New Year Notes on Whitewright and Texas Prosperity
The Denison Herald prints a New Year message from Whitewright praising civic improvements and urging progress in 1916. It notes subscription details, weather, upcoming good roads work in Grayson county, prohibition shifts, and local growth with two large flour mills. Ex-Governor Tom M. Campbell announces a U.S. Senate bid, while the county plans road surveys and potential improvements.
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Whitewright
Commissioners Court
Denison Herald
Cracks At The Crowd By Claude Callan In Star Telegram
A humorous fragment from 1916 features Claude Callan recalling New Year reflections and a family tale about Uncle Craven, Buffalo Bill of the clan, who traps and loses a horse to Indians after Christmas. The piece mixes witty maxims with a long anecdote.
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Claude Callan
Star-Telegram
Craven
Buffalo Bill
Sue
Uncle Craven
Johnsons Celebrate Holidays with Sherman Family
Mr and Mrs W L Johnson of Sherman spent part of the holidays with the latter's father T J Doss and other relatives here.
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W. L. Johnson
Sherman
T. J. Doss
Card of Thanks for wife and mother
We thank those who helped and sympathized during the illness and death of our wife and mother. It was a trying time and your kindness gave comfort. We will always hold kind memories of all who came to us in this sad hour. See Adcock and children.
Hayter Contracts Baugher for New City Bungalow
R L Hayter has let a contract to George Baugher to build a modern bungalow on the lot Baugher recently moved from. Hayter bought the lot from Baugher last week and work has begun. When finished Hayter will own one of the nicest convenient little homes in the city.
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R. L. Hayter
George Baugher
Mr. Baugher
Mr. Hayter
Baugher
Sherman Visit By Mrs King And Daughters
Mrs. W H King and her daughter Miss Sue and Miss Sara Lee Holland were guests of friends in Sherman Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, enjoying a short social visit with local acquaintances.
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W.H. King
Sue
Sara Lee Holland
Sherman
Suspended sentence law blamed for aiding crime in Grayson case
In Grayson county court a defendant admitted planning to steal a horse and said the suspended sentence law would excuse him if caught. The sheriff was told this, and the jury granted the suspended sentence. A prior case saw a bootlegger denied this benefit, casting doubt on the law’s humanitarian claims.
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Grayson
Sherman Democrat
Dodson’s Liver Tone Replaces Calomel in Sloganful Ad
An old advertisement touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative to calomel for biliousness. It promises to detoxify the liver, purify bowels, and prevent salivation, claiming quick relief with a pleasant taste for children and the whole family.
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Dodson
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Texas
Grayson County
Luna
the Daily Ledger of
Ballinger
Tom M. Campbell
Palestine
United States
Senator Culberson
Campbell
Afrail
Fayetteville
N.C
Vinci
Gordon Jessup
Dyer & Jones
Whitewright Bottling Works
McAlester
Adcock
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