Teachers to Spend Holidays at Home
Vernon schools extend Christmas break from one week to ten days prompting staff to travel home for the holidays. Principal W. G Shipp heads to Greenville and other teachers plan trips to cities including Waco Danton Palestine Bridgeport Childress Gainesville Cleburne Rice.
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Bo PF. Sisk
Vernon
W. G Shipp
Greenville
Will Brumbalow
Shire School
Waco
Flora Goodwin
Denton
Roberta Scott
Palestine
Blanche Groves
Bridgeport
Lillian Berry
Childress
Alice Young
Gainesville
Josie Young
Ruth Bickle
Cleburne
Mary Lynn Walker
Rice
J. R. Carpenter Dies at 64 in Wilbarger County
J R Carpenter of Wilbarger County died after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at the family home with Rev S H Holmes, burial in East View cemetery and the I O O F lodge to receive the remains. He was born in Tennessee and came from Foard County in 1914. He leaves a wife and five children including three sons and two daughters. Members of Carpenter and Shultz/Lyon families live nearby. The community offers sympathy to the bereaved.
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Mr. Carpenter
East View Cemetery
So H. Holmes
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Wilbarger
Foard County
Tennessee
Carpenter
W. C. Carpenter
H. Carpenter
Wilbarger County
Mmes
Angie Shultz
Julia Lyon
Vernon
Mr. Matthews
Near Box School
A. Alison
Lillie Halford
Nannie May
Johnnie Halford
Christine Barrett
Red Bluff
Gladys Allison
Robi. Caldwell
Burkburnett
Daniel
Clyde Mander
Alex Anderson
J. J. Allison
Home Phonograph Invites Try Before Buy Offer
An advertisement invites undecided buyers to sample the New Edison phonograph at home, promoting the talking machine with phrases like The Phonograph With a Soul and offering to deliver anywhere. The ad also mentions 60 cent eggs and coffee sandwiches at B and W Drug Company Trevathan’s and George Washington coffee as lunch options.
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Edison
Bo & W. Drug Company
George Washington
B. & W. Drug Company
Rayland Christmas News and War Letters Echo Community Life
Rayland notes from December recount visits by Luther Spear and family from Quanah and Greenhouse kin from Wheeler County. The community honors service members with a nine star service flag and reports on wartime letters from Frank Edwards and Joe from France. Local clergy preach, a Christmas tree planned, and daily life details cover travel, illness, and holiday plans.
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GC. V. Carroll
The
Baptist Church
Luther Caldwell
Forest Johnson
Clinton Crisp
Earnest Newman
Frank Edwards
Claude Bildestine
Walter Patterson
Felix Doss
Ed Harmon
France
Rain and church drawn together in Fargo county notes
Special correspondent reports slow rain soaking fields and roads, boosting hopes for a large coming crop with one more spring rain. The piece covers Sunday services led by Rev. McNary, social gatherings in Clyde, visits among Vernon and Red Bluff residents, illness recoveries, local travel by Ford, and brief community happenings including an airplane landing incident and boll-picking near Lockett.
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Hinds
McNary
Callahan County
Dry Cleaning Promise of No Fading or Shrinking
Local newspaper blurb touts dry cleaning service claiming no fading or shrinking. Includes contact line reading Phone 205 YG 2be for details.
Everything Store Promotes Furniture At Low Prices
The Everything Store at 116 West Texas Street advertises furniture for Christmas and claims lower prices than competitors. It invites customers to investigate, emphasizes quality, and lists services including a 60 cent egg buyback offer as part of its promotional copy.
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West Texas Street
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Quanah
Spears
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Greenhouse
Wheeler County
Prince Carmichall
M. A. McBride
E. Capps
Edwards
Frank
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Belle Woods
T. F. Davis
Mr. Davis
G. T. Key
T.T. Golightly
Margaret
G. W. Mears
Joe
United States
Lee Jordan
Bill Parrish
Jesse Dale
Paige Automobile Distributors
Paris
Mrs. Dale
Fargo News
Clyde Mailer
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Lytle Thomas
Farge District
A. Allison
Dr. Moody
Canyon City
Luther Walker
Lockett School House
George Magnes
Prank Anderson
Yiel
J. H. Pendle
Nature
Ein & Son
Texas
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Dallas
Yakima
Washington
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