Local personals note brief community updates
Several residents and visitors depart or travel for work and family reasons. T H Cunningham leaves for Great Lakes Navy training. Mrs McClain groups return to Georgia after visiting Ed Steger and learning of navy service. Ruth Martin returns to Honey Grove. W P Hulen and wife visit Denison. Rev Alderson returns from Georgetown lecturing on ogg. Mrs Gray travels from Denison to visit Max Gardner. Reed Spiry heads to New York markets. Pete Moss returns from Kentucky. Mrs Scruggs and son Frank visit Sherman. Mrs Edwin Smith returns from Paris. Mrs Lindsay visits family near here. local ad notes brick store building trade.
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T. H. Cunningham
Edhube
Great Lakes
Navy
W. A. McClain
W. K. McClain
F. E. Land
Ed Steger
Georgia
Mary
Georgetown
Ogg
Richard Gray
Denison
Max Gardner
Reed Spiry
New York
Sam Lindsay
Lindsay
Will Epperson
Pete Moss
Kentucky
Car registration shifts to Tax Collector under new law
The article explains that future auto registrations go to the Tax Collector who collects the state license fee and issues a permit to run. The Highway Commission then processes the application. A brief ad notes pigs for sale at Chas. Lee Lone Star Restaurant.
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Highway Commission
Chas. Lee
Lone Star Restaurant
Flags in Bonham July parade urged for patriot display
The automob ile parade committee asks all county car owners to join on July Fourth and display United States flags. The event, billed as a notable feature, will draw spectators along the parade route in Bonham. Henry Buchanan of the Navy visits his parents Dr and Mrs J L Buchanan after years in service.
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Fannin County
Steger Motor CO
United States
Bonham
Henry Buchanan
Uncle Sam’s Navy
J. L. Buchanan
Linemen Wanted for High Voltage System in Beaumont
Help wanted advertisement seeks linemen for twenty three hundred volt system with no creosoted poles. Pay is $4.50 per day for eight hours with steady employment. Apply post office box 809 Beaumont Texas.
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Beaumont
Texas
Battery service and rental offer from Kum McGee Motor Sales
Kum McGee Motor Sales Co offers battery service and a rental battery while yours is charged. They promise to provide a correct reading of your battery and offer a “Battery Insurance” plan.
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kum-McGee Motor Sales Co
National War Savings Day Drive Calls All Adults to Reconfirm Stamps
The President proclaims all adults must pledge and reaffirm War Savings Stamp commitments by June 28 with meetings in school districts nationwide. Pledges made before June 26 are to be turned in to county chairmen or local National War Savings Committee representatives. Each adult is officially summoned by mail to attend June 20 meetings.
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United States
National War Savings Committee
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Sugar use restrictions tightened by new rules
Food Administrator Hoover announces tighter sugar use rules effective July 1 to prevent home shortages while limiting per capita sugar to three pounds monthly. Lesser manufactured goods drop to 50 percent of normal needs. ice cream makers at 75 percent. soda fountains 60 percent. preserved fruit for soda fountains 50 percent. on premise ice cream and confections also cut to 60 percent.
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Hoover
County Court Calendar and Otis Deskin Burial Report
The county court lists theft and related charges with multiple defendants and dates July 1 2 1918 and trial notes. Otis Deskin's burial in Arledge Ridge Cemetery followed a Miami Florida death with Navy service. Paris reports a French war office note on Belleau Wood and raids on the front.
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Otis Deskin
Miami
Fla
Arledge Ridge
Rev. Ball
Tioga
Young Deskin
United States Navy
Paris
Belleau Wood
Front
French War Office
Local exemption board seeks free attorney help in form filling
The exemption board in Fannin county is sending questionnaires to 420 registrants who came of age since June 1917. Attorneys are asked to volunteer their services to assist these young men in completing the forms, as they did when there were over fourteen thousand registrants, though the current workload is much lighter.
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Fannin County
Public notice on Mr. H. P. McGrady defense pledge
Mr. H P McGrady appeared before the County Council of Defense and stated he was loyal to the government. He turned over excess funds to the Council Chairman and agreed to register on the 28th and pledge up to $25 per month. Bailey chairman Wheeler secretary attest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. McGrady
County Council of Defense
McGrady
Council of Defense
Ll. Bailey
C. A. Wheeler
Printing plant offers complete services for engraving embossing
The Favorite announces a fully equipped printing plant ready for all work including printing, engraving, and embossing at reasonable prices. It invites local business to share in its capabilities and support.
Laundry and vehicle notices mix with church move
Three women will perform laundry work at Bonham Steam Laundry with contact at phone 46. Three trucks for sale from Master and Kelly Springfield listings with location at Wilson's Garage North City Hall. Rev S A Cowan leaves Orange for Trinity Baptist Houston as pastor, preached first sermon there last Sunday.
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Bonham Steam Laundry
Master
Kelly Springfield
Wilson’s
North City Hall
S .A. Cowan
Rouston
Houston
S. A. Cowan
First Baptist Church
Orange
Trinity Baptist Church
For Sale Sew and 9 Pigs Headline
For sale a sewing machine and nine pigs offered as a bundle at a bargain price. Contact De W. Z. Bridge by phone for details.
Train Auditors Abolished on Katy Lines
Official notice reports Katy train auditors will lose their positions systemwide on August 20. About twelve auditors based in Denison will receive moving transport for themselves and families and shipment of household effects. Auditors, employed fourteen years as ticket takers, had just seen a salary increase under a government ruling and seek new railroad or other work in Denison to stay in the city.
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Katy
Denison
Denison Herald
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