Alfalfa and local notices from Leonard area
Local items report visitors and residents in Leonard and nearby towns including Bonham Trenton Penison Sherman and Denison. Notes mention alfalfa hay sales at Parsons and Brents egg price offers, store promotions at the Variety Store and T J Smith, kitchen goods, seeds, laundry services and a new baby for Mr and Mrs Virgil Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Ownby
Trenton
Whitewright
J. H. Blincoe
Dr. Spindle
Sherman and
Denison
Community Notes From Whitewright Weekly Visit News
Sherman visitor Miss Margaret Russell calls on relatives while Charley Barrett travels from Ochiltree to see ill parents in town. Funeral for Josiah Nichols touched by brother Jim Nichols from Childress. Wesley College president Rev D H Aston to preach at the Methodist church with services at 11 am and 745 pm. Local drayman Dug Pippin advertises hauling services. Burglaries hit three Howe stores Tuesday night with canned goods and about $10 stolen. Hay for sale by J A Gillett of First National Bank. J A Ragsdale returns from Denison. Paul Delfel also in town for painting and papering. Horatio Barrett from Ryan, Oklahoma, visiting sick parents Harris and Mrs Barrett. W O W holds an enthusiastic meeting. Protection Degree conferred on two candidates. Grand Arch Warden elected. Carnival advance man Peyser visits town. carnival to start next Monday at vacant lot opposite ice house. Easter service planned at Presbyterian church with sermon and special music. Horace Thompson and wife move back to Whitewright on West Maple Street, praised as good citizens.
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Peyser
FOR SALE Fresh milch cows with or without calves
Classified notice lists Jersey cows priced 40 to 60 dollars available from J. L. Denton Route 1 phone 258-3. Also notes about Mrs. Kincaid ill with little improvement, and local social updates including A V Wyatt visiting Pilot Grove and Gilmore Webster’s West Point exam efforts hindered by eyesight. Judge Quentin D. Corley speaks on overcoming difficulties at Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Denton
Gilmore Webster
San Antonio
West Point
Gilmore
Peruna Health Claim Prompts Family Announcement
A letter celebrates personal recovery and a first child attributed to Peruna remedy. The writer praises Peruna for curing ailments and urges other women to try the medicine, noting a shift to Peruna Tablet for those who prefer liquid forms.
Card of Thanks for Charley Houston Robbins
A family thanks neighbors and friends for their presence and faithful help during the illness and death of their infant son Charley Houston Robbins on the night of March 1915. The note expresses deep gratitude for support during the bereavement.
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Charley Houston Robbins
Subscriptions Thanked By Local Newspaper
The paper acknowledges new and renewing subscribers including J. W. Bailey F. K. Elverson W. B. Blanton J. L. Denton W. I. Sanders B. S. Montgomery Sam Cameron Looney Robbins Homer Sears S. C. Horton K. Y. Skaggs Horace Gordon Mrs. Annie McGaughey J. D. Badgett Mrs. M. E. Prigmore R. H. May R. F. Morrow M. D. Oliver J. D. Hoard LR. Caston W. Morgan Grady Gillett Howard Hedgpeth J. L. Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bailey
F. K E. Alverson
W. B. Blanton
J.L. Denton
W.I. Sanders
B. S. Montgomery
Sam Cameron
Looney Robbins
Homer Sears
S.C. Horton
K. Y. Skaggs
Horace Gordon
Annie McGaughey
J. D. Badgett
M. E. Prigmore
R. H. May
R. F. Morrow
M. D. Oliver
J. D. Hoard
LR. Caston
W. ©. Morgan
Grady Gillett
Howard Hedgpeth
J.L. Taylor
No Grammar for Her In Fort Scott School Note
A Fort Scott pupil refuses to buy a grammar book and leaves a note for the teacher. The note says the student does not desire Mattie to engage in grammar and prefers German drawing vocal music piano, citing prior grammars did no good. The incident reflects schoolroom tensions over civics and instruction.
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Fort Scott
Mattie
Fort Scott Teribune
Frail Ones Given Chance to Sit on Streetcars
Observations by Alexander Akinside mock the claim that only husky men crowd seats while frail women cling to straps. He suggests a mass meeting to address perceived discourtesy and seating fairness on streetcars.
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Alexander Akinside
Kansas City Star
Notice to Stockmen See Riley Williams Stallions and Jacks
Four miles north of Whitewright a notice directs stockmen to view Riley Williams three stallions and three jacks for sale or consideration, highlighting local livestock offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Williams
Whitewright
Veteran Texas Ranger Josiah Nichols Dies at 93
L I Nichols returned from Melissa to attend the funeral of his father Josiah Nichols who died Sunday morning at his daughter's Merkel home. A Mexican War veteran and frontier Texas Ranger, he was 93 on February 6, and among early Collins County sheriffs after Texas independence and annexation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ll. I. Nichols
Melissa
Josiah Nichols
Merkel
Texas
Missouri
Collins County
Mexico
Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roberts’ Garage
Ford
Harlie Glidewell
Bonham
T. B. Moore
Holly Montgomery
Leonard
Ruth Moore
Penison
Parsons
H. C. Willis
Enison
J.C. Parsons
R.P. Gordon
Dorothy Lee
Murry Bryant
James
Bill Stockton
Mrs. Alderson
Walter Hestand
S. H. Montgomery
T. J. Smith
Janie Smith
Cedar
J. M. Simmons
Variety Store
Mr. A Wewded Can
J. L. Cantrell
Luther Sears
Homer Caston
Brents
Mrs. D. Martindale
Sherman
Paris
W. J. Hayes
S. A. Comer
Dodd City
Lucile Montgomery
Presbyterian Sunday School
George German
D. R. Lewis
W. B. Willis
Madill
Oklahoma
Guy Dillon
Sun Office
J. A. Henderson
W. O. Brents
Virgil Reynolds
Randolph
T.E. Barbee
T. H. Sears
J. J. Walker
J. D. Walker
Gainesville
Mr. Walker
Asa Walker
P. J. Pierce & Son
Ed Belcher
Lomesa
Guy Hamilton
Mr. Belcher
Mrs. Belcher
Whitewright Lumber Company
Margaret Russell of
Charley Barrett
Ochiltree
Mrs
Harris Barrett
Jim Nichols
Childress
L. L. Nichols
D. H. Aston
Wesley College
Greenville
Methodist Church
Pippin
Howe
A. Gillett
First National Bank
J. A. Ragsdale
Paul Delfel
Horatio Barrett
Ryan
Northwest
Grand Arch
Horace Thompson
Celina
West Maple Street
Mr. Thompson
L. Laroe Lumber CO
A.V. Wyatt
Pilot Grove
J. W. Davidson
Wolfe City
Oklahoma City
Quentin D. Corley
Dallas
Ladies Missionary Society
Judge Corley
Peruna
James F. Summitt
East Eighth St
Muscatine
Iowa
Rexall
United States
Dyer & Jones
Devoe Paint
Pierce
J. T. Ricnards
Watter Street
Waxahachie
Grove
Nyal
Kirkpatrick & Bryant
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