Prizes Listed for Rat Campaign in Whitewright
A list of prizes is announced for a rat campaign ending January 2 in Whitewright. prizes include cash, gifts from local businesses, and high school and grammar school essays and tail counts with daily tallies and a final prize ceremony.
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First National Bank
Planters National Bank
Hudson & Davis Co
Manning
Clark & Meador
Lilley Dry Goods Co
Alexander & Coldwell
Dyer & Jones
Sheaffer
Lloyd Moore
Bow-Wright Drug Co
R. L. Johnson
Mangrum Bros
Chesley Rutledge
LaRoe Lumber Co
Whitewright Lumber Co
Southern Ice & Utilities Co
Whitewright Sun
J. L. Kirkpatrick
W. T. Nicholson
W. M. Cox
Grover Gillet
Pierce & Sons
Giles
Devonport
Luther Gordon
Fleming & Stateville
Adams Motor Co
Rotary Club
Lester Haile
Sun
Whitewright
Supt
F. W. Smith
Morning Star Christians and The Devil in the Church at First Baptist
Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m with the sermon Morning Star Christians. Evening services include B Y P U at 6 p m and a 7 p m sermon The Devil in the Church. All others invited to worship with us. The Pastor.
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Morning Star Christians
Offered Bribe To Official, Jury Lenient
Willie Bishop a Gould Texas tenant farmer was sentenced to five years with a suspended term for offering to bribe District Attorney Walter F Russell after testifying he gave five $20 gold pieces to spare a friend from liquor charges. Wright who admitted selling liquor got one year. Judge J R Warren criticized the jury for its inconsistent verdict.
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Tyler
Willie Bishop
Gould
Texas
Walter F. Russell
Bishop
R. M. Wright
Wright
J. R. Warren
New Ford Display At Adams Motor Friday and Saturday
The Adams Motor Company brings the new Ford model to their showroom for two days with a Ford representative on site to highlight features. After a prior showing in Denis on Monday and Tuesday, the car drew thousands and is expected to attract large crowds in town Friday and Saturday.
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Adams Motor Company
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Denis
Sun Ad Praised as Model for White Wright Stamps
A December letter from Kenmore and Midgley of Dallas commends The Sun for a White Wright Gold Stamps ad, calls it the best seen, and requests multiple copies to serve as a model for future Chicago office campaigns.
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Dallas
Texas
the Sun
Whitewright
Chicago
Kenmore & Midgley
J. W. Kenmore
Mayfield Bill Targets Cotton Price Predictions
Senator FE B Mayfield introduced a bill to bar the Agriculture and Commerce Departments from predicting future cotton prices. He argued Jardine’s Dec report lowered prices and damaged growers, urging a felony penalty for officials making future trend forecasts.
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Washington
FE. B. Mayfield
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Jardine
South
Grayson County Cotton Ginned Totals Compared
A total of 28 319 bales of cotton were ginned in Grayson County by December 1 this year down from 40 971 bales at the same date last year reported by Ralph Johnson county cotton reporter.
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Grayson County
Grayson Co
Ralph Johnson
Missionary Laura Major Arrives for Six Month Visit
Miss Laura Lynn Major a longtime missionary in China arrived Friday for a six month visit with her father Rev A E Major and sister Miss Gertrude Major She directed evangelistic work in Luchowfu under United Christian Missionary Society supported by Linden Avenue Christian Church Memphis She escaped danger during the civil war in China and spent time in the Philippines before returning to China and then to the United States stopping in San Francisco and Los Angeles on the way home.
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Laura Lynn Major
China
A. E. Major
Gertrude Major
Miss Major
Luchowfu
United Christian Missionary Society
St. Louis
Linden Avenue Christian Church
Memphis
Tenn
Half Million Fewer Drunk In U S Since Prohibition
Texarkana report quotes Dr. Atticus Webb of the Anti-Saloon League of Texas claiming national prohibition cut intoxication by 500000 annually over seven years. He cites reduced whisky use and higher living standards, urging churches to resist moves to restore licensed liquor amid a national crisis warning.
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U. S
Anti-Saloon League
Texarkana
United States
Atticus Webb
Anti- Saloon League of Texas
Webb
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
The
League
Washington
Friends of Liquor
Cobblers Tiny Workshop Claims World Smallest Title
Greenwich cobbler Patrick Kenny asserts his four foot square workshop under a railway bridge is the world’s smallest, protected by a roof fifty feet thick and built into massive stone supports.
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Patrick Kenny
Greenwich
England
Modern girl would make a cook with steering wheel kitchen
A wry Denton Record Chronicle quip notes the modern girl could excel in cooking if she found a kitchen run by a steering wheel, blending humor with domestic shorthand.
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Denton Record Chronicle
Relocating Switch On T L Power Co Lot
The M K T Railway crew moves the switch on the Texas Louisiana Power Company site east of the ice house and northwest of the M K T and Cotton Belt crossing. The plant, costing about 300000 dollars, may begin after the turn of the year with building and high lines work planned.
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M-K-T Railway Company
Texas-Louisiana Power Company
Ice House
M-K-T
Cotton Belt
Highway No. 6 survey finished in Grayson County
Sherman reports State Highway Department engineers completed the survey for the cardinal north south route through Grayson County from Red River to the Collin County line. The path called Highway No. 6 or The King’s Trail passes Denison Sherman Howe and Van Alstyne and joins the Dallas and McKinney highway.
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Rollins
Last Chance for War Insurance Extensions Expire
The second extension for former soldiers to obtain government issued adjusted compensation certificates ends December 31. Veterans groups urge all eligible ex-servicemen to apply, noting policies function like standard life insurance with loan value and full payout after 20 years at a reduced premium. Applications should be made through veterans organizations, postmasters, or federal officials.
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Veterans’ Organization
Demand resignations over cotton price drop report
Senator Heflin urged the resignation of Secretary Jardine and Lloyd S. Tenny of the Department of Agriculture, accusing them of betraying cotton producers after a price estimate led to a drop. Senator Smith joined in criticizing the department’s cotton report and holding Jardine responsible.
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Washington
Jardine
Lloyd S. Tenny
Bureau of Economics
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Heflin
Alabama
Tenny
Wall Street
Smith
South Carolina
Department
Bank Robbery at Carbon Bank Nets $6100
Two masked men robbed the First State Bank at Carbon ten miles south of Eastland, forcing staff and customers into the vault and escaping with more than $6100. They fled in a coach toward Gorman, abandoning a stolen car found four miles east of Carbon as a posse searches the area.
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Eastland
First State Bank
Carbon
Here
S. P. Rumph
E. R. Trimble
Gorman
Bear Springs
Stephenville
Eastland County
Highway Club of Texas Directors Decline Board Service
R. S. Womack of Sherman has declined to serve on the Highway Club of Texas board, citing work as a road contractor. Lee Simmons, Sherman Chamber of Commerce manager, also declined his board position.
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Sherman
R. S. Womack
W. T. Wheeler
Highway Club of Texas
Womack
Lee Simmons
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Central Christian Church Extends Go to Church Campaign
At a ministers meeting the Go to Church campaign was extended to April 1, 1928. Despite half time preaching, the group aims to boost Bible school attendance at 10 a.m. and the Communion service at 11 a.m. Attendance last Sunday was good, with plans to improve further next Sunday.
Go to Church Day Draws 724 in Whitewright Churches
Sunday attendance in Whitewright reached 724 as residents joined in the Go to Church Day appeal from the Pastors Association. Central Christian Church led in overall church and Sunday school turnout, with higher than enrollment numbers reported alongside robust attendance at the Baptist Church.
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Whitewright
Pastors’ Association of
Central Christian Church
The
Baptist Church
Sun
J. H. Hawkins
Pastors’ Association
Central Christian
Cccoiessions
Church of Christ
Presbyterian
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PSO
CNN Oa
Cavcbotecek
Pivec
Scvecea Boer SE
Association
Randell Honored in Dallas at Annual Friendship Dinner
Andrew Randell son of C B Randell of Sherman was guest of honor at the Adolphus Hotel dinner in Dallas. Randell, executive secretary of the Masonic Service Association of the United States, formerly grandmaster of Texas Masons, attended by about 35 guests including Senator D S McMillin past grandmaster of Masons of Texas.
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Andrew Randell
C. B. Randell
Sherman
Adolphus Hotel
Dallas
Randell
Masonic Service Association of the
United States
Washington, D. C
Masons of Texas
Washington
Masons of
Texas
D. S. McMillin of
Whitewright
Oklahoma man kills family then hanges self after hog slaughter
Phillip Millis 35 of Hennessy Oklahoma butchered his wife Minnie 35 and five children Tina 13 Burrell 13 Marie 9 Wayne 5 Dale 5 months with an axe then hanged himself in a barn. Mrs Warren Brumley a teacher in the Millis home escaped unharmed. Millis long indebted after crop failure and reportedly suffered illness and temper prior to the tragedy.
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Hennessy
Okla
Phillip Millis
Warren Brumley
Millis
Minnie Millis
Tina
Burrell
Marie
Wayne
Dale
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Sun Ad
Mayfield
Philosophical Phil
Pop
Tus
Ann Westscots
Ol' Mister Brown
Isntelle Williams
T.L. Power Co
Tenny Custer
Declines Highway Club
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