Odd Fellows to Meet at Denison April 26
Grayson County Odd Fellows Anniversary Association holds its thirteenth session in Denison on April 26 celebrations include speeches by Elizabeth Lamkin Paris and C A Wheeler Bonham, a Whitewright staff degree ritual and a noon dinner with an automobile tour. Local lodges number twenty eight with visitors expected from across the county for the 103rd anniversary of Odd Fellowship in America.
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Denison
Grayson County
Odd Fellows Anniversary Association
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Odd Fellows
Order of Odd Fellows
America
Elizabeth Lamkin
Paris
Texas Rebekah Assembly
C. A. Wheeler
Bonham
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
F. A. Howell
Patriarch Militant
Rebekahs
Whitewright
Odd Fellows Orchestra
Odd Fellowship In
Odd Fellowship
Texas
Piute Pete Responds On Lynching Remark
In a terse exchange, Piute Pete denies lynching a man who stole his car. He says the thief got away but adds that harsh treatment by the group would be punishment enough, reflecting the raw edge of frontier justice.
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Piute Pete
Better Business Outlook Is Seen in April Report
Acting Director Davis of the War Finance Corporation reports a marked improvement in agricultural conditions and a better overall business outlook based on April 1 agency data. Farmers and livestock producers show greater confidence as markets improve, bank deposits rise, and country banks strengthen. Loans approved through March 31 total 322,825,697 with distribution to banks, cooperatives, and exports.
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Washington
Davis
War Finance Corporation
Quarter Inch Skirt Split Ruins Vinland Town Unity
In Vinland Kansas a quar ter inch skirt length difference splits the town over a school board rule requiring skirts three inches below the knee. Alice Hanson wears a two point seven five inch skirt, balances suspension and reinstatement, and a state supreme court fight looms. The town faces two factions tied to board chair T P Stephens who seeks reelection on April 13.
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Vinland
Kan
Alice Hanson
Fair Alice
Alice
State Supreme Court
T. P. Stephens
Stephens
Bells Man Owns Testament Believed Oldest In World
C. A. Belote of Bells owns a New Testament believed among the world’s oldest. Printed in London in 1620, it bears clear type for its era and dates from possession by the Belote family since 1700. Bound in leather and four inches thick, the book is not for sale.
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C. A. Belote
Bells
London
Belote
Father of Dorothy Arnold Dies in New York
Francis Arnold, 85, father of Dorothy Arnold who vanished on December 12, 1910, died Saturday in New York after years of illness and distress from the unsolved disappearance. He faced endless false clues and letters from hopeful strangers, living in seclusion for months and enduring mental strain from the case.
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New York
Francis Arnold
Dorothy Arnold
Miss Arnold
Arnold
Nationwide Coal Strike Sparks Miner and Operator Claims
Miners say the strike was forced and part of a plot by big business to kill the labor movement. Operators counter that miners refuse wage deflation needed after postwar reconstruction.
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Trade Labor Movement
America
Rights and demands in bituminous strike conflict
The text outlines issues in the conflict including the national collective bargaining rights in the bituminous industry, miners’ right to force operators to honor pressured agreements, unions’ check off privileges, and union expansion into nonunion fields. It also notes demands for a thirty hour week, a 20 percent wage rise for contract labor, and a $1 daily raise for day labor in bituminous fields.
Texas Schools Receive Record $6.45 Million Apportionment
Austin reports a $6.45 million transfer of available school funds, the largest single Texas apportionment to date. It equals $5 per child for 1.29 million students, bringing total to $9.50 per child with $3.50 more to be paid this year. First Assistant State Superintendent S. M. N. Marrs announced that warrants will be cashed immediately at the State Treasury, easing prior voucher cashing shortages as tax receipts flow in.
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Austin
Texas
S. M. N. Marrs
Fort Worth Pastor Links Flappers to War in Speech
Fort Worth pastor Dr. Frank J. Norris, a Texas Tornado revivalist, warns in New York that modern flappers will cause a future war. He criticizes women’s fashion and behavior, claiming depravity and wholesale iniquity erode home life and law, urging early bedtimes for girls.
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New York
Frank J. Norris
Fort Worth
Calvary Baptist Church
Fifth Avenue
Main Street
Delilah
Samson
Rev. Norris
Misogynistic rhetoric from 1920s era speech
A fragmentary quote lampoons women and morality, claiming cities, red light districts, and smoking undermine society. It invokes sensational terms Jezebel and shifters, tying female behavior to national doom, with a lurid, polemical tone reflecting dated prejudice.
Blue Star remedy ad promises itch relief for area
An advertisement from Dyer & Jones touts Blue Star lotion with no guarantee for itching skin conditions including eczema tetter cracked hands ringworm and sores on school children. It claims not to stain clothing and to have a pleasant odor.
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Whitewright
Dyer & Jones
Mayfield Seeks Re election to Railroad Commission
Allison Mayfield announced for re election to the State Railroad Commission in this year’s race. He is currently chairman, elected by fellow members, and lists Sherman as his residence with Austin as post office. Mayfield has served as Commissioner since 1897 and led as chairman for about 18 years.
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Allison Mayfield
State Railroad Commission
Austin
Sherman
Mayfield
661 Pound Man Buys Clothing at Cotton Mill
Sam Harris, a 661 pound farmer from Farmersville, visited McKinney Texas on April 3 and bought 150 yards of pin check and palm beach cloth for suits. He will have a coat and trousers made from thirteen yards of fabric for his measurements.
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McKinney
Texas
Sam Harris
Farmersville
Big Texas
Palm Beach
Harris
Man’s height and knee measures given as seventy nine and fifty inches
A historical brief notes measurements of an individual with height listed as seventy nine inches and knee measurement recorded at fifty inches implying a medical or anthropometric context. The fragment names no person or organization beyond these numbers.
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Ure
Wipe Out Diphtheria Through New Immune Test
Dr Abraham Zinghler of New York University Medical College reports a diphtheria prevention method after eight years of work. In tests 95 percent of schoolchildren became immune, with immunity lasting years after the Schick test. The Austria origin test involves injections of diphtheria toxin and anti toxin and flags susceptibility by a red spot four days after the first shot. It aims to determine and create immunity without replacing active diphtheria serum treatments.
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Abraham Zinghler
New York University Medical College
New York
Zinghler
Schick
Austria
A Happy Household
A child named Louise was brought to the police station after getting lost. Officers questioned her to learn her name, and she replied that her mother does not call her father by any name because she likes him.
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Louise
Verbal Barrage Between Barber and Patron Over Gas
A talkative barber quips Shall I go over the top and the weary patron replies Yes as soon as your gas attack ends The exchange reads like a sharp wartime repartee capturing tense mood and quick back and forth dialogue between two unnamed individuals
Political Announcements for July 22 1922
Democratic primaries list key hopefuls for the Fourth District congress Sam Rayburn of Fannin County and county offices including Floyd Everheart for sheriff Harve Wisdom for tax collector and Dolph Vaughan for tax collector, with D R Vaughan noted.
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Sam Rayburn
Fannin County
Grayson County
Floyd Everheart
H. M
Harve) Wisdom
D. R
Dolph) Vaughan
To Cure a Cold in One Day Promote Laxative Bromo Quinine
An advertisement promotes a cold remedy claiming one day cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It promises to stop the coughing and head pain and notes E W Grove’s signature on each box. price shown as 3 cents.
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Grove
E.W. Grove
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C. B. Bryant
R. A. Gillett
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Bing
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