Booger Red Last Ride at Fort Worth Fat Stock Show
A vivid portrait of Texas legend Booger Red Samuel Thomas Privett who rode the outlaw horse Montana Gyp at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show in 1924, lifting the crowd with his daring and earning the title richiest ropinest cowpuncher. The feature tale traces his youth, rivalries, Wild West show career, and eventual death from Brights disease after a final bow at the Fort Worth arena.
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Tom Mulvaney
Southwest Review
Texas
Booger Red
Whitewright
Fort Worth
Southwest
Booger
West
Samuel Thomas Privett
Red
Bogg
Boogerman
Privett
Dan Berry
Bob Hewitt
Mollie Webb
San Angelo
Montana
Montana Gyp
Guy
Mollie
Prince
Gyp
Mr. Red
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al G. Barnes
Buffalo Bill
Miami
Oklo
Bright
Family Affair Dating Mother
A humorous aside ties a son's near miss in school to famous presidents. The speaker jokes that Junior failed only one subject, likening the boy to Washington and Lincoln in a lighthearted comparison.
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Junior
Washington and
Lincoln
State and County suit to collect delinquent taxes in Grayson
Citation No 54985 states S L Brown Alma Brown and unknown heirs and legal representatives must answer for taxes on W 1/2 of Lot 1 Block 4 Brown's Colored Addition Van Alstyne Texas. Taxes total 5.57 state and 11.47 county. Case to be heard October term 1946 at Sherman District Court, 21 October 1946, to show cause why land should not be condemned and foreclosed for taxes and costs.
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State of
Texas
W. P. Powell
Tom Powell
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
van Alstyne
Bowen
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Grayson
S. L. Brown
Alma Brown
Arthur Milam
Leona Milam
Frank Jackson, Jr
Brown
Commissioners Court
District Court
Land Dispossession Suit Over Sherman Lots 49 50 51 52 53
David W. Beall sues Coy Lane and the unknown heirs for unlawful entry and dispossession of a fee simple claim to Lots 49 50 51 52 and 53 in Frank S Ham’s South Highland Addition Sherman Grayson County Texas. The suit seeks remedy before 10 oclock A M on November 4 1946 with deadline prior to September 19 1946.
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State of Texas
Coy Lane
A. D
District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
David W. Beall
Frank S. Ham
South Highland
Land tax delinquency suit against Fannie Mount heirs
Citation No. 54986 to Fannie Mount deceased unknown heirs and all claimants of Lots 4 and 5, Block 15, College Addition to Van Alstyne, Grayson County Texas. State taxes total 14.63. Defendants must appear at Sherman courthouse on the 3rd Monday in October 1946, to defend and show cause why judgment condemning the land should not be rendered.
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Commissioners Court
District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
A. D
Grayson County Tax Land Sale Notice for Ed and Laney Smith
Grayson County Texas District Court clerk issues notice to Ed Smith and wife Laney Smith heirs for taxes on a fractional acre from J McKinney Survey in Van Alstyne. Totals listed include $32.87 state tax and $35.56 Texas tax with property described by metes and bounds and tied to Mag Brooks heir. court date set to show cause for condemnation.
Tax delinquent land notice for Grayson County heirs
Citation No 54973 to unknown heirs of Peter and Maggie Brooks and their legal representatives Joe Brooks and all claimants to a Grayson County Texas land tract. The land lies in the James McKinney survey with metes and bounds beginning at the northeast corner of the tract owned by the heirs of John Coleman along the road.
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State of
Texas
Grayson
Peter Brooks
Maggie Brooks
Joe Brooks
Bell System in Texas Adds 240000 Phones in War-Era Pace
A nationwide Bell System report says 240000 telephones are now in Texas, nearly double any prewar year, with more calls per line than during the war rush. The system is working around the clock in three shifts to clear backlogs, stressing the urgency of service for all waiting customers despite shortages.
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Texas
Bell System
Southwest
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Perry Waldrop
A. Y. Creager Company
M. & P. Bank
Sherman, Texas
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Ed Smith
Laney Smith
Coleman
Mag. Brooks
Joe Hampton
Southwestern Bell Telephone CO
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