Five Thousand Dollar Pure Bred Boar Breaks Texas Record
Mr Keen reports at Amarillo Buyers and Sellers Convention that Silver Crest's Bob sold to The Happy Polan d China Farm for 5000 cash, a record price for a Texas boar in this region. Donley County cements its status as a leading pure bred hog producer with Clark and McFarland of Hedley as owners of Silver Crest Farm.
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Keen
Amarillo
Silver Crest
Bob
Happy Poland
Texas
Donley
Clark and McFarland
Hedley
Dallas
Silver Crest Farm
San Alexander
Telbeck
Clark & McFarland
Miss Liberty Stump
Dodsonville
Donley County
City ordinance caps petroleum sales with fines in 1920
The document records a 1920 ordinance issue setting penalties for petroleum handling outside approved stations. It specifies fines from twenty five to two hundred dollars for violations, with daily offense counts treated as separate charges. The text also notes exemptions for garages and retail stores within the district. It ends with passage on February 20, 1920 and signatures.
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Ww. Cocke
Jas. C. Mahan
Cuy
Oil drilling advances in Collingsworth County
The Barnes-Buster well eight miles west of the city is being drilled rapidly into blue shale formation despite recurring quicksand. Crews push ahead hoping for an oil showing soon. Leasing activity increases across the territory as drilling continues at other sites nearby.
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Uavasion
Deava
Bundy
Lad
Noted speaker addresses fears of world conflict and temperance
Dr Louis Albert Banks with 30 years in New York and Boston pastorates spoke to a large Methodist church audience about dangerous times and the temperance movement. He warned that a spark could ignite a global conflagration and criticized efforts by the liquor trade to export to China India and Africa while noting a two billion dollar brewery investment.
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Louis Albert Banks
Methodist Church
New York
Boston
Banks
United States
China
India
Wellington Texas Ordinance Targets Oil Tanks in Residential Areas
Local city council defines nuisances in Wellington to ban oil tanks or stations within the residential and mercantile zones. The ordinance specifies the restricted area starting Bunton Street and extending along a path to Flag Street, detailing penalties for violations.
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City of
Wellington
Texas
City of Wellington
Flag Street
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Health Club
Panhandle
Templeton Loan & Investment Co
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Clarendon News
Hun
Collingsworth County
Gingham Emi Pereste
Stone’s
Ali
Chamberlain
Ores Anchero
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