McSpedden and Hampton Open Home Wedding
Howard McSpedden and Hazel Verne Hampton wed at the Hampton home on Monday November 24 1919 with Rev N C Little of Sadler officiating. Ceremony featured I Love You Truly sung by Sarah Hampton and Lohengrin Wedding March. Guests included Hampton Harper S A Harper and others from Savoy Ector Denison Grand Prairie and Whitewright.
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Orleta Payne
Grand Prairie
Lohengrin
Scott Russel
Na Lee Hampton
Ide
Lloyd Medden
Sarah
Lee C. Hampton
Whitewright
Wesley College
Greenville
J. McSpedden
Tompedden
S. A. Harper
Savoy
Hampton Harper
Ector
N. C. Little
Sadler
Lloyd Rhodes
Denison
Grandairie
Hog Wallow News Riotous Rural Roundup
Sim Flinders remakes time but can not fix a rooster. Atlas Peck burns a finger while smoking a cigar. Sile Kilden, receiving coins by mail, can walk to the post office and back. Rye Straw Storekeeper builds a shed to hold goods he doesn’t have. Cricket Hicks lassoes a barrow pig and finds it tougher to drive than an auto. Sidney Hocks laments yesterday as one of America’s longest days. Poke Eazley loses a dollar on Gander Creek road amid 1907 panic. Luke Mathewsin’s wife predicts sudden cold as hogs tote leaves to beds. Tickville Hotel changes hands with plans to clean lamp chimneys. Calf Ribs shop opens under Sile Kilden’s management inviting inspections. Depuy Constable fires on wild geese. they ignore him. Slim Flinders moves to Musket Ridge, awaiting bed-rollers. Slim Pickens visits Tobe Moseley’s with Miss Rosy as chaperone amid dim tin-types.
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Sidney Hocks
United States
Poke Eazley
Gander Creek
Minister Wants to Help Foley Kidney Pills Adv
Reverend W F M Swyndale of Macon Georgia states his kidneys troubled him before using Foley Kidney Pills and now is ready to speak for them. He notes the pills were sold everywhere and invites others to try them.
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W. F. M. Swyndale
Elm St
Macon
Adv
Red Cross Christmas Seals sale in Whitewright
Miss Dale McGaughey at Dyer and Jones drug store oversees Whitewright’s Red Cross Christmas Seals sale to fund tuberculosis prevention in Texas. Each seal costs one cent and should be affixed to December mail to show support and aid public health efforts.
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Dale McGaughey
Dyer & Jones’ Drug Store
Red Cross
Whitewright
Texas
Pardon, Tim Sullivan, and the Atlanta Gambler
In a McClure's Magazine anecdote the President recalls pardoning Big Tim Sullivan for a post office payday crime. Tim fetches the pardoned man to Atlanta to warn him, then reports a year later that the former offender works behind a gambling house wheel in New York and is deemed good behavior by Tim.
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Big Tim
Sullivan
Tim
White House
Atlanta
Department of Justice
New York
McClure’s Magazine
Humorous Aboriginal Belief and Creation Myths
Aboriginal narratives from Australia describe how earth and beings emerged in quick, vivid acts. One legend has birds and animals finishing into humans under sun rays at Perigundi lake. Another tale depicts Mura-muras shaping half-finished bodies into men and women after a hunt gone awry.
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Perigundi Lake
Paralina
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days and Ointment Guarantee
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. Instant relief from itching and better sleep after first application. Price 60. Also mentions cigars magazines for sale by P J Pierce and Son. Ends with a quip about women.
Professor J A Cagle guest of Greenville couple
Prof J A Cagle of Greenville was a Sunday guest of Mr and Mrs J C Parsons. The visit highlighted social ties in the Greenville area and was reported in local society notes.
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J. A. Cagle
Greenville
J. C. .Parsons
Chamberlains Tablets for Constipation
Chamberlains Tablets are advertised for constipation they tone the stomach and help it function normally they gently affect the liver and bowels restoring a healthy condition when you feel dull or constipated give them a trial you will be pleased with the result
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Cardui
City Pound Near Grayson College Proposal Mentioned
City marshal eyes building a pound near Grayson College to curb roaming stock, amid a context of public spending on shade trees and related improvements.
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Grayson College
Freezone Promises Quick Corn Removal
An advertisement claims a tiny bottle of Freezone can lift corns and calluses from the bottom of the feet with a few drops. It promises the skin beneath will be pink healthy and never sore after treatment.
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Freezone
Campus grounds to be fenced and rented for purgative use
The text discusses cleaning up and beautifying the property and, if used for pasturage, fencing and rental. It questions why some stock are restrained by city ordinances while suggesting others be restrained as well.
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Cardus
Hog Wallow News
Dunk Botts
Sim Flinders
Atlas
Sile Kilden
Rye Straw
Cricket Hicks
Fletch Henstep
Luke Mathewsin
Tickville
Calf Ribs
Depuy
Slim Flinders
Musket Ridge
Slim Pickens
Tobe Moseley
Miss Rosy
Roosevelt
Tim” Sullivan
P.J. Pierce & Son
Reg
Litten
Leo
Littell
James F
Ballard
St. Louis
Chamberlain
Mother
Alu
U.S
Chicago
Bridge-Beach
Manning
CLARK
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