Revival Sermons Draw Growing Attendance at First Presbyterian
Dr A F Cunningham of Austin leads a week two revival at First Presbyterian Church with Scotland style preaching. Morning Pentecost focused sermons and nightly strong messages. A Mother's Day service is planned next Sunday morning with services at 10 a m and 7 45 p m.
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A. F. Cunningham
Austin
First Presbyterian Church
Cunningham
Scotland
Gary L. Smith
Veteran Newspaper Man Dies Saturday
W A Johnson editor of the Hall County Herald and former Texas lieutenant governor died suddenly at 2 o clock Saturday morning at his Memphis home. A veteran Northwest Texas newspaperman, he led the Hall County Herald for over 30 years and served in the state senate, acting as governor in 1918. He helped locate the Northwest Texas Hospital for the Insane at Wichita Falls and supported Woodrow Wilson, with a frank editorial style.
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W. A. Johnson
Hall County Herald
Texas
Memphis
Hobby
Lynch Davidson
State Senate
Prohibition
James E. Ferguson
Northwest Texas Hospital For the Insane
Wichita Falls
Woodrow Wilson
Teachers Present Library Benefit at Graham High
Mrs Lois L Manry and Miss Katherine Erwin will present a program at Graham High School Auditorium on Friday night May 18. Proceeds will go to the school library. The teachers have supported library and school projects and residents are invited to attend.
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Lois L. Manry
Katherine Erwin
Graham
Texas House considers three cent billboard tax
Austin April 30. A proposal to impose a three cent occupation tax on billboards in Texas is to be heard by the house revenue and taxation committee. Rep. Sam C. Lackey Cuero introduced the bill. The tax would be yearly in advance and apply to all advertising boards. Officials said thousands of billboards exist with no tax, potentially yielding over a million dollars annually. Opposition is anticipated.
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Austin
Texas
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Sam C. Lackey
Cuero
Lackey
Bill Board
Oil well in Wildcat, Miles 5. W. Olney area strikes
Peter Oils Inc drilled seven miles southwest of Olney and reached a sand at 1075 feet. A 55 minute oil flow occurred with strong gas pressure. The 200 by 688 foot location sits on Kemp land survey No. 401 in Young County, marking a new Wildcat near the Swastika well. E. H. Sellars of the state bureau aided the location. The Peter, Monroe, and Sun companies hold 3000 acres on the structure, signaling rising acreage and interest in the region.
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Star Rng
Peter Oils, Inc
Olney
Young County
Kemp Land
Texas Leads With Telephones Across Southern Lands
Texas alone has about 500000 telephones for 5 million people while all southern republics total nearly 70000000 inhabitants with under 500000 telephones. Rev. J T Strange, Young County Baptist Missionary, visited the city returning from Eliasville where he spoke of the Baptist Encampment to be held on the Ingleside ranch in June. Great preparations are being made for this meeting.
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Rio Grande
Antarctic Ocean
Texas
J. T. Strange
Young County Baptist
Eliasville
Ingleside Ranch
Street & Co Men’s Clothing Stock Notice
Men’s suits trousers shirts shoes and oxfords offered by Street & Co. Read as a concise storefront notice advertising a range of men’s apparel and footwear.
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Street & CO
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