26 Jun 1913
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Newspaper
Mckinney Weekly Democrat Gazette
Location
Mckinney, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
1
In Pike and nearby Collin County, residents like W. Curtis, J. H. Cunningham, W. P. Fagg and A. D. Hope subscribe for one year at one dollar each as the Democrat-Gazette expands its local reach. The note highlights longtime readers, landowners, merchants and families benefiting from the weekly paper.
J A Spaugh of Collin County born in Winston Salem 1847, joined the Confederate Army at Wilmington and served in Company B Maj Reace Battalion. He represented Farmers Mutual Insurance Co for 12 years and worked in the marble business. A resident of Farmersville twelve years and Midway long, he is a trusted citizen and active salesman with steady regional business. He subscribes to the Weekly Democrat Gazette.
The revival continues with high attendance and strong interest across services at Central Presbyterian. Morning sermon by Brother Sneed on The Religion Worth Having. men’s meeting on courthouse lawn discussed Am I My Brother’s Keeper. Prodigal Son featured in evening talk. Monday services praised. call for renewed zeal to sustain the meeting’s progress.
A survey of Valley county readers shows farmers like W W B McDonald and L H bf Z contributing for one year. Purchases highlight large 125 acre acreages, new forested lands, and strong loyalty to the Democrat-Gazette as the primary county paper for farm and family use.
Mrs Buck Wilson received a message Tuesday conveying the death of her aunt Mrs Nora Davidson at her Oak Cliff home. She was about seventy and survived by two children two brothers and one sister Dr Douglass of Rock Hill Thomas J Douglas of Los Angeles and Mrs J E Baldridge. Interment was at Denton on Wednesday morning at 10 o clock. Mrs Wilson left Tuesday for Dallas and attended the burial at Denton.
Ike Bull of Woodlawn son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Bull has been seriously ill with typhoid fever for two weeks and was reported no better on Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. June Melton of Ft. Smith Ark and her mother Mrs. Pery of Ft. Worth Texas have returned home after a visit to the home of T. J. Melton in this city, the husband’s father.
A farm diary entry notes visits with Mr and Mrs Floyd Huddleston on a recent Saturday, a sick two year old named Renean, work by Callis Pike and Richards, and widespread small grain harvest with hay storage prep. A late rain improves the corn outlook and the author reflects on gratitude and blessings from a rural, agricultural community.
C C McCorkle of Van Alstyne died at 1 50 Sunday morning after being moved to a Dallas sanitarium Saturday. He had lived in Grayson county more than fifty years, served Confederate in the war, and celebrated fifty years as an Odd Fellow. Funeral Tuesday conducted by Empire Lodge I O O F with town businesses closed in tribute. He is survived by a widow and two sons Archie and Jack.
W. J. McMenamy of the Mt. Zion community was in the county seat Wednesday afternoon on business matters.
Dallas attorney Walter Miller, a well known figure, traveled to McKinney to visit relatives on Sunday, renewing ties and meeting local contacts.
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