Fatal Shooting on Tioga Street in Three Cornered Gun Fight
Sherman Dec 29 Cheatham 30-year-old C G Cheatham was shot and killed in Tioga on Main street in a three cornered gun battle. Garland Sitzes fired the fatal shot after a confrontation with Cheatham and Emberson. Emberson and Sitzes surrendered to the mayor and were jailed awaiting trial.
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Sherman
C. G. Cheatham
Tioga
Main Street
Cheatham
Garland Sittes
Jack Emberson
Emberson
Sitzes
Thad Adkins
Co. W. Loflin
Joe Moody
Pilot Point
C. E. Willett
Jack
Jack Aberson
Cheatham Place
Cha
Ham
Cheat 0
New Year Subscriptions Pour In For The Sun In 1925
The Sun reports a busy renewal period as readers renew for 1925 and others sign up anew. Several Texas residents including Sylvester Merkel Whitewright Goodlett and Crockett mail or send checks and money orders to ensure yearlong delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester
Texas
the Sun
Whitewright
Post Office
The
Sun
L. C. Williams
Merkel
Eugene S. Williams
J. T. Williams
Goodlett
Ss. R. Miller
Roscoe
Joe F Mathews
Glendale
Cal
O. Y. Rathbun
Crockett
Beulah M. Self
Callie Taylor
One Dead One Hurt In Dallas Rooming House Fire
A three story rooming house at 2311 Live Oak Street burned early today in Dallas. Clifford Kerns, 27, salesman, died from burns. T F Cooley, 77, veteran of the Army, was severely burned. Mrs E C Ryan and her daughter Ruth were rescued from a third floor room. Mr Wills and wife with infant were helped from a garage roof and unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Clifford Kerns
T. F. Cooley
Oak Street
E. C. Ryan
Ruth
Connor Wills
Mr. Wills
T. A. Wills
Farmersville Church Destroyed by Fire
Fire of undetermined origin Sunday completely destroyed the First Methodist Church in Farmersville and its contents. Firemen saved adjoining property as flames advanced. The 20 year old building was a prominent local place of worship with an estimated loss around 60 000 dollars, partially insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersville
First Methodist
Elder W. T. Kidwell to Speak at Whitewright Church
Announcement says Elder W. T. Kidwell of Dallas will preach at the Church of Christ in Whitewright next Sunday at 11 4 m and 7 p m. The public is invited. Also notes Mr. and Mrs. Sewell McKinney of Fioga spent Christmas with Mrs. Maggie Montgomery.
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Church OF Christ
W. T. Kidwell
Dallas
Church of Christ In
Whitewright
Mrs. Sewell McKinney of
Fioga
Maggie Montgomery
Miss Julia McMurry Rests in Presbyterian Church Service
Early last Sunday morning Miss Julia McMurry daughter of Mrs. R. K. McMurry died after a year of illness. A bright student and faithful church member she is survived by her mother a brother and four sisters Gladys Cannon Mina Neva and Edna. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. J F Fender. burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. The family has suffered three deaths in thirteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia McMurry
R. K. McMurry
Julia
Presbyterian Church
J. F. Fender
Oak Hill Cemetery
Gladys Cannon
Sulphur Springs
Mina
Dallas
Neva
Russell
Edna
Norris Pumphrey union surprises parents at quiet wedding
Tom Norris and Georgia Mae Pumphrey wed last Friday in a quiet ceremony surprising their families. Georgia Mae is daughter of J A Pumphrey and a popular high school pupil. The groom is son of R C Harris, south of town.
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Cupid
Tom Norris
Georgia Mae Pumphrey
J. A. Pumphrey
R. C. Harris
Sun
Denison Bonham Railroad Sold in Public Auction
The Denison Bonham and New Orleans Railroad a 24 mile line between Bonham Texas and Bonham Junction sold at Nowalla Oklahoma via master in chancery Byron Bobbitt. Bidders D M Penn C T Ashermire and associates win with headquarters slated for Bonham. Sale awaits Missouri Court ratification and may lead to improved service including motor car operations Denison to Bonham and possible southeast expansion from Bonham.
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Denison
Texas
Bonham
Katy
William G. Beg
Dallas
D. M. Penn
United States Court of Missouri
Denisonians Hurt As Train Strikes Auto
Three Denison residents and a Miss Inez Wiles were injured when a southbound Katy passenger train struck their automobile on the Forreston road near Waxahachie Texas. The car was knocked ten feet and demolished. all suffered severe cuts from flying glass and were taken to the Waxahachie Sanitarium. Doctors expected they would probably recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxahachie
Texas
Katy
Forreston Road
Here
R. S. Massenberg
Denison
Inez Wiles
Houston
Former Whitewright Boy Makes Film Debut in Los Angeles
Sherman residents Mr. and Mrs. Carey W. Luck entertain their son George Luck who has spent the past year in Los Angeles and Hollywood with picture corporations. He appears in Forbidden Paradise Feet of Clay and has a role in Battling Bunyon with another release to follow. He also contributed a story Personalities.
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Carey W. Luck
Travis Street
Sherman
George Luck
Mr. Luck
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Donna Hale
Battling Bunyon
Vestal and Russell wed in Whitewright Christmas Eve ceremony
Ronald Vestal and Ray Russell married Christmas Eve in Denison with Rev. J A Dickey officiating. Vestal, a Navy veteran and farmer, is the youngest son of Addison Vestal Sr. Russell is the daughter of Mrs. J D Russell and well regarded socially. Elmo Wallace and Willie Pearl Brown accompanied the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Ronald Vestal
Ray Russell
Elmo Wallace
Willie Pearl Brown
Denison
J. A. Dickey
American Legion
Addison Vestal
J. D. Russell
Mayor repays 30 year old Texas newspaper debt
MecKinney mayor and publisher Tom W Perkins received payment for a newspaper subscription owed for more than thirty years to the Wylie Rustler. Perkins began the subscription when starting the newspaper, hoping to set a state record for the oldest subscription debt in Texas history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom W. Perkins
MecKinney
Wylie Rustler
Perkins
Texas
Ten Year Off Right With Adequat I H Mont Gomer
The fragment notes a start described as ten years off right with Adequat and a person named H Mont Gomer. Further readable context is limited in the OCR segment.
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Adequat’ i H. Montgomer
Treasury and Post Office Budget Passes House
The Treasury and Post Office appropriation bill, a record peace-time measure, clears the House with 763 million dollars total. It includes 11 million for prohibition enforcement and 20 million for the coast guard to curb rum running, plus 2.6 million for the air mail service and 526 373 for pneumatic mail in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury and Post Office
Congress
House
Senate
Coast Guard Service
Treasury-Post Office
New York City
Farm Bureau Will Name New Directors
Grayson County Farm Bureau members will elect its 1925 board of directors at a regular meeting Saturday January 3 at 1 30 o clock in the courthouse. John E Owens and Wallace F Harris of the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association Dallas office will address the members after the election. John T Scott of Denison director of the association will discuss the wrk of the association with focus on this county. The board will meet at 9 30 Saturday morning for the last regular meeting before the annual election to dispose of business from the last session.
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Sherman
Grayson County Farm Bureau
John E. Owens
Wallace FE. Harris
Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association
Dallas
John T. Scott
Denison
Grayson County
Bureau
New Denison Officers to Take Office After Jan 1
Precinct two in Denison will see changes in law enforcement as new officials assume roles after January 1. Dave Daniels will replace Ira Jesse as constable and overhaul the deputy roster. George Hagans, a Denison high school graduate of 1916, is slated as assistant county attorney overseeing the Denison office.
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Denison
Dave Daniels
Ira Jessee
George Tinkle
George McCarroll
Pete Henderson
J. C. Russell
Will Goode
George Hagans
Roy Finley
Hagans
Ross Stoddard
Denison High School
Annie Therese Davault Recital Coming to City
Noted dramatic reader Annie Therese Davault will visit the city for a recital at the grammar school auditorium on Wednesday evening January 7. Her lyceum tour has drawn high praise for versatility in standard drama classics and audience impact. Tickets available at Dyer and Jones' drug store.
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Annie Therese Davault
Grammar School
Miss Davault
Lyceum
Polly
Circus
Attica
Indiana
Daily Ledger
Dyer & Jones’ Drug Store
Grayson County Cotton Ginned Near 75 000 Bales in 1924
Government reporter Ralph Johnson announced Grayson county had 74 262 bales of cotton ginned by December 13 1924 an increase of 17 155 bales over the same date in 1923.
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Grayson County
Ralph Johnson
Johnson
Card of Thanks and Funeral Details for Mrs Charley Brame
Card of thanks to those who assisted after the death of Mrs Charley Brame from Mr and Mrs Cc H Skaggs and Mrs Dora Langham wife of R L Langham died at her Am brose home born October 18 1885 burial at Elm Grove Cemetery near Westminster conducted by Rev Gentry and Rev Daniel funeral director Wood Moore.
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Charley Brame
Cc. H. Skaggs
Dora Langham
R. L. Langham
Ambrose Monday
Elm Grove Cemetery
Westminster
Gentry
Daniel
Wood Moore
Hatcher May Ride Bull at Inauguration
W Gregory Hatcher, Texas treasurer elect, plans to wear a full dress suit at Miriam Ferguson’s inauguration on January 20 and may ride a bull down the street if his sentiments are not expressed. He previously rode a bull during Grover Cleveland’s 1892 inauguration in Richmond, Virginia.
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Austin
Grover Cleveland
W. Gregory Hatcher
Texas
Richmond
Miriam A. Ferguson
Bradshaw Montgomery Christmas Wedding in Abilene
Estelle Montgomery and Herbert Bradshaw wed Tuesday afternoon Dec 23 at the Montgomery home on West Main. The ceremony featured family attendants, a Mendelssohn processional, and a reception. they depart by the Flyer to Abilene for holidays and will reside in Stamford.
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Estelle Montgomery
B. S. Montgomery
Herbert Bradshaw
Abilene
Montgomery
West Main Street
Mary Rena Penn
Louise LaRoe
Fountain Kimbell
Groesbeck
Clara Montgomery
Dallas
Killarney
Pottsboro Fire Wipes Out Nine Buildings
Denison Texas December 29 nearly the entire business district of Pottsboro in Grayson County was destroyed by a fire that began in Long’s drug store. Authorities suspect incendiary burglary targeting safes in two drug stores and other premises. Nine structures burned with an estimated loss of 150000 and little insurance carried. Local residents aided firefighters as crews fought the blaze under strong winds.
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Denison
Texas
Pottsboro
Grayson County
T. H. Long
D. R. Harris
Buchanan
Denison Department
Citizen Brigade
Valley View
Cooke County
Paradise
Wise County
H. 1 Bakin
J. D. Holley
Allie Elliott
H. C. Potts
H. Edwards
Odd Fellows Lodge
C. P. Iytain
C. Potts
Masonic Lev
E. L. French
A.” Cery
Long’s Drug Store
H.potts
Babb's School Fire Death Toll Rises to 37
In Hobart Oklahoma Mrs J B McNutt died from burns today after her daughter rushed her alive from under a pile of bodies during the Christmas Eve blaze. The tragedy now claims thirty seven lives. The Bells I O O F Lodge invites the local Odd Fellows degree team to perform the initiatory degree next Saturday night with baskets of edibles.
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Hobart
Okla
J. B. McNutt
Babb
The
Bells I. O. O. F. Lodge
Odd Fellows Lodge
Bells Lodge
Fat Hero Wanted in Novels Says Local Reader
A Whitewright woman complains that lean tall heroes dominate recent books and favors a stout hero, noting her sweetheart is nicknamed Fatty. A schoolteacher misplaced a wristwatch on Ida road but its owner recovered it after a Sun lost ad led to the finder Jake Keeling returning the watch, undamaged. It still pays to advertise and ensure proper insurance with S.H. Montgomery, Inc.
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Whitewright
Fatty
Sherman Democrat
Ida Road
Jake Keeling
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R. T. Pennington
Spruce Street
McKinsey
Basil Thomson
Denison-Bonham Railroad
Vestal-Russell
Prohibition
Farm Bureau
Hatcher
Bradshaw
J. P. Montgomery
Reid Wilson
A. G. Wilson
S.H. Montgomery, Inc
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