Farmers Short Course to be Held at Sherman
Sherman Texas January 23 G W Anstrand of Chicago rep of a farm implement company assisted in arranging a two day agricultural short course on February 15 and 16 Speakers include H S Mobley former dairy expert with A and M College extension service and Mrs Bertha D Laws The course aims to help farmers with farm home and community problems through practical demonstrations and lectures.
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Sherman
Texas
G. W. Anstrand
Chicago
Agricultural Extension Department
Farm Implement Company
Anstrand
H. S. Mobley
A. & M. College Extension Service
Bertha D. Laws
Farmers and Housewives Chautauqua Short Course Preview
Demonstrations and discussions on farm and home topics announce a new farmers and housewives Chautauqua. Lectures will use charts lantern slides and evenings feature educational agricultural reels. Open to all ages with free admission and sessions welcoming town and country residents alike.
Youth’s Companion offers reading habit help for families
Parents seeking good reading habits for children should model them and introduce a periodical that interests all ages. The Youth's Companion provides 52 weekly issues in a year with stories, editorials, poetry, and facts aimed at teens and parents alike. Subscribe for $2.50 or $3.00 with McCall's Magazine, including the Companion Home Calendar for 1922.
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Youth’s Companion
Companion
McCall’s Magazine
Commonwealth Ave
St. Paul St
Boston
Mass
Coal Overstock Sale At Lyon-Gray Lumber Savoy TX
Lyon-Gray Lumber Co offers Genuine McAlester Lump Coal at 12.50 per ton from the yard in Savoy Texas. Overstocked due to surplus coal this winter, buyers urged to purchase now as no more coal will be available this season.
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Lyon-Gray Lumber CO
Savoy, Texas
1500 Robed Klansmen Parade in Dallas
Dallas jan 22 the biggest Ku Klux Klan parade in Texas history drew 1500 to 2000 robed marchers from elm and main to fair park Coliseum with Edwin Young Clarke officiating a 2400 candidate initiation. parade included drum corps buglers masked riders and a fiery cross carrier amid large crowds.
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Dallas
Texas
Elm
Main Streets
Court House
Main Street
Houston & Texas Central
Fair Park
Edwin Young Clarke
Imperial Kleagle
Atlanta
United States
Mother and seven children die in cabin fire
In Belden Michigan a mother Mrs Adam Hall and her seven children perished in a cabin fire amid a blizzard that blocked neighbors from reaching them. Two surviving children travel from Detroit and Chicago to identify and move the bodies. Elder W N Carter conducted the funeral of Fay Erma Lou Binion at Pilot Grove Christian Church with interment in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Fay Erma Lou Binion was born November 27 1910 and died January 16 1922 at 6 pm after a month long illness.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Adam Hall
Belden
Detroit
Chicago
W. N. Carter
Pilot Grove
Foy Erma Lou Binion
Claud Binion
Pilot Grove Christian Church
Fay Erma Lou
Four Men Sentenced on Conspiracy Charge in Federal Court
Sherman, Jan. 23. Sam Balsano Ben Balsano Vincent Patti and Frank Balsano received varied penalties for conspiring to violate the national bankruptcy act. Sam and Ben Balsano and Patti were sentenced to a year and a day in Leavenworth, Patti additionally to fourteen months for offering a bribe of 1500 dollars to District Attorney E J Smith to dismiss the charges.
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Sherman
Sam
Ben Balsano
Vincent Patti
Leavenworth
Frank Balsano
Patti
E. J. Smith
Woman waits 40 years for marriage man to Canada
London report on steamship Montcalm passenger Elizabeth Ann Freeman a 60 year old Birmingham woman traveling to Toronto to wed the man she waited for forty years since their engagement. He went to Canada to establish himself and finally sent for her. She says she minded the long wait little and believes they will be happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Montcalm
Canada
Elizabeth Ann Freeman
Birmingham
Toronto
Card of Thanks for a family loss
The Binion family expresses sincere thanks to all who helped during illness and death of their daughter. They praise physicians for relief of pain and suffering, and thank those who assisted after the funeral. God bless you all. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Binion and Family.
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Claud Binion
Elder Carter to Preach in Henryetta Sunday
Elder W. N. Carter left today for Henryetta Oklahoma where he will preach this coming Sunday in the local church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Carter
Henryetta
Okla
Four Hunters Shot From Ambush Near Ennis
Four men were wounded, one seriously, when an unidentified assailant fired from the roadside into an automobile returning from City Lake, three miles from Ennis. The shooter fled into a field and remained at large as officers combed the area for him. The wounded offered no motive for the attack.
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Ennis
City Lake
Gratitude Note From Fain Family After Loss
A brief prayerful message thanks friends who eased sorrow during illness and after the death of a husband, father and brother. Signed by Mrs. W C Fain, J N Fain, Walter Fain, and extended family including Mrs. J L Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Harry Bennett, and others.
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Fain
W. C. Fain
J. N. Fain
Walter Fain
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Harry Bennett
Wade Hancock
J. D. Wilson Jr
Frank C. Bell
N. E. Fain
MAG FIXER FORD STARTER RECHARGE SERVICE
Huffines and Spindle Bros offer an on site re charging instrument that restores a Ford to like new starting performance while you wait. Guaranteed service targets older engines and promises quick turnaround and reliable ignition restart.
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Ford
Huffines & Spindle Bros
Suffrage Leader Weds Not Changing Name
Elsie Hill, a National Woman's party leader, confirms marriage to Albert Levitt, a University of North Dakota professor. She says she will keep her maiden name for all legal matters and cards, noting no law requires a name change and it is mere custom. They wed Christmas Eve in Chicago.
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Washington
Elsie Hill
National Woman's Party
Albert Levitt
University of North Dakota
Professor Levitt
Chicago
Porter’s News Highlights Local Seeds of Change
The cold week fronts work and wedding bells as Adie Jones and Emma Musser wed Saturday night. A major singing event by Blanton’s Chapel and Klondyke drew praise, with Sunday school at 64 attendees and renewed town movement toward midsummer bustle. Lloyd Hicks and Dorcas Wright of Medlentown visited.
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Adie Jones
Emma Musser
Adie
Emma
Will
Blanton’s Chapel
Klondyke
Lloyd Hicks
Dorcas Wright
Medlentown
Visits Shared Across Sunday Gatherings in Local Community
Miss Gladys Henderson and Miss Bula Parks visited Miss Ber tha Deberry Sunday. Miss Nora Parks and Flora Grant visited Mrs. Georgia Fralicks Sunday. G. D. Bennett and family visited Mrs. Viola Harper Sunday. George Key and family and Lem Pitts and wife visited at C. C. Cooper's Sunday. H. C. Bowen and family visited W. C. Anderson Sunday. Roy Musser of Commerce visited his father John Musser of this place Sunday.
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Gladys Henderson
Bula Parks
Bertha Deberry
Nora Parks
Flora Grantlin
Georgia Fralicks
G. D. Bennett
Viola Harper
George Key
Lem Pitts
C. C. Cooper
H. C. Bowen
W. C. Anderson
Roy Musser
Commerce
John Musser
This Place
Mrs Roosevelt and Son Arrive in Berlin
Berlin reports Mrs Theodore Roosevelt widow of the late president arrives with her son Archibald for a visit attended by press scrutiny. The trip is said to pursue interests in a steamship line involving Kermit Roosevelt. The Noon Gazette notes her changing views toward Germany and cites exchange rate factors.
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Berlin
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Archibald
Houston Has Largest Negro Population in Texas City
Houston leads Texas cities with 33,960 African Americans, exceeding Dallas at 24,023 and Fort Worth at 15,896. Nationally New York has 152,000, with Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington following. Insights note large black percentages in Washington and Charleston areas.
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Washington
Houston
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
United States
Charleston
S. C
Birmingham
Besseler
Ala
No Chin Whiskers At Agricultural Meeting In National Capital
Washington reports on the national agricultural conference noting a surprising lack of chin whiskers among attendees. Most farmers wear plain business attire, with only a few mustaches or goatees visible. The gathering resembles a legal or banking group, aside from the farmer presence. Printed calling cards are noted at $1.50 per 100.
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Washington
National Agricultural Conference
Secretary Hughes
Senator Lodge
Pastors to Discuss Curfew Law in Sherman
Sherman Jan 24 An enthusiastic meeting of the Sherman Pastors Association at the local YMCA drew ten churches with representatives. The group agreed to conduct a religious census of the city and appointed Rev George F Cuthrell Rev L S White Dr T A Wharton and C W Whitehead to prepare. A curfew law for Sherman was discussed and a committee was named to confer with the police chief.
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Sherman
Sherman Pastors’ Association
George F. Cuthrell
L. S. White
T. A. Wharton
C. W. Whitehead
Federal migratory birds season ends January 31
January 31 is the last day hunters may take wild ducks and geese coots gallinules and Wilson snipe anywhere in the United States under federal migratory game bird laws. The Bureau of Biological Survey of the USDA administers the season and permits possession of carcasses for ten days after season end if state laws allow.
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Mag Fixer
George German
Bryant King
J. R. Pennington
J. P. Darwin
Sears Auto Co
Mary Hestand
P. J. Pierce
E. J. Antoni
Baptist Church
B. B. Kimbell
W. F. Wright
Albert Vestal
R. J. Wallace
Bermuda
J. K. Magers
Whitewright
P. A. Short
Tom Truett
E.W. Grove
Porter
Mrs. Roosevelt
Son
Texas City
Elder
Johnnie James
Trenton
Jesse Wallace
Torrington Electric
Torrington
THE
Torrington Company
Connecticut
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