Senate Passes Farm Relief Bill With Amendments
Washington reports the house passed a war finance bill to fund $1 billion to stimulate export of agricultural products. It trims senate provisions for farm loan bond purchases and a new commerce bureau, tightens loans to foreigners, and sets liquidation start for June 30, 1922. A motion to recommit to restore removed provisions was defeated 196 to 136.
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Washington
Senate
War Finance Corporation
House
Department of Commerce
Treasury
Wingo
Arkansas
Cotton Coming In as Ginners Report Short Crop
Whitewright gins report fourteen bales by Wednesday noon with more expected as the week continues. Farmers plan to start picking early next week. Opening is rapid and dry weather may complete most of the crop in three to four weeks. Boll weevils threaten the season, and many expect yields far below an acre.
Clara Hamon Marries Movie Director in Los Angeles
Clara Smith Hamon, recently acquitted of murdering Jake L. Hamon, Republican national committee member and Oklahoma oil millionaire, wed John W. Gorman, a movie director who supervised the film story of her life, in Los Angeles on August 23.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
John W. Gorman
Clara
Legion seeks pictures of departed WWI service members
The Preston Everheart post of the American Legion requests a photograph of every soldier or sailor from Whitewright and nearby areas who died in the service or was killed in action during World War I. Existing images line the hall, and parents are asked to supply larger photos for framing and display.
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Preston Everheart
The
American Legion
Whitewright
Legion Hall
World’s Biggest Liner Equal to 800 Apartments
The Majestic, a 56,000 ton liner and largest ship, will sail New York to Southampton and Cherbourg next Spring. Built in Hamburg, it is 2,000 tons larger than the Leviathan and 10,000 larger than the Olympic, with a 1,100 crew and 4,100 passenger capacity. Four oil engines yield 62,000 to 64,000 horsepower and speeds around 23 knots. The ship’s space equals about 800 four room city apartments.
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New York
Majestic
Three Injured In Crossing Crash At Sherman
Sherman Texas Aug 19 The grade crossing on Brackett street between the Texas Electric Railway right of way and the Houston and Texas Central Frisco joint tracks saw a collision Thursday night at 9 45 between the north bound Denison limited leaving Sherman at 9 32 and a string of box cars pushed by a Frisco switch engine Three persons were seriously injured Allen Brock Plano motorman on the interurban with deep cuts above the left eye Arthur L Lawrence 1119 Brough ton Sherman switchman for the Frisco with a broken nose Willie Johnson a Denison passenger sustained injuries to the left side from being thrown against a seat Southwest.
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Sherman
Texas
Brackett Street
Texas Electric Railway
Houston
Texas Central-Frisco
Denison Limited
Frisco
Allen Brock
Plano
Sherman Hospital
Arthur L. Lawrence
Broughton Street
Willie Johnson
Denison
Methodist Church Sunday Schedule
Sunday school at 9 45 a m preaching at 11 o clock and at the usual evening hour The Senior Epworth League will meet at 7 p m
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Epworth
Schools Open Friday With Half Day Grades Forthcoming
The public school opens Friday September 16 with students issued books. Regular classes begin Monday September 19. A new high school building is not yet ready, so grades one to four will use half day sessions to fit the space. Five new teachers added, more to come as enrollment grows. High school staff includes Miss Echols in home economics, Mr. Holland in mathematics, Mr. Wright in biology and athletics, Mr. Skipper as principal, Miss McBride in English, Mr. Durham in science and system supervision, Miss Ray in physical training, Miss Chenowith music, and Mrs. Harp music. New courses: home economics in seventh grade, vocational agriculture for seventh-grade boys, Spanish for sophomores and juniors, economics for seniors, calisthenics for girls, military calisthenics for boys, with possible bookkeeping and stenography.
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Kate Whedbee
Gertrude Schooling
Finnell
Elvie Eagleton
Oneida Copeland
Alma Horn
Gertrude Hearn
Emma _ Davidson
Mae Hall
Susie Noe
Coralee Echols
Miss Echols
College of Industrial Arts
Robert Holland
Baylor University
Holland
Lloyd Wright
University of Texas
Skipper
Lillie McBride
State Department of Education
H. L. Durham
Austin College
Gladys Ray
Columbia University
Tommie Chenowith
Annette Harp
Harding Uses His Influence To Shape Policy
Washington reports show President Harding using White House backing to defeat or mold legislation. The pattern aims to set executive primacy over Congress, as seen in the Colombian treaty and Knox peace resolution revisions, signaling continued presidential leadership despite Senate pushback.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Harding
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Knox
Sila Vebion
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Travel ing Men Praise P. J. Pierce and Sons Cafe
Travel ing men in the region hail P. J. Pierce and Sons as the town’s best cafe. The endorsement highlights the service and local reputation in the small town setting.
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P. J. Pierce and Sons
State Board fixes per capita school apportionment
Austin Texas August 22 State Board of Education set the apportionment at 13 per scholastic pupil. State superintendent reports 1,298,282 students with 1,681,603 estimated for free textbooks for 1920 21. A textbook fund of 1,381,603 is set aside plus a 15c tax yield of 4,044,563. Remaining available school fund for 1920 21 totals 2,662,959 after funding the textbook reserve.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
Texas youth bandit victim in old Mexico
Bennett Boyd an 18 year old from El Paso was ambushed and killed by bandits in Mexico on August 18 at the Carteras ranch about sixty miles south of Hachita New Mexico. His telegram report came from his brother Cecil Boyd who was with him. Father J J Boyd left for the scene joined at Hachita by Gordy Boyd of Hillsboro. New Mexico. Bennett and Cecil Boyd were kidnapped by Mexican bandits two years ago and held for ransom.
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el Paso
Bennett Boyd
Mexico
Young Boyd
Caretas Ranch
Hachita
N. M
Cecil Boyd
J. J. Boyd
Gordy Boyd
Hillsboro
N. M. Bennett
Diamonds Stolen From Dallas Firm Worth 30000
Diamonds valued at about 30000 belonging to Shuttles Bros. & Lewis of Dallas were stolen from a drummer's trunk stored in a Royse City railway depot. About 20000 in diamonds were later recovered by Sheriff Dan Harston from a train car. A 15 year old boy was arrested and released, and a second boy fled after offering a ring worth about 1500 to a brakeman.
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Dallas
Texas
Shuttles Bros. & Lewis
Royse City
Dan Harston
Rouse City
H. V. Baker
Shuttles Bros
Harston
R. H. Shuttles
Rowlett
Stone guilty in assault to murder case at Dorchester
Sherman Texas August 20 Will Stone of near Dorchester was found guilty in the Fifty-Ninth District Court on an assault to murder charge arising from a November Dorchester dispute. He received a two year sentence in the state penitentiary. The trial was the second after the first jury disagreed. Stone claimed self defense as the motive amid disputes over a shared young woman. Moss, who was wounded, has recovered.
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Sherman
Tvxas
Will Stone
Dorchester
Lee Moss
State
Stone
Moss
Womack Visit Noted in Dallas Detour
W. B. and David Womack are visiting Dallas, adding a brief hallmarked stop to their travel itinerary and signaling a family or business connection in the area.
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W. B. and
David Womack
Dallas
Four Die as Macon Hotel Fire Rages
In Macon, Georgia, Aug 22, four persons are dead and more than 20 injured after a blaze destroyed the Brown House, an old frame hotel. One identified victim is J. K. Hayes, a Macon justice of the peace, with two other unidentified male bodies recovered. Search goes on for missing guests as authorities say up to seven may still be unaccounted.
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Macon
J. K. Hayes
New Houses for Red River Valley Fair
Sherman August 22 Construction begins this week on three new exhibit halls and enclosure of the current pavilion at Old Settlers Park to house livestock and agricultural displays for the Red River Valley Fair running September 27 to October 1. The fair catalog lists $3,000 in premiums and a contract with the C D Legette Carnival Company for principal attractions.
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Sherman
Old Settlers’ Park
W.C. LeBarron
The
Fair Association
Bullets Fire Into County Attorney Bragg's Home
In Memphis Texas on August 22 the home of County Attorney William J Bragg was fired on early Thursday morning. Four steel bullets entered a bedroom as occupants slept. Shots came from a fast moving car amid a broader Hall County crackdown on lawlessness including moonshine raids and arrests. Hose stolen from Memphis gardens was recovered after a still raid.
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Memphis
Texas
William J. Bragg
Hall County
Imperial Wizard of Klan Named to Head Lanier University
Atlanta Aug 19 William J Simmons Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan was elected president of Lanier University trustees said he would help raise funds while not taking over the school. Benjamin Sullivan noted Simmons' Klan leadership makes his name synonymous with the group. Richard Browning of Dallas spent the past weekend with Joe Johnson.
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Atlanta
William J. Simmons
Ku Klux Klan
Lanier University
Benjamin Sullivan
Colonel Simmons
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C. B. Bryant
R. A. Gillett
Old Mexico
Red River Valley
Imperial Wizard OF Klan
Richard Browning
Joe Johnson
Planters National Bank
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