Davilla Weekly Social Notes Reflect Holiday Travel
Mr and Mrs Billy Robison returned to San Gabriel Sunday. Mrs Jim Montgomery of Heidenheimer visited her parents the Robisons during the holidays. Several relatives and teachers moved or returned to area schools while measles limited attendance. Cameron visitors Dr and Mrs J W Macune and Mrs O L Walker returned home after visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Robison
San Gabriel
Jim Montgomery
Heidenheimer
Robison
Delia
Lou Robison
Arthur Robison
Tracy
Ross Rutland
Blake Rutland
Ollie Cobb
Corpus Christi
Ellen Caskey
Taylor
Toll Warden
J. W. Macune
Cameron
Pearl Knight
Felton
Falcom Shannon
Camp Bowie
Tom Pr
Lost Black Mare Mule Near Cameron Reward Offered
A slim built black mare mule about 14.2 hands high and unbroken, four years old, with unknown brand, disappeared about a year ago from near Cameron. A reward is offered for information leading to its recovery.
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Cameron
Resolution of Respect for Edwin Hardy by Cameron Methodist Sunday School
A Cameron Texas Methodist Sunday School committee adopts resolutions commemorating Edwin Hardy who died December 17 1917. The notes praise his Christian conduct and faithfulness, deplore the loss, and express sympathy to his family. Copies are to be preserved, given to the family, and supplied to newspapers. Committee members: Mrs Bess A Triggs Jeff T Kemp Oxsheer Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hardy
William Edwin Hardy
Bess A. Triggs
Jeff T. Kemp
Oxsheer Smith
Card of Thanks from Mrs. L. E. Bailey
Mrs. L. E. Bailey expresses gratitude to her many friends for loving kindness and blessings. She signs with highest respect and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. L. E. Bailey
Angell Family and Friends Share Christmas Week Near Rockdale
Mr and Mrs Frank Angell and relatives joined Christmas week with J H Rogers near Rockdale. Visits from Miss Eulalie Thweatt Roy Hightower and wife from Mart Miss Lovey Angell entertained friends. A large crowd enjoyed a Tuesday night gathering at Mr Bob Hightower's and a Christmas reunion at the Majors home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Angell
J. H. Rogers
Rockdale
Eulalie Thweatt
Bertha Barrett
Roy Hightower
Mart
Lillie Rogers
Bud Walker
Palestine
Frank Angeli
Richard Eaken
Annie Wade
Belton
Walker’s Creek
Bob Hightower
Cameron
Iris
Dolly Hawkins
Eva Kinnan
Minnie Stedman
Dwight Jenks
Camp Travis
L. A. Johns
Clyde Hennessey
Oakdale
Majors
Boyd
Carl Angell
Hunters Return From Mason County Deer Hunt
The hunting party including Dommie Kemp J D Dobbins Jeff Kemp Chester Huffman F E Jackson Willard Chambers and Commissioner Albcorn returned from Mason county. Dobbins killed a big buck Huffman a fine gobbler and the group says they could have taken more. They enjoyed the trip and are eager to go again when the season returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Dommie Kemp
J. D. Dobbins
Jeff Kemp
Chester Huffman
F. E. Jackson
Willard Chambers
Commissioner Albcorn
Mason County
Mr. Dobbins
Mr. Huffman
Are Your Sewers Clogged
An end note urges readers to use Chamberlain's Tablets as a mild purgative to relieve constipation. The ad claims the tablets ease bowels, improve digestion, and are gentle in action. The copy targets general health and digestive comfort.
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Chamberlain
Confederate veteran N W Phillips dies in Weatherford
N W Phillips aged 78 died at 6 am Tuesday at his son R K Phillips 318 East Lee Ave Weatherford of cardiac asthma. He served in the Confederate army and surrendered with Lee at Appomattox. He moved to Texas in 1899 and lived in Milam, Wichita Falls, then Weatherford. Funeral at 10 am Wednesday from the family home, conducted by Rev Clarence Altfather and Rev W M Elliott. Weatherford Herald report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Phillips
R. K. Phillips
East Lee Avenue
Mr. Phillips
Alabama
Lee
Appomattox
Fannie Smith
E. B. Phillips
Rockdale
R. R. Phillips
Cameron
Capt
N. H. Phillips
Camp Bowie
Clarence Altfather
Fort Worth
W. M. Elliott
Weatherford Herald
Good Crops Everywhere Except Texas
A review by the United States Chamber of Commerce committee reports southern states now have ample corn for home use and can export. It notes optimistic South conditions despite past boll weevil and weather effects, growing pea nuts from Virginia to Oklahoma and Texas, and cotton extending to Tampa Bay. Rice and sugar were down but prices up. Texas drought spurred goat and sheep efforts.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Oklahoma
South
East
Mason and Dixon
Virginia
Atlantic
Georgia
Tampa Bay
The Burial Box Prank on a WWI Battlefield
In France during a brutal day of fighting, an American corporal named Mike O Donohue confronts a sentry from a buried box that yields a German prisoner who recognizes his American neighbor Herman Houck. The prisoner explains he avoided firing on his friend Herman to save him, prompting the colonel to order humane treatment while preserving the prisoner as a casualty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Erin
Mike
Mike O'Donohue
New Yorek
Wunterland
Vedder
Herman Houck
America
Herman
Ant
Americs
Mysterious Burial Tale Ends in Siam Beheading
In Siam near Bankok Lim That, driven by envy of Thee Wan the ivory merchant, imagines a nephew with an elephants fortune and blackmails the couple. The tale collapses when a monkey lies in the burial box. Lim is beheaded after court inquiry confirms no nephew or fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Klawng Canal
Bankok
Lim
Thee
Lim Thai
Thee Wan
Buddha
Theo
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