Sherman Bearcats ruled ineligible for state final race
Sherman is out of the state interscholastic league football championship after an Austin committee rejected new affidavits and accepted census records showing Ed Caraway as 21. Sherman representatives had sought a rehearing citing family Bible and affidavits asserting Caraway was born January 1, 1905 and only 20. The committee stood firm despite witnesses from Sherman and community ties.
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Sherman Democrat
Sherman
Austin
Court House
Caraways
Ed Caraway
League
Caraway
Austin Committee
Eb Caraway
John T. Caraway
H. G. George
J. C. George
J. C. Skaggs
Forest Avenue Baptist Church
Sherman High football team praised for clean record
Prof C J Denton, principal, lauds Sherman High players as lawful, high quality students with an average team grade of 81 and perfect age reporting. He notes no shysters in the squad and highlights exemplary conduct and academics amid December sales messaging from M C Spivy & Co Bonham Texas.
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Sherman
C. J. Denton
Caraway
Texas
Sherman High
Ed Caraway
Denton
Woodrow Wilson 17-Cent Stamp Ready for December 28 Sale
The die proof of the Woodrow Wilson 17-cent stamp is complete and the issue will go on sale December 28 at Staunton Princeton New York and Washington. The stamp will be printed in bank note black ink and feature Wilson’s portrait blessed by his widow and Norman Davis of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. M. C. Spivy & Co. of Bonham Texas invites December business with competitive prices.
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Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
New
Staunton
Princeton
N. J
White House
New York
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Wilson
Norman Davis
Wife Divorces Husband After Dog Identifies Beggar
In Los Angeles a divorce was granted after Mrs Ida May Sheldon testified her husband posed as a prosperous businessman. She claimed their dog showed affection to a bearded street beggar, revealing the man beneath the disguise.
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Los Angeles
Cali
John Sheldon
Superior Court
Ida May Sheldon
Ban on Jamaica ginger in Texas begins New Year
Fort Worth Texas December 5 Major Herbert H White prohibition director for Texas and Oklahoma announces Jamaica ginger extract or tincture will be classed as intoxicating liquor starting January 1. Jamaica ginger sales in Texas exceed all other liquor substitutes combined at about 40000 gallons monthly under current rules, with fake jobbers trying to dump stock before the 1926 change.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Herbert H. White
Oklahoma
United States
Prisoner Burned to Death in Wolfe City Jail Fire
Wolfe City Texas December 4 Joe Pailey Medlin 21 died in a blaze that gutted the city jail. Firemen found him severely burned and officials believe asphyxiation caused the death. He was the jail’s sole occupant. A Poland faction desires Henry Ford as king, hoping he would bring the jack.
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Wolfe City
Texas
Joe Pailey Medlin
Poland
Henry Ford
Cleveland Times
Herbine Bottle Restores Buoyancy of Spirits at Home
An exhilarating effect mirrors having a doctor in the house as Herbine eases digestion and bowel issues. One or two doses start movement and restore a feeling of perfect health. Price December. Sold by Bow-Wright Drug Co.
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Bow-Wright Drug CO
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J. C. Pyle
Lee Simmons
Chamber of Commerce
Rev. Skaggs
O. D. McReynolds
Mr. Caraway
Central High School
Smith
Luther Smith & Son
Whitewright’s
M. C. Spivy & Co
Bonham, Texas
Jake
Wilbur Carter
Kelly
R. B. Nall
Optical Specialist Commercial Bank Bldg
Sherman, Texas
J. W. McCrary
Whitewright
Lloyd Moore
SH. Montgomery
First National Bank
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
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