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Mr. and Mrs. Bess Pate, of Rotan, Texas, who have been visiting relatives and friends at this place (Sparksville,
KY) for several weeks, took their leave for home last week. [The Adair County news, (Columbia, KY) May 17, 1916
- KT - Sub. by a FoFG]
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Looking for a Location
J. D. Dunlap, of Rotan, Texas.
is a visitor here and is looking for a good location, with the intention of buying a ranch and making his home
here. ["Graham guardian", (Safford, Ariz.) December 28, 1917, - KT - Sub. by a FoFG]
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WOODS CALLS ON MAYOR
John W. Woods, of Rotan Texas,
candidate for attorney general, is in El Paso. Harry Tom King, an attorney of Abilene, accompanied Mr. Woods Thursday
morning on a visit to mayor Lea at the city hall and to the courthouse. They
report west Texas very prosperous this season.
[El Paso Herald, June 08, 1916 - KT - Sub. by a FoFG]
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Elliott Howard, of Rotan, Texas, is expected tomorrow as a guest of his cousin, Mrs. E.L. Stone. He will be accompanied
from here to Greenville by his aunt, Mrs. Dehlia Bruce, and will visit relatives there before returning to Texas.
[Keowee courier., January 11, 1922, (Pickens Court House, S.C.) - KT - Sub. by a FoFG]
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INFORMATION WANTED
F. D. Drift, Roby, Texas is anxious to secure information concerning the whereabouts of his brother. J. S. Britt,
a post commissary sargeant who was discharged in April, 1903, at some post in Wyoming after service in the Philippines.
Anyone able to give the information desired should address F.D. Britt at Roby, Texas. [The Commoner, (Lincoln,
Neb.) April 14, 1905, Page 14- KT - Sub. by a FoFG]
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Mr. and Mrs. Luther B. Harris have moved to their old home near Roby, Texas. [El Paso herald., June 07, 1910 -
KT - Sub. by a FoFG]
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Assassinated
Dallas, Tex., Jan 14 - A bulletin from Roby, Texas states that Col. Millsap one of the most prominent cattlement
of the west was assassinated tonight by some unknown man who fired through a window of the Lacey hotel where Col.
Millsap was stopping and riddled his body with buckshot. The assassin escaped. [The Stark County Democrat. (Canton,
OH), January 19, 1904 - KT - Sub. by a FoFG]
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Use of Gasoline instead of Kerosene, Kills Two
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 18 - Evidently believing that a can contained kerosene instead of gasoline, Mann Headstrom,
living five miles from Roby, Texas, poured some of the fluid into a stove to hasten the fire, and when it ignited,
an explosion followed which resulted in the death of Headstrom and his five year old son. Five other members of
the family were badly burned.
[The Ogden standard., (Ogden City, Utah), January 19, 1909, Page 4 - KT - Sub. by a FoFG]
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Elliott Howard and little daughter, of Roby county, Texas, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff. D. Tollison
the first of last week. [Keowee courier., Pickens Court House, S.C September 11, 1907 - KT - Sub. by a FoFG
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