Cotton market rallies as price clamps hold steady
The local cotton trade remains brisk since Monday with arrivals every day. Seed cotton around 5.00 per hundred and lint near 14.75, described as nearly a hundred dollar bale. Notable social items include Miss Irene McMillin’s October wedding and farewell notices for Mrs. Dan Smith to Dallas. Two stalks of cotton tall at 70 feet shown by Dillard Carr. paralysis strikes T. D. Reynolds. Roscoe Pace sells Denison theatre stake to B. Legg.
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Sarah Lou Keeling
Canaan
Rachel Montgomery
Ben Firquin
Tom Bean
Irene McMillin
Murry Bryant
Dan Smith
Dallas
Dillard Carr
Sun Office
East Whitewright
T. D. Reynolds
Roscoe Pace
Denison
B. Legg
School Opens Friday with Wide Faculty List
School will open Friday September 16 with a large faculty including Mrs Olivia Whedbee Miss Gertrude Schooling Mrs Finnell Miss Elvie Eagleton Miss Oneida Copeland Miss Alma Horn Miss Gertrude Hearn Miss Emma Davidson Miss Mae Hall Miss Susie Noe Miss Cora Lee Echols Robert Holland Lloyd Wright O C Skipper Miss Lillie McBride Miss Gladys Ray Miss Tommie Chenoweth Mrs Annette Harp and H L Durham superintendent. Fourteen bales of cotton had been grinned here up to Wednesday noon.
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Olivia Whedbee
Gertrude Schooling
Finnell
Elvie Eagleton
Oneida Copeland
Alma Horn
Gertrude Hearn
Emma Davidson
Mae Hall
Susie Noe
Cora Lee Echols
Robert Holland
Lloyd Wright
O. C. Skipper
Lillie McBride
Gladys Ray
Tommie Chenoweth
Annette Harp
H. L. Durham
Husbands Who Run Find Law on Trail
Chicago report notes the Council of State Governments says twenty three states enacted laws this year requiring fleeing husbands to support dependent wives and children. This raises reciprocal non support jurisdictions to thirty with New York’s 1948 law as the first example and the prior lack of civil remedies and costly extradition.
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Chicago
Council of State
New York
The Spice of Life Mutual Proposition
A collection of light humor jokes featuring neighbors with cars dogs Heaven dolls and family roles. Interludes include a man boasting about a clean car a doctor bluntly calling a patient lazy and a preacher meeting a new congregation. The pieces play on misunderstandings and playful wordplays.
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Jones
Second Anniversary of Colored City Wide Prayer Band
The Colored City Wide Prayer Band celebrates its second anniversary at 2 30 p m Sunday September 9 1951 at the C M E Church with dinner and devotional service Seek prayers for a glorious time in the Lord Friendship noted with white supporters including a $5 donation from Ed LaRoe The group thanks officers and members and invites all to attend Also notice of estate matters for T E Grant final settlement set for September 3 1951 in Grayson County Probate Court with publication required for interested parties
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Colored City Wide Prayer Band
Prayer Band
Lonnie McKinney
Ed LaRoe
Mercie Maxey
Clara Spencer
Venda Hamilton
State of Texas
State of
Texas
Grayson County
T. E. Grant
Lee Etta Grant
Said
Said County
Sherman
J. C. Buchanan
J.C. Buchanan
Marguerite Berry
Baskets of Earth Staple Commodity in Khatmandu
In Kathmandu the market trades baskets of earth as a staple commodity. Farmers buy soil to spread on fields yielding three to four crops annually. A farmer leaving the market returns home with earth baskets, a common practice in this land.america's first newspaper was established in 1704. Trees are a crop on over 3,000 tree farms nationwide.
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Khatmandu
Nepal
America
Man Buys Doll as Birthday Gift After Sales Pitch
A man selects a doll for his daughter's birthday as a sales girl praises the toy. The girl notes the doll can be laid to rest and appears to close its eyes like a real baby while the man pauses thoughtfully.
Repentance, Grand Jury, and Funeral Anecdotes
A revival attendee is urged to confess sins but delays citing a grand jury session. The minister declares forgiveness while another quips the Lord is not on the jury. At a funeral, Rafferty recalls the day’s turnout and a sudden misfortune as Flanagan breaks his leg. A father and mother joke about a baby learning to say daddy and secrecy about paternity.
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O'Flynn
Rafferty
Flanagan
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Greece
Stentorian
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Community Public Service Company
Your Friendly Electric Company
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