Red River Valley Fair Planning Moves Forward in Sherman
Sherman April 1 Definite steps to hold the Red River Valley Fair this fall were taken by temporary directors at the chamber of commerce meeting. The plan calls for raising 13400 through stock sales to build two permanent and one semi permanent buildings at Old Settlers Park and to capitalize the project. The city holds a fifty year lease on the park and the fair is expected to utilize and improve it with shared funds from Old Settlers and the city. Fifteen districts are to contribute quotas totaling 13400 with a finance committee to be formed from each district. Directors from Denison Whitewright Van Alstyne Dorchester Collinsville Tioga Gunter Bells Preston Denison Gordonville Sadler Hagerman Southmayd Sherman and others were elected, and officers named including Lee Simmons as president and C A Shock as secretary treasurer.
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Sherman
Chamber of Commerce
Old Settlers’ Park
City of
Old Settlers
Red River Valley Fair Association
Fair Association
Old Settlers’ Association
TOTS
Snc Cdasse Serveniais
Snc
SUN
ERORS
Oso Oenicecs
Whitewright
van Alstyne
Collinsville
Dorchester
Gordonville
Hagerman
Southmayde
John Haven
Denison
Red River Valley Fair
Association
W. W. Blassingame
E. B. Scott
Tom Bean
A. M. Bryant
Charles Noland
Whitesboro
J. P. Davis
J. B. Cobler
A. K. Bradley
Tioga
Reece Brown
Gunter
Riley Williams
Bells
J. W. Fawcett
Preston
H. C. Potts
Pottsboro
C. A. Shock
A. S. Noble
Ed Moore
Lee Simmons
Dent
LeBarron
Rman
Herman
Realization of Work Ahead fuels determination to Act
A brief remark notes a realization that substantial effort lies ahead and a firm determination to undertake it. The statement emphasizes resolve and readiness to commit to forthcoming tasks.
Nine Indictments Drawn Against Former Official
Austin on April 1 nine indictments were returned by the Travis County grand jury against Lon D Morgan former chief clerk of the State Treasury charging misapplication of funds This brings the total number of indictments against Morgan to ten.
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Austin
Travis County Grand Jury
Lon Dp. Morgan
State Treasury
Morgan
Scholastic Census Shows Whitewright Population Rise
Superintendent H L Durham reports 562 children listed in Whitewright Independent School District district census up from 496 last year, a gain of 66. The count covers residents within the city, not transfer students, suggesting population growth.
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H. L. Durham
Whitewright Independent School District
Whitewright
Sherman Men Injured in Auto Accident
Sherman, April 1. De Vane Mc Farland and Bryan Akers, two Sherman young men, were seriously injured at 11 o'clock last night in an automobile collision on the sixty foot Sherman Denison road eight miles north of Sherman. Their car overturned and both received many cuts and bruises requiring more than fifty stitches to close their wounds. They will recover. While the young men were being brought to Sherman for medical attention, someone stole the wheels from their automobile.
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Sherman
de Vane McFarland
Bryan Akers
Sherman-Denison Road
Neff vetoes West Texas A and M bill
Governor Neff at 6 30 vetoed the bill appropriating 4 000 000 for rural schools and the bill to establish a West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. He approved the university expansion bill with 1 350 000, the 3 000 000 school fund supplement, the anti alien bill, the 30 000 soldiers monument bill, and the 3 500 for Limestone County Indian massacre monument.
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Austin
Neff
West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Soldiers Monument
Limestone County
Carpenter Falls Sixteen Stories Lives After Plunge
New York April 1 Peter Bilder a carpenter survived a sixteen story fall in a Broadway skyscraper after slipping from scaffolding he grabbed an elevator cable slid several floors then hit a projecting plank before landing at the shaft bottom still conscious He was rushed to a hospital for evaluation.
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New York
Peter Bilder
Broadway
W O W Insurgents Win Court Victory In Texas Fight
The insurgent Woodmen of the World group in Texas won a key court ruling. Judge Ashe overruled a plea in abatement and granted a temporary injunction against the minority convention officers and their certification actions. The loyal delegates, led by Jerome Cochran, formed a separate convention and challenge the certification to the Sovereign Camp in New York.
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Woodmen of the World
Judiction of
Texas
Houston
Ashe
Eleventh Judicial District Court
Loyal
Jerome Cochran
City Auditorium
New York
Blue Star Eczema Remedy Ad by Dyer Star Products Co
An old style advertisement promoting Blue Star Eczema Remedy for itch and skin conditions. Sold and guaranteed by Dyer Star Products Co Cameron Texas. Also mentions 30 x 314 Non Skid standard make car and Sears Auto Company.
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Sears Auto Company
Dyer Star Products Co
Cameron, Children, & Jones
Texas
Bromo Quinine Laxative Ad Pitches Cure Claims
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a cure for colds grip and influenza. It highlights Grove’s signature on the box and notes prices 30 cents for the product and a yearly Sun subscription at 1.50.
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Grove
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West Texas A. &. M
Carpenter
DELCO
H. E. Miles
Dealer
Vestal
South Travis ST
Sherman, Texas
COX Grocery Store
First National Bank
R. C. Brown
Griffen
Rod
S. H. Montgomery
The
Dallas
Farm News
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