Fifteen Inch Rainfall Recalls Ben Ficklen Town Loss
Lamesa Texas September 2. The fifteen inch rainfall in Dawson county recalls August 1882 when Ben Fricklen county seat Tom Green county was destroyed and 200 drowned. Roads were impassable and freight wagons stuck in mud along the Abilene to San Angelo route. The piece notes the dramatic weather shift since then and comments on impact to farming, maize, kaffir corn, and cotton prospects.
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Lamesa
Dawson Co
Texas
Dawson County
Ben Fricklen
Tom Green County
Abilene
San Angelo
Surgeon Uses Airplane To Visit Patient In Temple
Temple Texas September 7 aircraft equips a hospital plane to respond to emergencies within 200 miles. The craft was christened Sunday after an emergency call from Ireland Coryell County town 65 miles away demonstrating its use in life saving air transport.
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Temple
Texas
Ireland
Coryell
500 Pound Bale of Texas Cotton Could Be Worth Millions
A 500-pound bale of cotton valued at 150 dollars at thirty cents a pound could yield up to 3,000,000 dollars if turned into Valenciennes lace, according to Texas Bureau of Markets and Warehouses officials. Alternatives include 1,500 dollars as baby ribbon, 730 dollars as ginghams, or 1.10 dollars per pound as cheesecloth, though current market prices for cheesecloth are around fifteen cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Valenciennes
Texas Bureau of Markets and Warehouses
Flatbush and Bensonhurst Garden Quip Turned Dark
A lighthearted exchange notes passing by a garden in Flatbush with no visible work, while Bensonhurst replies that the scene was after dark when a neighbor’s chickens had retired for the night.
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Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Miss Fay Cameron Narrow Escape in East Fork
FE Hooten reports Miss Fay Cameron formerly music teacher here and two or three young men had a near drowning in East Fork Saturday afternoon. Cameron, en route to McKinney for a hospital message, rode with a young lady who turned back after engine failure in midstream. The group rode on the car roof as floodwater rose. McKinney boat arrived too late to save them before the water covered the vehicle.
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FE. E. Hooten
Princeton
Fay Cameron
East Fork
Miss Cameron
McKinney
Pilot Grove News social notes and births
The community welcomes extended visits from Mrs. Tom Brockeran of Kansas and Mrs. Billie Hudgin of Grapevine, attends relatives in Ardmore and Sherman, and notes a new baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Meadows. Families travel between Sherman Whitewright and Denison while visiting friends and kin across the area.
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Tom Brockeran
Kansas
Thad Rhodes
Billie Hudgin
Grapevine
J. D. Garland
Luddie Bruce
Dallas
W. K. Garland
Cora Butts
Alonzo Meadows
Jim Mangrum
Westminster
John Spangler
Orangeville
A. H. St. John
George Parrish
Elmont
J. D. Judd
Roberta
Louise Sloan
Sherman
Maude Henry
Whitewright
Carrie Meeks
Cameron
Ardmore
Okla
Fannie Garland
Mayme Butts
Nola Reeves
Tom Bean
Joe Smith
Garland
Oss Smith
S. F. Garland
Ann Davidson
Bernice Davis
Trenton
John Blanks
Oklahoma
Quinine that Does Not Affect the Head Advertisement
An old ad touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE claiming tonic and laxative effects without nervousness or head ringing. It emphasizes the full product name and urges looking for the signature of E. W. GROVE, offered at 30c.
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E. W. Grove
Straw Gas Said To Be Gasoline Substitute For Sale
A Denison area notice lists straw gas being produced at Arlington Virginia from straw distillation. Experts say it could become an economical fuel or illumination source if a small, farmer affordable plant is built, with straw treated as valuable fuel rather than waste.
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Washington
Arlington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Arlington Station
Untitled land listing near Plainview Texas
A 320 acre tract west of Plainview Texas offered on good terms with no improvements. Price is 32.50 per acre. For details contact F R McFatridge at the office over the First National Bank in Whitewright Texas.
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Savoy
Whitewright
Lubbock
Lynn
T. H. Sears Land CO
Plains
Hale County
Swisher
Floyd
Plainview
Texas
Tulsa
F. R. McFatridge
First National Bank
Zebra color debate in print question asked by reader
A reader asks whether a zebra is a black animal with white stripes or a white animal with black stripes while the Sun contemplates printing the query.
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Luedinghaus
Spenschiey Wagon CO
Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Co
Lucoingha
Ben Ficklen
Carter
S. C. Horton
S. C. Chambers
Dyer & Jones
Miss Fay Cameron
Pilot Grove News
W. H. Stedham
A. A. Morehead
R. S. Morehead
Sun
P. A. Short
Mary Hestand
West Main Street
C. L. Terry
Denison
B. F. Blanton
Denison Herald
German & Roberts
May Building
German & Rob
Chicago
Skua
NSE le Cones
Aly Is
Poser
The
Graham- Brown
McCarty-Davis Co
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