Incident of the Civil War ends with a brother’s fatal doubt
John A Williams, a California obituary subject, died aged and sorrowful after a Civil War that he believed he had caused his Union brother’s death. A Missouri printer turned Confederate, he later learned the brother’s bullet came from another. His life carried permanent remorse until death. Columbus Dispatch.
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John A. Williams
California
Williams
Missouri
Columbus Dispatch
Quinine Patent Promoted by E. W. Grove
An advertisement extols LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary quinine for tonic and laxative effects, claiming it avoids nervousness and head ringing. It urges recalling the full product name and to look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. We.
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E. W. Grove
Sunshine Evangelists to Begin Revival at Central Christian Church
The Kellems Brothers, 25 and 24, will conduct a three week revival at Central Christian Church starting next Sunday. They have four years on the Pacific Coast with over six thousand converts and have visited major Disciples of the West churches. They seek Army chaplain calls and mourn their brother Kenneth Kellems, Oregon’s first war casualty. Evening services will be held on the church lawn.
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Sunshine
Central Christian Church
Kellems Brothers
Christian Church
Pacific Coast
Disciples of the West
Jesse R. Kellems
Homer Kellems
Columbia University
New York City
State University of Oregon
Eugene Bible University
Kenneth K. Kellems
Oregon
Whitewright
Denison
Sherman
Central Christian Church of
Waco
Letter From Ely Boy In Army in Georgia
Ernest Smith writes from Greenleaf Georgia July 26 1918 to Miss Brown describing Army service near Look Out Mountain in Georgia. He notes hard daytime work then drills and hikes with 1000 men, praises the Red Cross reception at Baton Rouge and mentions evacuation hospital 32 at Camp Chickamauga Parl Greenleaf Ga.
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Miss Brown
Ely
Ernest Smith
Georgia
Greenleaf
Look Out Mountain
Texas
Red Cross
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Bernice
Ernest Smith Evacuation
Hosp Group
Camp Chickamauga Parl
Greenleaf, Ga
Grand Jury Impaneled for Fifty Ninth District Court
The August term of the Fifty Ninth district court met in Sherman with a grand jury impaneled. Members include I Barnes Sherman Tom Price Bells Jim Biggerstaff Whitewright J A Tipps Whitesboro Sam Harshbarger Sadler Horace Johnson Cedar Mills J W Fawcett Preston Frank Kidd Sherman Marion Shaw Sherman C B Polk Gunter J W Sledge Van Alstyne. They will assemble next Monday to begin their labors.
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Fifty- Ninth District Court
Sherman
I. Barnes
Tom I
Rogers
Denison
Tom Price
Bells
Jim Biggerstaff
Whitewright
J. A. Tipps
Whitesboro
Sam Harshbarger
Sadler
Horace Johnson
Cedar Mills
J. W. Fawcett
Preston
Frank Kidd
Marion Shaw
C. B. Polk
Gunter
J. W. Sledge
van Alstyne
First Sergeant Frank King Visits His Parents
First Sergeant Frank King of Camp Travis spent Saturday through Monday visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. King.
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Frank King
Camp Travis
W. H. King
160 Acre Farm Brings 32800 Dollars in Whitewright Area
EK L Stein sold his 160 acre farm on the Pike Road south of town to A S Nelson of Caddo Mills for 205 dollars per acre. The property, cited as one of the best in the area, has changed hands three times in a year with strong profits. Myrick & Barbee handled the sale. T J Smith sold 80 acres east of town to L M Wells for 100 dollars per acre, a transaction also by Myrick & Barbee.
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EK. L. Stein
Pike Road
A. S. Nelson
Caddo Mills
Myrick & Barbee
Whitewright
T. J. Smith
L. M. Wells
Piano Tuning by Prof Harrington Available This Week
Piano tuner Prof Owen B Harrington formerly of New Orleans now in Commerce Wolfe City and Whitewright available this week. Trustworthy piano tuning and rebuilding offered with careful skilled attention. Leave calls at W J Looney's Furniture Store or call telephone 37.
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Owen B. Harrington
New Orleans
Commerce
Wolfe City
Whitewright
W. J. Looney
Five Years for Disloyalty In Sherman Court
Walter G. Seals was tried in the Fifty-ninth District Court at Sherman on a disloyalty charge. A jury sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary after he pleaded not guilty. Seals had been arrested by T W Wallace near Howe for seditious utterances. He claimed indifference to the U S government and sought to leave the country. Lonnie Darwin and Miss Lytle Bigger of the community southwest of town were married Thursday evening with Rev I E Teague officiating.
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Walter G. Seals
Fifty-ninth District Court
Sherman
T. W. Wallace
Howe
Mr. Wallace
United States
Lonnie Darwin
Lytle
I. E. Teague
Attendants at County Council of Defense Meeting
Mrs. R. L. Sears and three other Whitewright residents attended the County Council of Defense meeting held yesterday as reported in Saturday's Sherman Courier.
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R. L. Sears
J. F. Fender
Parsons
W. H. King of
Whitewright
County Council of Defense
Sherman Courier
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Malaria Remedy Ad
An old advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic destroys malarial germs transmitted by the malaria mosquito and lists a price of 60 cents.
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Grove
Price
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