Valley Farm play cast and town notices from 1921
The Sun reports Gordon Bros plan to open a gent's furnishings store around Sept 1. Preston Everheart Post presents the four act Valley Farm at the school auditorium with listed cast members. Local moves include Bertha Cox to Rockwall and Mrs. Bess Lewis entering ladies apparel business. A 1921 event roundup lists picnics, delegate elections, and community guests.
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the Sun
Gordon Bros
John R. Davis
Orangeville
Fire destroys Kimbell milling plant early Monday
The Kimbell milling plant in town burned early Monday morning destroying the facility. About 80,000 bushels of oats and 2,000 bushels of wheat were reported burned in the blaze.
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Kimbell
Whitewright approves new gym and auditorium project
Whitewright completes gymnasium and auditorium ready for use. Local report notes civic progress and community events including a birthday dinner for Mrs Alverson, a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Burris, and students attending ETSTC Commerce. A fatal car crash in Pink Hill kills Cecil McCollom and his 17 year old daughter in law. J H Hopper brings first cotton bale near town.
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Whitewright
Cecil McCollom
Clyde McCollom
Pink Hill
J. H. Hopper
Sallye Hamilton
Ruth Gosnell
Margaret Coggins
ETSTC
Commerce
A. W. Alverson
Mrs. Alverson
James Burris
Ford Kitching
Olan Bush
Aaron Burris
Mahurin News
Estrings and court: a divorce citation in Grayson County
A London violin shop scene opens the text, followed by a formal citation for John D. Symons in Grayson County Texas. Mary Alice Symons seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment with a 42 day response window ending September 3, 1956.
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State OF Texas
John D. Symons
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Mary Alice Symons
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Davenport
Whitewright Sun
Known Sex Criminals At Large in Texas
Opinion piece from the Dallas Times Herald excoriates Texas for releasing known sex criminals from mental hospitals. It cites a 62-year-old man, declared potentially dangerous, who molested at least four girls since 1950 and was furloughed multiple times. The column calls for laws to keep the criminally insane off the streets and criticizes overcrowded facilities and unsupervised releases.
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Dallas
R. C. Rowell
Terrell State Hospital
Texas
Dallas Times Herald
GOP Plank Targets Prosperity Welfare in Platform
Washington reports the GOP plans to win labor votes with a platform promising better times. Secretary of Labor Mitchell drafted a plan advocating repeal of state right to work laws, broader Federal minimum wage coverage, and protection of welfare and benefit plans assets for workers. The proposal, prepared at White House request, will be refined by Senator Bush's committee ahead of the San Francisco convention.
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Washington
Mitchell
Eisenhower
White House
San Francisco
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Pyle
Senator Bush
Connecticut
Bush
British Ministry packages three course meal in match box
The British Ministry of Agriculture announces a synthetic three course meal packaged in a match box. The compact meal comes as tablets and chemical envelopes to which water is added to produce a full size feast believed by scientists to rival real food. The convention opens on August 20.
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London
British
Ministry of Agriculture
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Mozelle Looney
Lula Lee Vestal
Oleta Chambers
Ray Manning
M. E. Greenway
Kathryn Vaughn
W. H. King
C. B. Bryant Jr
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Jack Diamond
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W. T. Ross
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Lucian LaRoe
Emmett Penn
Lloyd Moore
Cecil Cameron
Bryant King
Ross May
O. P. Neilson
Enna
Holly Montgomery
Evelyn Ayres
Ruth Moore
Irene Dickson
Pauline Lennox
Red River
Lee Wilson
Roby Lee
Gladys Magar
Krum Telephone Exchange
Andrew Pierce
Denison
Ernest Harrison
Elbert
Sun Office
WAT First, Inc
First National
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G. O. P. Plank
Stan
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Stan’s Auto Supply
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