Ladies Aid Society Hosts Fifth Monday Event At New Home
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church enjoyed a social afternoon in Hefley Heights with sewing for Christmas gifts, preparing for the Fifth Monday gathering hosted by the society at the Lawrence home.Mrs Davis served a refreshment course to conclude the meeting. The Girls Missionary Society also met, sewing for the Files Valley Orphanage and reporting nearly one hundred dollars raised from a recent event The Trip Around the World. Committees receive praise for planning and smooth management, all ages sharing a charming evening of innocent and instructive amusement.
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Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Hefley Heights
W. C. Lawrence
Girls’ Missionary Society
Sallie Kate cLane
Files Valley
Notice of December teacher examination schedule in Texas
Notice from Austin Texas dated November 18 1914 informs County Superintendents to notify all teachers of the upcoming state and county certificate exams to be held at county seats on the first Friday and Saturday and the preceding Thursday in December. It lists the uniform paper requirement and a detailed timetable for the exams across Thursday and Friday sessions. The State Superintendent is cited and a promotional line for Hunt's Lightning Oil appears as a clipped advertisement.
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Austin
Texas
Hughes Merve
Youths Companion 1915 Calendar Preview
The Youths Companion Calendar for 1915 presents subscribers with a decorative yet practical calendar. The piece highlights its gem-like design and rich mounting while emphasizing usefulness as the calendar’s main purpose.
Tax Collection Schedule At Various Texas Localities
A fragmented list shows tax collection sites and dates across multiple towns including Davilla San Gabriel Tracy Jones Prairie Baileyville Branchville Milanese Gause Sageeiar Ben Arnold Burlington Buckholts Rockdale Watson Branch Conaly Thorndale with days from December 1 to 24. The entry reads like a public notices brief detailing locations and timing for tax collection.
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Sharp
Davilla
San Gabriel
Tracy S
Jones Prairie
Baileyville
Branchville
Milanese
Gause ‘ Sageeiar
Ben Arnold
Burlington
Buckholts
Rockdale Os Urs
Watson Branch
Conaly Oe
Thorndale
Note of Thanks From Missionary Society
The Womans Missionary Society of the Methodist Church thanks all who assisted in making the Trip Around The World a social and financial success. The event helped reduce the Parsonage debt by dollars. Mrs. C. D. Lay, President. Mrs. J. T. Kemp, Corresponding Secretary.
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Womans’ Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
C. D. Lay
J. T. Kemp
Wedding News and Local Visits In Oakdale Texas
Notes from Oakdale this Week recount a Benned wedding in Cameron after a local ceremony reflecting community ties. Residents attend church events and host gatherings while several families visit kin and travel to nearby Cameron and Lorena.
Believes In Reduction From Yarrel ton Farmer
Carroll Gibbs of Yarrell ton visits Cameron and says he sold no cotton and will reduce cotton acreage next year. He argues economizing is necessary and that farmers can raise hogs instead. Gibbs is a respected local farmer and citizen. Also promotes the Magic Washing Stick as a time saving whitening aid available from Grocers or A B Richards Medicine Co., Sherman Texas. A US Department of Agriculture report notes wheat on hand for export and projected demand amid wartime needs.
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Carroll Gibbs
Yarrellton
Cameron
Herald
Gibbs
Mr. Gibbs
United States
Europe
United Tes Department
The Wonderful Magic Washing Stick
Mrs Mollie Martin of Apache Oklahoma extols the Magic Washing Stick as a powerful washing helper saving washday labor. Three sticks cost 25 cents, enough for fifteen large washings, making clothes notably white. Advert says by A B Richards Medicine Co Sherman Texas. Also notes Charles Aigner, Burlington farmer, becomes Herald veston News reader via Burlington agent Pat Gordon at a $1 50 club rate.
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A. B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman
Texas
Mollie Martin
Apache
Okla
Mae
A.B. Richards Medicine Co
Charles Aigner
Burlington
New Herald Veston
Pat Gordon
A Fine Remedy for Biliousness and Constipation
People across this section are buying LIV VERAX as a meritorious vegetable remedy. It naturally cleanses the liver and avoids calomel’s harsh effects. Easy to take, each bottle comes in 50c and 1 dollar sizes.
A Message to Women Promotes Vinci Cod Liver Remedy
An odd historic advertisement urges women, frail children, and old folks to imitate Miss Dumas by using Vinci cod liver and iron product as a strength builder. The copy promotes guaranteed satisfaction with a money back promise and mentions related Saze Salve.
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Miss Dumas
Vinci
Five Years of Stomach Trouble Healed by Black Draught
A Kentucky man, A. J. Hughes of Pomerayton, writes that after five years of severe stomach illness he tried many remedies without relief. He finally followed Black Draught’s advice and after three months of use he reports no more sick head or distress, expressing gratitude for the medicine.
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Pomerayton
Hughes
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Dean White
J. W. Milton
Oakdale
Eugene House
Mart
Sid House
Day
Oakdale Settlement
Dean Shelton
Hood
Frank Pressley
Nancy Ethridge
Alda Batey
Fred
Corrie Story
Belt
Lorena
Earl
Jesse Belt
P. F. Das Co.,ltd
Hamelton
Ont
F.aperience
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Freckeleater
Freckeleater Crea
Enott Baker-Wheeler N Mfg. CO
Prohibition
Poe Keavens
F. A. Black
Cameron, Texas
Ceed
Gin Anto
Are
Cam
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