George W Smith Sails In Partners With J G Roberts
McKinney tailor George W Smith announces a partnership with J G Roberts, bringing European experience from London and Paris to his shop on West Virginia Street. The firm promises faster service with new facilities for women’s apparel and a larger staff, aiming to handle growing regional trade.
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McKinney
Collin County
Geo. W. Smith
J. G. Roberts
America
Europe
Messrs Smith and Roberts
Roberts
London
England
Paris
West Virginia Street
Prize Awards in Collin County Kitchen Contest This Saturday
Collin County Home Demonstration Clubs hold their regular meeting at 1:30 PM Saturday June 12 in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Two contestants from Collin County are Mrs J E Smith of Rhea Mills and Mrs Charlie King of Verona. Prizes will be presented by Mrs J J Lovejoy. Executive committee met Saturday afternoon per county agent Mrs Viola Poole McGee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collin County
Chamber of Commerce
Collin
J. E. Smith
Rhea Mills
Charlie King
Verona
J. J. Lovejoy
Viola Poole McGee
Hare Family Hosts Guests From Dallas and Paris
Rev and Mrs H L Hare entertained their daughter Mrs Dewey Lamb of Dallas and a distinguished Paris visitor Miss Winnie Wiggs daughter of Rev and Mrs W H Wiggs. The Wiggs family is noted for Rev Wiggs contributing as an accomplished musician. The Hare family welcomed these guests in their home Sunday.
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H. L. Hare
Mra
Dewey Lamb
Dallas
Paris
Texas
Winnie Wiggs
W. H. Wiggs
Mr. Wiggs
Necessary to Cut Grain on Sunday
John Totlyn and his wife, McKinney insurance man, drove to Denton Sunday and observed farmers in Gatlin and Denton counties harvesting grain badly needed for eating. Excessive rains and pad weather kept farmers from field work, making Sunday harvest necessary to save crops during a record busy season in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Totlyn
McKinney
Denton
Gatlin
Birthday Greetings for Dr. W. T. Largent
The Daily Courier-Gazette and the Weekly Democrat-Gazette extend felicitations to Dr. W. T. Largent on his birthday. A city and county native and longtime practitioner, he has served as county health officer and is now city health physician. He participates in medical associations and lectures at the Nurses' Training school of the City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Courier-Gazette
Weekly
Democrat-Gazette
W. T. Largent
Clarence C Harris Celebrates Birthday In McKinney
The Weekly Democrat Gazette honors Clarence C Harris the well known young McKinney undertaker celebrating his birthday. Harris has been in the undertaking business five years this September and recently opened a modern funeral home on West Louisiana Street after moving from Granbury with his wife and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Courier-Gazette
Weekly
Democrat-Gazette
Clarence C. Harris
McKinney
Harris
Granbury
Louisiana
Birthday salute to Col iin county tax assessor W K Barnett
Tuesday June 8 1926 residents honor W KL Barnett tax assessor for Coliin County with offices in the courthouse. Barnett came from Blue Ridge after his election two years ago and is active in church Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges with many friends in the city and county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. KL
Lou) Barnett
Coliin County
Court House
Barnett
Blue Ridge
Masonic
Odd Fellow
Wheat Harvest In Full Blast Throughout County
Ditto began cutting his wheat Monday on his land northwest of town. The crop is fairly good and much wheat is being cut this week and shocked. Four days of bright sunshine and favorable weather are helping farmers harvest promptly, though spring oats remain unripe for now.
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W. BE. Ditto
Mack Harper Pioneer West Collin Citizen Dies
Mack Harper died Tuesday at his home in Prosper at 2 o’clock in the morning. He was a pioneer West Collin resident and well known in the county. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at 2 pm with interment in Ware cemetery near Walnut Grove. He is survived by his wife and several children.
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MehKinney
Mack Harper
Prosper
West Collin
Ware
Walnut Grove
New Wholesale Business Open In McKinney
H C Myrick of Myrick & Biggers completes a new 26 by 46 foot two story building on East Greenville street leased for a wholesale vegetables and fruits venture. Charlie Bridgefarmer and Homer Myrick will run the operation with cold storage and retail ice, aiming to start in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.C. Myrick
Myrick & Biggers
East Greenville Street
Charlie Bridgefarmer
Homer Myrick
Ephe
Bridgefarmer
McKinney
Chariie Bridgefarmer
Cuban engineer visiting relatives in McKinney
Professor Eugene Kerr of Havana Cuba, chief engineer for the Cuban Cane Sugar Corporation, is visiting his uncle W. M. Kerr and relatives in McKinney before traveling to Nashville to see his parents. He attends A M College graduation to witness son Roy Kerr's ceremony and notes Kerr family ties to Texa s A M.
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Eugene Kerr
Havana
Cuba
W. M. Kerr
Rhea Stiff
McKinney
Sherman
John S. Kerr
Nashville
Tenn
J. L. (Lawson) Kerr
Cuban Cane Sugar Corporation
Texas
A. & M. College
Roy Kerr
Vineland
Texas A. & M. College
Texas A. & M
Virginia
McKinney to Host Texas Line Foremen Convention Next Week
McKinney prepares to host the Texas Power and Light Company Line Foremen convention starting Monday June 14 at the coliseum pavilion on Chestnut street. About fifty to sixty foremen from across Texas will attend day and night sessions led by Carl C. Cox with an open house Tuesday featuring an electrical show and merchandise display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. 3. Legg
McKinney Texas Power and Light Co
Texas Power & Light Company
McKinney
Coliseum Pavilion
Chestnut Street
Texas
Legg
Carl C. Cox
Dallas Engineering Department
Coliseum
Waxahachie
Manager Lege
Home Canning Of Fruits And Vegetables Demonstrated
A Sunday Farmers Hour on WEAA features Mrs Viola Poolt McGee of Coffin county detailing home canning methods. She covers why to can, quality selection, steam under pressure, blanching, sterilizing, and packing tips for corn, peas, peaches, and more with step by step processing times and temperatures.
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McKinney
Collin County
WEAA
Dallas News
The
Dallas Journal
Viola Poolt McGee
WFAA
Crop rotation value and farming tips from Cy Evans
Dallas Times Herald farm editor Cy Evans outlines crop rotation benefits soil health and disease control. He notes stacking grain, straw fertilization on black lands, leaving straw on fields, and the value of feeding dairy cows grain with cottonseed meal to maintain profit through fall and winter.
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C. M
Cy) Evans
The
Dallas Times Herald
County Missionary to Visit in Old Home County
M. W. Lanier the county missionary for Baptist churches in Collin County is on vacation in his old home area. He has arranged for the Daily Courier-Gazette to be sent to 30 Hillman Avenue Birmingham Alabama until June 16. Mr and Mrs Lanier and daughter Lucile are spending two weeks visiting relatives and traveling by car to the region.
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M. W. Lanier
Daily Courier-Gagette
Hillman Avenue
Birmingham
Alabama
Lanier
Lucile
Eary Rey
Janier
Baptist Churches of
Collin County
Seunty Board
Slick stock salesman dupes McKinney businessman
A local con man posing as a Dodge Bros stock agent offered counterfeit shares in a swap deal. The victim verified with New York headquarters and learned no transfer had occurred. The slick stranger disappeared, revealing a forged Dodge Bros stock scheme practiced on McKinney’s businessmen.
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McKinney
Dodge Bros. Motor Corporation
Dodge Bros
New York
County Farm Women Set Meeting Next Saturday
An executive committee of the Home Demonstration Association met in McKinney on Saturday afternoon June 5. The county-wide meeting for more than thirty clubs is set for two oclock Saturday afternoon June 13 at the McKinney Chamber of Commerce auditorium. Mrs Price Strickland was absent, Mrs J F McGee presided, and Mrs S Scott of Chambersville served as secretary. Dan Fort of Waco and his wife visited his cousin A G Fort and family at 1001 Greenville Street in McKinney before returning home.
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Home Demonstration Association
McKinney
Dan Fort
Waco
A. G. Fort
Greenville Street
Collin County Mill & Elevator Company
Ex-Collinites Hold Reunion at George West Park
C. W. Kendall reports a big gathering of former Collin county citizens now in Live Oak county at Tips Park near Three Rivers Texas. Forty two attendees shared fried chicken tomatoes roast corn peppers and fruit grown locally. The event plans to repeat next year and honors old ties between Collin and Live Oak counties.
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C. W
K. Kendall
Live Oak Tith Company
George West
Texas
McKinney
W. A
Billy) Kendall
C. W. Kendall
Collin County
Live Oak County
Tips Park
Three Rivers
Collin
S. L. Smith
Harry
Alphia
John
Mary Beth
Wilfred
Beithel Smith
Emery Smith
Medford Smith
Carl Raymond
Mevaneen Smith
Clyde Cate
Pauline Cate
Burl Ray
Aretha
Madeline
Nellie Rutherford
Jerry
Carl Williamson
Jackford
Homer Sandifer
Kendall
Addie K. Lyne
W. Kendall
D. E. Bomar and Son
J.P
Royce
Bettie Jane Bomar
Local Pythian Lodge Invited To Attend Memorial Service
The McKinney Knights of Pythias lodge is invited by the Denison Knights to attend a Memorial service at the First Christian church in Denison on Sunday morning June 13. Members will meet at the castle hall and march to the church. The Denison invitation will be decided at the McKinney lodge’s regular session tonight on East Louisiana Street with work planned in the Bank of Esquire.
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Knights of Pythias Lodge of
McKinney
Denison Knights
First Christian Church
Denison
Castle Hall
East Louisiana Street
Bank of Esquire
First Monday in McKinney Loses Old Trade Glow
First Monday in McKinney drew a small crowd on June 7 as farmers across the county were busy in crops after recent rains. The event once rich in horse trading and social gathering has waned with the rise of automobiles and modern shopping. Also notes visits from Tom Emerson and family from California to Los Angeles, and Mrs John Russell with Miss Sarah Frank arriving from Mt. Pleasant to visit local residents, with accompanying travelers to Dallas.
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McKinney
John Russell
Sarah Frank
Mt. Pleasant
van Weed
Gus Presley
Dallas
Price of Cotton Stays Close on Local Market Range
Cotton pricing lands near steady with transactions between 10 and 19 cents per pound. Cotton seed holds at 30 to 35 dollars per ton. McKinney Compress reports total receipts reaching 22,927 bales to date.
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McKinney Compress
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New Man
W. L
Lou), Barnett
M’kinney
G. G. Mace Alexander
McKinney Dry Goods Company
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Atlantic City
Russell Thaw
Evelyn
Chicago
CY Evans
Old Home
McKinney Business
Collinites
Friends
Pythian Lodge
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