Rural School Classifications and Tuition Rules Outlined
A Whitewright bulletin from the Board of Education details rural school classifications by teacher count, tuition limits, and transfer rules. One‑to four‑teacher schools set grade offerings up to ten, with tuition capped at five dollars monthly, and state funding for transfers to high schools. The measure aims to boost rural high school enrollment this winter.
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Whitewright Superintendent of Schools
Board of Education
State Department
Card of Thanks for sympathy after death
In sorrow we thank friends for kindness shown our wife and mother during illness and after her death. Each word and act of sympathy will be remembered. Wm. Pennington, Children and Grandchildren.
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Wm. Pennington
Epworth League Program With Talks And Music
Irene Rector leads the Epworth League program featuring songs scripture and prayer. Kermit Hollingsworth gives a talk followed by Madge Sears piano solo and a vocal duet by Margaret Pierce and Louise Echols. Rev H M Cowling offers another talk. T J Rector performs violin solo with league Benediction. Everyone is invited to attend at six on Sunday evening.
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Irene Rector
Kermit Hollingsworth
Madge Sears
Margaret Pierce
Louise Echols
H. M. Cowling
T. J. Rector
Pioneer Tom Bean Merchant Is Dead
Tom Bean August 9 Marion Crumpler 68 died Monday night at his home after a week long illness He was an early Tom Bean settler and longtime grocery merchant He came from Mississippi Survived by brother John Crumpler Fort Cobb Oklo and several nieces and nephews He was a bachelor residing with the late Mrs Charles Frisby He belonged to the Baptist Church Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church with Rev J L Truett and Rev J F Fender and burial was at Wittitoe Cemetery Kentuckytown
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Tom Bean
Marion Crumpler
Mississippi
John Crumpler
Fort Cole
Oklo
Charles Frisby
The
Baptist Church
J. L. Truett
J. F. Fender
Whitewright
Wittitoe Cemetery
Kentuckytown
Kentucky Town Club Hosts Aug 1 Meeting
Mrs. Charlie Fulton hosted the Kentucky Town Club on August 1 with Rev Le Teague discussing neighbors. Lemonade was served after. The group earned 100 percent to the Sherman council meeting. Members wore kitchen dresses with Viva Phillips 1st, Eunice Turner 4th, and Carl Holland Sr. among winners. Mrs. F T Harris to host August 12 with former members and Bethel Club as guests.
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Charlie Fulton
LE. Teague
Sherman
Viva Phillips
Eunice Turner
Carl Holland
F. T. Harris
Bethel Club
Filling Station Reopens At Williams Site By Van Claborn
Announcement states a filling station rebuilt on the former Williams site after a recent fire. The operator, Van Claborn, plans to offer high grade gasoline motor oils tobacco candy and related items along with repair work and expects local patronage.
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Williams
van Claborn
Thompson Ford Wedding on Lawn in Sherman County
Miss Martha Thompson of Topeka Kansas wed William Ford son of Mr and Mrs W R Ford of Tom Bean at 5 pm Sunday on the lawn of the bridegroom parents home Judge R M Carter of Sherman performed the ring ceremony in a small gathering The bride wore a white crepe gown trimmed with duchess lace and carried a colonial bouquet of pink and white gladioli and rosebuds tied with silver
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Martha Thompson
Topeka
Kans
William Ford
W. R. Ford
Tom Bean
R. M. Carter
Sherman
Young Couple Wed as Topeka Editor Marries
The ceremony featured print shop callers and white tulle with a white Spanish comb in the bride’s hair, a gift from the groom. Freeman Thompson of Topeka, Kans., attended as an out-of-town guest. The bride, a Washburn College senior active in student life, and Mr. Ford, telegraph editor of the Topeka Daily Capital, will reside in Topeka.
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Freeman Thompson
Topeka
Kans
Washburn College
Ford
Capital
Kansas Peculiar Automobile Law Still On The Books
A Topeka report notes Kansas once required motorists before entering a town to stop at the corporation line and telephone ahead. The 1915 statute aimed to soothe merchants and farmers who parked teams on main streets to prevent runaways. The law remains on the books though seldom enforced.
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Kansas
Topeka
Inventor Demonstrates Air-Powered Motor in Car
Harry Perrigo of Kansas City unveils a motor powered by electricity drawn from the air. A demonstration car reached forty miles per hour, starting, stopping, and turning, with Col. Paul Henderson of National Transport praising the invention as groundbreaking.
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Kansas City
Harry Parrigo
Perrigo
Paul Henderson
Chicago
National Transport, Inc
First Baptist Pastor Preaches Sunday Morning
Rev J H Hawkins of the First Baptist Church will preach at the usual Sunday morning hour. There will be no Sunday evening service as he attends a revival meeting at Luella.
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J. H. Hawkins
First Baptist Church
Sun
Luella
Dissolved Partnership Notice at Village Post Office
A wall notice reads a dissolved partnership between the speaker and Mose Skinner. It states that all debts of the firm will be settled by the respective parties. The text appears in a dialectal rendering and leaves unclear names, dates, or locations beyond the village setting.
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Mose Skinner
California Man Captain Sam Fish Claims Century-Old Life
Los Angeles reports Captain Sam or Sam Fish, age claimed at 180 by Indian villagers near June Lake, may be California and perhaps world’s oldest man. Elders say he was grown when the Donner party passed Owens Valley, recalling white visitors with astonishment.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Captain Sam
Sam Fish
June Lake
High Sierras
California
Capt
Sam
Donner
Upper
Owens Valley
Unordered Merchandise Rules Cited by Printer’s Ink
North Carolina Press notes guidance on unordered packages such as neckties and fumes. Recipients need not return unused items, but using them can imply acceptance and payment obligations. The guidance outlines that untouched merchandise is not liable for return or preservation.
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North Carolina Press
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Epworth League
E. T. Doss
Planters Gin Company
Decker
Iowana
Mangrum Bros
Manning, Clark & Meador
J. E. Turner
S. E. Jones
Ross R. May
Pearl Potter
Parry
Dallas
Texas
P. A. Short
P. Janway
J. W. McMurry Grocery
Jimmie Lee Yates
Waltham Works
Bells Post Office
Buell Spindle
Love Monument Company of
Mark Montgomery
Tom Bean Merchant
Kentuckytown Club
Ford-Thompson
Hoffman
Everblot Water Heater
Clark & Meador Good Hardware
Dimity
New Fall Shoes
New York
Hudson & Davis Co
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