Lodge Is Delegate to Armament Meet
Washington August 16 Henry Cabot Lodge chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been chosen by President Harding as a member of the American delegation to the disarmament conference Formal White House announcement says he is the second delegate named after Secretary Hughes who will be chairman Lodge a Republican leader in the Senate is understood to have accepted
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Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harding
Senator Lodge
White House
Hughes
Lodge
Republican Eldef
Senate
Dallas to deploy six women sleuths to trap mashers
Dallas police plan to place six attractive female officers on duty to round up jellybeans and mashers. The women will patrol streets and testifying against men who attempt conversations at sidewalks or in picture shows. Police say complaints of insults on street corners persist.
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Dallas
Prospecting Trip Stirs in Lubbock County
Dr. R. L. Sears and his son Jim are reported to be in Lubbock County on a prospecting trip, adding a local note of interest to a region known for exploration and mining history.
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R. L. Sears
Jim
Lubbock County
Monarchy label cited by Fresno Republican
A Fresno Republican quips that the system is a monarchy yet dominated by King George the Fifth and Lloyd George the Four-Fifths, poking fun at wartime leadership.
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King George the Fifth
Lloyd George
Fresno Republican
Greenville Boosters To Visit Monday With Band
Greenville Chamber of Commerce and local business men visit on Monday about 4 30 accompanied by the Greenville Municipal band. The booster trip spans five days, beginning at Mt Pleasant with remaining nights in Greenville. More than one hundred people expected. departure from Whitewright at 5 for Trenton.
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Chamber of Commerce and Business Men of
Greenville
Greenville Boosters
Mt. Pleasant
Whitewright
Trenton
Oak Hill Cemetery Association Needs Funds
The Oak Hill Cemetery Association treasurer states the group needs funds to continue paying the caretaker. Several lot owners have overlooked annual dues. once all dues are paid, sufficient funds will be available to maintain care. The association emphasizes community sympathy and urges owners to remit promptly.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill
Ladies of the
Armament Parley to Cost $200,000
Washington officials estimate the first official costs for the armament parley will run at least 109000 dollars a month to limit world armaments and resolve Far East tensions. An initial 200000 dollar appropriation is requested, with possible further funds if sessions extend beyond two months. Fletcher notes unknown printing and delegate expenses and a Secretariat may be required.
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Washington
Far East
Henry P. Fletcher
Congress
Harding
Fletcher
Paris
Sherman man shot while riding in auto
Claude Scott a well known automobile mechanic at the West Side Garage is at St Vincent's Sanitarium with a pistol wound over the heart in the left side. He was wounded about 7 o clock Sunday evening while returning from Denison in a car driven by Hoyt Gibson of Sherman. Gibson carried him to the sanitarium. The gun and bullet path were not found or confirmed as to weapon.
Jubilee Singers at First Baptist Church
The Jubilee Singers present Negro melodies as a specialty at the First Baptist Church of the colored community on Thursday and Friday nights August 18 and 19. White attendees invited. Admission is 15e.
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First Baptist Church
Cotton Consumption in July Reaches 410,120 Bales
Washington reports July cotton consumption at 410,120 bales of lint and 50,019 bales of linters, versus 525,489 lint and 37,575 linters a year earlier. For the twelve months ending July 31 the cotton year totals 4,887,895 lint bales and 513,857 linters, down from 6,419,734 lint and 342,472 linters last year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Entertainment Postponed By Death In Community Church
The Sunday school entertainment scheduled for Thursday night on the church lawn is postponed to Tuesday night August 23 due to the death of Mr. J. H. Cox.
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J. H. Cox
Acquitted of Operating Still After Confession
Elbert Weldon of near Club Lake Sherman, aged nineteen, was acquitted by a Fifty-Ninth District Court jury on charges of owning and operating a whiskey still after admitting to a signed confession. Defense claimed improper pursuit and warrant issues tainted the evidence. Sixteen related cases remain pending but hinge on similar testimony.
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Sherman
Elbert Weldon
Club Lake
Fifty-Ninth District Court
J. A. Carlisle
Weldon
Gordon Livingston are wed in Whitewright ceremony
John Livingston and Emma Gordon were married at Rev J F Fender's home in Whitewright last Thursday morning. They plan a honeymoon to Eureka Springs Arkansas and will reside in Sherman after September 1, with Livingston a business leader in Livingston Brothers and active in local unions and the Sherman Chamber of Commerce.
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John Livingston
Emma Gordon
J. F. Fender
Eureka Springs
Ark
2. B. Gordon
Whitewright
the Sun
Sherman
Livingston Brothers
Country Club
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Grayson County
Livingston
Death of John H. Cox at 63 in Whitewright Texas
John H. Cox 63 died at his home on Spruce Street Thursday morning after months of illness. Born March 16, 1858 in Hawkins County Tennessee he moved to Texas in 1901, living in Ely Canaan and Whitewright. Survived by seven children Claud Bertha Mitchell Glendon Hubert Mamie Brannon. Funeral Friday at 2:30 pm at the Methodist Church conducted by Rev. K R Isbel with Oak Hill Cemetery interment.
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John H. Cox
Spruce Street
Mr. Cox
Hawkins County
Tennessee
Texas
Ely
Canaan
Whitewright
Methodist Church
Cox
Mollie Jane Housely
Stoney Point
Claud
Giant searchlight alarms Lovers Lane in Dallas
In Dallas on Friday night a 4,500,000 candle power searchlight atop the Adolphus Hotel, named Fred Meyers, operated for the first time and cast a beam ten miles. Lovers along nearby lanes fled into brush, fearing police enforcing a no spooning ordinance, as the light illuminated officers and vehicles in the area.
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Dallas
Fred Meyers
Adolphus Hotel
Negro Lynched Near Groesbeck in Texas Mob Action
Groesbeck Texas August 15 County Attorney L E Eubanks received a call from Justice of the Peace W T Grogan at Datura saying a negro had been hanged there by a mob. The message reported no further disturbance and quiet afterward. The assailant was accused of assaulting a white woman.
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Groesbeck
Texas
L. E. Eubanks
Justice of the Peace
W. T. Grogan
Datura
Beaumont Woman Kills Negro in Store Struggle
Beaumont Texas Aug 16 Mrs Frank Boffa wife of a local merchant shot and killed A M Breakfield a 47 year old negro longshoreman after she said he assaulted her in a store. He grabbed her arm during a struggle as he reached for a coin and she fired a pistol bullet through his left temple.
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Beaumont
Texas
Frank Boffa
A. M. Breakfield
Oklahoma Rep Herrick proposes felony sale limit on Liberty bonds
Washington August 16 Representative Herrick of Oklahoma introduces a bill to make it a felony to offer to buy or list for sale Liberty bonds at less than par. The measure seeks to force bonds to par value.
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Washington
Herrick
Oklahoma
Restless Sex at Odeon to replay Thursday night
The Restless Sex shown at the Odeon theatre Wednesday night will be shown again this Thursday night. The seven reel drama is described as elaborately staged and many who saw it Wednesday say it ranks among Whitewright’s best pictures in a long time.
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Odeon Theatre
Whitewright
Fort Smith and Van Buren residents visit Cox family
James A. Housely of Fort Smith and Mrs. W. J. Butts of Van Buren have been at the bedside of John H. Cox, who died Thursday morning. Mrs. Cox is a sister of Mr. Housley and Mrs. Butts.
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James A. Housely
Fort Smith, Ark
W. J. Butts
van Buren
Ark
John H. Cox
Special weekend sale Rexall talcum powder
Rexall talcum powder promoted in a weekend sale by Dyer & Jones. Merchandise includes talcum items with emphasis on value and availability at this local drugstore.
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Dyer & Jones
First Bales Received in Whitewright
Cleophus Chumbley of Ken tucky town community and E. Atteberry near Westminster opened the cotton season in Whitewright Thursday by offering their products on the local market. Chumbley’s bale, weighing 505 pounds, was ginned at Fort Worth Cotton Oil Mill and sold to Sears Grain Co. for 13 cents per pound. Atteberry’s bale in the seed was sold to Planters Gin Co. for 4.55. Merchants gave a $25.50 premium, split between the two.
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Cleophus Chumbley
Kentuckytown
Atteberry
Westminster
Whitewright
Mr. Chumbley
Fort Worth
Sears Grain Co
Planters Gin Co
Revival Meeting Draws Large Congregations At Church of Christ
The revival at the Church of Christ reports thirty three additions to the church by Wednesday night. Rev. G A Dunn of Houston leads the services delivering excellent sermons. The meeting is among the most successful in years.
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Church of Christ
G. A. Dunn
Houston
Lawsuit with 1600 Defendants in Archer County
Wichita Falls Texas Aug 16 1600 defendants named in one Archer City case to clear title to lands that were part of the American Tribune colony. Col Luke Wilson ranch owner sues to quiet title and recalls the town Geraldine once bustling with saloons now vanished without trace.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Archer City
Charley Martin
Archer County News
Luke Wilson
American Tribune
Geraldine
If you haven't eaten here you are missing a great treat
A local pitch from P. J. Pierce and Sons urging patrons to visit their establishment. They claim the customers themselves are their best advertisements, stating that anyone who has eaten there will tell others about the experience.
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P. J. Pierce & Sons
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C. B. Bryant
R. A. Gillett
Qdeon Theatre
Marion Davies
Carlyle Blackwell
Art Accord
New York City
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Ivy Forrester
Dorothy Gish
George Melford
Wife
Elliot Dexter
Jubilee Singers
Gordon-Livingston
The
Sun
Archer County
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Planters National Bank
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