Flames Devastate Sherman Shoe Store on Travis Street
Fire at No 110 North Travis in Sherman Texas damaged Gunter Robson shoes with several thousand dollars in drummers samples lost. Building owned by Mrs Tom Randolph of St Louis faced 2000 to 3000 dollars in damage insured. Origin undetermined. smoke dense and heat high hampered locating origin.
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Sherman
Texas
North
Travis Street
Gunter-Robson Company
Jeff Miller
Bob Aikton
Tom Randolph
St. Louis
Gunter
Katy Excursion Rates To San Antonio and Dallas
Excursion rates announced for travel to San Antonio and back at 7.80 dollars for baseball game and U.S. troops with August 19 sale and return by August 21. Dallas trip 2.95 on sale August 26 and 27, return by September 1. See agent L C Cottington for other rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
U.S
Dallas
L.C. Cottington
Denison cattle theft arrests linked to grand jury indictment
In Denison on Aug 13 Deputy Sheriff Boyd Craig and Constable Dee Burris arrested John and Frank Wyre on a grand jury indictment charging cattle theft. The case ties to a spate of cattle disappearances reported by the Denison Gazette. The Wyres run a South Crockett meat market and were familiar to locals. The indictment appears based on detective findings from the ongoing inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Boyd Craig
Dee Burris
John
Frank Wyre
South Crockett Avenue
Denison Gazette
Hidden chance in Poison Lake creates fortune
The Houston Post profiles two men who turned Poison lake in Converse county Wyoming into a chemical source. They analyzed waters built a plant with evaporating vats and a truck road to a railroad, producing Epson salt from a natural deposit. The tale underscores undiscovered opportunities waiting for perceptive, industrious minds.
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Douglas
Converse County
Wyoming
Poison Lake
United States
Texas
Houston Post
Free Blackleg Vaccine Distributed to Stock Owners
The U S Department of Agriculture will make its Fort Worth office a vaccine distributing station to help Texas stock owners prevent blackleg. Government vaccine is sent on application to genuine cattle owners only. The effort, in cooperation with Texas agencies, reports extensive tick eradication and dipping work across about twenty counties with 900 vats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Fort Worth
L. J. Allen
Live Stock Exchange
Live Stock Sanitary Commission of Texas
County Commissioner's Courts
United States
Woman Killed In Runaway Near Hagerman
Aug. 13 report says Mr and Mrs Dave Carter returning from Flowing Wells when their team ran away near Hagerman. Mrs Carter, about 50, died instantly. Mr Carter, about 55, was severely injured with expected death. They lived on Sid Horstead place and were parents of ten.
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Sherman
Dave Carter
Hagerman
Flowing Wells
Get A Transfer To A Sunshine Train Of Hope
A short exhortation urges leaving gloom and doubt behind. It promises ample space on a cheerful, hopeful journey with a metaphorical railway to happiness and brighter days. The piece uses trains and tracks to encourage moving from worry to optimism and action.
Blue Ridge Holds Mass Meeting on Rail Service
The business men and citizens of Blue Ridge held a mass meeting last Wednesday to discuss renewing the suspended Blue Ridge to Anna railroad service. Hugh Carson, representing Blue Ridge, traveled to Austin to confer with the Attorney General's department and railroad commissioners and also with Houston, with Houston and Texas Central officials promising to send an engineer to Blue Ridge to assess condition and estimate restoration costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge
Anna
Hugh Carson
Austin
Attorney General’s Department
Railroad Commissioners
Houston
Houston & Texas Central Railway
McKinney Courier Gazette
New Gravel Pits at Ambrose Texas
Tim Murphy completes arrangements to open a large gravel pit near Ambrose Texas ready to ship today. New machinery has been installed and a railroad switch laid. Murphy will sell gravel for construction work and expects to handle much himself per Denison Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Murphy
Ambrose
Murphy
Denison
Leader Millinery Opens in Truett Building
Miss Myrtle Badgett opens a new millinery shop in the Truett building, naming it Leader. She brings several years of experience in hats and fashion to the venture.
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First National Bank
Sherman Shoe
Katy
Vals
Armstrong's Cash Store
Whitewright, Texas
Station Hope
Planters National Bank
A E. Anderson & Co
Chicago
T. H. Lively
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