Whitewright High Seeks Funds for Expansion and Bond
Whitewright public schools gain 20 percent UT affiliation and higher district aims to add a permanent high school. The Board of Education proposes a 25 cent maintenance tax increase and 17 1-2 cent bonds to repair Grayson College and add equipment, with a $35,000 cap and detailed plan to modernize facilities, heating, sewers, and fire protection. Election set for June 20.
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H. L. Durham
Whitewright Public Schools
State Department of Education
University of Texas
Whitewright
Bonham
Greenville
Board of Education
Whitewright Independent School
Grayson College
Chaplain Inzer Addresses Large Chattanooga Audience
Dr. John Inzer pastor of First Baptist Church Chattanooga and National Chaplain of the American Legion spoke on American Citizenship at the Baptist Church. A large crowd attended with local Legion members present. Inzer recounted his ties to Savoy and Trenton, his ministry start here, and his role in founding the Legion. He noted the postwar push for intensified Americanism and his ongoing speaking tour to Pacific cities before returning to Chattanooga.
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John Inzer
First Baptist Church
Chattanooga
Tennessee
American Legion
Inter
Savoy
Trenton
Inzer
Southerland
Dr. Inter
Pacific States
West
Hestand Buys Brents Grocery Stock in Whitewright
W B Hestand takes charge of Brents Grocery after bankruptcy sale was disapproved. He offers stock at prices below first cost and is replenishing with new groceries. A longtime local, he previously ran a Whitewright grocery from 1900 to five years ago before government service. R S Morehead notes tire retreading and vulcanizing services.
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W. Oo. Brents
W. B. Hestand
Hestand
R. L. Hayter
Whitewright
The Squash Crops Up In A Rhetorical Roast
A local column reprints a caustic tirade from the Van Alstyne Leader attacking squash as toothless tasteless and insipid. The critique calls the vegetable a pariah, noting grocers sell it and housewives cook it when nothing else is available, urging alternatives like dandelion greens onions or limburger cheese.
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van Alstyne Leader
Ishmael
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Deafness
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications, only by a constitutional remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medicine purports to act through the blood on mucous surfaces, addressing inflammation of the Eustachian tube. The ad offers a $100 reward for any case not cured, with price 75 cents and free circulars from J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Squash Alias Mentioned in Honey Grove Signal
A fragmentary note cites the Honey Grove Signal about sticky cucurbita and its gourd taste. Chief Warren Stone comments on strains in labor headlines while other clippings reference Dempsey and adult themes, with scattered mentions of Columbia Record and Marion Star.
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Warren Stone
Dempsey
Columbia
8. C
Uncle Sam
Marion Star
90-Year-Old Woman Cuts New Set of Teeth in Sherman
Sherman Texas June 10 Mrs M M McKinney of Van Alstyne aged 90 is cutting a set of new teeth, according to her son Miles McKinney a contractor in this city who
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McKinney
Collin McKinney
Collin County
Tul McMillin
van Alstyne
Sherman
Texas
M. M. McKinney
Miles McKinney
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Whitewright School
Dyer & Jones
Rexall Store
Chaplain Inzer
Brents Grocery
R. S. Morehead
Jimmy
Prince Albert
P. A
TAGE
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Fordson Tractor
Sears Auto Coq
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