Countywide bond plan urged to fund Wilbarger roads
Judge E L McHugh presents precinct tax and spending stats to argue road repairs should be countywide. He shows precincts often spend more than their taxes, supporting a county bond to cover all roads, with Federal and state aid cited. County officials seek a fair, unified funding approach for travel needs.
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Wilbarger
E.L. McHugh
McHugh
Commissioners Court
U.S. Congress
Texas
McRagh
Fargo Cotton Bustle and Local Happenings 1921
Farmers pick cotton and break land as rain shifts work. The Vernon gin runs nonstop while Mason Bros. haul seed. Local church and school news, births, moves, and a hand injury at the gin. Community events include a quilting for Buckners Orphan Home and a singing school.
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Mason Bros
Vernon
Card of Thanks From the Napier Family
The Napier family thanks friends for kindness and flowers shown during the illness and loss of their husband and father. Names include Mrs. Savaill Mrs. Rogers and family and Misses Mary Myatt Shive and Mary Katherine Massie. They note a trip to Wichita Falls for a circus yesterday.
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Op Firtuksty
Joe Napier
Sai Napier
Mary Myatt Shive
Mary Katherine Massie
Wichita Falls
Guarded Cotton Pickers Move to Memphis
T L Pierce of this city employs an armed guard to watch over his cotton pickers in Memphis amid threats from white men seeking the workers’ jobs. He reportedly took sixty enslaved workers to Memphis and has personally stood guard, gun in hand, day and night.
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T. L. Pierce
Memphis
Pierge
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