Local Folks and Visitors On Holiday Chats
Mrs. Horace Thompson ill. Carl Reeves Lowell Watson Dallas visits. Aladdin lamps sold by Manning Clark Meador. Lonnie Myrick Greenville visits. J Bogle visits relatives in Dallas. J J Silman plans Sherman meet at Piggley Wiggley. Sherman and Bonham visits noted. Mrs. Gillespie dies at 89. January federal juries named for Sherman with Whitewright residents Ira Fleming and B Y Spindle listed.
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Federal Court
Sherman
Whitewright
Ira Fleming
Grand Jury
B. Y. Spindle
Local Social Notes and Health Updates
Mrs. E. E. Wallace remains ill with no notable improvement. Rev. A. E. Major, recently returned from Sherman hospital, shows continued recovery and hopes to be out soon. West End Bridge Club met with candy rounds and prizes for May Badgett’s hostess group.
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A. E. Major
Sherman
May Badgett
West End Bridge Club
Ethel Gordon
Dorothy Tapscott
Louise Sears
Miss Badgett
Bailey Mack
Ballinger
M. L. Patton
Edna Womack
Memphis
Tenn
L. LaRoe
Pernie Badgett
Sallie Hamilton
Margaret Boone
Pie Supper At Canaan School House
Community event at Canaan school house Friday night December 20 to raise funds for playground equipment. Proceeds will support improvements and provide snacks and entertainment for attendees.
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Canaan
Christmas Furniture Auction in Bonham
Friends shop living room suites rugs portables and silverware sets at Auction cheaper than anywhere. Don’t miss Saturday Monday and Tuesday’s sale led by Lem Tittsworth in Bonham.
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Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Letter to Santa from Edith Hutcheson in Anna Texas
A Christmas request from Edith Hutcheson of Anna Texas asks for a fountain pen a manicure set and a Kodak camera plus candy fruit nuts and fireworks. The note is addressed to Santa and signed with full name and rural box number.
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Santa
Edith Hutcheson
Box
Anna, Texas
Death of Homer Connelly in Sherman Hospital
Homer Connelly 21 of Trenton died Sunday morning in Sherman hospital after weeks of illness. He was a brother of Mrs. W. H. Montgomery formerly of Whitewright. Funeral services were held at Trenton Tuesday afternoon. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jim Connelly of Trenton.
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Roy
Houston Blanton
Homer Connelly
Trenton
Mr. Connelly
Sherman
W. H. Montgomery
Whitewright
Jim Connelly
Abstract weighs 25 pounds sets Uvalde County record
A large local company completed what is believed to be the largest abstract ever made in Uvalde County for the Gilcrease Oil Company of Tulsa. The instrument holds 2,329 pages, weighs nearly 25 pounds, and would stretch almost a half mile if pages were laid end to end. A substantial stenographic effort spanned several weeks to prepare the document.
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Uvalde
Uvalde County
Gilcrease Oil Company of
Tulsa
Montell
State warns local mutual insurers on recharter deadline
The State Life Insurance Department announced that all local mutual insurance companies operating after December 15 without qualifying under the new law would be vigorously prosecuted. Of 352 local mutual aids in Texas, only 68 have been rechartered. consolidation is expected to reduce totals.
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Austin
State Life Insurance Department
Texas
Chilling scene ends with twist amid fatal confrontation
A man chokes a woman and believes her death. He kicks her, she gasps and unexpectedly hums a song as his wife reveals herself from the rear seat. The report then notes a surge of applications at British flying schools.
Facts Versus Theatrics in Court Practice
A Farm and Ranch critique argues trials overemphasize theatrics and irrelevant background. It urges focusing on guilt or innocence and using common sense to cut court costs, noting past life should not cloud judgment once the killing is established or justified by law.
Young women in Hollywood take up cigar smoking
A Chicago Daily News quip notes Hollywood's younger women embracing cigar smoking and suggests optimists see this as evidence that the younger generation will prevail if they have enough rope.
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Hollywood
Chicago Daily News
Homes burned by spring and fall door duties
Statistics claim five million persons are injured yearly at home and imply five million homes must install and remove screen doors and windows each spring and fall, according to the Springfield Union.
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Springfield Union
Canadian border tension ends as prohibition era begins
After 150 years of quiet along the Canadian border, a new prohibition law sparked a dramatic shift. The outbreak of enforcement marks a turning point in cross border policy and public behavior.
Spinach’s Social Standing Anchored by Resistance to Parasites
Spinach enjoys solid standing among vegetables as it resists parasites. The remark notes no parasite is low enough to attack it, implying strong durability and esteem in its category.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Horace Thompson
Carl Reeves
Lowell Watson
Dallas
Manning, Clark & Meador
Lonnie Myrick
Greenville
Jack Bogle
J. J. Silman
Piggley Wiggley
W. H. Phillips
J. A. Jackson
Mrs. Holmes Connelly
Little Daughter of
B. G. Gowdy
T. J. Gillespie
Ladonia
Margaret Montgomery
Jim Mangrum
Valley View
M. A. Mangrum
Henry Phillips
India
Okla
Mrs
Silman
Ralph Sanders
W. F. Sanders
Piggley Wiggley Store
Clyde Thompson
Ardmore, Okla
Mrs. O. C. Chick
Guymon, Okla
Mrs. C. C. Cates
J. C. Gillespie
Ada Truett
R. W. Gillespie
Gillespie
Horace Gordon
Barbara Jean
Chickasha, Okla
R. B. Gordon
Gomer May
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Robert Gilmer Pennington
M. B. Fox
Hopkins County
C. B. Bryant
C. B. Jr
Bessie Joe Barbee
Denison
T. E. Montgomery
Clovis, New Mexico
G. W. Pope
Lloyd Moore
David Lloyd
Denton
W. R. Cox
M. F. Fleming
Mrs. Warren Wright
Holton
Kansas
Bud Pierce
Edna Ray Womack
Memphis, Tenn
Inez
Gladys Ray
K. C
Bull Durham Tobacco
Union Leader Tobacco
W.N.T
Maxwell House
O.N.T
Hale’s Leader
Vick’s
Castoria
St. Joseph’s Liniment
Nicholson’s Cash Grocery
E. E. Wallace
Mrs. Sterling Evans
Bryan Sunday
Duncan Fulton
Texas Company
Houston
Mrs. S. D. Fulton
S. H. Montgomery
Clyde Craig E Thropers
Katherine
Dick Montgomery
Clyde Craig
R. B. Anderson
W. C. Wood
W. H. Ackley
Gladys Magar
William Lindsey
First Baptist Church
L. LaRoe & Company
Santa Claus
Coxwell
Hoosier
APEX
Kennedy
Windsor
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