaching in a growing mission. He earned 102 dollars first year and preached daily except Sunday, expanding church membership to over 200 before territorial limits increased. Since 1900 he has preached across western regions once followed cattle herds with faith and resilience.
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William
A. Bishop Eee
Purnaita Gray
Aero Bate
France
Unite Piates
J. W. Hunt
Hunt builds McMurry College at Abilene West Texas
Revered evangelist Hunt spoke to crowds across the western frontier. He turned ambition into action by founding McMurry College at Abilene, a beacon for West Texas students. Rev Thant, a renowned preacher, continues roaming the West in pursuit of his calling.
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West
Ife
Hunt
McMurry College
Abilene
West Texas
Thant
Great West
Farmers Break Ground as Will Wilson Family Visits
In Hollis Oklahoma Mr and Mrs Will Wilson and family visit their siblings B FF and J C Wilson and Mrs Sallie War Mes. Mdd Armstrong and son Cyril return from Quanah due to illness of Mrs Armstrongs sister Mrs L F Spar. Tinvrve Adams and family and Mrs Luther Anderson visit Pleasant Valley. Road graders are at work on local roads.
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Will Wilson
Hollis
Okla
B. FF
J.C. Wilson
Sallie War
Mdd
Armstrong
Cyril
Quanah
Local residents and visitors noted in Vernon social roundup
En route notes tell of Edd Armstrongs alert engine crew and weekend visit by Mr and Mrs Edd Armstrong to Rayland. Neal Slappey heads to Quanah to see Aunt Mrs L A Spear while J A ONeal travels to Lawton Okla on business. Vernon hosts basketball defeat by White City and a flurry of visits and travel by Armstrongs Cupps Wilsons Rowland and others with home building and coal hauling underway.
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Edd Armstrong
Rayland
Neal Slappey
Quanah
L. A. Spear
J. A. O'Neal
Lawton
Okla
Ned Gage
Vernon
White City
J. J. Armstrong
C.F. Dean
J. J
Lee Armstrong
J.P. Richardson
Keefe Rowland
Elmer Owen
Mr. Draper
McCaleb
Frank Wilson
Warner
Will Wilson
W. L. Cupps
Marie J.C. Wilson
Mack Wilson
Neal
Dewey Adair
W. T. Rowland Melvin
Carl Cowan
Cyril Slappey
Ted
Fer gerson Drug Co Offers Aladen Lamp Supplies
Fer gerson Drug Co advertises Aladen Lamp chimneys mantles and supplies just received for four foot fixtures, highlighting new inventory for lighting and home use.
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Fergeson Drug Co
Cosi Fan Tutte at Vernon Opera House February 6
Mozart's opera in English, Fiordiligi Irene Williams leads a full cast including Kathleen Bibb as Dorabella and Judson House as Ferrando. Henry Edward Krehbiel adapted the version with Stuart Ross as pianist and musical director. Tickets go on sale February 2 at Vernon Drug Store. early buyers advised for best seats.
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Mozart
Irene Williams
Vernon Opera House
School For Lovers
Vernon Drug Store
Henry Edward Krehbiel
New York
Boing
Fiordiligi
Dorabella
Kathleen Bibb
Despina
Lillian Pahner
Ferrando
Judson House
Giuglielmo
Leo de Phierapolis
Don Alfonso
Pierre Remington
Stuart Ross
Pipene Chicken Remedy Sold at Fergeson Drug Co
Poultry remedy Pipene advertised for colds among chickens sold at Fergeson Drug Co. in a brief four line notice. The listing notes availability and price in a local drugstore context.
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Fergeson Drug Co
Robertson Family Returns After Tolbert Funeral
Mr and Mrs B C Robertson and family returned to Dallas Sunday after attending the funeral of her father J F Lawson of Tolbert.
Marble or cranite inquiry by A. J. Roberts
A. J. Roberts advertises marble or cranite materials and offers contact via phone 681-W at 10A Ste location for inquiries.
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A. J. Roberts
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J. W. Sunt Real Pioneer
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Mr. Twit
John ‘the Baptist
Christ
Jol
God
Jomlan Ane
St. John
Hoy
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Erlol
Hint
John
The
Wilderness
Canada
Doans News
Georgia
M. L. Sharp
Texas
A. B. Swartwood
A. W. Bishop
Frederick
Oklo
American Coal Oil
Joe Parker
M. F. Hardison
Sudan
Adam Donges
White
Pioneer Auto Supply
Napier Bros. Motor Co
Southwestern Implement Co
Co-operative Garage
Thompson’s Filling Station
J. H. Kincheloe
Emerson
McCormick
Shepherd Traction
Amon
G. W. Richardson
Auct
Texas and
Fannin Streets
J. O. Rouse
Halisell
Halsell Farms
Lamb County
Santa Fe
Amherst
Halsell Fe
Comaiamy Accest, Texas
John B. Stetson
Herring National Bank
T. Herring
Ll. K. Johnson
G. C. Morris
Fashler
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