Oldest Man Claim Debunked In Texas Breckenridge News
Breckenridge residents question Mr. J H Wells claiming to be Texas oldest man as reports note a 107 year old Breckenridge Delineation in Missouri. B S Knight of Palo Pinto Mutual Life seeks agents in Mineral Wells, policy value near eight hundred dollars, Graham insured group shows no recent deaths. Knight can write policies from one year old to fifty five for healthy family members.
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J. H. Wells
Third Street
Texas
Cording
Breckenridge
Wells
B. S. Knight
The
Palo Pinto Mutual Life Association of Mineral
Citizens Mutual Aid Association of
Graham
Knight
Man Returns Home After 42 Years
Cross Plains Sept 15 Phillip Yarbrough, once a lad in Callahan County, returns after 42 years away and signs oil land deeds for heirs. He avoided profit from deals before oil, plans to stay with sister and brother in Cross Plains, and recalls wild turkeys and deer along old Turkey Creek paths.
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Cross Plains
Phillip Yarbrough
Yarbrough
John R
I. T. Yarbrough
Callahan County
W. G. Anderson
Mexico
Arizona
Turkey Creek
P. T. Jones
County Superintendent Avants Thanks for Teachers Institute Help
County Superintendent Avants extends heartfelt thanks to all who supported the Graham teachers institute last week. He notes the limited number of boarding homes used due to few teachers seeking assignments, praises the town for its cooperative spirit, and expresses appreciation to ministers for devotions, entertainers, Mr. Peavy for program coordination, the DeMolay Band, and the Chamber of Commerce for ice cream. The week is summarized as successful professionally and pleasurably.
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Avants
Teachers Institute
Graham
Peavy
Chamber of Commerce
Diversified Farming Pays Big For Weatherford Farmer
Weatherford, Sept. 14. F C Garrison, living four miles west, advocates diversification. He sold 900 dollars of peaches, 250 dollars of watermelons, 100 dollars of Irish potatoes and expects 500 dollars from cotton, totaling 1750 dollars. He also produced a good feed crop with about 600 bales of oats and 500 bushels of corn, plus garden produce for family use.
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Weatherford
F. C. Garrison
Here
Oldest Mason in America Dies at 107 in Missouri
Breckenridge Missouri September 14 Dr Joseph Singer Halstead aged 107 died at his home Sunday night He was the oldest Freemason in the United States He met Gen Lafayette in 1824 and served as family physician and personal friend to Henry Clay Born March 4 1818 in Lexington Kentucky
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Breckenridge
Joseph Singer Halstead
United States
Gen
Lafayette
Henry Clay
Lexington
Pioneer Dallas Man Dies Sunday Morning
Alexander Sanger, 78, longtime Dallas merchant and president of Sanger Bros. since its 1910 incorporation, died at Baylor Hospital after major surgery. He had lived in Dallas 53 years and was a leader in civic movements. Survived by son Elihu A. Sanger and numerous Dallas relatives.
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Alexander Sanger
Dallas
Baylor Hospital
Sanger
Sanger Bros
Texas
Elihu A. Sanger
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the Foundation
E. S. Graham
Graham P. Stewart
V. P. & Cashier
S. B. Street
P. K. Deats
Thos. Tobin
C. Bloodworth
T. O. Deats
H. B. Street
R. E. Lynch CO. C. Bloodworth
First National Bank
In Graham
Man
Firestone
Shamrock Motor Co
Southeast Corner Square
Graham, Texas
Erigans
HE Knarton
Graham National Bank
W. A. Corbett
R. V. Tidwell
G. D. Hinson
H. L. Tidwell Cashier
H. D. Criswell
R. B. Whittenburg
A. A. Morrison
America IS
Mr. Sanger
Studebaker
Studebakers
Ford
Saturday Evening Post
the Post
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Oilbelt Motor Co
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