Local notes from Fort Worth area and surrounding towns
A long list of notes reports residents visiting Fort Worth and area, births, Thanksgiving travels, official trips, stock shows, and local business ads. Mentions include Ellen Black, Buck Stewart, Ted Johnson, Nora Shannon, R. L. Reed, J. F. Crabb, and many others. events cover stock shows, school activities, and a box supper at Finis schoolhouse with proceeds for seating. Includes subscription offer for Daily and Sunday Star Telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finis
Local residents return from holiday travel
Albert Holt came back Saturday from Loving after Thanksgiving. John C. Bower spent the previous Thursday and Friday in Dallas on automobile business. J. R. Jameson arrived Wednesday night to enjoy Thanksgiving at home. Leslie Scott returned from Dallas Saturday night after several weeks there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Morrison
Austin College
Sherman
Albert Holt
Loving
John C. Bower
Dallas
J. R. Jameson
Leslie Scott
Dallas Saturday Night
Jewelry Sale Ad From New York Store
Just In From New York a sale offers half price on jewelry watches and clocks. The Midgett clock 60c from $1.00, $100 watches with nickel atoné charm jobs, stick pins collar cuffs tie holders collars all 25c. Sterling silver thimbles 25c. Graham Salvage Store next to Leader Office. Henry Mayes travels to Nacogdoches Texas for cotton buying. Cloudy days used for negative work. Mrs J H Fisher attended Fat Stock Show Fort Worth last weekend.
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Graham Salvage Store
For Sale Cheap One Bicycle in Good Repair
Classified notice offering a bicycle in good repair for sale. Contact through Leader office for details.
Local visitors from Dallas and Wichita Falls
Horace Tidwell returned last Thursday from a business trip to Dallas. W. W. Fisher and his son Hugh, brother and nephew of Eld. J. H. Fiher, arrived visiting with them. H. L. Buseh, a South Bend Route reader, was in town last Friday on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettie Scott
South Bend
Boyd Street
Plains Country
Horace Tidwell
Dallas
Fort Worth
W. W. Fisher
Eld
J. H. Fiher
Hugh
Wichita Falls
H. L. Buseh
Stalk Cutter Sale Advertised By Hardware Firm
Norris Johnson Hardware Co promotes a heavy stalk cutter at bargain price. Ad boasts low cost and strong impact for buyers seeking to move farm equipment quickly.
Local Gossip: Townsfolk Return Visits and Rain Impacts
Harry Cornelius came back Wednesday from a short trip. Mrs. J. H. Fisher returned Sunday night from visiting her daughter Mrs. O. M. Jones in Cleburne. Tom and Bill Bunger of Bunger were in town Monday and weather kept them overnight. W. H. Morris arrived from Newcastle to run Mountainside Hotel earlier in the week. W. I. Gilmore joined Graham residents at the Fort Worth Stock Show last week. C. C. Robinson came from Murray Saturday and noted recent rains have cereals growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Cornelius
Fort Worth
J. H. Fisher
O. M. Jones
Cleburne
W. I. Gilmore
Graham
E. W. Fry
East Texas
Poultry Market News and Local Notices
A collage of local items includes hardware store updates from Norris Johnson Hardware Co and Judge E W Fry returning from East Texas. The ad promotes the Six Volume International Cooking Library by renowned chefs with complete sets offered at 50 cents per book or $2.50 for the six-volume set, prepaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Poultry
Norris Johnson Hardware Co
United States
Canada
Europe
de Lux
International Publishing CO Security Bldg
Los Angeles
Cal
Miss Rubenokenig Returns From Pittsburg to Begin Texas Study
Miss Elsie Rubenokenig has returned from Pittsburg Kansas and will stay at home through the Christmas holidays before resuming studies in a Texas normal school.
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Elsie Rubenokenig
Pittsburg
Kansas
Texas Normals
Welcome Address Delivered 1891 at Confederate Reunion
The late Col. R. C. McPhail's address from July 22 1891 at the Confederate Reunion Grounds in Young County Texas welcomes ex Confederates Federal and Mexican War veterans and their families. He honors fallen soldiers praises wives and daughters and entrusts the flag relic to the women lest it ever dishonor or falter. He prays for long lives and readiness to defend honor until the final death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
R. C. McPhails
Clear Fork
Young County
J. W. Still
Commonwealth of Texas
Heaven
Othe
Antiseptic Oil Ad and Local Notices
To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the old reliable Dr Porters Antiseptic Healing Oil. John Payne, former county resident now in Fort Worth, spent the first of the week here on business. Southwestern Telephone Co upgrades lines in the southeastern town. M M Wallis returned from Gainesville to resume his former tailor position.
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R. L. Reed
Fort Worth
Dallas
Porter
John Payne
The
Southwestern Telephone Company
M. M. Wallis
Gainesville
Texas
Christmas goods ad and local notices from Finis area
Snoddy's offers Christmas goods while Jonas Stephens rents a farm north of town planning to stay. H Tidewell Finis TX lists a stump puller for 25 dollars. Mail carriers ride on horseback due to heavy rains. Lillian Hall and Alice Gibson, Loving school teachers, traveled to Fort Worth for a few days. A middle bus is on hand with reduced prices.
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Lillian Hall
Alice Gibson
Loving School
Fort Worth
Thanksgiving Services at Presbyterian Church Highlight Hopeful Sermon
The main auditorium was filled for Thanksgiving services with familiar hymns and a Psalm by Rev. Stallings. Rev. Bowman preached on praising the Lord from I Chronicles and Thessalonians, tracing communal gratitude from ancient Greece to early American settlers, and closing with Pollyanna’s tale. Rev. Snoddy led final prayers as the service concluded. Nearby Norris Johnson Hardware advertises Genuine Spauldings while noting low prices. Homer Thompson and family relocate to Fort Worth for a jeweler position on the North Side, with best wishes for happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Stallings
Hall
Lynch
Methodist
Jackson
Bowman
Ile
America
Polly Anna
Homer Thompson
Fort Worth
Thompson
Graham
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Home For Savings
A. B. Casburn
R. C. Goode
Miss Ellen Black
Buck Stewart
Ted Johnson
Morrison
R. Y. Black
John Graves
Jacksboro
Bay
D. A. Fort
Will Copeland
Duff Prairie
W. M. Goode
Legend
Claud Cochran
Lizzie
Nina Hall
New Orleans
Angell’s Commedians
Joe Wootton
Murray
Ernest Setvall
E. W. Johnson
J. F
Oliver Burgess
Dec Carlton
Jack Howery
Kaufman County
Prof
Mrs. J. F. H. Crabb
Mrs. McJimsey
Mrs. Earl Downs
City
Daily and Sunday Star Telegram
Nora Shannon
R. L. Reed & Co
Robert Bower
Prof. Campbell
E. B. Owens
East
J. R. Holcomb
W. M. Hale
W. D. Spivey
Jim Smith
R. F. Fowler
Electra
B. W. King
State Teachers’ Association
R. D. Poindexter
A. P. Taylor
M. A. Wallace
G. T. Cherryholmes
W. S. Tidwell & Sons
O. H. Brown
Chas Widmayer
Will Steen
R. F. Arnold, Jr
Egfers
New York
Henry Mayes
Nacogdoches
Chism
Tom
Bill Bunger
Bunger
W. H. Morris
Newcastle
Mountainside
C. C. Robinson
Dr. Rice
Memphis
Tennessee
Dan Orr
Leader
Jean
Farmer
R. F. Arnold
Mathews &F Norris
Orever
Pear
J. L. Woods
S. B. Street & CO
Chris
Snoddy’s
Jonas Stephens
Jones County
H. Tidewell
Norris-Johnson Hardware Co
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