Rail line station reshuffle to cut costs in Mt Pleasant
H G Clay of Mt Pleasant, station Supervisor for the Cotton Belt railway, advised changes to the station’s operations. Agent Paul Falvey will have shorter days and an assistant added to manage fires and keep the station open for the return motor car at 7 15 p m. The ticket office will not sell tickets on that car’s last eastbound trip, a move expected to maintain service while curbing expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Clay
Mt. Pleasant
Cotton Belt Railway
Paul Falvey
Sher
Card of Thanks for sympathy after loss in Orangeville
We express heartfelt thanks for the kindness and sympathy shown during our wife and mother's illness and after her death. Special gratitude to the Orangeville community for the assistance and comforting words from friends and neighbors during this difficult time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeville
Local Advertisements and Farewell Message
A brief newspaper snippet offers a heartfelt farewell to J. J. Looney and family with blessings and thanks. An advertisement touts 666 as a fast cold remedy. Looney Robbins is noted as visiting from Leonard during the week, alongside various medicinal product claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Looney Robbins
Leonard
Miss Pearl Edwards Promot ion Record Altered by Treasury Decision
Miss Pearl Edwards, former Whitewright teacher now a Treasury Department auditor in Washington, saw her promotion record paused January 15 as the Secretary of the Treasury declined to sign salary increases across the department, though she has received regular increases since 1918. She will earn a accounting certificate February 17 after finishing tax law studies and plans further travel with her Seattle roommate. Jim Lindsey of Lott visited Whitewright this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Edwards
Whitewright Public
Treasury Department
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Miss Edwards
Northeast
Canada
Northwest
Miss Shields
Seattle
Birth of a Boy for Bowmans of Caddo Oklahoma
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Bowman of Caddo Oklahoma announce the birth of a son on January 30. Mrs Bowman, before marriage, was Miss Mary Bell Savage from near town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Hutchins
Tishomingo, Oklahoma
W. B. Hest
J. G. Bowman
Caddo
Okla
Bowman
Mary Bell Savage
Near Town
IRS Deputy Collector to Assist Taxpayers in Whitewright
Announcement states a deputy collector of the Internal Revenue Bureau will be at the First National Bank in Whitewright on February 25 26 and 28 to help individuals prepare their 1920 income tax returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Bureau
First National Bank
Whitewright
County officials buy lumber for county needs in Houston
A. S. Noble and Hugh Boren returned from Houston with seven cars of lumber for the county. Sherman Democrat notes social events with Mae Duncan departing to Roxton, a gin plant closure dating February 1, and tea and bridge parties hosted by Inez and Gladys Ray for Don Gilson of Paducah. The South Circle Baptist Ladies' Missionary Society exchange at Truett Moore's sells baked goods and eggs Saturday Feb 5. A Texas Children's Home and Aid Society field rep visited Grayson County to organize locals, with 15 prominent residents forming a county board. in one year the chapter has placed 350 children in permanent homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Noble
Hugh Boren
Houston
Sherman Democrat
South Circle of the Baptist Ladies’ Missionary Society
Truett & Moore’s
Texas Children’s Home and Aid Society
Grayson County
I. Z. T. Morris
Texas
Morris
Oklahoma professor to perform piano concert in Whitewright
Professor Sam Ball head of music at Oklahoma Presbyterian College will give a piano concert Friday evening February 4 at 8 o clock in the public school building Whitewright. Ball studied with leading New York artists and local music lovers expect a fine performance. The group motto is Bring the homeless child and the childless home together. The State headquarters are at 3144 Main street Fort Worth for children applications donations and communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Ball
Oklahoma Presbyterian College
Whitewright
Main Street
Fort Worth
Reed Wilson Returns From College Station
Reed Wilson has come home from A. and M. College in College Station where he attended a mechanical engineering course. The building housing the course and its equipment was destroyed by fire weeks ago, complicating study for mechanical engineering students. He will not return until the next fall term starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Wilson
College Station
A. & M. College
Reed
Abraham God's First Great Sermon at Central Church
Central Christian Church announces an illustrated sermon at 7 o'clock Lordsday evening. The subject centers on Abraham as God's first great example of faith and obedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
God
Life's Brevity Sermon at Morning Service
A sermon titled Life's Brevity and Uncertainty will be delivered at the morning service just after the Lord's Supper observance. A. E. Major, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Major
Strange claim on newborn motion and dying grip
A remark notes that the third finger of the left hand is the first a newborn can move and the last a dying person loses control. The sun may print such a curious bit.
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Gordon Brothers
Member
Retail Merchants Association
R. S. Morehead
H. F. McLarry of
Trenton
Mrs
Carl May
Mrs. S. H. Montgomery
Dallas
Bob Pierce
KE. D. Brodhead
Cooper
Howard Brodhead
P. J. Pierce & Sons
Mrs. J. E. Payne Jr
J. D. Hoard
Pierce's
Bess Lewis
Dallas and
Rusk
Pierce
G. L. Baugher
M. J. Long
Emma Cowart
Durant, Oklahoma
Robert Jones
Celina
S. E. Jones
Senator D. S. McMillin
Austin
B. F. Thompson of
van Alstyne
T. H. Lively
Johnson’s
Lewis Holland
Baylor Medical College
W. F. Holland
Chicago
St. Louis
Inez M. Durham
Dr. O. M. Durham
Pascal Cox
Mrs. Cox
Royse City
Admirine
Hooper
Dyer
Rexall Store
J. J. Looney
L. RaRoe & Company
Jim Lindsey
Lott
Gallaher & Son
Eastman Kodaks
Jacob’s Candies Member
Mae Duncan
Roxton
Mr. Duncan
Ft. Worth
Inez
Gladys Ray
Don Gilson
Paducah
Kentucky
Central Christian Church
The
Sun
Nyal
J. L. Kirkpatrick
New Edison
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