Madame Marcia Foresees Future Signs for Nation
Washington reports astrologer Madame Marcia delivers a year ahead forecast predicting party divisions between conservatives and progressives, a Protestant Episcopal schism, a potential death of a national figure in late spring, a Supreme Court curtailment, return of beer and wine, and a world court entry. She notes uncertainty on naming Woodrow Wilson.
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Washington
Marcia
Florence Kling Harding
Protestant Episcopal Church
Supreme Court
United States
World Court
United News
Woodrow Wilson
Anderson County Man Claims Weevil Proof Cotton Advance
Palestine Texas January 2 A. C Valentine a scientific farmer of Anderson County says he has bred an improved cotton variety nearly immune to the boll weevil. He describes large vigorous plants with one and one eighth inch long fruits and very small narrow leaves that allow sunshine to reach the plant, preventing weevil damage.
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Anderson County
Palestine
Texas
C. T. Valentine
Mr. Valentine
Austin College Glee Club Concert in Whitewright
The Austin College Glee Club, noted as one of Texas’s best, will present a program here Thursday evening January 10 under the Whitewright University Club. Organizers expect a full house and an entertaining performance for visitors.
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Austin College Glee Club
Texas
Whitewright University Club
P. T. A. Program for January Meeting
The monthly P T A program will include a club song by Mrs. Tom Barbee a reading Our Mother by Margaret McMurry two piano solos by Addie Williams and Mrs. Fitz Bryant a life of Benjamin Franklin by A L Groves a talk Thrift Is a Habit by D B Taylor and a note to subscribe for the home paper.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Tom Barbee
Our Mother
Margaret McMurry
Addie Williams
Benjamin Franklin
A. L. Groves
Fitz Bryant
D. B. Taylor
Weather swings through warm days and cold nights this week
The week varied from Sunday highs near 80 F to Sunday night lows 16 to 20 F. Freezing temperatures continued Monday, a brief warm up Wednesday with light rain, a Wednesday night to Thursday norther dropped temps to about 26 F, and Thursday brought clearer skies with fair weather in prospect.
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Sol
Hicks Resigns as University Regent
Marshall Hicks resigns from the University of Texas board of regents after a Dec 16 request to Governor Neff. The governor accepted the resignation on Dec 22. Hicks cited allegiance to McAdoo and the Dallas Democratic Executive Committee action as his reasons.
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San Antonio
Texas
Marshall Hicks
Board of Regents
University of Texas
Neff
Hicks
Democratic Executive Committee
Dallas
Mr. McAdoo
American Navy Readies Greatest Fleet for Panama Maneuvers
Washington January 1. More than 100 warships gather for winter maneuvers at Panama. The armada includes fifteen battleships sixty three destroyers eleven submarines an airplane carrier and support vessels under Admiral Robert E Coontz with eighty seven aircraft.
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Washington
Panama
Robert E. Coontz
Cotton gin receipts reach 57 thousand bales in Grayson
Sherman reports the 1923 cotton season total through December 13 at 57 117 bales, about 24 000 more than the prior year, per government reporter Ralph Johnson.
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Grayson
Sherman
Ralph Johnson
Gillespie Family Hosts During Holidays in Wolfe City
Mr and Mrs John Gillespie and Mrs J T Gillespie along with Miss Martha Rambo of Wolfe City were guests of Mr and Mrs J C Gillespie during the holiday season.
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John Gillespie
J. T. Gillespie
Martha Rambo
Wolfe City
J. C. Gillespie
LOOKING FOR THRILL GIRLS FIND TROUBLE
Mosley West of Paris and Dorothy Crawford of Bells, 19 and 18, were moved from the city jail to the county jail after a theft arrest. Miss Sybil Lee McGehee reported a coat stolen from Bass Parish and Taylor department store. Stolen goods were found in the girls possession. items traced to Pattie Brothers in Van Alstyne. Relatives expected today to secure release and return with them.
Removal of Office Moves to W. J. Looney Store
B B Hall the Pierce Oil local agent announces relocation from Hight and Moore garage to W. J. Looney furniture store. For needs in his line, call phone number 37-B.
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Hight & Moore
W. J. Looney Furniture
B. B. Hall
Pierce Oil Corporation
New Manager for Local Chain Store
W. R. Hooper and his wife with their son become new Whitewright residents moving from Vernon. Hooper takes charge of the New York Bargain Store as Leon Devenport shifts to a newly planned store. The firm, owner of stores in Pilot Point and Whitesboro, eyes another nearby purchase. Hooper, now part owner, plans Whitewright as his permanent home after years as Kell Milling Company cashier.
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W. R. Hooper
Vernon
W. M. Cox
Hooper
New York
Leon Devenport
Pilot Point
Whitesboro
Whitewright
Kell Milling Company
Legion Banquet Set for Next Tuesday Evening
The second monthly American Legion banquet will be held at the Pierce Cafe Tuesday night. A nice program is planned. All local post members and ex service men in the area are urged to attend. Tickets are available from Horace Gordon at Gordon Clothing or from any Legion member.
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American Legion
Pierce Cafe
The
Horace Gordon
Gordon Clothing Company
Legion
Wilson Phillips wedding ties Sherman home to future
Mr Lee Wilson and Miss Fannie Laura Phillips wed at 11 Saturday morning in the home of Dr T L Holcomb Sherman. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs F P Phillips, is known in Whitewright. The groom is a well known Trepton(TRenton) man. They plan to live in Trenton.
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Lee Wilson
Fannie Laura Phillips
T. L. Holcomb
Sherman
F. P. Phillips
Whitewright
Wilson
Trenton
Walter Petty
Davie Jarvis
W. N. Carter
Pete Jarvis
Too Human Bobby Christmas Morning Joke
Cartoon caption notes a child doubting Santa after overhearing a swear word. A mother reassures, while the boy questions Santa’s goodness following a nighttime intrusion in the dark. The item reflects holiday humor from a London humorist.
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Bobby
Santa Claus
Bobbie
London
Montgomery sisters teach in Dallas and Ada schools
Miss Marguerite Montgomery teaches in Dallas public schools. Miss Gertrude Montgomery taught at the Normal College in Ada Oklahoma and has resigned to attend Peabody University in Nashville Tennessee. Mrs. Fount Kimbell of Groesbeck visited with her parents Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Montgomery during the holidays.
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Marguerite Montgomery
Dallas
Gertrude Montgomery
Normal College
Ada
Okla
Fount Kimbell
Groesbeck
B. S. Montgomery
Gertrude
Peabody University
Nashville, Tenn
Rural College Women Return to Denton Campus
Misses Mary Rena Penn Marian Barbee and Elizabeth May returned to the College of Industrial Arts at Denton Wednesday to resume their studies after spending the holidays at home.
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Mary Rena Penn
Marian Barbee
Elizabeth May
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Pilot Grove Gathering Hosts Binions and Badgett
Mrs Bettie Currin hosted Friday guests from Pilot Grove including Mr and Mrs Tom Binion Ed Binion Miss Sarah Binion Lee Binion Pauline Binion and Mrs J D Badgett in a social visit highlighting local families and community ties.
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Bettie Currin
Tom Binion
Ed Binion
Sarah Binion
Lee
Pauline Binion
Pilot Grove
J. D. Badgett
High School Football Team Receives New Sweaters
Fifteen sweaters and letters for the high school football team arrive and are displayed in Gordon Clothing Company window. The sweat ers will be presented to the players in the next few days. The sweaters are black with a large W in gold reflecting the school colors.
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Gordon Clothing Company
Montgomery Freeman wedding in Sherman and Whitewright
The marriage of James P. Montgomery of Whitewright and Louise Freeman of Sherman was held at 3 pm Christmas Day at Central Christian Church Sherman with Dr. George F. Cuthrell officiating. After the ceremony the couple went to Dallas then returned to Whitewright.
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James P. Montgomery
Whitewright
Louise Freeman
Sherman
Central Christian Church of Sherman
George F. Cuthrell
S. H. Montgomery
Paul Cook
Paul Graves
Joe Johnson
Clyde Craig
Reed Wilson
Marion Barbee
Katherine Montgomery
Bernice Graves
Lucile Roberts
1923 US lumber output tops 38 billion feet
Washington reports 1923 US lumber production at 38,000,000,000 feet the largest since 1916 and enough to build about 2,000,000 ordinary dwellings. The total exceeds 1922 by 3,000,000,000 feet as outlined for the National Lumber Bulletin.
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Washington
United States
National Lumber Bulletin
Birthday Ride: Wilson Receives Gift Car From Unknown Donors
On his 67th birthday former President Woodrow Wilson maintains a quiet routine of rest and country rides. A new exclusive automobile, arranged by unknown admirers with Mrs. Wilson in on the surprise, replaced his old White House purchase for an afternoon drive.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
White House
Wilson Residence
Mr. Wilson
Wilson Garage
Cotton Receipts Hit 9 602 Bales This Season
Up to year’s start 5 602 bales had been ginned locally with more sold here from other areas. In 1921 under 1 500 bales were ginned and in 1922 about 3 000. Last year’s crop surpassed the two prior combined and fetched prices easing postwar gloom.
Sun Subscription List Has Big Increase
The Sun reports a holiday rise in subscriptions with many renewed or new accounts. Renewals for those expired on January 1 are pending and the paper warns it may drop names if payments are not received soon. Subscribers urged to mail checks promptly.
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Sun
the Sun
State Construction Program for Year in Texas
Austin announces the largest Texas state build program besides historic capitol work, totaling about 2 million dollars. Projects include University of Texas biology building 400000 and North Texas Teachers College auditorium 300000, plus multiple college, hospital, and asylum constructions and repairs. A 300000 laboratory project at University Medical College Galveston is to bid January 14.
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Austin
Texas
W. R. Hendrickson
University of Texas
North Texas Teachers’ College
East Texas Teachers’ College
Southwest Teachers’ College
Southwestern Insane Asylum
State Lunatic Asylum
Confederate Women’s Home
Stephen F. Austin College
Kerrville Memorial Hospital
State Orphans Home
Gainesville State Orphans Home
University Medical College
Galveston
Wallace Encourages Farmer In Year End Message
Secretary Wallace reviews the year from an agricultural view and predicts continued improvement in farmers material prosperity in 1924. He notes debt burdens high taxes high and costs up but asserts better times ahead for wheat regions and a growing farm income boosting demand. He calls farmers the backbone of the nation.
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Washington
Wallace
Bootleggers of Capital Celebrate Successful Year
Washington reporters note a festive year end party hosted by several bootleggers for about ninety guests at a wealthy suburban mansion. Attaches from embassies and legations mingled with Washington society figures at the lavish, confidential gathering.
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Washington
Aveir
President Coolidge Sees Advancement Ahead in 1924
Washington December 31 President Calvin Coolidge declares in a New Year message that the nation has made gratifying progress and expects continued advancement in 1924. He extends New Year greetings and expresses hope for prosperity and happiness for the American people.
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President Coolidge
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
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