Strange Death of YMCA Worker Among Shells in France
Rev Walter Murry a YMCA worker in France was killed near Chateau Thierry when two shells exploded simultaneously trapping him between them. He served American soldiers from a front line canteen and was buried with military honors in Officers Row. He died thirty minutes after hospital treatment. W P Riley father accompanied the body from Denison to Pilot Point.
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Walter Murry
France
Chateau-Thierry
Mr. Murry
Denison
W. P. Riley
Pilot Point
Dies in Texas yard accident at Katy facility
Lawrence Riney aged 18 a Pilot Point resident died from injuries after a yard incident at the Katy in Denison Texas last night Aug 9. The tragedy halted activity as investigators began work and relatives awaited updates.
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Denison
Texas
Lawrence Riney
Pilot Point
Katy
Sunday Revival to Begin in Fort Worth on Nov 6
Fort Worth Texas Aug 11 The Rev. W A Billy Sunday will start a ten weeks revival in Fort Worth on November 6 announced by the local committee H S Blither advance man for the Sunday organization is in town arranging meeting details
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Fort Worth
Texas
W. A
Billy
H. S. Blither
Y M C A Men in France Carried Supplies to Front
Karl Cate, YMCA secretary, arrived in Paris exhausted after directing a cargo of cookies, chocolate, cigarettes, writing paper, gum, and cigars toward front line troops. He swapped a box for five wounded soldiers and filled the camion with refugees and essentials for the rear. He returned to the line after a brief meal to resume aid work.
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Clarence Budington Kelland
Paris
Karl Cate
Y.M.C. A
Cannion
Cate
State Fair of Texas Abandons 1918 Dates
The War Department takes over Fair Park making the 1918 Thirty Third Annual Fair and Exposition impossible to run. The State Fair of Texas Board announces the cancellation for October 15 to 27 1918 as a wartime sacrifice. President Knight and Secretary Stratton express pride in cooperation with the government. Tom Hicks visits relatives. stationed in Indiana with the Army Quartermaster's Department.
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War Department
Division of Aeronautics
Fair Park
State Fair of
Texas
Southwest
Tom Hicks
Indiana
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Make Liquor While You Wait Raids Home for Illicit Alcohol
Deputy Sheriff Burris and Constable Gwin shut a home gin and whisky operation at 412 West Johnson street. They found a half barrel of beer, thirty vials of condensed alcohol, and a Cincinnati made kit claiming to brew liquor cheaply. A vial produced gin and whisky with strong odor, while bystanders eyed an auto filled with potential customers nearby.
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Burris
Gwin
Sylvester Johnson
West Johnson Street
Johnson
Cioe
Cincinnati
Denison Herald
Native Texan Who Captured German Gun
James A. Dunlavy of Houston listed for gallantry in a Marine Corps letter from Chateau-Thierry action in June. He captured an enemy machine gun at Bouresches and used it against the foe before being killed. His mother lives at Goose Creek.
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Washington
James A. Dunlavy
Marine Corps
Barnett
Chateau-Thierry
Houston
Goose Creek
Dunlavy
Bouresches
First 1918 Cotton Bale Sold in Gray County by Jarvis
Marvin Jarvis of Whitewright marketed the first bale of 1918 cotton in Gray son county. He sold 1500 pounds of seed cotton in Whitewright on Thursday morning for 11 cents per pound. A $35 premium raised the bale total to $235.07 as reported by the Sherman Courier.
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Marvin Jarvis
Whitewright
Grayson County
Jarvis
When the United States Will Be Licked
A satirical verse enumerates fantastical reversals and absurdities as a prophecy of upheaval and chaos, listing many impossible scenes to critique current norms and foreshadow dramatic change.
When sense comes to Kaiser's head and Germany loses
A clipped North Carolina paper quotes ribald verse about the Kaiser, predicting the United States will be victorious and Germany will be diminished as public morale wanes.
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United State
Germany
North Carolina
165 Oil Wells Drilling in Six Texas Counties
In six West Texas counties 165 oil wells are drilling including rigs built or under construction. About half are in Eastland County and over 30 percent in Stephens County with the remainder spread through Palo Pinto Jack Erath and Young counties. Excludes completed wells whether producing or abandoned.
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Texas
West Texas
Eastland County
Stephens County
Palo Pinto, Jack, Erath
Young Counties
Sun Adds Readers as Subscription Price Looms
The Sun expanded its reader list this past week and urges more subscriptions now. With rapid paper editions and the price rising soon, the paper warns that subscription costs may increase at any moment.
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The
Sun
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Vance Man
Sunday Organ
McY
Packer
R. E. L. Knight
W.H. Strattton
Sherman Courier
Liberty
Planters National Bank
United States
J. W. Davidson
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