Sun Devil Elected Mayor of Moran Texas
John McGaughey former Whitewright boy becomes Moran’s mayor after business leaders press him to run. Moran, a 1800-person oil town in Shackelford County, named the 26 year old editor publisher of the Moran News by 129 votes to 47.
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John McGaughey
Whitewright
Moran
Shackelford
John
Moran News
McGaughey
Mary McGaughey
Sun
Plano Star-Courier
Texas
Sadler farmer experiments on raising hogs
R E Dennard of Sadler in Grayson County completed an experiment on feeding hogs a balanced ration per Texas A and M College guidance. He raised ten pigs to six months old totaling 2210 pounds and netted about seven dollars profit per pig.
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Sherman
R. E. Dennard
Sadler
Grayson County
Texas A. & M. College
Prizes Announced for Cotton Stalk Show Across Three Fairs
The National Fertilizer Association soil improvement committee announces prizes for the best cotton stalks. Sixty stalks win cash awards from 1000 to 10 across the National Cotton Show at the State Fair of Texas Tri State Fair Memphis and Southeast Fair Atlanta. The top stalk from each fair competes for a 1000 prize in Dallas.
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Dallas
Texas
Memphis
Atlanta
Soil Improvement Committee
National Fertilizer Association
South
Convention Class Meeting Held At Miss Gowdy Home
The Baptist Sunday school class met in regular business session at Miss Lena Mae Gowdy’s home. Miss Gowdy presided, Mrs. C. I. Witt led the devotional, officers reported, and the standard of excellence was explained. Refreshments followed. next meeting set for Friday May 5.
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The
Baptist Sunday School
Lena Mae Gowdy
Miss Gowdy
C. I. Witt
Sinclair Must Serve Sentence
Washington. Harry F. Sinclair, the oil man, must serve the three months jail term for contempt of the senate for refusing to answer the Teapot Dome Committee in 1924. He was indicted on ten counts and convicted on four, with a $500 fine plus jail time, the Supreme Court ruled. He and associates also face sentences for jury shadowing, with appeals pending before the court.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Supreme Court
Sinclair
Rule Shooting Of Girl An Accident
Gatesville officers ruled the shooting of 16 year old Miss Leona Van Winkle at the Harmony school house an accident. Odessa Parker, 15, held a .30 caliber revolver during a school play rehearsal. when Van Winkle took hold of the barrel the weapon discharged wounding her in the neck. Funeral services for Van Winkle were held on Sunday.
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Gatesville
Leona van Winkle
Harmony
Odessa Parker
Miss van Winkle
Government Seed Station At Greenville
Greenville hosts a United States Cotton Breeding Field Station dedicated to pure seed production and plant disease elimination. One of two in the South and the only west of the Mississippi, it operates under the USDA with the Greenville Chamber of Commerce. Dr. O F Cook leads the Cotton Rubber and Other Tropical Plants office. H C McNamara manages the station. D C Neal oversees Texas cotton disease work with a local lab. staff includes D R Hooten D D Porter and W P Snyder.
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Greenville
United States
South
Mississippi River
United States Department of Agriculture
Greenville Chamber of Commerce
O. F. Cook
H. C. McNamara
D. C. Neal
Texas
D. R. Hooten
D. D. Porter
W. P. Snyder
Engraved or Printed Cards and Announcements
The Sun office offers engraved or printed invitation and announcement cards at reasonable prices. This service provides a range of styles and finishes for personal events and notices.
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Sun
Texas Week of Accidents Sees 308 Injured 48 Killed
Texas reports 308 injuries and 48 deaths in the week ending March 31 from causes including automobile, railway, falls, burns, drowning, explosives and other categories. Home and industrial incidents account for part of the toll, with year to date totals and a comparison to last year.
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Council of Safety
Texas
Sun
Ancient Coffin Bears Masonic Emblem
An iron coffin with a Masonic symbol, weighing about 300 pounds and 5 feet 8 inches long, was donated to Crescent Lodge No 133 of Arkansas City Kansas by David Edwards. Found years ago by Hiram Winders on a Ferguson Ark area farm, the casket reportedly contained a skeleton a sword armor bits and coins. It is believed to have been buried in the Mississippi River and moved by shifting silt.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Ferdinand de Soto
Crescent Lodge No. 133
David Edwards
Hiram Winders
Ferguson
Ark
Mississippi River
Citation by Publication for Grayson County Proceeding
Public notice commands the sheriff or constable of Grayson County to publish this citation in a Grayson County newspaper for at least three consecutive weeks prior to a specified date. The notice invokes the State of Texas authority and directs publication within the county.
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Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
Final Report Hearing in Grayson Estate Case
Notice to all interested in the estate of G M Wright non compos mentis that F B Wright guardian has filed in Grayson County Court a final report to be heard at the next civil term in Sherman on the first Monday in May 1929. All interested may appear and contest the report. Witness J L Doggett Clerk. Dated March 5 1929.
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G. M. Wright
F. B. Wright
Guardian
Grayson County
Court House
City of
Sherman
A. D
J. L. Doggett
Texas
Grayson Co
Lucile Wilson
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R. L. Porterfield
D. M. Porterfield
Government
Ford
Adams Motor Company
Goodyear
Huffines
Goodyear Tires
Cooking
Texas-Louisiana Power Co
Westinghouse
Westin House
Louisiana
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