Local visiting and social notes from area towns
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Childress visited friends in Dallas Sunday. J. G. Coley was a Sherman visitor Friday. W. A. McDowell of Renner spent the week end here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones of Celina visited relatives Sunday. Fay Wilson of Honey Grove visited Whitewright Saturday. Paul Vestal spent the week end in Bonham with friends. Miss Willie Bell Henry of Woodville visiting Miss Lula Mae Cay lor. Mrs. Clyde Craig spent Saturday and Sunday in Honey Grove visiting relatives. Mrs. L. H. Taylor and granddaughter visiting relatives in Caddo Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Graves and son Paul returned Saturday after a visit in Cotulla with Dr. and Mrs. O. M. Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. McDowell of
Renner
Robert Jones
Celina
Fay Wilson
Honey Grove
Whitewright
Willie Bell Henry
Woodville
Lula Mae Caylor
Clyde Craig
J. H. Graves
Paul
Cotulla
O. M. Durham
Aline Alverson
Quanah
Ona Mae Blevans
Hooker, Okla
Social Roundup of visits across Texas and Oklahoma towns
Mrs. F Bryant and children were guests in Dallas. Mrs. George Anderson from Trenton spent the weekend with sister Mrs. A M Roberts. Paul Roberts and family visited Dallas hosts Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Sanders. Frances Camp of Denton stayed with Mrs. B H Thomson. Hattie May Wilburn returned to Denison after visiting Mrs. Joe Johnson. Viva Phillips visited relatives in Ada and Muskogee Oklahoma. Clara Mae Truett returned from Bonham after visiting friends. Cora Craft and Naomi Wright of Leonard were guests of Mrs. B P Brents. C W Bryant and H C Willis traveled to Sulphur Oklahoma for ten days. Henry Phillips of Wagoner Oklahoma visits his parents. J Maurice McMillin and son of Dallas were guests of D S McMillin. Louise Sears returned from Austin and Galveston. Jack Bogle and Raymond Williams returned from Galveston. Frances Bryant spent week end in Sherman with Alice Lankford. S J Guthrie of Paris visiting Dr J L Bow's home.
Local visit by Mrs Grover Spencer and daughter
Mrs Grover Spencer and her daughter, visitors from Denison, spent Thursday with her parents Mr and Mrs H F Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Spencer
of Denison
H. F. Thompson
Sisters Sanders and Gardner visit relatives in Cooke County
Mrs. W. F. Sanders and her sister Mrs. Gardner spent Friday and Saturday in Cooke County visiting relatives.
Weekend visitors and relatives drop by in local towns
Residents hosted guests from Broken Bow Merkel Cassaday Palestine and Dallas with several trips to Lubbock Denton and Austin College. Families including Sears McNeilly Childress and Pritchett plus Barnes Douglass hosted and visited kin during the weekend.
Perkinson Family Week End Visit Across Oklahoma
Mrs. W. W. Perkinson and Miss Cecil Perkinson of Durant Oklahoma spent the weekend as guests of Mrs. M. J. Long. They were joined in departure by Mrs. F. Elkins and her young daughter who had been visiting Mrs. Mary Perkinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Perkinson
Cecil Perkinson
Durant
Okla
M. J. Long
Montgomerys visit Camp Grayson Scouts outing
Mr and Mrs S H Montgomery and Mr and Mrs J P Montgomery with children spent Sunday at Camp Grayson in the counties northwest. They report Whitewright Boy Scouts getting along fine and enjoying the ten day outing at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Montgomery
J. P. Montgomery
Camp
Grayson
Boy Scouts
Whitewright
William M. Davis Dies at 66 in Texas Home Near Town
William M. Davis aged 66 died at his home three and a half miles southwest of town on Thursday afternoon at 4 o clock. Funeral and burial were Friday afternoon at Wittitee Cemetery conducted by Rev. C Chumbley of Hove. He was born in Kentucky on October 20, 1863 and had lived in Texas for many years, residing southwest of town in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Davis
Wittitee
Rev. C. Chumbley
Hove
Kentucky
Texas
How It Started Suspenders Legend in College Town
A popular college student lost his belt during hazing and bought suspenders after belts were unavailable. Seeing his act, fellow students adopted suspenders, sparking a new youth fashion. The American Suspender Association later awarded the student a gold medal for his influence on the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Suspender Association
Association
All Twisted Up at Legion Convention
Buck and Bud reunite after years and exchange awkward condolences about Bud's wife. Bud clarifies she is in heaven, Buck tries to respond with sympathy and misfires, and both struggle to find fitting words in a brief, wistful exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck
Bud
Legion
Scout
Story of Our National Dishonor and Crime Costs
Crime costs the United States 13 billion dollars annually and 12 000 murders each year as Wade Ellis quotes a Bar Association Crime Commission report. Ellis links rising crime to wealth growth and an excess of laws, noting high immigration origins and widespread lawlessness compared with Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
WJISV
Washington
Wade H. Ellis
American Bar Association
Crime Commission
Ellis
Ohio
Bar Association
Mr. Ellis
Great Britain
New York
Chicago
Europe
Not enough readable context for a full headline
A fragment from a periodical discusses concerns about rising crime totals and the rapid growth of mechanical and military devices such as the automobile pistol machine gun bomb and aircraft. It notes the era’s anxiety over escalating violence and the role of technology in enabling crime.
Hope Wanes On Amendments
In Austin the special election results show proposed constitutional amendments to enlarge the Supreme Court to nine justices and raise the Governor's salary to 10,000 annually appear likely defeated. Keeling and Ferguson report counts from numerous Texas counties with both sides leaning against the changes.
Texas Facts Highlight State’s Vast Numbers
Texas hosts 5136 cities towns and villages and 92500 business concerns. State streams discharge about 26913000 acre feet into the gulf annually. The 1928 wool clip is estimated at 40000000 pounds valued over 12000000 dollars. Farm timber in 34 East and Northeast Texas counties brought owners 6192000 dollars in 1928. Crystal City in the Winter Garden district is the world’s largest spinach shipping point with 4300 cars shipped in 1928 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
F. O. Siecke
Crystal City
Winter Garden District
Winter Garden
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Billie Roberts
Waco
Lampasas
Commerce
R. R. Childress
Dallas
J. G. Coley
Sherman
Paul Vestal
Bonham
Chesley’s
WHITE
F. Bryant
Tigers
George Anderson
Trenton
A. M. Roberts
Mrs
Paul Roberts
Charlie Sanders
Frances Camp of
Denton
B. H. Thomson
Hattie May Wilburn
Denison
Joe Johnson
Viva Phillips
Ada
Muskogee
Oklo
Clara Mae Truett
Cora Craft
Naomi Wright
Leonard
B. P. Brents
C. W. Bryant
H. C. Willis
Sulphur
Henry Phillips
Wagoner, Okla
W. H. Phillips
J. Maurice McMillin and Son
D. S. McMillin
Louise Sears
Austin
Galveston
Jack Bogle
Raymond Williams
Frances Bryant
Alice Lankford
8S. J. Guthrie
Paris
J. L. Bow
Ritory
Gordon’s Cash Grocery Service
South Side
Main St
Ard
G. M. McNeilly
Broken Bow
C. W. Pope
M. M. Sears
J. A. Sears
Merkel
P. B. Melver
Cassaday, Kansas
J. S. McIver
Pecan Gap
C. C. Childress
HW. M. Curry
Lubbock
Clyde Hansard
Joe Bailey Hamilton
Little Eee
Oklahoma City
Robert Pritchett
Robert Ray
Big Spring
W. J. Doss
Roscoe Pace
J. C. Pace
Points
New Mexico
Grover Selden
Palestine
Minnie Brown
B. B. Hall
Madge Sears
Martha Joe Sears
The
College of Industrial Arts
Roy Caylor
Drewie Caylor
W. W. Caylor
Jim Hardcastle
Altus
W. E. Hardcastle
Sallye Hamilton
Austin College
W. T. Hamilton
Jack Mitchell
St. Louis
C. E. Barnes
Mexia
Misses Nett
Gertrude Barnes
FE. A. Douglas
Marigold Beauty Shop
Marcel
Fredrick
Barker Millinery
E. Houston
Sherman, Tex
Vrade
Alt
F. C. Mangrum
Sap
James E. Ferguson
Enlarged Court
Gulf of Mexico
Tommie Chenoweth
Northwestern University
Kidd-Key Conservatory
London Conservatory
Carlton College
the Architects of
Planters National Bank
Ture
LaRoe
L. LaKoe & Company
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