Local Farmer Captures Four Foot Rattle Snake For Show Window
Homer Jacks living south of the city captured a four foot rattle snake with fourteen rattles and a button. He brought it into town and placed it in Tom Taylor's show window for display, claiming the snake is fourteen years old. The article notes the snake’s camouflage and recounts the capture method with a stick and box.
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Homer Jacks
Tom Taylor
Homer
Taylor’s
Jim Robinson
East Ninth Street
Jim
Original Composer Named For Popular Song
A familiar tune of the era is credited to its original composer, noted for shaping its enduring popularity and influencing later musicians.
Thank you for returning lost $14,000 in cash
Marked Tree resident Everett Davis found a leather case drop from a car, recovered it, and chased the driver for two miles. The man claimed to be a Memphis deputy sheriff delivering a $14,90 payroll to Etowah, Arkansas, and thanked Davis for returning the case.
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Marked Tree
Ark
Everett Davis
Here
Davis
Memphis
Etowah, Ark
Fragmented timetable lines from Dallas schedule
Readable scraps show multiple time slots in a Dallas timetable with morning and afternoon hours. Exact context and destinations are missing, leaving a list of recurring start times such as 9:15 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 1:45 p.m. 4:15 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 3:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 7:15 p.m. The fragment lacks clear dates routes or service names.
Ravenna Correspondence Reports Rain, Travel and School News
The Ravenna section notes welcome rain, family visits from Cravens and extended kin from Oklahoma, and local social ties. It lists several residents visiting relatives, an injured worker, a broken bone, a short cotton and fruit season, and pride in local schools and teachers.
Car overturns injure Paris woman and two nieces
Mrs Jim Bishop traveling from a visit to her sister near Pecan Gap was in a two car accident on the Honey Grove pike south of Sulphur Bottom. The Ford coupe driven by Mrs Sallie Eden rolled over injuring her and two little nieces Buena and Jane Johnson. The car was badly wrecked.
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Paris
Jim Bishop
Pecan Gap
Sallie Eden
Buena
Jane Johnson
Honey Grove Pike
Ladonia News
Bonham Route Four Weather Lights Up Cotton Picking
Bonham area reports rain on Wednesday night bringing stock water and easing cotton picking. Farmers note cotton is ahead of the forecast, with blooms at risk from pests like Wevil. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson settle in at Duckworth’s, and many families visit relatives and attend singing events in Ash Grove and Fulp.
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Mr. Wevil
Clarence “Johnson
Orick Duckworth
Albert Johnson
Fulp
Johnson
Ash Grove
C. V. Newell
T. M. Newell
John Ulassater
Curie Robinson
Floyd Pace
Bonham
W. H. Price
E. A. Duckworth
Lone Star Ga
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Texhoma Gasoline
Texhoma Filling Stations
South Main Street
P. S
BREAD
LIFE
Bonham Bakery
Cash and Carry Store
West Side Square
Albert Tobacco
Melz & Chesterfields
Cigaretts
T. A. Taylor
Rufus
Anderson Post
American Legion
O. C. Nevill
P. C
Tampa
Fla
Massachusetts
Germano Scorra
Alfred Santos
Dallas
Blue Ridge
Farmersvite
Lv. Bonham
Bo Do. Ait
A. mM
M. P.m
Red Ball Depot
4Th St
Commerce
Tri Ford
P. D. Penn
J. H. Beker
Ravenna
Mr. Cravens
Oklahoma
Roy Barnett
Oklahoma City
Maxie Slaughter
Baby
Pottsboro
Slaughter
Rev. Davis
Roy Phillips
A. H. Smith
Pace
Bud Keeton
Institute
Fannie Culpepper
Goldie Culpepper
Raney Owens
Roy Donaldson
Fay Hodges
Nina Owens
Jimmie Lee Gibbons
Milton Deupree
Grace Horn
Rubatina Davis
Donaldson
ROUTE
Rogers, Woodward & Roberts Company
Laah
Fir Ela Barbers
Adams & Bakfr
Andersons
East Side
Nyal Laxacold
Benham Drug Co
Halsell & Caldwell CO
Chevrolet
Ste
Bolck Orxowers weMasters
Buick
Buick Motor Company
Flint, Michigan
General Motors Corporation
Sidan
Roadater Toring
Selan
Pfarce Auto Company
Sherman, Texas
J. A. Moss Astruth Grovery
Burrus Tire Shop
West Witherect
ICRA
the Universal Car
Hassell Motor Co
Lincoln
Ford
Texas Electric Railway
HaaSide Lie
Denison
Waco
Corsicana
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