Excessive Cotton Production Not Probable in Texas
Texas shows a sizable rise in cotton acreage but insect depredations and grasshopper damage temper the outlook. A Federal Reserve survey of 600 bankers and agents reports 10 leading counties gained acreage by about 10 percent, with heavy increases in the Panhandle and western regions. Weevil, cutworm, and grasshopper infestations threaten production, yet rising cotton prices may spur a stronger pest control push. wheat and oats yields exceed 1922.
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Texas
Federal Reserve Bank
Panhandle
The Happiest Fisherman by Edgar A. Guest
An old poet praises fatherhood and fishing with his son as the ultimate joy. The verses celebrate shared streams, learning nature, and the healing, enduring bond between a father and his boy during a fishing trip.
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Edgar A. Guest
Speak Nothing But Good of the Dead Poem Parable
A pale voice urges living workers to praise the quick and mourn less, arguing the dead rest in quiet. The speaker visits the workingman’s room with a cheer laden message, condemning hollow tombs and displays of charity.
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Walt Maston
Graves and praise for the living heartful reach
A reflective fragment recalling graves and the desire for praise from the living. The speaker notes the dead remain unmoved by any gesture while the living seek acknowledgment and warmth for their memories.
Girls This Is Unfair Pirate Tale Line
A witty exchange recounts a shipwreck where Captain Bowsprit meets a tribe of silent wild women. The maiden asks how they talk and the old salt explains they could not, which titleably makes them wild.
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Bowsprit
Nall & Nall Open Eye Office in Whitewright
Notice that Nall and Nall exclusive optometrists of Sherman have opened an office above Dyer Jones drug store in Whitewright. The service will operate four days each month with the next date Monday July 16. John T. Nall will oversee the office.
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Nall & Nall
Sherman
Dyer & Jones’ Drug Store
Whitewright
John T. Nall
Westminster Guild Program at Presbyterian Church
The Westminster Guild unveils a Sunday evening program with an organ prelude by Frances Wilson, a devotional by Marguerite Montgomery, solos by John Philip Barbee, recitations by Baby Nell Penn and Alwilda Ryan plus Bessie Joe Barbee, an organ solo again by Frances Wilson, and a pageant by ten young ladies.
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Westminster Guild of the Presbyterian Church
Frances Wilson
Marguerite Montgomery
John Philip Barbee
Baby Nell Penn
Alwilda Ryan
Bessie Joe Barbee
Illness and social notes from Ely area
Mrs Beasley is very ill with typhoid fever. Mrs Bertha Woodson visited her parents Mr and Mrs C H Taylor over the weekend. Local youths attended a Mahurin program Sunday. Vester Samples of Slaton, visiting his parents, spent the weekend with relatives at Whitewright. Vera and Gladys Taylor visited Essie Bemple Wem ple Sunday. Sunday night a scare arose as two Beasley boys were thought lost until found asleep in a small room. Walker Bookers hosted a cream supper Saturday night. Nola Cates visited Sunday with Irene Smith.
Letter from Denton Celebrates Grayson County Students
Dear Editor and Homefolks the North Texas State Teachers College at Denton hosts seventy two students from Grayson County The college is one of the largest in the United States and its student body swarms like a beehive with twenty nine hundred students
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North Texas State Teachers College
Denton
Grayson County
Teachers’ College
United States
Seven room Whitewright home for sale bid at six hundred
Advertisement offers a seven room home in Whitewright with a price set at six hundred dollars in cash plus notes. The seller A H Davis from Sherman Texas provides location 3128 Livergarde. Also promotes Livergard laxative from Lungardia Company Dallas and lists J L Kirkpatrick as a dealer.
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Whitewright
A. H. Davis
Sherman
Texas
Livergard
Lungardia Company
Dallas
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Grayson and Cooke County Students Join College Summer Life
Grayson and Cooke County readers are invited to the summer session on campus where 2900 students enjoy a summer stadium, band concerts, and lectures by Dr. H. T. Musselman. Mary Arden Club leads activity with Edith L. Clark at the helm, and Grayson County girls join swimming lessons coached by Beulah Harris.
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Texas
H. T. Musselman
Texas School Journal
R. L. Marquis
Marquis
Sul Ross Teachers College
Alpine
Bruce
Grayson
Cooke County
Ward
Gainesville
Chloe Britt
Gordonville
Grayson County
Jewel Gilliam
Cleo Gilliam
Fae Cherry
Ophelia Lazenby
Rembert Decker
Mary Bruce
Beulah Harris
Edna Martin
Belle Pearson
Jennie Reynolds
Ruth Hughes
Annie Pierce
Pinkie Black
Floy le Durning
Whitewright Sun
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Westminster Guild
ELY News
Mary Hestand
W. A. Martin
M. Johnson
Chester Alexander
P. A. Short
J. W
Davidson
George Ann Long
Irma Balder
Bessie Sharp
Nell Jackson
Sunshine Scroggins
C. J. Jackson
Ruby Johnson
Gilbert Smith
Elouise McStay
S. C. Crowder
Lella Woodruff
Jessie Woodruff
Jesse Bell
Margaret NeSmith
Jeanette McGuire
Oneida Copeland
Georgia Newsom
Nora Bowen
William Brune
Margaret McMillin
Mollie Phillips
Joretta Spears
Beryl Scroggins
Roy Jones
Bernice Gordon
Hubert Munroe
Thelma Loughmiller
J. N. Hollingsworth
Floy Lee Durning
Gladys Geer
D. W. Jay
Jesse Davis
Ruth McMillin
Bertha Shires
Homer Floyd
Reta
Luther Smith & Son
Whitewright’s
Lloyd Moore
Voiles
R. Carlisle Whitewright
Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Co
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