Organize Whitewright Business Body for Civic Welfare
The Whitewright Sun urges forming a live board of trade or Chamber of Commerce to manage city welfare and sift practical ideas, citing Sherman and its clearing house model. Meanwhile Rob Sears builds a concrete garage as work progresses on the roof. George Garner from Sherman volunteers for Battery E, Ft Worth training, leaving his music teaching to serve his country.
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Whitewright
Whitewright Sun
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Sherman
Sherman Courier
George Garner
Battery E
Field Artillery
Ft. Worth
George
Colors
James Wellington Plans Sail to England and Italy
James Wellington writes from New York City to his father that he will sail for England and Italy in the service of a merchant vessel. It is the first news the father has had from his son in over a year.
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James Wellington
New York City
England
Italy
Wellington
Hayes and Webster Family Return From Arbuckle Trip
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Hayes and Gilmore Webster with his sister Miss Ermine recently returned from a pleasant automobile journey to the Arbuckle mountains in Oklahoma.
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S. A. Hayes
Gilmore Webster
Miss Ermine
Arbuckle Mountains
Oklahoma
Final Selections Soon To Be Made
The draft exemption boards have received Washington master lists and begun notices for examination. Denison board quota, including Whitewright and precinct 38, is 218 men. The board will summon twice this number to make selections, with more if needed, and the first 486 names are published, including those from Whitewright and their list positions.
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Washington
Denison Board
Whitewright
Precinct No. 38
Cantrell to Austin for asylum commitment
Deputy Sheriff Ron Roberts departed for Austin this afternoon with Ed Cantrell in custody. Cantrell, deemed insane in the county court after slashing his wife's throat near Whitesboro about a year ago, has been jailed here and once attempted suicide by cutting his wrists. Sherman Democrat.
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Ron Roberts
Austin
Ed Cantrell
Asylum For
Cantrell
Whitesboro
Sherman Democrat
Two Kinds of Automobile Drivers Define Character
A State Press opinion likens cars to chameleons reflecting drivers. Courteous drivers yield safety while reckless ones, called cheap nincompoops, endanger neighbors and deserve jail.
Stolen Car Recovered Near Red Branch
Sheriff’s deputies recovered a car stolen last week from George L. Owen in McKinney. The vehicle, traced to Red Branch where two young men allegedly sold it, was identified by Owen and returned to him. Warrants likely against the two in Grayson County jail. a third man is suspected but not yet arrested.
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Sheriff's Department
George L. Owen
McKinney
Red Branch
Roberts
Grayson County
How Germany Is Governed
A historical explainer portrays the German empire as a federation of 25 states led by Prussia, with the Bundesrath acting as the powerful secretive council and the Reichstag merely a debating body. It argues the Kaiser controls the government through the chancellor and that there is no responsible ministry.
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German Empire
Prussia
Germany
Empire
Bundesrath
Reichstag
England
von Bethmann-Hollweg
LaRoe Couple and Grady Spindle Return From Mineral Wells
Mr and Mrs L LaRoe and Grady Spindle came back Saturday from Mineral Wells and say the trip improved their health.
Mrs. Lewis Returns From Gossard Diploma Training
Mrs. W H Lewis of the T H Lively store returns from a week at the Gossard Post-Graduate Training School in Dallas with a Gossard Diploma. The diploma marks successful completion of rigorous courses in fitting advertising turnovers merchandising and salesmanship for modern corset departments.
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Lewis
T. H. Lively
Gossard
Dallas
Keith Killed in Celeste After Knife Attack
The Celeste Courier reports that at 11 o'clock Thursday a dispute between Lowry Glasscoe and W. E. Keith ended with Keith killed by a knife wielder. Keith's head was nearly severed in a gruesome scene as press preparations were underway. An examining trial may be held this afternoon.
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Lowery Glasscoe
W. E. Keith
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Rob Sears
Silver Moon Coffee
Mangrum Bros
Stone’s Loaf
Glen F. Cox
Claude R. Trvett
Oscar Anderson
Riley W. Wise
Geo. S. Garner
Ben N. Roberts
Thos. M. Hicks
Henry Grady Spindle
Ralph J. Wallace Pop
Luther Gordon
Federal Reserve
Lowing
Planters National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
W. H. Lewis
Gene Keith
Lowry Glasscoe
Ben Roberts
Mell Roberts
Edwin Clapp
Florsheim
McCarty-Davis Company
the Man’s Store
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