Local G A Grocery Sale and Community Notes
W B Hestand sold his grocery business to H S Mize of Toccoa Ga. G C Wade brought in the first bale of cotton Tuesday afternoon and received a $26 premium from local merchants. Births, marriages, jobs, and community events fill the page from Pilot Grove News with notes on baptists, rural letter carriers, and storms.
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W. B. Hestand
H. S. Mize
Toccoa. Ga
the Sun
Ruby Nell Smith
Reynolds Haliburton
Canaan
Clay Horton
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
Oklahoma City
Jack Webster
Lloyd Moore Furniture Co
H. Benedict
Hudson & Davis Co
Ozro Sloan
Jesse Cornell
Pilot Grove
Rain totals and cotton sale in local notes
Weather records show 3.95 inches of rain Wednesday night as Elmer Miller, northeast of town, brought in the first bale last Thursday. The Whitewright merchants paid an $8 cash premium as cotton sold at 7 cents per pound. Myrtle Badgett won Mrs. J L Simmons Prize for naming Simmons Style Shoppe. Joe Thomas Meador, Dick Montgomery and Little McDowell are
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Elmer Miller
Whitewright
Miller
Myrtle Badgett
J. L. Simmons
Simmons
Joe Thomas Meador
Dick Montgomery
Little” McDowell
Pill culture shifts as pills replace daily routines
A humorous essay traces how pills, once for headaches, have expanded to keep awake, induce sleep, calm nerves, boost energy, and even flavor meals. The piece notes the rising ubiquity of pills in homes and jokes about labeling capable people as pills. It references the word myriad meaning ten thousand.
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Maurice Seitter
Divorce by cruel treatment in Grayson County case 64057
Citation to Bobbie Jean Scott requires appearance by written answer before 10 am on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas. Plaintiff Harold W. Scott seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. Dates: issued August 9 1957, published August 15 22 and September 2 5 1957.
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State OF Texas
Bobbie Jean Scott
A. D
15Th Judicial District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Harold W. Scott
V. Earnest
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
State OF
Eugene Lee
15Th District Court of
Lela Faye Lee
Bottle Baby Lamb Rescued By Sue Anne Lindberg
At feeding time a lamb abandoned by its mother was rescued by Little Sue Anne Lindberg on her grandparents farm near Union Mills Indiana. The animal now follows Susie around the farm nightly like a mythic follower of Mary. United Press photos accompany the item.
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Sue Anne Lindberg
Mary
Susie
Union Mills
Ind
United Press
Planning Your Will in Texas Law and Life
The article advises on planning a will with your lawyer by revealing marital status children and grandchildren health residence and age of beneficiaries. It notes death taxes property laws and state residency issues and suggests drafting while healthy to reduce contests and explain unusual bequests.
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Texas
Citation Notice for Respondent Jessie Norris 1957
The court requires Jessie Lee Norris to answer the plaintiff Zula Lee Norris by 10 a.m. on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance, set for September 7, 1957, in Grayson County Texas. The case file number is 64667 and the court is the Fifteenth District Court in Sherman.
Divorce decree notice in Grayson County Texas
A citation and divorce petition filed July 25 1957 in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas involve Lela Faye Lee as plaintiff and Eugene Lee as defendant. The case number is 64600 with hearing to 10 a.m. September 5 1957 before the 15th District Court.
Realism in toys leads to self wrecking toy car
The Chicago Daily News notes a toy car that self destructs upon impact to satisfy realism and vent aggression. It contrasts this with adding a bleeding passenger for even stronger realism, then compares to the grim realities of modern auto accidents. Typewriter ribbons average 24 feet long.
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Junior
Chicago Daily News
The Spice of Life A Comic Cheat Sheet
A collage of humor sketches in old newspaper style. A rabid golfer eats after a game while a guest claims to caddie for him. A new graduate seeks a job, preferring a sitting position. A wolf in an office spots a beauty and is caught daydreaming on company time. A doctor’s lecture triggers a quip about liver trouble and pain. A tramp begs for bread and butter, hinting at a birthday in progress.
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Wolf
Stene
Noted Quip Reflections from Old Age and Self Harm
A fragmenting humor piece cites a quip about a wife learning to drive and a grim suicide note. It ponders longevity and monotony, joking that old age brings odd freedoms like whistling while brushing teeth. The text blends sarcasm with existential musings on life and death.
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G. C. Wade
Wade
George Hansard
J. F. Lilley
Monta Badgett
E. J. Lilley
St. Louis
Beatrice Beasley
Mildred Harp
Marian Simmons
Evelyn Benton
Sallye Hamilton
Eunice Turner
J. A. Dickey
The
Church of Christ
Turner Falls
Oklo
Joe Thomas
E. W. Booher
Ely
Bethel
Anna Lee Yowell
Purvis Alvan Smith
Nobility
Bennie Ball
Lorraine Rutledge
Tom Blakey
J. R. Yeager
Johnson & Melugin
Floyd Bassett
J. R. Pennington
Pennington
Henry Norman
Almena Stephens
Tom Bean
Paul Vestal
Dallas
Tom Sears
ATWA
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
Wash
Ington
D. C
Sherman Savings
N. Travis
Sherman, Texas
Corky
Tex
Charles Ellis
Pine Ridge
Oscar
Virginia Lad
Jessie Lee Norris
Fifteenth District Court of
Zula Lee Norris
Gladys Hamilton
Grim
Willie
Gay Jones
Brown
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Erie
Optometry
TSO
J. Rogers
N. Jay Rogers
Denison
West Main
North Travis
Wbap-Tyv
Channel 5
Als
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