Roving employee repays $3600 defalcation in installments
Pacific Gas and Electric Company officials tracked anonymous $40 monthly remittances over seven years. A former employee confessed with the final payment, confirming a $3600 theft he repaid though not identified to the public. The company praised his regained self-respect while withholding his name.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Nevada
Arizona
Texas
California
J. R. Britton
Rover
Oat Sowing Declares Bright Weather in Ely and Enterprise
Sunshine dries roads and fields as oat sowing becomes the day’s main agricultural task. Residents of Ely and Enterprise note the pleasant conditions and rising spirits as planting begins in earnest.
Local notices from the week
Mrs. R. R. Hicks improves on the sick list. Joe Bob Dodson and wife visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Smith. Many young folks attend singing at George Wade’s. W. A. Smith visits G. W. Smith and T. D. Booker. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harper visit Otto Russell. Ely and Savage basketball game ends 15 to 9 in favor of Savage. Miss Etta Wade, teaching at Delba, visits homefolks. Mrs. H. B. Barnett stays with daughter Mrs. Charlie Layman who is ill. Tom Graves travels to Oklahoma to see brother Charlie Graves, ill with pneumonia. Church at Enterprise Sunday and Sunday night. all invited.
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R. R. Hicks
Joe Bob Dodson
Missouri
Charlie Smith
George Wade
W. A. Smith
Ector
G. W. Smith
T. D. Booker
Jack Harper
Trenton
Otto Russell
Ely
Savage
Etta Wade
Delba
H. B. Barnett
Charlie Layman
Tom Graves
Charlie Graves
Oklahoma
Dr Mellenthin Internal Medicine Expert to Visit Sherman
Specialist in internal medicine Dr. Mellenthin, practicing twelve years, will be at the Binkley Hotel in Sherman for two days only, March 16 and 17, offering free consultations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. No charge for consultation. treatment costs extra if pursued. He does not operate for chronic appendicitis gall stones ulcers adenoids. Based in Minneapolis address 336 Boston Block, Minnesota. Married women must be accompanied by husbands.
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Binkley Hotel
Mellenthin
State of
Texas
Boston Block
Minneapolis
Minn
Eveline Bolton 126 Years Old Widely Reported Death
Eveline Bolton born March 13 1797 died December 24 1922 in Oglethorpe County Georgia. The state board of health verified her 126 year lifespan and authentic birth record. She joined Mount Zion Church and had sixteen children, forty eight grandchildren and 191 great grandchildren.
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Atlanta
Eveline Bolton
George Washington
Oglethorpe County
Georgia
State Board of Health
H. H. Glenn
N. H. Bolton
Noah Bolton
Eveline
Mount Zion Church
Miss Emma Dee Randle to Appear in Sherman Lyceum
Sherman February 20 Miss Emma Dee Randle monodramatic entertainer native of Grayson County will appear Friday night in lyceum under Austin College auspices. Randle, home Whitewright, has won favorable comment and is a lyceum favorite in the South. Her varied program includes literature classics readings from novels skills from plays pianologues and humorous pieces.
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Sherman
Emma Dee Randle
Grayson County
Lyceum
Austin College
Randle
South
Whitewright
Three Great Schools and the Power of Companions
A compact narrator extols three great educators work society and books as essential life forces. It argues that attitude makes work drudgery or delight and that company shapes character toward growth or decline with emphasis on inspirational companions.
Guide to Work, Knowledge, and Self Improvement
A Builders pamphlet extols society pushing men to work in a manly way for a manly reward. It praises the power of good books magazines and papers to bring wisdom from past ages and favors reading for upward growth and daily improvement. It notes readers without college need not worry about parental education.
Why Do We Say The Derivations Of This Phrase
The article explains the origin of the phrase left in the lurch linking it to cribbage and describes two main derivations. It notes the modern sense emerges when one player scores many points before the other scores any. It also mentions an earlier sense tied to the verb lurch.
Left in the Lurch: Historical Role of Lurking in Crime
The passage explains usage of lurk and lurch in older crime lore. Poachers lurch when laying traps for game and criminals lurk in ambush. It notes deserted gang members would feel left in the lurch.
Honesty Reward Theme Prompts Moral Lesson
A brief dialogue recalls a tale about honesty proving its value. Two friends discuss whether truthfulness pays in the aftermath of a past event. The exchange hints at consequences and a moral drawn from a remembered wrongdoing.
Pierce's Cafe Ad and Offer for Dog
A fragment notes a buyer paying $3.50 for a dog from a seller who proclaims honesty. Then an ad promotes Pierce's Cafe with magazines candies cigars and various foods, claiming daily operation from early to late. A line advertises 666 cures Malarial Fever.
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Pierce’s
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advert claims 40 years use
The ad states Hall's Catarrh Medicine has over forty years of use in treating catarrh. It describes an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that acts through the blood to reduce mucous surface inflammation. Sold by all druggists. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Littell
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St. Louis
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United States
Ford Motor Company
Detroit, Michigan
Sears Auto Company
DRS. May & May Physicians and Surgeons Office
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Wilbur Carter
Kelly
R. C. Hoyle
Lloyd Moore
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