Floyd Collins Buried Deep In Sand Cave Tomb
In Cave City Kentucky on February 17 a funeral service was held above Sand Cave for Floyd Collins. No casket or grave was present as his body remains fifty feet below in the cave while rescuers sealed the shaft and the cave entrance. A small outdoor chapel heard prayers and songs as family and volunteers marked the end of the eighteen day ordeal.
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Cave City
Sand Cave
Floyd Collins
Collins
Floyd
Lee Collins
Mrs. Collins
Roy H. Biser
Glasgow
Biser
Brotherhood of Man
Ira D. Weathers
Cove City
C. K. Dickey
Horse Cave
J. F. van Cleave
van Cleve
Mr. Dickey
A. F. Pearson
Initiatory Degree Team Visits Ely Lodge For Three Candidates
The Whitewright I O O F initiatory degree team went to Ely Tuesday night and conferred the initiatory degree on three candidates. Visitors report a good time. a substantial repast was served after the degree work.
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Whitewright I. O. O. F. Lodge
Ely
Odd Fellows
P. T. A. Hosts Another Tournament at Legion Hall
The Parent-Teacher Association announces a second 42 tournament at the American Legion hall Friday from 2:30 to 5 and 7:30 to 11. Refreshments will be served and a small admission will aid the high school piano fund. Feb. 20 is the date. all are invited.
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Parent-Teacher Association
American Legion Hall
Trees Wanted By Teachers and Pupils
Grammar School appeals for thirty four shade trees to beautify play areas. Prefer native forest trees with elm favored. Call for donations or for planting on campus and ask to bring or send trees by next Monday the 23rd.
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Grammarchool
Grammar School
Odeon Contracts for Paramount Pictures in Whitewright
Roscoe Pace manager of the Odeon Theatre has contracted for the Second Famous Forty 1925 2 Paramount pictures to be shown at the Odeon. The first of the series will be shown soon. He aims to give Whitewright and surrounding country the best and will show these pictures at the Odeon before nearby towns including Sherman and Denison.
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Roscoe Pace
Odeon Theatre
Paramount Pictures
Odeon
Daddy
Whitewright
Sherman and
Denison
Epworth League Program Sunday February 22
Epworth League outlines for Sunday February 22 with subject Over Against the Treasury, hymns Take My Life and Let It Be and benediction. Scripture Mark 12 41-44 and prayers focus on money as servant or master with lessons from Kings and Proverbs. Speakers Miss Theresa Everheart Miss Dale McGaughey Miss Mabel Rector present money themes and district conference report by Leaguers led by Miss Mamie Cox.
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Treasury
Theresa Everheart
James
Dale McGaughey
Mabel Rector
Mamie Cox
Whitewright Trades Day Grows, Attracts Traders
Monday brought traders by the score as Whitewright's Third Monday Trades Day showed strong activity with reports of five trades and two sales by a single participant. The event is expanding in popularity, poised to rival Sherman's first Monday market.
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Whitewright
Sherman
D R Lewis Home Destroyed By Sunday Fire
The D R Lewis residence across from the Church of Christ burned about 2 AM Sunday. N R Childress and family were not home, having gone to Gilmer Saturday night. Lewis carries 2100 in building insurance. Childress 1250 on household goods. Fire discovered by Andrew Pierce. fire department saved surrounding property.
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D. R. Lewis
Church of Christ
N. R. Childress
Gilmer
Lewis
Mr. Childress
Andrew Pierce
City Meat Market
Crawford plea for new trial denied in manslaughter case
Dallas February 18 Judge Pippen overruled the motion for a new trial for William L. Crawford convicted of manslaughter in the killing of Paul M. O Day. Crawford was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary and gave notice of appeal. Bond was set at 5000 dollars.
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Dallas
William L. Crawford
Paul M. O'Day
Pippen
County Criminal District Court
Crawford
Sears Roebuck Stars to Broadcast From WFAA in Dallas
WLS chief announcer George Dewey Hay and the Lullaby Boys the "Solemn Old Judge" three hours nightly start 6 30 pm for a week of February 23 on WFAA Dallas News station. They will present the popular WLS format excluding Wednesday. Texas listeners will hear the Sears Roebuck Week with top sound production and favorites.
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George Dewey Hay
WLS
Sears-Roebuck
Chicago
Ford Rush
Glenn Rowell
WLS Unlimited
Texas
America
Dallas
Dallas News
WFAA
Sears- Roebuck
Dallas Marriage Unites D. T. Howard and Mrs Bess Lewis
News from here reports the marriage of D. T. Howard and Mrs. Bess Lewis in Dallas last Saturday. Mrs. Lewis is the daughter-in-law of D. R. Lewis of this place and once lived here. She ran a business at Rusk for years. Mr. Howard works as a traveling auditor for the American Express Company with Dallas as his headquarters.
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D. T. Howard
Bess Lewis
Dallas
Howard
D. R. Lewis
Sherman District Epworth League Conference at Van Alstyne
The Sherman District Epworth League Conference was held at Van Alstyne last weekend. Miss Mamie Cox and Miss Enna Pritchett were delegates from the local Methodist Church league. Attendees on Sunday included Misses Christine Stuckey Dale Mc Gaughey Theresa and Margaret Everheart and John Reeves John Holcomb and Beveridge Brents.
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Sherman District
Epworth
van Alstyne
Mamie Cox
Enna Pritchett
League of the Methodist Church
Christine Stuckey
Dale McGaughey
Theresa
Margaret Everheart
John Reeves
John Holcomb
Beveridge Brents
Masons to Present George Washington Program in Whitewright
Whitewright Lodge No. 167 A F and A M will host a patriotic and educational program Monday at 7 30 pm in the Reed building next to Hudson and Davis Co All Masons and families invited Invocation by Rev G M McNeilly song America Address on George Washington the Man and the Mason by Hon Will H Evans of Bonham Reading by Miss Maye Badgett Special talk What Freemasonry Is Doing in Texas by Senator Dan B McMillin Five minute talks by Masons Refreshments Song and Benediction
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Whitewright Lodge No
George Washington
Reed Building
Hudson & Davis Company
G. M. McNeilly
America
Will H. Evans
Bonham
Maye Badgett
Texas
Dan 8
McMillin
Whitewright Boy Wins Honors At Wesley College
Thomas Lovell Wrenn of Whitewright is named among six students designated for the Wesley College literary "W" at Greenville. An intercollegiate debater and editor of The Greyhound, he also led the B. J. Williams Society. A pre law senior, he holds a prior literary letter and will graduate this spring.
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Wesley College
Greenville
Thomas Lovell Wrenn
Whitewright
Wrenn
Greyhound
B. J. Williams Society
Valentine Party at the Smiths for Local Teachers
Mr and Mrs Fred W Smith entertained schoolteachers last Friday with a Valentine party. Guests paired by two piece Valentine cards, shared a friendly game of Progressive Forty Two, and enjoyed a salad course with pressed chicken. A large Valentine centerpiece featured red ribbons to pull for favors as laughter filled the room. Mrs Gee of Greenville attended the gathering.
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Fred W. Smith
Progressive Forty-Two
Smiths
Radio at the bedside brings hospital reform
A Milwaukee conference of hospital experts plans a Jamaica Long Island model hospital with a radio in every room to connect patients to news entertainment and life outside. Recovery stages may be aided by work and bedside broadcasts. observers call the experiment worth watching. Also noted is a revival meeting at North Park Baptist Church led by J L Truett of Whitewright starting Monday with strong church interest.
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Jamaica
Long Island
Milwaukee
Atlantic Coast
Pacific Coast
General Hospital
Milwaukee Journal
J. L. Truett
Whitewight
North Park Baptist Church
Sherman
Kay Kimbell Visits Fort Worth Mother Sunday
Kay Kimbell of Fort Worth spent Sunday with his mother Mrs. B. B. Kimbell, visiting relatives and catching up during a quiet family gathering in the city.
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Kay Kimbell
Fort Worth
B. B. Kimbell
Burnett heirs settle $450000 estate share
Fort Worth reports the heirs of Mrs. Burk Burnett received 450000 in certified checks as their share of the Burnett trust estate for Texas Christian University. Three heirs agreed to the settlement and received 150000 each, with Mosely heirs excluded by law. Opinions differ on Mosely heirs’ potential settlement.
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Fort Worth
Burk Burnett
Burnett Trust
Burnett
Texas Christian University
H. L. Mosely
Mosely
Ferguson Says Senate Can Reverse Judgment
Austin Feb 18 James E Ferguson said he has word from the Attorney General of another way to restore his rights besides amending the Constitution He quoted Dan Moody as saying the Senate in thirty minutes can become an impeachment court and reverse the 1917 judgment The authority lies in Maddox vs Ferguson suggesting the Senate is a continuing body He added there is no need for House members to worry about passing the amnesty bill and left it to the courts to decide constitutionality later.
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Austin
James E. Ferguson
Senate
Mr. Ferguson
Dan Moody
Maddox
Chicken Thief Gets Prison Sentence
Sherman, Feb. 18. D. W. Wilford was found guilty in county court of chicken theft and given one year in the county jail. He also faced a statutory offense with a $500 fine. Luther McDaniel confessed to chicken theft, receiving a $10 fine and sixty days in jail. Bonds for Bluford Goodman on aggravated assault and R. H. Bailey on swindling were forfeited and alias capiases issued for their arrest.
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Sherman
D. W. Wilford
Wilford
Luther McDaniel
Bluford Goodman
R. H. Bailey
The Worth of a True Man
A reflection on the immeasurable value of moral character over wealth. A true man’s influence fosters right living and community vigor, with personal goodness guiding others more than material achievements. The piece cites a preacher’s image guiding a man away from temptation, praising active positive goodness as the path to greatness.
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Frederick Robertson
Simon
Texas Christian Advocate
Gillespie couple visit Dallas on Tuesday
Mr and Mrs J C Gillespie were Dallas visitors on Tuesday, stopping briefly in the city during a local trip. The social note confirms their attendance at unnamed engagements and adds no further details of events or destinations.
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J. C. Gillespie
Dallas
Intoxication Felony Bills Aim to Penalize Liquor Supply
Austin reports two bills by Rep Norman G. Kittrell of Houston proposing intoxication as a felony. The measures criminalize giving liquor to males under 21 and females under 25, buying or possessing liquor for intoxication, or aiding intoxication. An emergency clause seeks immediate passage. Conviction could mean five to ten years in the state penitentiary.
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Austin
Norman G. Kittrell
Houston
Texas
Eight Thousand Books Ordered Destroyed
Peaumont February 18 More than eight thousand school books will be incinerated today by order of the State department of education. They are part of textbooks retired under new contracts replacing old editions. Hundreds of volumes have never been unboxed. After this destruction the county total of new and used books destroyed since the new texts adoption reaches 24 648 with a fair valuation of 25 000 to 30 000 dollars.
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Peaumont
State Department of Education
Six Months Too Long for Rum Possession in Mississippi
Jackson Miss Feb 17 The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled a six month prison term for illegal liquor possession excessive. In Forrest County Red Kind and Poodle White were convicted under the prohibition act, fined $500 and sentenced to six months. Court remanded for lighter punishment.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
Forrest County
Supreme Court
Bodies of three infants found near Denison
Three newborn babies were recovered from Red River near Colbert Bridge five miles north of Denison. Authorities describe the three bodies as a girl and twin boys, all wrapped in cloth and wrapped in Denison and Fort Worth newspapers. Investigators are examining the case.
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Denison
Red River
Colbert Bridge
Fort Worth
Cross Word Puzzle Fan Dies After Finishing Puzzle
Toledo report Charles Wade aged 73 a cross word puzzle fan refused to retire Saturday night until he completed a solution. Alarmed wife found him dead in his chair with the finished puzzle before him. Heart failure given as cause of death.
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Toledo
Ohio
Charles Wade
Valentine Party Hosted by Miss Frances Gillespie
Miss Frances Gillespie entertained Friday afternoon with a Valentine party. Rooms decorated with red hearts and Valentine place cards named four teen guests. Guests included Babe Nell Penn Mary Lee Andrews Dorothy Hamilton Lucile Craig Mary Lou Blanks Louise Echols Elizabeth Waggoner Annie Bess Carter Catherine Virginia McNeilly Alwilda Ryan Florence Wilson and Marie Sears. Favors consisted of Valentine baskets filled with tiny red candy hearts.
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Frances Gillespie
Valentine
Babe Nell Penn
Mary Lee Andrews
Dorothy Hamilton
Lucile Craig
Mary Lou Blanks
Louise Echols
Elizabeth Waggoner
Annie Bess Carter
Catherine and
Virginia McNeilly
Alwilda Ryan
Florence Wilson
Marie Sears
Candy Selection Promised at Radican's Cafe Visit
A local note invites readers to explore the line of candies available at Radican's Cafe, suggesting a pleasant choice for future visits.
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Washington
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Methodist
Presbyterian
Episcopal
United Brethrenyeseee Reformed
Knights of Pythias
Masons
Epworth League
WLS Stars
Ferguson
Radican
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