Weekly newspaper from Hale Center, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Irene Favila was raised in Lockney, Texas. As a child and teenager, Favila’s family would migrate to Kansas and Colorado during the summers to work in agricultural fields. After graduating from high school, Favila did not attend college—being discouraged by school officials—and entered the workforce. She then entered court reporting school in Plainview, Texas and worked as a court reporter in Amarillo, Texas—perhaps becoming the first Mexican American court reporter in the Texas Panhandle. Favila then moved back to the Plainview area and began working for Motivation, Education, and Training (a migrant farmworker services organization) from 1975 to 2015. Favila was elected as the first person of color in the Plainview City Council. She has been a lifelong member of LULAC and has been instrumental in promoting voting rights and educational rights in Plainview—helping launch Department of Justice investigations in the town and Hail County along with marches.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of schools at Meridian near Waco which were closed because of an outbreak of influenza.

Patent for a more shock-absorbent wheel that incorporates yielding spokes; includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a cutting apparatus for corn harvesters. This invention provides curved serrated blade mounted for rotation so as to sever stalks. Illustration included.