Acres of Diamonds in Texas for a Greater Texas
Russell H. Conwell’s parable of Ali Hafed frames a call to Texans to invest at home. The speaker urges residents to buy Texas made products, support local industries, and keep capital within the state to foster growth and prosperity. He emphasizes loyalty to Texas merchants, workers, and contractors, and the need to build a stronger local economy.
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Russell H. Conwell
Ali Hafed
Indus
Persia
Mountain of the Moon
Palestine
Europe
Bay
Barcelona
Golconda
Kimberly
England
Russia
Texas
Mary
Appreciation note from the Parent-Teacher Association
The PTA thanks all who helped make the Pure Food Fair a success. Special thanks to two lumber yards for free lumber for the stage and booths and to the telephone company for use of their rest room.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Cure a Cold in One Day With Laxative Brom Quinine
A vintage medicinal ad promoting Laxative Brom Quinine tablets to stop cough and headache in one day. Includes E W Grove signature on each box and a 30 cent price point.
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E.W. Grove
Girls Today as Sweet as Seventy Years Ago
New York report recalls Chauncey M. Depew nearing his 90th birthday and reflecting on aging, society, and enduring admiration for women described as unchanged in beauty and character over seven decades.
Grayson Baptists Set Meeting in Van Alstyne April 29
Grayson County Baptist Sunday School Association will meet in Van Alstyne on April 29 with an elaborate program. Each Sunday school in the county is entitled to 10 voting delegates and a large attendance is expected.
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Sherman
Grayson County Baptist Sunday School Association
van Alstyne
Fannin County Receives Extra Road Aid in State Grant
Austin dispatches report the State Highway Commission awarded Fannin County $170,000 more state aid for Highway No. 5. It was the largest single county award, bringing total aid to $645,216 shared among sixteen counties.
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Austin
State Highway Commission
Fannin County
Sheriff Captures Whisky Still in Oklahoma This Week
Sherman April 22. After locating a whisky still on Red River and hiding five days to catch the operator, Sheriff Everheart's men learned the still was in Oklahoma and out of their jurisdiction. They sent a man by telephone to inform Sheriff Christian of Marshall County Oklahoma, who arrived and captured the men and the still.
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Sherman
Red River
Everheart
Oklahoma
Christian
Marshall County
Sherman Legion to Place Concrete Grave Markers
The Sherman American Legion Post announced it will set permanent concrete crosses on the graves of all war veterans buried in West Hill as a prelude to Memorial Day exercises on May 30.
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Sherman
Sherman American Legion Post
West Hill
Former railroad men leaving Gate City for work elsewhere
Denison Texas April 21 W J Robinson secretary of the Federated Shop Crafts received a telegram from Chicago requesting 200 machinists including boilermakers machinists helpers and apprentices for Chicago Pittsburgh and St Louis Also telegrams for 100 carmen helpers and apprentices Denison firms signed up many unemployed men to fill the posts over the weekend Some men went to Port Arthur and more than five hundred Denison men have left in three months to seek jobs elsewhere Many own homes but will not move families until permanently located.
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Denison
Texas
W. J. Robinson
Federated Shop Crafts
Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Carmen
Port Arthur
Dr C C Pirtle Dead In Denison At 47
Dr C C Pirtle osteopath of Brady Texas died at 4 PM Thursday from uremic poisoning at 831 West Main street Denison. He had been ill nearly a year and been in Denison three months for treatment. He is survived by wife formerly Dr Minnie Harmon of Denison, a baby daughter, mother, two brothers and a sister. Body to be sent to Mason County for burial.
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Denison
C. C. Pirtle
Brady
Texas
Lena McCrary
West Main Street
Minnie Harmon
Mason County
Laxative Bromine Quinine Tablets Marketed As Cure
An advertisement touts Colds Cause Grip and Influenza relief with Bromo Quinine tablets. It notes a single Bromo Quinine in the box and features E. W. Grove’s signature on the packaging. The price is listed as 3 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Ninety Two Oil Promoters Indicted by Jury
Fort Worth reports that a federal grand jury indicted ninety two oil promoters for using the mails to defraud as part of an ongoing oil investigation. District Attorney Zweifel says about 700 000 investors were duped and the schemes involved stocks totaling over seven million dollars. Bond was set at five to ten thousand dollars for those arraigned. Judge Wilson praised the grand jury's extensive work.
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Fort Worth
Federal Grand Jury
United States
D. S. Burroughs
James C. Wilson
Henry Zweifel
Federal
Zweifel
U. S
George W. Parker
Wilson
Grand Jury
Local News Briefs From Bonham Community
Mrs Charlie Wilson who underwent an operation Saturday at Allen Memorial Hospital Bonham is recovering well. Miss Jessie Box of Blue Ridge visits with her sister Mrs Guy Riddle. Mrs Ernest Smith and Mrs Jim Russell of Dallas visit relatives here. Mr and Mrs Will Rice of near Orangeville spend Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ernest McCoy. Miss Ruth Comborn of Pike visits Miss Ruby Snodgrass. Homer Nevil of Blue Ridge recently moved here to make his home.
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Charlie Wilson
Allen Memorial Hospital
Bonham
Jessie Box
Blue Ridge
Guy Riddle
Ernest Smith
Jim Russell
Dallas
Will Rice
Orangeville
Ernest McCoy
Ruth Comborn
Pike
Ruby Snodgrass
Homer Nevil
Laxa Tive Brom Quin ine Promises Gentle Effect
An advertisement touts Laxa Tive Brom Quin ine as superior to ordinary Quinine for tonic and laxative benefits without causing nervousness or head ringing. It urges readers to remember the full name and look for E. W. Grove’s signature on the 30c package.
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E. W. Grove
District Attorney lauds ongoing investigation efforts
Zweifel expresses pleasure with the continued tips and tireless work from involved parties as the probe progresses.
Henry Ford Maintains Cash Balance Over 200 Million
New York April 19 Henry Ford's cash balance still exceeds 200 million dollars despite large purchases of coal properties timber land water sites and other investments. The Wall Street Journal published his telegraphic answers to the newspaper questionnaire noting he has no present intention to borrow money.
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New York
Henry Ford
Wall Street Journal
Detroit
George Thorp Sentenced for Highway Robbery with Firearms
Sherman, April 19. George Thorp was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary by Judge Wilcox in the Fifty-ninth district court after a guilty verdict for highway robbery with firearms. He confessed to the crime after the jury verdict. accomplice Dyer Curtis had received a similar sentence earlier.
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Sherman
George Thorp
Wilcox
Fifty-ninth
Do. R. O'Sullivan
Denison
Dyer Curtis
Thorp
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G. M. Knebel
Sun
Chauncey M. Depew
Grayson Baptists
Gate City
DR. C. C. Pirtle
Lyceum
Emma Dee Randle
Whitewright
ELY and Enterprise
J. W. Davidson
P. D. Confectionery
Chesley Rutledge
Pierce
Lower Main Street
Bob Bane
Nicholson’s
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
S. H. Montgomery
Mangram Brothers
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