To Speak Here Saturday By Judge Riddle for Senate
Judge George W. Riddle, candidate for the United States Senate, will address Graham voters at the courthouse on Saturday May 13 at 8:00 p.m. He will discuss land banks to aid landless families, homes at low rates, a ship bill for southern crops, a national budget system, interstate highways, and opposition to the saloon.
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George W. Riddle
United State Senate
Graham and Vicinity
Court House
Judge Riddle
Morrison Jr. Reaches State Finals in Declamation Contest
John E. Morrison Jr., 16, son of Mr and Mrs E H Morrison, a high school junior in this city, won the preliminaries of the State Declamation contest at Austin last Saturday and finished as a finalist. Only six state finalists included seniors. Juanita Adair also won a state prelim but was defeated in the finals.
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John E. Morrison Jr
E. H. Morrison
Austin
Wichita Falls
Juanita Adair
Castle
Fry Cases Transferred Across Counties in Texas
Seven cases against Judge E. W. Fry of Young County were transferred to this jurisdiction from Archer County, which had previously received them from Young County. One Archer case went to trial but the jury did not agree on a verdict, per Henrietta Independent.
New Store Continues Old Family Business Under New Management
The note expresses gratitude for public support after Mr Short left and confirms the new owners will carry on the established business. They highlight long standing methods, wholesale connections, and new stock flow with seasonal updates. They urge customers to shop current sale prices as advertised, promising honest reductions.
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Mr. Short
Seasonal Sale Highlights Ladies and Children's Apparel
Extra Special Prices On Ladies Spring and Summer Coat Suits silk voile organdie waists house dresses blouses slippers and on summer dress goods domestics ginghams plus men's summer suits and hats for a broad sale event at local stores.
Death Claims Two Local Women in Tank Valley and Fort Worth
Mrs. T. C. Wadley died after a lingering illness at her Tank Valley home and was buried in Oak Grove cemetery beside her husband. she was born in 1868 in Sacatone Arizona and came to the county in 1875. Mrs. Will A. Stewart died in a Fort Worth sanitarium and was buried in Oak Grove cemetery. born in Kentucky about forty years ago she moved to Texas as a child and lived in this city for eight years with her husband and three sons.
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T. C. Wadley
Tank Valley
Oak Grove
Gladney
Cook
Stewart
Kentucky
Texas
Presbyterian Church
Speaking Postponed by W L Willis on Private Capitalism
Owing to illness W L Willis has postponed his address on Private Capitalism from May 13 to Saturday May 27. The event details are adjusted to the later date.
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W. L. Willis
Belle Alford Undergoes Operation and Recovers
Belle Alford underwent surgery on January 1 and is reported to be doing well after the procedure.
County Democratic Convention Minutes at Graham in 1916
The Young County Executive Convention met at Graham Texas on May 9 1916 with Fred T Arnold as chairman. Committees on credentials and resolutions endorsed President Woodrow Wilson and selected delegates for the State and National Democratic Conventions including M D Brown C W Hinson and others.
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Fred T. Arnold
G. H. Bunger
M. D. Brown
Newcastle
C. F. Marshall
J. F. Barnett
C. J. Simpson
Bitter Creek
J. J. Gray
Loving
G. B. Underwood
Olney
H. C. McClure
J. H. Wood
W. D. Boswell
O. T Anderson
Clarence Bingham
M D. Brown
F. P
Langford Coon Couple Wed at Eliasville Presbyterian
Ellis Langford and Miss Nannie Coon, daughter of Mrs. L. M. Pratt, were married May 3 at the Eliasville Presbyterian church with Rev. Jas F Pursley officiating. A large crowd witnessed the ceremony. The couple will reside in the Lone Star community.
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Ellis Langford
Nannie Coon
L. M. Pratt
Presbyterian Church
Eliasville
Jas. F. Pursley
Little Walter McCarver Improves After Cisco Operation
Four year old Little Walter McCarver, son of Mr and Mrs Clem McCarver of Cisco, underwent an operation recently. For a time doctors feared for his life but early this week relatives learned he is improving rapidly.
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Little Walter
Clem McCarver
Cisco
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Ocean
Graham Boy
R. F. Short & Go
John H. Wood
Will A. Stewart
Fort Worth
Buta
Oak Grove Cemetery
Will Stewart
Waco
Belle Alford
Young County Executive
Graham
Langford-Coon
Langford
Lone Star
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