Whitewright notices reflect mill, rain, and postponed picnic
Post Office registration shows subscription terms and expiry on the first of each month. A note denies Mexican annexation of Texas. Rain aids the fall turnip crop. Whitewright Mill and Elevator received eight cars of wheat from west Texas. Old Settlers Picnic, set for August 17–21, postponed to August 24. the same program resumes next week.
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Whitewright Mill & Elevator Company
West Texas
Old Settlers
Northeast Texas Press Association Meet In Commerce
The Northeast Texas Press Association will convene in Commerce on September 17 and 18. The group, organized at Greenville three years ago, has met in Bonham Paris Denison McKinney and Greenville since its formation, and Commerce will host the event with a royal welcome for newspaper workers.
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Northeast Texas Press Association
Commerce
Greenville
Bonham
Paris
Denison
McKinney
Judge Gordon Russell Returns After Illness
Judge Gordon Russell arrived in the city Sunday afternoon after six weeks in New York with typhoid fever. He traveled with his wife and Dr. E J Neathery and Judge J R Blades and stood the trip fairly well. Sherman Hospital reports say he is doing as well as could be expected given his weakened condition. Friends hope for a speedy restoration to health.
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Gordon Russell
New York
City
E. J. Neathery
J. R. Blades
Judge Russell
Sherman Hospital
Sherman Democrat
County Road Gang Opens New Camp Under Biggerstaff
County Commissioner J. H. Biggerstaff moved the road camp from Bells into Sears park in the south part of town and will thoroughly repair roads in the precinct. The crew, led by a good foreman and assistants, has already improved several roads and earns widespread commendation. Rain in recent days will delay work briefly, but they plan to press ahead when able.
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J. H. Biggerstaff
Bells
Sears Park
Biggerstaff
Egg Prices Drive Brents to Pay Record Readily
W. O. Brents pays 124 cents a dozen for eggs while B. B. Kimbell visits Galveston this week, signaling local market activity and regional business movement in the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Brents
B. B. Kimbell
Galveston
Everything Looks Prosperous at Whitewright
A Denison Daily News and Advertiser visit describes Whitewright as neat and clean with a rebuilt burned district featuring modern plate glass fronts. It notes a four year old fire that destroyed most houses except the bank and praises the fine farming country, excellent crops, and strong fall business prospects.
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Whitewright
Bank
Denison Daily News and Advertiser
Mob Hangs Leo Frank Near Marietta Georgia
Leo M. Frank serving life for the Mary Phagan murder was lynched today two miles east of Marietta on Roswell road after a mob stormed Milledgeville prison, cut wires, seized the warden, forced the superintendent to open the gates, and carried Frank away to a waiting car where a rope was placed for the hanging. The mob departed northward with the body. Mrs. Frank reportedly bears up under the tragedy.
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Marietta, Ga
Leo M. Frank
Georgia Penitentiary
Mary Phagan
Here
Roswell Road
Milledgeville
Frank
Phagan
J. T. Smith
J. M. Burke
Burke
Warden Smith
League Program Highlights Home Land Mission
The program features leader Edwin May presenting saving the homeland with songs and scripture. Highlights include a duet by Sue King and Emma Davidson, readings from Luke IV 16-24 and Joshua XVII 7-18, plus talks on church and home missions by Bessie Brents and Earl Wallace. A league benediction closes the event.
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Edwin May
America
Sue King
Emma Davidson
Bessie Brents
Earl Wallace
Coast Death Roll Tops One Hundred After Storm
A coast death roll reports more than 100 lives lost from the tropical hurricane striking the southeast Texas coast. Virginia Point bears the heaviest tally with thirty deaths, followed by Texas City eighteen and Galveston fourteen, as Galveston counts half of the estimated thirty million dollars in property damage.
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Texas
Galveston
Houston
Texas City
Virginia Point
Morgans Point
Sylvian Beach
Hitchcock
Laporte
Port Arthur
Lynchburg
Freeport
Seabrook
Picnic Finances Show Receipts and Disbursements Totals
The committee running the recent picnic lists expenses for services and goods from multiple vendors and individuals. Major items include printing costs, drayage, lights, rent, and advertising, with commissions, donated items, and various small charges totaling 825.95.
Grayson Co Political Pot Boiling in Local Races
Sherman Aug. 18. Interest grows in Grayson County races as names surface for sheriff county attorney and other posts. Potential candidates include Tom Tennison John Ramsey Frank Kidd Tom Roberts Boyd Craig John Bowen Will Bruce J. H. Cummins J. H. Lawson Chas Crenshaw J. Q. Adamson A. L. Lewis D. B. Dye Ray Aston J. W. Adamson J. A. Giles J. H. Davis N. A. Cox E. A. Turner and others. Debates over county treasurer role and possible abolition are noted with Sam Rayburn and local Sherman contenders discussed.
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Sherman
Tex
Temple of Justice
Tom L. Tennison
John Ramsey
Frank Kidd
Tom Roberts
Boyd Craig
Denison
John Bowen
Gunter
Will L. Bruce
Collinsville
H. H. Cummins
J.H. Lawson
Chas. Crenshaw
J. Q. Adamson
A.L. Lewis
Jake W. Fisher
Whitesboro
J. H. Davis
N.A. Cox
E.A. Turner
Horace Denton
Jim Davis
Nath A
Harve Taylor
J. A. Giles
E. A. Turner
Commissioners’ Court
W. G. Venable
M. A. Andrews
B. E. Clarke
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Fifth
John Marshall
Andrew Randell
J. B. Reeves
Denison Morning Gazette
Bells Society Favors Visitors and Electing Tax Assessor Hopeful
J. M. McMurry, Ras Benedict and D. S. Davis were Bells visitors Monday night and are society favorites. H. H. Wilson of Bells was here Thursday and is expected to run for Tax Assessor in the upcoming election.
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J. M. McMurry
Ras Benedict
D. S. Davis
H. H. Wilson
Wilson
British transport Royal Edward sunk by German submarine
London reports the Royal Edward torpedoed and sunk with 1,850 aboard. Six hundred survivors were saved, 1,570 of the total on board. It marks the first officially confirmed successful submarine attack on a British transport. The war’s troop movements to France and Belgium exceed 700,000 since it began.
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London
Royal Edward
France
Belgium
Mrs P E Anderson Returns From Ada Visit
Mrs P E Anderson who has been visiting her sister Mrs Mel Roberts left this week for Ada Oklahoma Elbert Reeves of Monday returned home last Thursday after a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs W C Reeves
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P. E. Anderson
Mel Roberts
Ada
Oklahoma
Elbert Reeves
Mrs
W.C. Reeves
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Republic of Mexico
Cotton Belt
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Leo Frank
Woosley & Phillips
Wilson-Vaughn
J. S. Kershner
Shorty Bishop
J. A. Pumphrey
Frank Sims
Ira Kirkpatrick
Jim Ashlock
Trent Phillips
Kim Henry
Dug Pippin
Whitewright LaRoe Lumber Co Lumber Co
E. Wilson
Tom Bean
H. Brodhead
J. C. McNealus
R. R.fare
J. F. Spindle
Sadler Bros. Telephones
Dalla Oil
Buford McIver
Rent Ball
Wolfe City
Leonard
C.ee
High
J. F. Lilley
L. P. Sears
W. H. King
Grayson Co
Political Pot
Ffers
Austin College
T. S. Clyde
Grayson County
Sherman Business College
H. A. Ivy
A. M
A. D. Daily
North Texas Female College
Kidd-Key Conservatory of Music and Art
South
J. O. Leath
Chicago University
Franklin Cannon
Hans Richard
L. A. Kidd-Key
Carr-Carlton College
ST. Joseph’s Academy
Sisters of St. Mary
ST. Vincent’s Sanitarium
Educational Department
Chamber of Commerce
Sherman, Texas
British Transport
T. H. Sears
R. May
Frederick
Tillman County
Ward School
A. C. Freeman
Sydney C. Lackland
Wester National Bank
Fort Worth
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