Ice War Grips Farmersville As Prices Plunge
Farmersville residents enjoyed a novelty as ice sold on the square at 40 cents per hundred, then 30 cents, then 20 cents as two firms battled prices. The Greenville truck began the discount and the local company matched, drawing farmers and townspeople to stock up. Officials say the fight will continue while sweltering citizens hope for an all summer run.
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Farmersville Times
Bakersville
Greenville Ice Company
Greenville
Former Texans Sentenced in Arkansas Robbery Case
C. C. Howe formerly of Queen City Texas and Clint Smith formerly of Fannin County were each sentenced to sixty three years in the Arkansas penitentiary for alleged participation in a series of holdups in the Rainbow City oil field on May 25. Gus W. Jones asked to continue ten indictments. Howe and Smith were convicted by three juries with the first two sentencing twenty one years each and the third left to the court. They are suspected in the Leonard bank robbery and were arrested in Arkansas after the bank crime. Arkansas officers refused Texas custody.
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EL Dorado
Arkansas
C. C. Howe
Queen City
Texas
Clint Smith
Fannin County
Rainbow City
Gus W. Jones
Howe
Smith
Hidden Quantrell James Treasure Tale From Sherman
Dick Hopson recalls Quantrell James gang bringing gold to Sherman after the Lawerence raid in 1863. A jeweler's safe held about 60 000 dollars in gold before Band Barnard and a partner seized it and moved the loot toward Texas. The tale begins with their Sherman arrival after the raid.
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Sherman Democrat
Dick Hopson
Sherman
Charles Quantrell
Frank
Jesse James
Democrat
Quantrell
Lawrence
Kansas
Barnard
Texas
Houston preps for Democratic National Convention opening
Houston readies to host the Democratic National Convention with Clem Shaver directing a large team. Dress rehearsals focus on housing, feeding and guiding visitors while 600 reporters and celebrity writers prepare to cover the event at the Coliseum.
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Houston
Kansas City
City
Clem Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Convention Army
Will Rogers
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Damon Runyan
James W. Gerard
Mark Sullivan
Coliseum
The Barnard Gang Camps and Loot Near Broughton Street
An eyewitness recounts how Barnard and his partner camped north of Broughton Street after leaving Lawrence. They unpacked plunder in the woods then moved to the Rich ards brick store upstairs, kept private, paid in gold, and returned to Missouri with only a small portion of gold, later killed the same year. The burned store foundations reveal a near-pristine cellar, and the camping site is pinpointable within ten feet.
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Broughton Street
Barnard
Lawrence
Barnard & Co
Richards
Winkler
Missouri
Sherman
Come to The Sun office for typewriter supplies
A brief notice invites readers to visit The Sun office to purchase typewriter carbon, ribbons, and paper.
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The
Sun Office
Col Alvin Owsley Visits Whitewright
Col Alvin Owsley, candidate for the United States Senate, spent a short time in Whitewright Friday morning. He met local business men and held a conference with supporters. He has many friends among World War I veterans and is a past National commander of the American Legion.
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Col
Alvin Owsley
United States Senate
Whitewright
Col. Owsley
American Legion
Story Case Transferred for Trial in Falls County
Yancy Story will be tried in Falls County for the Krum bank robbery under a state defense agreement. Judge Silas Hare ordered the transfer from Sherman where Story has been jailed since October 1927. County Attorney Roy M. Finley and James S. Kane signed the agreement.
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Sherman
Roy M. Finley
James S. Kane
State and Defense
Advertising Notice for Invitations and Announcements
A short ad from the Louisville Times offers engraved or printed cards invitations or announcements obtainable at The Sun office at reasonable prices. The note emphasizes a bald headed man with permanent hair joke as a fragment.
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Louisville Times
Sun Office
Want Ad Offers Local Rentals and Sales
I STILL give a guaranteed T Perma nent Wave for $3.50. Mrs Tom Barbee. 41 Ju 28 FOR RENT Two residences For further information see S H Montgomery Son FOR SALE One 1926 Ford Coupe and one 1926 Ford touring car S H Montgomery Son you can buy for the money Plant ers Gin Company If do YOU want to buy something and don't know where to find it A Want Ad will find it for you.
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Tom Barbee
S. H. Montgomery & Son
Political candidate announcements for Democratic primary July 1928
The Sun lists announced candidates for the July Democratic primary including Sam Rayburn for Congress and W J Hogan for Tax Assessor. It also names J H Kimbrough O T Davis R W May C H Durning for various county roles and others like J L Doggett Mrs C C Langford T L Tennison C W Billy Batsell Ed Westbrook J S Kane A S Noble J P Cox Roy M Finley Jas D Buster for County Attorney and related posts.
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W. J
Bud) Hogan
J. H
Jim) Kimbrough
Orph) Davis
R. W
Bob) May
C. H. Durning
J. L
Im) Doggett
C. C
Alice) Langford
T. L. Tennison
C. W
Billy) Batsell
Ed Westbrook
J. S. Kane
A. S
Alice) Noble
J. P
Joe) Cox
Roy M
Finley
Jas. D. Buster
McKenna Named Constable and Odd News Note
The Detroit News reports Charley McKenna named constable and notes a Greek laurel wreath origin for victors. It also mentions a Chicago psychology class teaching mice to turn right using cheese as the cue.
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Chicago
Detroit News
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Farmersville
Leonard Bank
Kyanize Lustaquie
Manning, Clark & Meador
Falls County
J. M. Sturdivant
Planters Gin Company
P. C. Delfel
J. Lee Yates
P. A. Short
Bow-Wright Drug Company
Buell Spindle
P. Janway
J. W. McMurry Grocery
Janway
C. L. Martin
Queen Mary
the Sun
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Jesse A. Reece
Mark Montgomery
Sam McMillin
W. C. Bailey
T. R
Tom) Brice
Geo. W. Acton
Pace & Graves
the Insurance Men
Constable
Charley) McKenna
F. O. Mangjum
Batiste
Lykagem
Pall
Oxfords
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