Texas Leads In Divorce Totals In 1925
Texas again led the nation in divorces in 1925 with 15 120 filings, matching its 1924 total while marriages rose to 69 738. The state shows 2 9 divorces per 1 000 people, and one in 4 6 marriages ends in divorce. Nevada Oklahoma and Wyoming outrank Texas in per capita rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United States Department of Commerce
Bruce
Maryland
Nevada
Wyoming
Oklahoma
U. S
United States
New York
Lewellen Faces Fourth Trial for Temple Slaying
John Lewellen a Bell County farmer goes to trial in Bell County District Court for murder in the November 29 1920 Temple killing of John L Zurovec a Temple restaurant keeper. Previous three trials ended in convictions overturned by higher courts prompting retrials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
John Lewellen
Bell County
John L. Zurovec
Zurovec
Temple Streets
Lewellen
Bell
Williamson County
Pace Takes Over Picture Machines at R & R Theatre
Clarence Pace becomes the theatre operator at the R and R Theatre taking over duties after A A Taylor resigns. Pace is an experienced operator who previously ran machines at the R and R and at Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Red) Pace
Denton
A. A. Taylor
Ex-Service Men Invite Grayson County to Legion Banquet
Sherman Texas December 1 ex service men in Grayson County invited to attend Charles R Simmons Post 29 American Legion banquet at Sherman Chamber of Commerce rooms 7 p m Tuesday night December 7 Alvin Owsley of Dallas past national commander to be principal speaker D South Travis past adjutant notes aim to boost fellowship among ex service men Membership is rising and trips planned to Paris 1927 and National Conventions in 1928 in San Antonio and district events in 1927
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Grayson County
Charles R. Simmons
American Legion
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Alvin Owsley
Dallas
D. South Travis
Freed of killing must serve team on gun toting charge
Maidstone England December first alphonse f a smith found not guilty of murder or manslaughter in the shooting of John Thomas Derham. He is sentenced to twelve months hard labor for carrying firearms with intent to endanger life. The judge questions motive and the unwritten law concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maidstone
England
Alphonse F. A. Smith
John Thomas Derham
Smith
Smith Villa
Stella Maris
Avery
Derham
Prisoner Pay Ruling Sought in Dallas County Roads
Dallas County seeks an official ruling on pay for prisoners working on county roads. Laws for roads pay 50 cents daily clash with revised statutes granting 3 dollars. A prisoner’s attempted escape over 50 cent rate prompted the inquiry. he was shot and hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
President of Hudson and Davis Co Dies in Dallas
Charles E. Hudson longtime Texas merchant and philanthropist died at Parkland Hospital after weeks of illness. He led Hudson & Davis Co retail stores and served on several bank boards. Survived by wife, daughter Genevieve, son C. E. Hudson Jr., and siblings. Funeral held in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Dallas Morning News
Charles E. Hudson
Texas
Parkland Hospital
Hudson & Davis Co
Mercantile National Bank
Dallas Morris Plan Bank
First State Bank of Carrolton
Dallas Newsboys’ Club
John Reeves
G. K. Fladger
S. R. Park
Dallas
Kantagree Bridge Club Hosts Evening Progress at Home
Miss Katherine Montgomery hosted the Kantagree Bridge Club on Tuesday. Four tables played with Miss Bessie Joe Barbee winning high score. Guests included Dorothy Porter Dorothy Chambless Mae Reed Joel Bulliner Roberta Sloan Lucile Myrick Martha Bow and Margaret Barbee as refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Montgomery
Kantagree Bridge Club
Bessie Joe Barbee
Dorothy Porter
Dorothy Chambless
Mae Reed
Joel Bulliner
Roberta Sloan
Lucile Myrick
Martha Bow
Margaret Barbee
Pollard Names Woman as Aid in Attorney General Office
Austin December 1 Attorney General Elect Claude Pollard of Houston announced his staff appointments highlighting a first for the state a woman Ethel Frances Hilton of Galveston will serve as Assistant Attorney General. D A Simmons of Houston named first assistant with several former Moody aides retained and a slate of new assistants led by H G Chandler McKinney and Joe S Brown. Brann M Fuller of Houston named chief clerk and R V Nichols kept as legal investigator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Claude Pollard
Houston
Ethel Frances Hilton
Galveston
D. A. Simmons
Dan Moody
R. B. Cousins Jr
C. W. Trueheart
Paul D. Page Jr
H. G. Chandler
McKinney
Joe S. Brown
Marshall
Galloway Calhoun
Tyler
Allen Clark
Greenville
R. M. Tilley
Corsicana
David J. Pickle
D. L. Whitehurst
Dallas
Brann M. Fuller
R. V. Nichols
C. M. Cureton
Wellington Gins Ban Sledding Cotton
Wellington gins except one unite with the Chamber of Commerce to urge farmers to stop sledding cotton. They argue the practice wastes long staple high grade cotton of Collingsworth County and causes financial loss by hastening removal from fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Chamber of Commerce
Collingsworth County
Mrs Elizabeth Russell Dies At Farm Home After Fifty Years In Texas
Mrs Elizabeth Russell wife of John C Russell died at the family home three miles south of town Monday at 3 am. Born June 22 1852 in Clinton County Missouri she came to Texas over fifty years ago. She married John C Russell February 22 1876 and they celebrated their fiftieth anniversary last February 22. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs C P McGinnis Slaton and Mrs D Williams Lubbock and one son Joe Bill Russell. also seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at the family home with Rev W N Carter and Rev J H Hawkins officiating. Interment Oak Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Russell
John C. Russell
Russell
Clinton County
Missouri
Texas
Christian Church
W. N. Carter
Terrell
J. H. Hawkins
First Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
C. P. McGinnis
Slaton
D. Williams
Lubbock
Joe Bill Russell
Thirty three criminal cases set for trial in county court
Sherman, Nov. 30. Thirty three misdemeanor cases are scheduled for trial in county court on Thursday, Dec. 9. Charges include disturbance, drunkenness, injuring a fence, swindling, carrying a pistol and aggravated assault. Defendants listed include Jim McMenamy, Embert Jackson, George Elliott, Herbert Glover, Sam Hightower, Jack Amlett, Newton Cagle, B. E. Crowder, Jim Cawthon, Garrett Kinney, Jess Hughes, K. Y. Smyers, J. J. Stone, Ernest Embrey, John Blankenship, W. M. Murley, W. T. Atkinson, Dorsey Vick, Lil Shives, Irene Shumake, Mack McBronough, M. J. Looney, John Morrelia, and G. S. Walls.
Doctor L B Holland Returns From Mayo Clinic Trip
Dr. L B Holland came back from an extended stay in Rochester Minnesota and New York City where he attended clinics in surgery. He spent most of the time in Rochester at Mayo Brothers hospital and left Tuesday with Mrs Holland for a visit at Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Holland
Rochester
Minn
New York City
Mayo Brothers’ Hospital
Supreme Court Upholds Rum Restrictions on Prescriptions
Washington reports the Volstead act limits on whisky prescribed to patients every ten days were upheld by the Supreme Court. Four justices dissented, led by Sutherland McReynolds Stone and Butler, who argued state control over nonbeverage liquor use and lack of Congress authority for medicinal limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Sutherland
McReynolds
Stone
Butler
Congress
Samuel W. Lambert
New York City
Vawter Evangelistic Party to Visit Whitewright
Dr C R L Vawter and colleagues, leading a revival at Sherman Central Christian Church, will hold a Monday evening service at Whitewright Central Christian Church at 7 15 oclock. Reports from Sherman note growing interest and conversions, with top US musicians in the party. The Whitewright meeting will mirror the Sherman services and all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. L. Vawter
Central Christian Church
Sherman
United States
Sherman Democrat
Whitewright
Vawter
P R Johnson Dies Thanksgiving Day in Whitewright
P R Johnson aged about 75, born July 27 1847 in Hagerville Arkansas, died Thanksgiving Day at 7 45 pm in Whitewright after a life across Arkansas Texas and Oklahoma. He was a Confederate veteran, Presbyterian and Mason, survived by wife Fannie I Grigsby and sons Earl Van and Dr C P Johnson. Funeral held at Dr C P Johnson’s home with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. R. Johnson
Earth
Hagerville
Johnson County
Arkansas
Palmer
Ellis County
Whitewright
Grayson College
Tishimingo
Okla
Johnson
Fannie I. Grigsby
Aaron Grigsby
Ennis
Mr. Johnson
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Fraternity
Earl Johnson
Fort Worth
van Johnson
Dallas
C. P. Johnson
A. E. Major
Oak Hill Cemetery
Guy Hamilton
Emmet Penn
Howard Brodhead
Lucian LaRoe
W. P. Vaughn
Joe Hamilton
Greenville
C. E. Kooken
J. H. Wilson
Troy Wilson
C. C. Batchler
Carl Westbrook
J. O. Atkins
A. M. Smith
W. F. Green
Q. Kinsola
Wister Green
Sarah McKnight
Kathleen Wilson
Ferris
I. Jolesch
J. L. Simmons
J. L. Dyer
Sherman
Turkey gobbler kicks man to hospital in Dallas
Dallas reports a man named W. E. Bunting hospitalized after being kicked on the right hand by a turkey gobbler at Emergency Hospital. The incident followed a claim that turkeys sometimes kick, but this one led to a serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kick
Gobbler
Man
Dallas
W. E. Bunting
Pardoned convict steals overcoat on Thanksgiving trip
A state penitentiary inmate released by Governor Miriam A. Ferguson traveled homeward from Austin aboard the Katy. A stranger wandered through sleeping cars, later absconded with an overcoat and suitcase. Officers arrested the convict at LaGrange after a Denison passenger’s report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam A. Ferguson
Austin
Katy
LaGrange
Texas Coal Output Over One Million Tons Reported
Texas coal production in 1925 reached 1,008,375 tons with 2,108 men employed in mining, per Bureau of Economic Geology UT and US Bureau of Mines data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University of Texas
United States Bureau of Mines
Texas Leads in Cooking Fat Production
Texas emerged as a major producer of lard substitutes and cooking fats in 1925, with five of 26 U.S. plants. Nationwide output totaled 1,128,993,000 pounds valued at 147,513,000 dollars, as released by the Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
United States
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Tennessee
Santa Claus Halted In Drawing Contest
Three real estate agents posing as fairies in a Dallas lot drawing scheme were arrested after victims led to a fraud case. Ruth Gaskins paid 75 dollars for a supposed winning lot and signed a deed binding monthly payments totaling 825 dollars. The DA says multiple residents may have been victimized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Santa Claus
Cox
First Baptist Church Welcomes Back Sunday Services
Our Sunday School is returning to normal with 210 in attendance last Sunday. Morning and evening services drew splendid congregations. The morning sermon next Sunday is A Religion of Helpfulness and the evening What Makes a Christian. Everyone is invited to worship. J. H. Hankins, pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hankins
The Most Beautiful Christmas Greeting Cards in Town
Dyer and Jones promote a selection of beauty in Christmas cards and urge buyers to select early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer & Jones
State budget plans 37 million for highway and schools
Austin reports show state departments request 55.65 million for 1928 29 with the board of control recommending 37.75 million. Highway funding is set at 1.66 million, while revenue estimates suggest a nine million plus margin if the 35 cent tax rate is adopted. The 1937 legislature had about 36 million in regular appropriations, rising to about 42 million after a fall special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Board of Control
S. H. Terrell
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Miriam A. Ferguson
Sherman Negro Woman Dies After Auto Strike
Millie Stone a 41 year old black woman died minutes after being struck at Branch and Brackett streets at 6 45 PM Monday. The driver fled the scene and was chased down by police arresting Henry Stone 18 son of L E Stone. He faced murder charges later reduced to failing to stop and render aid and was released on 1000 bond. Millie Stone was the wife of Ollie Stone a Frisco employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Stone
George Brinkley
Stone
J. N. Phillips
Millie Stone
Ollie Stone
The
Frisco
Entertains Bride with Bridge and Forty-Two Party
Mrs. R. B. Mack of Frederick Oklahoma hosted a two to five PM bridge and forty-two gathering at her parents home Mr. and Mrs. Lucian LaRoe. Honoree Mrs. Emory Christian received and introduced Mrs. B. B. Adams. Ten tables for forty guests, high scores by Mrs. Claud Phillips in forty-two and Mrs. Ed LaRoe in bridge. A handpainted boudoir pillow was given to the guest of honor and a salad course with date leaf and whipped cream was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Mack
Frederick
Okla
Lucian LaRoe
Emory Christian
Mack
B. B. Adams
Claud Phillips
Ed LaRoe
Giles Variety Store Showcases Toys for Children
A Giles Variety Store advertises a wide assortment of toys for little girls and boys including classic and new playthings, inviting families to visit for gift ideas and holiday shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles Variety Store
Collier Returns to Huntsville After Furlough
Frank Collier former mayor of Wichita Falls returns to the Huntsville penitentiary to serve a three year manslaughter sentence for the killing of his son in law Elzie Robertson. He had a 30 day furlough granted by Governor Miriam A Ferguson to recuperate from influenza and no pardon appears likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Frank Collier
Inlaw
Elzie Robertson
Huntsville
Miriam A. Ferguson
Austin
Collier
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kantagree
Sun Office
Pollard
Aid
Vawter Evangelistic Party
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!