Seventy Seven Names On Primary Ticket In Whitewright
Whitewright voters face a crowded ballot with seventy seven names vying for thirty two offices from governor to public weigher. The ticket lists Democratic nominees for U S Senate governor lieutenant governor attorney general and other state and local posts with runoffs possible in August.
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Whitewright
United States
Tom L. Blanton
Tom Connelly
Jeff McLemore
Alvin Owsley
Earl B. Mayfield
Minnie Cunningham
Louis J. Wardlaw
Dan Moody
W. E. Hawkins
Edith Wilmans
H. L. Darwin
John D. McCall
J. D. Parnell
Tom B. Love
Barry Miller
Claude Pollard
Comptroller of Public Accounts
J. D. Jones
S. H. Terrell
W. Gregory Hatcher
Grover C. Harris
Public Instruction
S. M. N. Marrs
H. P. Davis
W. F. Garner
W. E. James
Commissioner of Agriculture
Geo. B. Terrell
Gen’l Land Office
Flynt
Otis Terrell
J. T. Robison
A. J. Britton
Jefferson Smith
Lon A. Smith
Supreme Court
T. B. Greenwood
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lee P. Pierson
W. C. Morrow
Court of Civil Appeals
Ben L. Jones
Congress
Sam Rayburn Wallace Hughston
B. L. Sherley
John L. Andrews
F. E. Wilcox
15Th Judicial Dis
Page Trotter Weds Miss Priscilla Parsons in New York
Wichita Falls friends hear of Page Trotter son of Mrs. H F Robertson marrying Priscilla Parsons in New York City on June 18. Both are illustrators with the Fine Arts academy romance begun in Philadelphia. They plan to live in New York City.
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Wichita Falls
Whitewright
Trotter
J. A. Pritchett
H. F. Robertson
Page Trotter
Thirteenth Street
Priscilla Parsons
New York City
Fine Arts Academy
Philadelphia
Re-election Bid for Fannin District Clerk W B Richardson
The Florida Times-Union notes the re election of W B Richardson for District Clerk of Fannin County and emphasizes continued good service. A quoted line from Andrew Hays praises a waitress for fetching ways.
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W. B. Richardson
Fannin County
Andrew Hays
Florida Times-Union
Klan Leaders Convene In Chicago To Target Smith
Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans and 250 Klan members from across the states gather in secret in Chicago to map a unified anti Smith campaign. The four day meeting aims to purge the Stephenson era from the order while keeping the Klan out of campaign politics. Reporters are barred from the conference.
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Chicago
Ku Klux Klan
Hiram Wesley Evans
Grand Dragons
Kleagles
Wizard Evans
Senator Heflin
Alabama
Olney Youth Dies From Auto Wounds
Edward Jordan fourteen died from injuries after a collision on City Lake road Thursday afternoon. He was on the fender of a car with other boys returning from City Lake when the crash happened. He suffered multiple fractures and skull injuries and died at the sanitarium Friday morning. The other car’s occupants were taken to Archer City for trial and later exonerated. Jordan’s body was sent to Hartford Arkansas for burial Sunday.
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Jordan
Hartford
Ark
Confederate veteran William H. Pierce dies in Sherman hospital
William H. Pierce 88 a Confederate veteran formerly of Whitewright died Thursday at 3 p.m. in a Sherman hospital. His funeral was held Friday at Central Christian Church with Rev. A E Major assisted by Rev. J T Purvis and Rev. J F Fender. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Polly two sons George Pierce Quitman and Jack Pierce Monticello Ark a daughter in Indiana and brother James H Pierce Washington DC. Pierce came to Texas from Kentucky in 1855 and lived near Dallas Grayson County Whitewright Tioga and Tioga landholdings noted. Out of town relatives attended.
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William H. Pierce
Whitewright
Sherman Hospital
Central Christian Church
A. E. Major
J. T. Purvis
J. F. Fender
Oak Hill Cemetery
Polly Pierce
George Pierce
Quitman
Jack Pierce
Monticello
Ark
Indiana
James H. Pierce
Washington, D. C
Pierce
Texas
Kentucky
Dallas
Grayson County
Stine and
Fulton Farms
Tioga
Jack Bell
E. C. Garrison
Denton
Walter Sullivan
Fort Worth
Perry
C. Bronaugh
Oscar Gentles
Sanger
A Terrible Punishment From a Lenient School
Two young boys were kept after school for punishment and forced to write their names five hundred times. One boy cried and protested that the rule was unfair because his classmate’s name was Lee while his own was Schnickelfritzer.
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Lee
Schnickelfritzer
There is a bright side to every thing in politics it is the inside
Louisville Times notes a bright side exists in politics, focusing on internal aspects and the unseen factors shaping outcomes. The brief emphasizes inner workings over public spectacle.
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Louisville Times
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J. D. Buster
G. P. Gafford
T. L. Tennison
C. C
Alice) Langford
J. L
Jim) Doggett
C. W.billie
Batsell
D. K. Roberts
J. J
Jim) Kimbrough
W. J
Bud) Hogan
Charley Durning
C. T
Orph) Davis
Bob May
J. J. Loy
M. E. O'Neill
Collin Co
J. R. Westbrook
Jesse A, Reece
John L. Higginson
Justice of the Peace
Robert B. Caraway
C. C. McKenna
G. D. Bennett
T. R. Brice
W. C. Bailey
Sam McMillin
Mark Montgomery
Fedelco
HE Institute of Good House+ keeping
Federio
Ates
New York
U. S
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Simmons Shop
S. H. Montgomery & Son
the Insurance Men
Williams
Lowell’s Bluff
New Bridge
Red River
Ravenna
Bonham
T. B. Williams
Bonham, Texas
Goodyear
Pathfinders
Huffines
Goodyear Tires
Sherman
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