Down Memory Lane Salooning Local News Highlights
Leonard embalmer Charlie Armstrong will move his family to join T. H. Truett next week. Walter Hines, 45, was killed near Whitewright when his mule team ran away. Mrs. Fitz Bryant’s brother Flint Little arrived in France. Lilburn Ross, Gor don Bros. delivery boy, injured by a Ford crank. T. E. Montgomery arrived in France. Marguerite Montgomery volunteers for overseas nurse training. Sgt. Blach Wellington visits his father John Wellington in San Francisco. Van Vestal wins state essay contest on traffic rules with a gold medal and 15 dollars. Clyde Hansard and Ava Curry wed on July 12. Nine-year-old boy injured in fall from horse. skull fracture. Mrs Bettie Currin hosts antique party. E. J. Lilley and May Badgett attend Dallas style shows for fall stocks.
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Charlie Armstrong
Leonard
T. H. Truett
Walter Hines
Spivy Badgett Farm
Whitewright
Fitz Bryant
Flint Little
France
Lilburn Ross
Gordon Bros
Ford
W. H. Montgomery
T. E. Montgomery
Marguerite Montgomery
Sgt
Blach Wellington
San Francisco
John Wellington
van Vestal
Clyde Hansard
Ava Curry
Jim Robertson
Pilot Grove
Bettie Currin
E. J. Lilley
Monta
May Badgett
Lilley Dry Goods Co
Dallas
Local Man J D Badgett Dies At 77 In Home
J D Badgett aged 77 died at his home on Wednesday. Miss Laura Lynn Major departed Saturday for Seattle to sail to the China Mission field. Miss Margreta Fender left Saturday for Estes Park to attend a YWCA conference for college women. Miss Mildred Cantrell and Robert Cantrell with Miss Laura Cantrell spend the week on the Pennon River in Oklahoma. Lucian Andrews reelected secretary of the Texas Rural Letter Carriers Association at Temple meeting last week. Epworth League program featured Theresa Everheart Lloyd Wright Evelyn Morgan Irene Alverson and Maxie Echols.
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the Sun
J. D. Badgett
Laura Lynn Major
Seattle
Wash
China Mission Field
Margreta Fender
Estes Park
Colo
Mildred Cantrell
Robert Cantrell
Laura Elizabeth Cantrell
Pennington River
Oklahoma
Lucian Andrews
Texas Rural Letter Carriers Association
Temple
Epworth League
Theresa Everheart
Lloyd Wright
Evelyn Morgan
Irene Alverson
Maxie Echols
Nobility Resident M D Holcomb Dies at 81
M D Holcomb died Tuesday morning at age 81 after a long residence in the Nobility community. He had been a steadfast local figure for five decades.
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M. D. Holcomb
Restored to Health After Severe Rheumatism
A letter describes remarkable recovery from rheumatoid arthritis and widespread rheumatism. The author details crippled joints and deformed hands with ankles set, claiming life was restored to active health and inviting further personal correspondence for the method of relief.
First bale of 1933 cotton received at Whitewright
Oscar Mears delivered Whitewright’s first 1933 cotton bale last Friday and earned a $20 cash premium from local business men. Eighty five bushels of wheat vanished from Charley Wells’s granary by Saturday, and seven chicks disappeared. A small cyclone caused farm damage near Mrs. Maggie Montgomery’s farm northeast of town. H M DeBerry sold his 30 acre home place for $2800 to Mrs. C H Skaggs. J W Davidson, 71, died Monday afternoon. Palestine Cooper, 75, died Friday night in Randolph. Naomi Swindle, 82, died Friday at his nephew R D Maddux’s home.
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Whitewright
Oscar Mears
C. B. Bryant Jr
Mears
H. M. DeBerry
C. H. Skaggs
J. W. Davidson
Palestine Cooper
Randolph
Naomi Swindle
R. D. Maddux
Charley Wells
Mrs. Maggie Montgomery
Canal Zone Termites Thrive on Concrete
The Smithsonian on Barro Colorado Island reports termites that chew through lead, resist arsenic, and can bore through concrete seeking wood. One species, Coptotermes Niger, gnaws lead sheathing and can penetrate five inch concrete floors. The station has performed about 35 000 tests revealing the termites' counterintuitive behavior and adaptability.
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Canal Zone
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Barro Colorado Island
James Zeter
Smithsonian
Barro Colorado
Lincoln’s Withholding Tax Repaid to Lincoln Estate
Lincoln paid a 1862 3 percent withholding tax on his income and the estate later received a full refund of 3555.94 after an 1872 Attorney General opinion held the tax unconstitutional. The piece notes long running debates over pay as you go and quarterly payments.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Abe
the Revenue Bureau
Congress
Lincoln
E. R. Hoar
Secretary of the Treasury
George S. Boutwell
Internal Revenue
David Davis
Divorce suit citation for Opal Lee Gregory vs Marvin R Gregory
Citation issued July 24 1953 requires Marvin R Gregory to answer by September 7 1953 in Grayson County Texas court. Case No 60638 seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Publication dates listed July 30 August 6 13 and 20 1953 in The Whitewright Sun.
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State of Texas
Marvin R. Gregory
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Opal Lee Gregory
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Whitewright Sun
Union Clerk Delivers For Wife In Joking Exchange
A humorous exchange unfolds between a union man and a union clerk as he asks for union-made hosiery for his wife. The clerk responds with a light quip noting the wife is at home. The moment captures everyday humor in a workplace setting.
Woman Pilot of MIG Reported by War Prisoner
An American war prisoner said a Communist MIG 15 pilot shot down near the Yalu was a Chinese woman. He added the MIG crashed into a hill near the camp as observers reported.
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Freedom Village
Yalu
Robert L. Smith
Bowling Green
The Wolverine Said to Be Animal Thief Supreme
A concise note reports the wolverine as famed for stealing with the reputation of the greatest thief among animals. No specific events or dates are given, but the claim highlights the wolverine’s notoriety and clever behavior in animal lore.
Common Sense Driving At Uncontrolled Intersections
Two cars approach an uncontrolled intersection from opposite directions at 15 to 20 mph and collide. A front seat occupant can be thrown to the pavement if a door latch yields and the head strikes the ground. Drivers should enter intersections with caution as if navigating a cluttered dark room. A stray joke about cats is included as light filler.
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