Wanted ads seek life agency partner and rentals
Classified notices show multiple small ads. A life insurance agency partnership is sought by an individual in Vernon Reese for a permanent business venture. Other items include a three or four room unfurnished rental in Electra and job seeks by a practical nurse and a stenographer Nina Strawn in Electra. Horses or cows for pasture also advertised by Arnold in Texas.
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Adidivess
Vernon Reese
Nina Strawn
Electra
Texas
Five and a Half Million Illiterates in the U S
A 1910s style report notes over five and a half million Americans age 20 and over cannot read or write. It compares the number to entire state populations and cites state literacy rates, with a call to action and a dramatic White House march anecdote.
Canvassing teams push chamber member drive toward night end
Canvassing teams in the chamber of commerce membership campaign race to recruit new firms. Three teams vie for a cup, each with similar averages, led by BO Brown WON Stokes HL Tr Coleman and Air Browns team with DR EL Lewis. Others include BLA Williams Curtis Renfro with Stokes, and G Bo Moody with AJR Swartwood. The campaign aims for 15000, now a few hundred dollars short, with some large contributors still unheard from. New members since last update include H. R. White 850 Bo FL Hotcomb
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Chamber of Commerce
BO Brown
Won
Stokes
HL Tr. Coleman
EL Lewis
Air
Browns
Bla
Williams
Curtis Renfro
Mr. Stokes
G. Bo Moody
Ajr
Swartwood
Herman Schoppa Undergoes Operation in Lockett
Herman Schoppa, son of C. Schoppa of Lockett, underwent appendectomy on June 26. He is reported as progressing very nicely.
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Herman Schoppa
C. Schoppa
Lockett
Parsley Hill Notes and Local Visits
Parsley Hill reports Rev. Edmondson of Vernon preached at the Parsley Hill schoolhouse Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Pettie return to Gilman after a 10 day visit. Attendees joined a Sunday school program at Talmadge last Sunday night. Tom Morgan and Robert Lanier work at Thalia on Jim Hammond’s threshing crew. W. P. Hallinan and family have moved back to Post City. Curtis Fuller has been ill but is improving. J W Wright of Vernon visited grandparents here this week. Grandma Huston visits her granddaughter Mrs Bradford. Jess Leis of Vernon spent Sunday with H. Wright and family. Jewel Box visited sister Mrs Lawrence Carruth of Vernon.
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Jim Hammond
W. P. Hallinan
Post City
Curtis Fuller
J. W. Wright
Vernon
Grandma Huston
Mrs. Bradford
Jess Leis
H. Wright
Jewel Box
Lawrence Carruth
Ver
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