Old Man Winter and Early Texas Politics Note
In Whitewright Texas the weekly paper notes Old Man Winter’s return and comments on Pearl Harbor coverage. It warns voters about poll tax payment for the upcoming election year with statewide offices including US senator and governor. The piece then shifts to coin history, recounting pieces about Persian money, a two bit coin, and 1883 nickels, ending with Abe Kosoff tracing rare coins and selling a 1894 San Francisco proof dime for 2,350 dollars.
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Grayson County
Texas
United States
Persia
Belgian Congo
U. S
Abe Kosoff
San Francisco
Juliet Bridgman
This Week
Abe Kosoff and the Numismatic Gallery’s Rare Coins
Abe Kosoff, 32, runs the Numismatic Gallery in New York where rare coins from around the world are sold for up to $7,000. He avoids risky coin flips, claiming his collection includes a 1849 gold piece and Burma bracelet money among other items.
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Abe Kosoff
Kosoff
New York
Burma
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Rub Glass Red With Silk And Get Fine Handiwork
Schenectady reports on a fabric process that uses static electricity to coat cloth fibers. An electrostatic field charges fibers so they stand on end and bind to an adhesive backing, enabling velvetlike linings and embossed designs. The method can yield up to 300000 fibers per square inch.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Behr-Manning Corp
Troy
General Electric
Elated preacher deflated by crowd at Gary church
In Gary Indiana Reverend Cicero Weddington pastor of St Luke s African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church felt elated by the large Sunday turnout as parishioners asked about the upcoming sermon text. He smiled while greeting parishioners during routine calls.
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Gary
Ind
Cicero Weddington
St. Luke’s African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Mr. Weddington
Confronting Gambling in Church Congregation
A minister recalls noticing torn tickets around the church and recognizing many congregants as gambling addicts. He explains that some converts attended services not for Scripture but to learn their Genesis 9 17 outcomes, revealing a clash between faith and gambling temptations.
Rear Engine Autos Possible By 1947
Detroit report from the Society of Automotive Engineers meeting cites William B. Stout of Consolidated Vultee stating rear engine passenger cars could arrive by 1947 or sooner with demand. He notes 200000 mile eight year test proves practicality of rear mounting and suspension that lowers center of gravity for improved traction and steering.
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Detroit
William B. Stout
Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Society of Automotive Engineers
Couple to Face Trial in Assault on Deputy Hall
Pearl Hill and his wife Fay Hill of Tom Bean await trial in Fifteenth District Court on assault to murder charges for an attack on Deputy Sheriff Joe Hall on November 21 in Sherman. They are free on $7,500 bonds each as sixteen additional criminal cases start trial week, with Harbert free on bond and others jailed.
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Sherman
Pearl Hill
Fay Hill
Tom Bean
Joe Hall
Fifteenth District Court
R. C. Slagle Jr
Hill
Liberty
Slage
Olan R. van Zandt
Augusta Harbert
Howard Riley
Lawrence Burl Veach
R. C. Hood
Ruby Hackfield
Harbert
Grayson County
Laundry delay yields odd pencil tic tac toe design
A reader recounts a laundry experience where shirts emerged ironed wrong side out. On a white shirt sleeve a pencil tic tac toe pattern shows X defeating O, the inked squares visible despite washing. The note questions laundry reliability and features a humorous domestic misstep.
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The
New Yorker
Whitewright Home Demonstration Club meets with officers named
The Whitewright Home Demonstration Club gathered Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Lee Norris home with seventeen members one guest from Norman Oklahoma and Miss Zelma Moore county agent presiding Miss Viva Phillips summarized the Grayson County Christmas party The yearbook was introduced and committees were appointed for the year including program finance expansion social recreation and yard and sewing duties Mrs Vestal and Miss Badgett announced future demonstrations on hat re styling and shrubs and growth will be discussed at the January meeting The club vows to foster home making thrift leadership and community life through study courses and demonstrations
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Whitewright Home Demonstration Club
Lee Norris
J. ¥. Russell
Norman
Okla
Zelma Moore
Viva Phillips
Grayson County
Moore
W. L. Hatfield
E. M. Badgett
R. A. Vestal
R. D. Maddux
Myrtle Badgett
A. L. Mullinix
Carl May
Lola Scott
Otto Russell
Lee Wilson
Roy Talley
Fred Cook
S. E. Wallace
O. A. Huseman
Lester Haile
Women and Girls Gain Door to Home Life Joy Plan
Grayson County forms 21 demonstration clubs aimed at developing in women and girls a new enjoyment and satisfaction in home life and environment and broader happiness in community life, as reported.
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Grayson County
Your Health By Dr. J. B. Warren on digestion
Exercise is best to prevent constipation but many cannot. Diet matters. one fruit or raw vegetable at one meal can stimulate the large intestine to move waste out. If the large intestine is inflamed from emotional distress, raw foods should be avoided.
Just Practice
An irate Oklahoma City business man was released by police after explaining his arrestee antics on the way home from a bowling tournament. He protested the arrest as outrageous and said he was merely practicing a new bowling stance while walking, which led to the misunderstanding.
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Oklahoma City
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T. Glenn Doss
Whitewright
Postoffice
Whitewright Sun
Old Man Winter
Senate
Coke Stevenson
Rexall
R. P. Childress
Baby Chicks
Cole’s Standard Hatcheries
Big Chick
M. Johnson
Harmonson Strain
Oaks
Premier
Salsbury and
Lee
Denison
Reserve District No
First National Bank OF
State OF Texas
Grayson
R. A. Gillett
Pernie Badgett
Emmet Penn Gomer May C. B. Bryant, Jr
Hall
Wea
Dr. Legear
Kingston Drug Store
J. B. Warren
Whitewright, Texas
Tri-Mo
Orenduff
Sherman’s
Orendoff
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