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The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1940

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

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four pages : ill. ; page 24 x 16 in. Digitized from physical pages.

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Warren, David M. February 23, 1940.

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Carson County Library

The Carson County Library serves the Texas Panhandle towns of Groom, Panhandle, Skellytown, and White Deer. They provide valuable literary and educational materials to these residents. The Tocker Foundation provided support to the library for digitization of select historical materials.

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  • Main Title: The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1940
  • Serial Title: The Panhandle Herald

Description

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

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four pages : ill. ; page 24 x 16 in. Digitized from physical pages.

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Publication Information

  • Volume: 53
  • Issue: 31
  • Edition: 1

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Texas Digital Newspaper Program

The Texas Digital Newspaper Program (TDNP) partners with communities, publishers, and institutions to promote standards-based digitization of Texas newspapers and to make them freely accessible.

Carson County Area Newspapers

Henry Harold Brooks established this paper in a tent in Panhandle on July 22, 1887. It's the oldest continuously published newspaper in the region, issued weekly (for a short time in the 1920s, the paper issued semi-weekly).

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  • February 23, 1940

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  • July 15, 2014, 9:40 p.m.

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Warren, David M. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1940, newspaper, February 23, 1940; Panhandle, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth434804/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.

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