Milner Drug in Streetman Preserves a Century of Local Pharmacies
In Streetman Texas Milner Drug operates in the same building since 1912 preserving old fashioned service. J G Milner runs the store now nearly 80 after joining in 1918 and keeping hours 7 to 5 six days a week. The town's heyday faded with highway changes and cotton decline but Milner remains a link to local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anne Yarbrough
Daily News
Interstate 45
Texas
Streetman
Milner Drug
Bonner
Milner Feed
J.G. Milner
J.R. Milner
Gilbert Milner
Marshall
Milner
Dallas Medical College
Veterans Meet and Revival Activities in Mexia
The World War I veterans plan a 2:30 pm gathering at Gibbs Memorial Library in Mexia. A revival led by Evangelist Billy Daniels runs nightly at 7:30 pm at Northside Baptist Church through the week. Daniels, in ministry since 1961, has pastored churches and worked with missions in Texas. Also noted are recent IOOF events and plans for local charity drives, plus a Mexia School Board meeting tomorrow at 7:30 pm to review budgets and faculty appointments. The Groesbeck Tennis Open is set for June 23–26 with junior and adult divisions and entry through the Mexia Chamber of Commerce. Mexia Open dates are July 7–10.
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Northside Baptist Church
Mexia
Billy Daniels
Daniels
Texas Baptist Institute
Sulphur Springs
Lee Hi Baptist Church
Missionary Baptist Churches of Texas
Rev. Daniels
Mexia School
Groesbeck Tennis Association
Mexia Chamber of Commerce
Randle Bryan
Mexia State School
James Earl Ray Captured After 3 Mile Brush With Hounds
James Earl Ray, fleeing from a life sentence, was tracked by two 14 month old bloodhounds Sandy and Little Red and found exhausted in a leaves pile on Brushy Mountain Tennessee. He was captured at 2 a.m. and returned to the prison, facing an administrative segregation hearing. Two escapees remain at large Douglas Shelton and Donald Caylor.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Brushy Mountain
Ray
Sammy Joe Chapman
Sandy
Chapman
Little Red
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Douglas Shelton
Donald Caylor
Joel Plummer
Larry Hacker
Hamilton
Ohio
Earl Hill Jr
Erwin
Tenn
Ray’s
David Lee Powell
Chicago
Plummer
Ray Blanton
Blanton
U.S
U.S. Atty. Gen. Griffin Bell
Bell
Carter
Tennessee
Stoney Lane
Lane
Limestone County Businesses Shown to Be Thriving
A government report titled County Business Patterns shows Limestone County hosts 342 business firms with more than 240 employing four or fewer workers. The area has 2,359 Social Security covered workers and an annual payroll of $13,455,000, up from $10,616,000 in 1973, with most firms under 20 employees.
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New York
Limestone County
County
Department of Commerce
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United States
Texas
Weather update shows hot day with patchy rain chances
Partly cloudy today with a 20 percent chance of rain and continued heat. High temperatures reach the mid 90s while tonight's low stays in the mid 70s.
Mexia Fighters Contain Grass Fire At Fort Parker Park
Mexia Fire Department tackled a grass fire in Fort Parker State Park’s Fort Parker Park residential area at 3 p.m. Sunday caused by an exploding aerial can in burning trash. Homeowner is Mrs. Clarence Griffin of Houston. Assistant Chief Holmes flags drill night for 6 30 p.m. at the station. Police logged a quiet weekend with one DWI arrest and several domestic disturbances plus a prowler call.
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Mexia Fire Department
Fort Parker State Park
Clarence Griffin
Houston
Donald Holmes
Mexia
DWI
Mystery of Ladina McCoy Ends With Body Found
Dallas police identify the skeletal remains of seven year old Ladina McCoy found in a creek bed four months after she vanished while walking to school. Investigators treat the death as a homicide though the exact cause and time of death are not yet determined.
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Dallas
Ladina McCoy
Here
East Dallas
Robert Maxam
Dallas Police
Linda Norton
Medical Examiners Office
Ladina
Barbara Baughman
Norton
Garland
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Milner Drug In
Dean Loper
Streetman’s Milner
Cade
Texas State Board of Pharmacy
Sheriff's Department
City Beat
Gibbs Memorial
Mexia Oddfellows
Rebekah Lodge
Bill Coffee
Bill Skies
Corsicana
Ralph Elliott
Brother Wood
Brother Wilson
Teague
IOOF
Mexia Lodge No. 48
Dave Curry
Gift of Life
National Kidney Foundation
H.N. Collingsworth
Ken Caudle
Noble
Tony Adams
United States Army
Mary Edwards Walker
Andrew Johnson
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Army
Geon
J.R. van Winkle
Jimmy van Winkle
the van Winkle
James Earl Ray
Fire Department
Eens
State Park
Groesbeck
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