Dewey the City Fire Horse Dies on Wednesday
In the August 17 1917 column the Sun notes the death of Dewey one of the citys fire horses on a Wednesday. Other items report changes in local property sales relocations medical trips military enlistment and staff changes including T W Gattis resigning as fire chief and the Whitewright Oil Mill receiving new machinery.
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Dewey
T. E. Moore
Jim Ashlock
J. D. Heard
Joe Hamilton
Tishomingo
Oklo
T. E. Barbee
Northwest Whitewright
C. J. Denton
John Brown
Westminster
Claud Phillips
Sherman
Percy Darwin
Quartermaster Department
Army
Emmet Penn
Nash
A. D. McGaughey
Emma Gordon
Dallas
W. R. Wilson
Frank Phillips
Phillips
Lubbock County
Mr. Wilson
T. W. Gattis
Whitewright sees cotton first bale and local business changes
G C Wade delivered Whitewright's first bale of cotton this Tuesday. W B Hestand sold the grocery store to H S Mize of Georgia who now runs it. Mangrum Grocery and Mangrum Truck Line pass to J E Mangrum and family. A new Baptist Church building contract went to a Greenville firm as 66 days without rain marks time. Local store ads cite shirts shoes and fall prints while the Palace Theatre promotes bank night.
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G. C. Wade
Whitewright
W. B. Hestand
H. S. Mize
Toccoa
L. T. Garland
Trenton
Ira Fleming
Greenville
J. E. Mangrum
W. L. Man
Cole & Davis Co
Palace Theatre
Lower turkey prices predicted by Texas expert
Marketing specialist F. Z. Beanblossom of Texas A and M warned turkey growers that prices would drop this year. He urged purifying marketing methods to counter outside pressure and advised scouting markets before fall. He noted Texas production could rise to 4,000,000 birds, risking home prices unless buyers are found elsewhere.
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Dallas
Texas Turkey
F. Z. Beanblossom
Texas A. & M. College
Texas Poultry Improvement Association
Beanblossom
Texas
Minnesota
California
Austin veterans land purchase request ends oddly
A veteran sought land under the veterans land law and filed a brief application asking for 7500 dollars to buy land with. The exchange includes a classroom joke about ignorance and a misused preposition.
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Austin
U S Husband Pretty Good Says New York Bulletin
A Metropolitan Life Insurance issue reports American husbands as the backbone of home life with 35,500,000 men, housing shortages forcing 2.5 million couples to live with relatives. It notes few wives work outside the home and many men are long-married, framing traditional family life positively. Sheriff sale notice follows.
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New York
Statistical Bulletin of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Notice of Sheriff's Sale in Grayson County Texas
On August 15, 1949, in Grayson County Texas a judgment against James Kennady and others for 45.41 dollars plus interest and costs was issued. The sale of Lot 12 Block 3 South Highland Addition Denison City Grayson County Texas will occur on October 4 1949 at 2 to 4 PM at the courthouse door to satisfy the judgment and taxes.
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State of Texas
Grayson
A. D
M. L. Gentry
Eva Gentry
Corine Smart Harris
Bill Harris
Ella May Elson
Evelyn Martin
Aline Hildebran
Paul Merrill
District Court
Grayson County
Texas
Cyrene Park
Denison
Markel Dicken
J. H. Brown
Sherman
Tex
15Th Judicial District of Texas
James Kennady
Lillian Kenady
Regine Kenady Lacy
South Highland
Sherman, Tex
Progress toward service expansion amid high telephone demand
We are working toward that and making progress despite continuing heavy demand for telephones from those without any service. The effort focuses on expanding access and delivering devices to customers previously without connection.
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Whitewright Oil Mill Co
Atlas Clocks
Westclox General
Kingston Drug Store
Rexall
Albert
U. S
I. C. Lyon
Babelone
Babcock Auto Store
Southwestern Bell Telephone CO
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