In Memory of Margaret Kincy Passes After Year of Ill Health
Obituary notice from Stamford Texas reports the death of Margaret Kincy near Rule on Nov 10 after a year of illness. Born June 1 1847 in Wilcox Alabama she married twice and mothered two sons and six grandchildren. She was a devout Baptist then Latter day Saint, cared for orphans and the sick, and left a large family and many friends with a lasting spiritual legacy.
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Margaret Kincy
Rule
Lee Kincy
Margaret Snick
Wilcox County
Alabama
Ben Cobb
A. B. Kincy
Lee Kiney
Texas
Robertson County
Haskell County
Kincy
The
Baptist Church
Bethlehem School House
Momory
Sallie Eaton
Rochester
Sagerton
Haskell
Missionary Program Planned by Baptist W M S Circle IV
Circle IV of the Baptist W M S met for a missionary program on Stewardship and Bible lessons. Mrs J R Yantis spoke on Jochebed, Mrs J W Blake on Stewardship in the Bible, Mrs J W Chapman on Tithing, and Mrs L Penick on the need to fund missions in the budget. Mrs R L Penick reported.
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W. M
J. R. Yantis
J. W. Blake
J. W. Chapman
L. Penick
J. W. Stevenson
Juanita Wright
R. L. Penick
Methodist conference denounces evolution in schools
The Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Church South met in Canyon Texas on November 13 and adopted a unanimous resolution opposing teaching evolution in schools and colleges. The measure, led by Rev. L N Stuckey of Abilene, requires each faculty member to sign a declaration affirming belief in the virgin birth of Christ and the divine inspiration of the scriptures before any Methodist funding.
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Canyon
Texas
Northwest Texas
The
Methodist Church South
Coleges
L. N. Stuckey
Abilene
Methodist
Lueders Enter Buick Six Car Campaign
Mrs. Adolph Anderson of Lueders will represent the community in Stamford American's prize circulation drive. The Andersons are regarded among the town’s best families and the campaign slogan proclaims Lueders must win the first grand prize, the Buick Six Touring Car.
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Adolph Anderson
Stamford
Anderson
Five Year Old Boy Harvests Cotton Bale
Earl Oman, five, son of Mr and Mrs B C Oman of Bricksdahl, picked a bale of cotton this fall. Reported by neighbors and parents. Earl refused to speak to The American editor about the feat, seeming to prefer others do the talking. This is his first year of cotton picking. he won’t turn six until February.
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Earl Oman
B. C. Oman
Bricksdahl
Earl
the American Atempted
Man Circles Globe After Circuitous Return Trip
Co. A. Hayden of Boyne City Michigan returns from Mysore India and visits sister Mrs. R. E. McNabb. He has traveled by Atlantic and Suez routes covering seven months with stops at Java China Japan Australia Manila Honolulu and California.
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A. Hayden
Boyne City
Michigan
Mysore
India
R. E. McNabb
Atlantic
Suez Canal
Java
China
Japan
Australia
Manila
Honolulu
California
Parson Warns of Higher Bounty for Hawg Havens
The Parson declares before the season that winter gatherings will feature better fare than pork feet as he preaches to divers congregations. He vows to preach ahead, noting the need to raise the eat and set hawg-ats higher by the next cold season.
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Breden
Sisten
Parson Jones
A New Breed of Hogs
A Boston Globe snippet recounts a joke: a young wife asks a grocer for more hams from the same pig after praising earlier purchases. The grocer confirms ten hams hang there and she replies she will take three, implying the same source.
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Boston Globe
Noisy House Sparks War Secretary Joke
A boy teases another saying his parents were married by a Justice of the Peace. The reply compares the household noise to a secretary of War performing a marriage. The exchange captures a sharp, period tone with light humor.
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Margeret Kincy
Zela Dungan
Woodmansb Wind Mills
UATH
W. D. Meers
Ao Jesse L
America
Harold Bell Wright
Arizona
Gulf Coast
Thomas Meighan
Methodist Conference
ST. Lukes’ Church
Protestant Episcopal
Percy Jones
Hedberg
Lueders
BUICK
Set Illustrated
West Texas Utilities Co
Cantons
D. G. CO
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