Young People Give Program at Flat Rock
The First Methodist Church youth presented a program at Flat Rock last Sunday afternoon with E. E. Durham leading and Mr. Cook offering prayer. Miss Fannie Ragland and Miss Jessie B. Stegall spoke on Jesus, and Raymon Thompson, Alton Thompson sang with Merle Guinn and Opal Butler contributing talks and prayers. A follow up program is set for Henry Chapel next Sunday at 3 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Flat Rock
Mr. Cook
Jesus
Fannie Ragland
Jessie B. Stegall
Raymon
Alton Thompson
Merle Guinn
Opal Butler
Henry Chapel
Bar Room Night Debate Echoes Through Ages
A playful exchange contrasts a balanced diet with literary knowledge. The dialogue weighs what counts as a classic, debating authorship and titles with quick quips about Ten Nights in a Bar Room Shakespeare and Twelfth Night.
Wood and casket imagery in a graveyard line
A stark note links tainted wood to wood alcohol and the coffin that contains the drinker, implying fatal consequences of contaminated supply. The wording suggests a grim public warning embedded in a death-related scene.
Number Tricks To Try At Your Party
A description of party ready number tricks from Popular Mechanics Monthly. It outlines a boomerang style age reveal and a digit trick using sums, subtractions, and multiples to deduce a chosen figure. Includes steps with example numbers and how to present the illusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics Monthly
Nate Lenacoude
Cost of living weighs on Brown as bills rise
A short Victorian exchange shows Brown lamenting rising expenses from materials like paint and shingle, blaming the burden on his daughters rather than his house.
Davis to distribute over a million in bonuses to oil company staff
Davis, president of United North and South Oil Company, plans July 1 bonus payouts totaling more than 1 million dollars for 450 employes. Those with three years service receive 100 percent, two years 75 percent, and under two years 50 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockhart
Texas
Edgar E. Davis
United North and South Oil Company, Inc
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Davis
Luling
Houston
Farmersville Teacher Accepts Graham Place
Miss Miriam Sowell, longtime Farmersville High School English instructor, will leave Farmersville after accepting a teaching post at Graham High School for the coming session. Her departure is noted as a loss to the district where she built up the English department and earned wide regard among patrons and friends in Farmersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam Sowell
Farmersville High School
Forney
Sowell
Graham High School
Farmersville
Sale by Master Commissioner of North American Oil assets
Bank of America pursuing sale under 1926 decree by Master Commissioner I. T. C. McMurray. Auction set for August 3 1926 in Graham Young County Texas. Properties include campsite leases 20 acres and 2 acres plus camps and equipment and multiple oil and gas leases with rigs and equipment across several surveys in Young County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Graham
A. E. Gossett
Samuel Wood
J. J. Scott
Wm. Johnson
John Kissenger
John A. Hill
State of Texas
A. H. Eddleman
Stephene County
Texas
W. T. Donnell
J. T. Mullinax
Wise County
J. T. Counts
Cochran and Collins
G. W. Steele
A. B. Conley
James Toerleton
Henry Robertson
Potter County
R. B. Masterson
Wichita County
R. Brannon
Fort Worth
Hudson Coach
Caddo County
Oklahoma
Willis Gregory
Creek County
Pemeta
Annetta Marshall
Quay County
New Mexico
Ruby Dunn
C. W. Farretux
North American Refining Company
Rosedale Refining Co
North Pool Oil Company
Channell Oil Company
Cimarron Oi and Gas Co
Parker Process Co
Southwestern Petroleum Co
Blue Grass Oil Co
Capital
Oilton Oil Company
Charles H. Apple
American Gasoline Corporation
North American Oil and Refining Corporation
T. C. McMurray
Dan Waggoner
Bank of America
Franklin Trust Company
North American ‘Oil and Refining Corporation Et al
United States District Court For
Northern District of Texas
I. T. C. McMurray
Court House
Graham
Young County
Jacob Garrett
Ruidoso Jr. Co
Ford
Lesser
G. W. Burgess
J. R. Holcomb
John H
BR. F.scott
Ruidoso Ir. Co
E. M. Braddock
THEN AND NOW Electric lights and movies reach the country
The article notes how electric lights and the movies spread from cities to rural areas. Farm electric plants now provide complete service for lighting, pumping, milking, washing, and other farm work, and have enabled country villages to have movie theaters, matching city conveniences.
Sailors In Iceberg Sinking Make Last Plea on Ship
During a voyage a tanker struck an iceberg and began sinking with no lifeboats. The crew gathered in despair as the vessel settled. A sudden voice offered a grim joke about buying a good pair of lines in the deathly quiet.
Reading Paper Report Sparks Moral Debate
A Reading Paper item notes a man killed by two assailants last night. The dialogue contrasts the violence with the victim’s lack of money, prompting reflections on luck and justice. Authorities investigate the event and seek witnesses.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senate
Pennsylvania
James A. Reed
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-saloon League
U. S
Marine
Scott-Long Drug CO
Willard Batteries
Stewart-Warner Radios
Mallory
Willard
West Fourth St
Ind
Wichita Falls Daily Times
Seventh and Scott
Seventh Street
Palace Meat Market
Graham Place
District Court of the United States
English Channel
Lillian Cannon
Baltimore
Mille Gade
Gertrude Ederle
New York
Europe
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