Pioneer Look-Back
Category: MSM/Journalism/etc...
Posted Saturday, March 03, 2007 at 07:17 AM [GMT-6]

It's time once again for an exciting look back at historical Fort Stockton, courtesy of the "Years Ago" column published in the treeware edition of that town's newspaper, The Pioneer. This from 90 Years Ago:

Bud Price has been pulling off some roping stunts lately, and has been delivering the goods too, as can be seen by visiting the Parke wagon yard, where one of his catches is on exhibit, and is nothing less than a javelina, which he lassoed on Five Mile Hill. The next thing we expect to hear is that Bud has been trying to rope old Jupiter Pluvius and squeeze a rain out of him. If he tackles the job, here's wishing him success.

It's an indication of how far we've come from journalists being able to drop references to the Roman god of rain and reliever of droughts, with the full and reasonable expectation of being properly understood by their readers, to the present time where a distinction between "its" and "it's" is apparently a lost and/or irrelevant art.

On the other hand, perhaps the writer of that report was simply showing off some newly acquired knowledge from a serendipitous source. This also is from the 90 Years Ago report:

The citizens of Fort Stockton have enjoyed the change from a photoplay to the spoken drama at the Grand Theatre this week. For four nights the King & Booth Lyceum Dramatic Co. has furnished clean, wholesome and well-rendered dramatic entertainment.

It appears that disenchantment with Hollywood's offerings is nothing new.

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If you haven't done so yet, you should tell the story about that "Lone Star" sheriff from way back in the day in Ft.Stocton.

Posted by: Geo at March 6, 2007 05:37 PM

George, I'm drawing a complete blank on that one. Perhaps you or Jeff McDonald need to share that history lesson with us.

Posted by: Eric at March 6, 2007 09:32 PM
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