Whitewright organizes permanent local baseball club
At a Tuesday stockholders meeting a permanent officers were elected Kay Kimball president Ed LaRoe vice president Clay Horton secretary and Manly Thomas manager. A common stock company formed. Thomas authorized to sign players for August, with a plan to field a regular team all season. The club has invested about 3000 in a grandstand and fence and will rely on gate receipts and pledges to cover salaries. The management also says no Sunday games will be played in Whitewright to respect local sentiment.
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Kay Kimbell
Ed LaRoe
Clay Horton
Manly Thomas
Thomas
Whitewright
The
Baseball Association
Whitewrght
Base Ball Association
Fifty Girls to Receive Diplomas at C I A
Denton Texas July 28 Mrs Lila Reubell of Whitewright will earn a Bachelor of Science at the summer session close August 19 at the College of Industrial Arts with fifty Texas women receiving degrees diplomas and certificates. Reubell will teach home economics in Goliad high school next year. The college is among the nation’s largest women’s schools with 2128 Texas attendees this year.
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Denton
Texas
Lila Reubell
Whitewright
College of Industrial Arts
Reubell
Goliad
United States
Wellesley and
Smith
Reubenl
Hugo Over Sees Soldier Deters Lawyer in Oklahoma
Hugo Okla In a Broadway confrontation attorney M W Gross claimed all the slackers in Oklahoma support Ferris Otis Henry a Hugo returned serviceman who served two years in France and fought at St Mihiel knocked Gross down and up again no interference from bystanders Citizens raised a purse to pay Henrys fine
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Hugo
Okla
M. W. Gross
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Ferris
Otis Henry
France
St. Mihiel
Gross
Henry
Sunday Baseball Baner Demand Boosts Weekday Games
A ball club announces it will not schedule Sunday games due to a heavy investment in a new park and grandstand. It appeals for public support to make weekday games financially successful, arguing baseball is a wholesome amusements for all.
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Ball Club
Unmarried Clergy Eligible for Modern Greek bishops
The rule states that only unmarried clergy may be chosen as bishops in the modern Greek church. This policy excludes married priests from the episcopal pool, shaping future leadership selections and church governance.
Cotton yields near Corpus Christi average half bale per acre
Corpus Christi July 25 report shows San Patricio farmers estimating 34000 bales for the season. J W Albin near Taft averages half a bale per acre while W A Williams in the same area yields between a half and three quarters. Four gins in the county run at full capacity, with Taft Gregory and Portland hosting machines. Cotton sells around 37 1/2 cents per pound, while cotton seed prices are unsatisfactory prompting many farmers to haul seed home hoping for later gains.
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Corpus Christi
San Patricio
J. W. Albin
Taft
W. A. Williams
Gregory
Portland
Train Kills Four Per Sons North Durant
Durant Oklahoma July 25 Mrs W L Pruitt and her small son were instantly killed when the Texas Special Katy train struck their car between Caney and Tushka north of Durant. W L Pruitt and their little daughter died shortly after at a hospital. The crossing, hidden by brush, prevented the engineer from seeing the car. The train was speeding at impact.
Father and two sons drown at Texarkana
Texarkana reports Assistant Postmaster A. L. Ghio and his two sons Anthony Jr. and Joseph drowned while bathing in Red River at Index, ten miles north of the city, at 7:40 pm. The father plunged in to save Anthony, and all three disappeared as the other boy also sank, witnessed by Mrs. Ghio.
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Texarkana
A. L. Ghio
Anthony Jr
Joseph
Red River
Index
Here
Clothing care and dry cleaning offered by local provider
The Sherman Steam Laundry Company promotes renovating old clothes to extend wear and hygiene, announcing a skilled dyer and spotter available through W. J. Looney. Also advertises 50 cent dinners by Pierce & Sons and Ballard's Snow Liniment for insect bites priced at 30, 60 cents, and $1.20.
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W. J. Looney
Sherman Steam Laundry Company
Sherman, Texas
Ballard
Dyer & Jones
How I Cleared the Mill of Rats
Night watchman claims vast rat problem at mill and touts RAT-SNAP as solution. He reports clearing them in six weeks, killing many nightly, and says he will not be without RAT-SNAP. Advertisement runs in Sun as a sales pitch for Wilson-Montgomery Hdwe Co and Dyer Jones.
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J. Tucker
R. I
Wilson-Montgomery Hdw. Co
Dyer & Jones
Newspaper Ethics and secrecy in printing offices
Printing rooms enforce strict secrecy from apprentices and outsiders. Copy books and proof sheets are sacred private property until delivery to the public, and details of what is being printed must not be disclosed.
P. J. Pierce & Sons Confectionery and Cafe
A brief note highlights P. J. Pierce & Sons confectionery and cafe as a service minded business pleasing customers. Address and offerings unspecified. emphasis on hospitality and local trade.
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P. J. Pierce & Sons
Denton Texas college enrolls 2128 girls in two sessions
The College of Industrial Arts in Denton Texas reports 1462 students in the past session and 666 in the summer session totaling 2128 Texas girls, making it the largest girls college in the nation aside from two Massachusetts schools. It is described as a first class institution offering literary technical industrial and vocational education to build mental discipline social culture industrial efficiency and spiritual outlook.
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College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Texas
United States
Massachusetts
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Common Trust Company
Truett & Modes
S. H. Montgomery
Acre
North
Durant
Pierce & Sons
Wilbur Carter
Kelly
Sherman
Hubert Bookout Bookout
Linz Annex
Henry Wilson
Wilson
G. J. Hornbuckle
Interstate
R. May
M. D
Kirkpatrick’s
R. C. Hoyle
James D. Buster
State and
Federal Courts Commercial Bank
the State College For Women
Southwest
Texas College For
Texas Girls
F. M. Bralley, LL. D
Jno. W Crook
Grayson County
Denison
Buick
DODGE
R. B. Nall
Commercial Bank
Sherman Auto & Tractor School Dept. L
Sears
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Houston
H. E. Wiuniags
Freeman Street
R. C. Brown the Tailor
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