Graham and vicinity notes and Christmas visitors
Local News records multiple Christmas visits and travels among Graham area residents including visits by Mr. Phil Huey in Cleburne and Mr. Will Fore in Graford. It notes a birth, a city preacher Rev Charles M Ashmore in Graham, and various relatives visiting relatives in nearby towns. It mentions sales and bargains at local stores and a fire alarm at Graham Steam Laundry.
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Will Fore
Graford
Graham
Warm Blankets at Lowest Street and Co
Graham Hide and Produce Co reports bulk stock of cotton and wool blankets for sale. Poultry and carload shipments advertised with loading details. Event tied to a Saturday sale on the fourth and sixth streets, emphasizing low prices.
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Street & CO
Bargain i Street & CO
Graham
Graham Hide & Produce CO
Miller's Studio January 20 Poultry Sale Ad and Local Notices
Miller's Studio advertises a January 20 discount on 4x6 and larger portraits with 24 percent off. Local notes mention visits to Graham, Mineral Wells, and Dallas Baylor Dental students, plus a Spokane death sending Mr. John E. Meyer home. Graham Hide and Produce promotes poultry buying at best market prices through February 1.
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Miller’s
Miller
No trespassing on D G Vick farms in Young County
Posted notice by D G Vick prohibits hunting fishing trapping or entering on farms and pastures in Young County under his control. Keep out on all properties. The notice emphasizes no trespassing on land owned or controlled by Vick.
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Young County
D. G. Vick
Marriages Two couples wed in Graham and Loving area
Mr Robert Padgett of South Bend and Miss Winifred Sampley of Jermyn married at the Metho dist parsonage in Graham with Rev J W W Shuler officiating. The bride, daughter of J M Sampley, is a Jean School teacher. The groom is son of John Padgett of Graham and employed by South Bend Motor Co. The couple receive many congratulations. Separately, Mr Robert Logan of Loving wed Miss Maude Rayburn of Olney in Loving with Rev C E Dickson officiating and left for a Galveston trip. Maude is daughter of Mrs J P Rayburn. she is active in church work. Robert Logan grew up in the area, now runs the Young County Nursery in Loving and taught school previously. Best wishes to both couples.
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John Padgett
Graham
South Bend Motor Company
Robert Logan
Loving
Maude Rayburn
Olney
C. E. Dickson
Fort Worth
Galveston
Daugher
J. P. Rayburn
Hunt Community
Punty
Markley
Texas Motor Co Sells Six New Dodges
The Texas Motor Co reports selling six new Dodges during December. A Graham Pe company manager and several others noted rising business. The first 1924 touring car and a 1929 model were among deliveries as demand grows in the area including Wichita Falls and Parkersburg.
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Paul Dodge
Rial
Eliasville
Dodge
Graham Pe Company
Parkersburg
Reel Co
Wichita Falls
Jerron City
New Lamp Bins 94 Percent Tested Superior to 104 ilamps
A new il lamp marketed as cleaner safer than gas has been tested by over 35 leading universities and found superior to 104 ilamps. It promises smoke free operation, simple pumps, and potential earnings of 250 to 500 dollars monthly for early adopters. The inventor T E W Lake invites inquiries and trial requests. Lester Ringgenberg, injured before Christmas, is recovering and soon to use crutches. Judge R E Erwin and Mrs Erwin plan to relocate to Mercedes or Weslaco. Mrs Moellendick buys Ye Gift Shoppe.
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U. Ment
R. E. Erwin
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Mercedes
Weslaco
Erwin
Moellendick
Wendie Kizer nurses father burned in gas blast
Miss Winnie Kizer arrived Tuesday night from Dallas to care for her father W. L. Kizer who suffered painful burns in a gas explosion Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Claudia Howard hosted Christmas guests Mr and Mrs Blankenship and their children of Santo Texas and Mr and Mrs Vernon Howard of Corsicana.
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Nat Price
Jesse Bryan
Adkins
Median Wallace
Baylor School of Dentistry
Dallas
Clem MeCarver
Cisco
Winnie Kizer
W. L. Kizer
Claudia Howard
Blankenship
Santo, Texas
Vernon Howard
Corsicana
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Stafford’s News and Cigar Stand
Phil Huey
Cleburne
A. E. Swift
Mrs. Houston Bolin
Haskell
Berenice O'Neal
Orr of
Dan
Horace
Nelle Ross of
Aledo
L. M. Davis
Mr. J. 0. McCloud
J. C. Boyd
Baptist Church
Eula Logan
J. W. Carlton
J. S. Criswell
Kathleen
Mineral Wells
H. H. Fitzpatrick
Breckenridge
G. T. Spencer
W. F. Sehenck
Cliff Groves
Iva Chowning
Mes. Stephens
Bowie
P. A. Martin
Louise Graham
Mobile
Alabama
Atlanta
Georgia
Mrs. W. E. Askew
Mrs. Askew
Chico
J. W. Elledge
Marguerite
John R
Greenville
M. T. Bronstead
Denison
J. C. Lovelace
Lucy K. Isaacs
EB. B. Kirk
Waynesville
North Carolina
Bonnie
Bessie Bryan
Milton Snoddy
Isit
Groesbeck
Milton
Messrs
Carroll Robbins
J. Ed Martin
Brownsville
SPE
United Charities
Birdsong
Masonic Club
Masonic Lodge
Charles M. Ashmore of
Lockhart
First Christian Church
Marinello Shop
Southland Hotel
Addie M. Mason
F. Wesley Gray
Earl Burns
Stephenville
Henry Ranspot
W. E. Badman
Hince
Clara Speark
Katherin Whitten
Brecker
Widmayer
R. J. Dennis
Jacksboro Gazette
Graham Hide & Produce
Gral Leader
Wichita Daily Times
John E. Meyer
Spokane
Washington
Mr. Meyer
Mrs. Meyer
Logan-Rayburn
ThTexas Motor Co
Lester Ringgenberg
Lester
Graham Leader
Wichita Daily and Sunday Times
Liberty Theatre
Lois Weber
Gillingwater
Den
Jane
Jacque‘Mercer
Carl la
de A
Mea Eber
Harold Lloyd
Lloyd
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