West Texas Chamber combats water ruling and plans road tour
West Texas Chamber of Commerce leaders condemn a ruling denying San Saba the right to impound San Saba river waters arguing flood water use comes first for farms and cities. The group promotes road shows and district events from Alpine to Marfa during July.
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Wade
West Texas
Santa Anna
Newlin
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Hall County
Hamilton
Leon River
Alaneed
Sherman
Texas Commercial Executives Association
Homer D. Wade
West Texas Chamber of Commere
Marfa
Alpine
Big Bend
West Texas Chamber
Merchandise Cards Promotion at Red Front Grocery
Red Front Grocery advertises merchandise cards inviting customers to inquire for details. The note emphasizes a simple, direct sales pitch and does not cite specific products, dates, or prices beyond the general offer.
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RED Front
Card of Thanks for Kind Help and Condolences
We sincerely thank our many friends and the good people of Winters and surrounding territory for kindness, sympathy, and flowers during the illness and death of our wife and mother. Special thanks to Miss Mildred Carouth of Abilene for efficient services. -A. J. Watson and children.
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Mildred Carouth
Abilene
A. J. Watson
Presbyterian Notes At Queen Theatre Weekly Church Schedule
Regular services held each Sunday at the Queen Theatre with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and sermons at 11 a.m. Evening services at 6 p.m. Senior and Adult C. E. at 6 p.m. Preaching at 7 p.m. Monday ladies missionary societies meet at 4 o'clock. Wednesday prayer services at a member’s home. Mr and Mrs C R Robertson hosted guests in Snyder. Juanita Wilkerson of Fort Worth visited the Gardner home.
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Queen Theatre
C. E
Ladies -Missionary Societies
Juanita Wilkerson of
Fort Worth
Mrs. W. P. Gardner
If the Boys Had Made a Flight to Berlin in 1917
A speculative note imagines a World War I air expedition by “the boys” reaching Berlin in 1917. The piece muses on possibilities, challenges, and the broader air power context of that era.
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Berlin
Militia Neighbors Post Bovine For Cash Sale
Higginbotham’s ad seeks a good milch cow for cash. Newt and Hardy Seay and Raymond Beeler enlisted in the Navy at Abilene Tuesday and headed to Norfolk for training before joining the Atlantic fleet.
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Higginbotham’s. Ite
Newt
Hardy Seay
Raymond Beeler
Navy
Abilene
Norfolk
Atlantic Fleet
Holdridge Family Vacation in San Antonio
Elvie Holdridge and relatives spend a vacation visiting kin in San Antonio. The trip highlights family time and local sightseeing during the visit to the Texas city.
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Elvie Holdridge
San Antonio
Rodgers Family Returns From Texas Visit After Graduation
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rodgers and grandson Vernon Lee traveled from Austin where their grandson Bernice Bedford earned a degree at State University. They visited Mrs. Bedford and two sons’s daughters in Edinburg, then Corpus Christi, Waco, Tennessee Colony, Fort Worth, and Mineral Wells before returning Tuesday.
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W. H. Rodgers
Vernon Lee
Austin
State University
Bernice Bedford
Bedford
John Hail
Windham
Edinburg
Corpus Christi
Waco
A. B. Mangum
Tennessee Colony
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
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G. C. Byers
Loftin’s
J. W. Patterson
Dunnam Bros
Winters
Tinkle & Henslee Filling Station
Texaco
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Old Whitfield
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Continental Oil Company
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Frigidaire
Hargrove Grocery
Nance-Brown Motor Co
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