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Newspaper
Carrollton Chronicle
Location
Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1928
Page
1
A distressed message warns customers and patrons that unauthorized notices demanding payment have circulated. The writer asks recipients to disregard these fake demands and asserts no legitimate collections should be pursued. The missive references Beacmuncnn and mentions a partial account list.
Mr and Mrs Green and their daughter Mra Alma Smith with her son visited the Jones county community for several days. They came Thursday and left Sunday for Anson. They are residents of Braith and spoke warmly of old friends, noting they are doing well on their Jones county home.
Ferris men Sam Cole and Harry Winer hunted a dog rabbit in county land Friday. Eight rabbits were captured as they chased the quarry near Ledbetter. The note mentions a souvenir tied to old Al Page Law and recalls crop payments of $1200 for last year’s cotton. An advertisement promotes turkey production. Miss Margaret Johnston attended Galli-Corti at Fair Park auditorium Wednesday night.
Fourteen doctors members of the Sub-District Association gathered in Carrollton last Friday. Hosts Dr RW Burcatt and guests were entertained by Mrs Burnett and Mrs Wilkin. The luncheon featured talk on pills and poultices and social customs, with Drs from Suatin Grand Prairie Grapevine Iawnville Richardson and Dallas area present.
Candidate G P Myers presents a bold platform promising equal rights, economy in taxes, strict enforcement of town ordinances, and a standardized city system. He pledges to stop water waste, pay fair wages, and pursue five and five planning while urging Dallas style development and orderly progress for Carrollton.
Program notes describe a church service item titled Long Bonntonce Prayer Bong. Carl Rous and Fredan are involved in a mediation as part of the reading. The text mentions a start time and singing as part of the act, reflecting a religious program clip.
On his return to the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Warm Welcome Penal Dobepka and O tain recount a grand but eerie homecoming. Friends allegedly looted shells and pictures while a fire siren mocked the scene as a prank escalated with a quick truck dash to relocate the John Lockar real.
A birthday event on Sunday March 26 in Tyler Texas brought together Roy Owens, his wife, and Jeryell with their families. The gathering at Dallas featured Roy Owens of the Tyler Courterimes and his wife, plus the junior high principal, as relatives shared gifts and warm wishes, making the day memorable.
In a local accident, Jack Mayes fractured his leg when a drooping limb fell from a tree while he played with two girls. Dr Burnett attended, applied a plaster cast, and Jack begins a long recovery but hopes to regain jumping and running ability.
Senior class at Carrollton High School selects the modern play The Miserable Fortune from a list of popular works. Mr Harris arranged rehearsals and initial work will begin soon with aims to stage the production in top form.
A Monday night event in Carrollton was cancelled due to a mixup. Judge J. J. Eckford and Commissioner J. W. Blaughter attended a meeting but the sale date was changed. Rev. T. C. Wright of Denton visited the D. J. Bailey home Friday.
Prominent Trinity Mills resident L P Fouts died Friday afternoon after a paralytic stroke and a later end two days later. His body returned to Trinity Mills for funeral services at the Christian church in Carrollton with burial in Cemetery Hill. Survivors include family members in Lancaster and Denton counties, and relatives in Rhonesboro and Oxford. Obituary to be continued next week.
Local notes list numerous visitors and relatives during weekend with names including Miss Annie Ruth Bochansn of Richardson and Miss Mary O Easlewood. Several families from Canton Dallas and Gainesville hosted guests. attendance at Lake Clit Park meet yielded medals for children.
Report from the McCoy Farm well describes casing removal and cementing efforts. Water trouble prompts plans to restore pressure and determine whether to pull and reset casing or cement and rearm the well. Locals express cautious optimism that oil may be found if water is controlled.
Fragrant names from Franklord News LiMia Moral Nance and many others are listed as being touched by illness injuries and events over the past week. Attacks, fires and personal misfortune affect residents from Quannah Carrollton Hebron Baylor Hospital Dal las and nearby towns.
Local justice of the peace BM Thompson draws couples from distant towns to wed. Last Thursday J D Selman and Miss Lucy Creecy traveled from Canton in the Free State of Van Zant to Carrollton to secure his services and hear the words.
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