Interscholastic League Meet Highlights and Winners
Last Friday and Saturday featured the Interscholastic League meet at the city school with ten of fourteen schools participating. Debates, yell practices, and elaborate room displays drew about 1000 spectators and around 600 for meals. Winners across spelling, declamation, essays, and athletics included Mollie Wright, Margreta Fender, Joe McKinsey, John McGaughey, and Ruth Montgomery, with top honors for 7th grade room decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Joe Chumbley
Kentuckytown
Robert Everheart
Canaan
Pottsboro
van Alstyne
Sherman
Bells
Pink Hill
P. B.C. Society
Margreta Fender
Samantha Murphy
D. I. P. Society
Mollie Wright
Addison Vestal
Chatman
Sherman High School
Harrison
Leonard High School
Willis
Trenton School
Atterberry
Austin
Hale
Greenville High School
Supt
Price
Leonard School
Durham
Wayne Coggins
Je Looney
J. W. McMurry
Ben Sturdivant
Mangrum Bros
J. P. Barbee
Dyer & Jones
Hazel Ray
Craig’s Cafe
Lucile LaRo
Foley Kidney Pills Promised to Tone Up Kidneys
An old advertisement asks if readers feel tired and backache and promotes Foley Kidney Pills to invigorate the kidneys and cleanse the blood. Rev. W F M Swindale of Macon Georgia endorses the product and notes availability at Manning and Clark’s hardware store.
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Foley
W. F. M. Swindale
Macon
Adv
Manning & Clark’s
Hardware
Plumber Ott Lackey Offers Prompt Service
Ott Lackey declares readiness to serve customers with prompt attention to all plumbing jobs, inviting calls when plumbing needs arise.
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Vitality and Strength
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic claims to purify and enrich the blood and soon provide a strengthening invigorating effect. Price 60 cents. Will Looney offers furniture and undertaking services as Spring approaches, hinting at new furnishings and floor coverings.
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Price
Man Charged After Trading Wife for a Mule
A South Carolina man faced court for exchanging his wife for a mule. The defense claimed Mollie stopped doing work, prompting the trade, a decision judged under criminal scrutiny despite its odd, sensational nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Mollie
Mule Promised to Help Make a Living for the Kids
A fragment recalls a man speaking of a mule that would aid his family, promising a means to earn a living for the children. The remark hints at a utilitarian plan amid hardship, reflecting rural livelihood concerns in the period.
Cates Attend Funeral of C T Dollar in Kenetick OK
Mr and Mrs Ray Cates attended the funeral of Mrs Cates father C T Dollar at Kenetick Oklahoma on Wednesday. Dollar had been in poor health for months and was well known in the area having lived east of town for years and recently stayed with his daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Cates
C. T. Dollar
Kenetick
Oklahoma
Rub ing tism antiseptic and Craig's Cafe cakes ad
Rubing tism is advertised as a powerful antiseptic that kills infection from cuts and treats old sores and tetter. Stone's cakes are promoted as the best baked and available at Craig's Cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone’s
Craig
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John Mc.Gaughey
Maurice Holland
J. Meador
Raymond Phillips
City Meat Market
Cecil Bradley
George Bennett
Jack Spindle
Parker’s Shoe Shop
Eldon Horton
Odeon
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Brannon Bros
Ruth Montgomery
Gordon Bros
Lucile Myrick
Post Office Confectionery
Oma Caperton
Badgett Millinery
Bane
MecCarty-Davis Co
T. K. MeMillin
Planters Bank
Mitchell Bros
John McGaughey
Manning & Clark
Dash
T. B. Moore
Beveridge Brents
R. Q. Brown
Joe McKinsey
Dr. Durham
W. C. Brents
Martha Bow
Horton’s Grocery
Dr. Hoyle
Dorothy Spindle
J. W. Davidson
Katherine Hornbuckle
Roberts Garage
First National Bank
Porter
Tom Bean
White Mound
Bethel
Pilot Grove
Cherry Mound
Grove
T. H. Lively
L. Laroe &Company
Smarr
James
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