Enoch Arden Case In Our Own Texas
In Bartlett Texas a family separated by the Galveston storm of 1900 is reunited on a passenger train journey across western Texas. William Cokand and Cora Cooksey, formerly married, now live apart after mourning each other. They visit William Cokand and his second wife on a farm seven miles from town with their two sons aged 22 and 18.
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Bartlett
Texas
Galveston
Enoch Arden
William Cohand
Cora Cooksey
Nevada
California
William Cooksey
Cohand
Grayson County Moves To Eradicate Cattle Tick
Grayson County commissioners call for a February 17 vote on county aid to eradicate cattle ticks. If approved, 80 dipping vats costing 4 000 to 6 000 dollars will be built, owners dipped free, and interstate shipping restrictions lifted by September. The U S Department of Agriculture will co operate with an agent based in Sherman.
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Grayson County Commissioners’ Court
Frank C. Vaden
Grayson County Cattle Raisers’ Association
Cattlemen’s Association
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Grayson County
United States Department of Agriculture
Sherman
Courtship Ends in Complications for Cohands
William Cohand resists letting go of his second wife while Mrs. Cora Cooksey refuses to remarry as Mrs. Cora Cohand, signaling ongoing marital dispute and potential remarriage tensions.
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Cohand
William Cohand
Cora Cooksey
Grayson County Plans Final Settlement With Womack Construction
Commissioners Court of Grayson County Texas will finalize with Womack Construction Company and W. P. McCoy for Good Roads work. Labor and material claimants must file unpaid accounts with County Auditor by February 10 1917. A S Noble County Auditor.
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Commissioners Court
Grayson County
Texas
Womack Construction Company
W. P. McCoy
A. S. Noble
Stove Wood For Prompt Delivery By T H Sears
Classified notice offering stove wood for immediate orders from T H Sears with telephone contact 182 and prompt delivery.
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T. H. Sears
Get Thee A Goat
A Carthage Register essay argues that goat meat and goat milk are clean wholesome foods unseen by many Americans. It notes goats need little space, can be fed on garden waste, and are cheaper to keep than cows while offering clean habits and simple care.
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America
Europe
France
Italy
Switzerland
Carthage
J C Hestand will loan 600 to Grayson county boys hog club
Sherman Texas January 15 J C Hestand a Sherman breeder of Duroc Jersey hogs announced he would loan 600 to boys on Grayson county farms to invest in broad sows. The notes bear 4 percent annual interest and all interest earned will be used for prizes for the best pigs. The J C Hestand Duroc Jersey Hog Boys Club of Grayson county will organize a fund to help boys who cannot pay cash for thoroughbred brood sows and hopes to inspire other donors to support youth in hog farming.
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Dallas County
J.C. Hestand
Bogus Check Artist Fleeces Ellis County Mule Owners
Local officers issued flyers for the arrest of a man identified as J A Jones who posed as a Lancaster resident and mule buyer. He purchased five mules from Verge Davis Cleev Meharg and Tom Hosford using worthless checks, then fled before farmers realized the fraud. He also passed checks to Caldwell dealers, leaving several hundred dollars in losses among mule owners.
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Waxahachie
Texas
J. A. Jones
Ellis County
Lancaster
Verge Davis
Cleev Meharg
Tom Hosford
Caldwell
Desert Citizen Joe T Wallace Dies at 47
Joe T Wallace a former Desert community resident died last Friday after an operation at his home. He was 47 and survived by his wife and children Nyler Wallace Ethel Wallace Mae Wallace. Funeral and interment were at Cross Roads cemetery with Rev J F Fender presiding. He was a respected neighbor and active in local affairs. He was well known in Whitewright for business and community support.
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Joe T. Wallace
Desert
Nyler Wallace
Ethel
Mae Wallace
Cross Roads Cemetery
J. F. Fender
Buggies Painted and Varnished at Martin's Harness Shop
Experienced carriage painter will be here for thirty days painting and varnishing buggies. Work guaranteed. Visit Martin's harness shop.
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Martin’s
Will awards tiny sums to long-serving female workers
Paul Waples of Texas died in an accident leaving a fortune and a will that grants $1000 to the long serving female employee carrying on his business. John D Archbold of New York, a major Standard Oil stockholder valued at about $100 million, did not bequeath to workers. The Hamilton Herald notes the contrast.
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Paul Waples
Texas
John D. Archbold
New York
Standard Oil Company
Hamilton Herald
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Mr. Opportunity
the First National Bank OF
Whitewright, Texas
Our
Cora Cohand
Portland
L. Laroe & Company
Will
4Xmas Banking Club
TE E
Planters National Bank
H. Lively
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