Urge Hobby's Name Go Before Convention
In a letter to the Texas delegation Sam Sparks and Judge Barry Miller of Dallas urge that Gov. W. P. Hobby be presented as Texas' choice for Vice President at the San Francisco Democratic national convention. They cite Hobby's achievements and administration and praise his cooperation with the national administration.
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Austin
Texas
San Francisco
Sam Sparks
Barry Miller
Dallas
W. P. Hobby
Hobby
United States
How We Cleared Our Summer Home of Rats
Mrs. Perry recalls opening a seaside home last May to find a rat infestation. Rats gnawed upholstery until RAT-SNAP cured the problem in a week. The cake form avoids mixing, saving hands. Three sizes priced 25c 50c and 1.00, backed byWilson Montgomery Hardware Co. and Dyer Jones.
Service Cars in Whitewright for careful drivers and fair rates
I have purchased the original service car line in Whitewright. When you need a car, telephone No. 177. Careful drivers and reasonable rates. W. T. NICHOLSON.
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Whitewright
W. T. Nicholson
Baughers Start Long Trip to Colorado Springs
Mr and Mrs G L Baugher departed by car Monday for Colorado Springs. They expect to be away about three months and will visit several Northwestern states before returning home.
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G. L. Baugher
Colorado Springs
Lone Oak Fire Destroys Five Frame Buildings and Thirteen Autos
A fire at Lone Oak yesterday afternoon destroyed five frame buildings and thirteen automobiles with an estimated loss of 30000 dollars. The blaze began in a garage due to a gasoline explosion and required aid from Greenville, traveling twenty miles in forty minutes to bring water from a nearby pool to extinguish the flames.
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Greenville
Lone Oak
Roy O’hara
Calvin Almon
Sawers & Elliott Hardware Company
J. N. Dodd
G. H. Dodd
Taft Says America Must Enter League of Nations
At a Maryland dinner with Sir Auckland Geddes Taft declared the United States cannot escape the League of Nations and that adoption will come after the election glow fades. The remarks were made at a Maryland English-Speaking Union event where Geddes was guest of honor.
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Taft
America
Baltimore
Maryland
JURY DISAGREES IN BIG OIL LEASE SUIT
The jury failed to agree on a verdict in the Sears versus Austin oil suit after a three week trial in the Fifteenth District Court at Sherman. Plaintiffs from Whitewright claimed $17,500 invested to secure a 40 acre Guy Oakes lease in Claiborne Parish Louisiana and a share in the Texas Louisiana Oil Company. defendants argued the money was risk capital and returned with interest. The case hinged on ratification, good faith, and the value of the Oakes lease as argued by both sides.
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Hare
Fifteenth District Court
Sherman
R. L. Sears
Whitewright
Dero Austin
Lee Tayloe
Texas-Louisiana Oil Company
Tayloe
Austin
Oakes
Homer Fields
Louisiana
Heifer Produces Milk Near Shady Grove Farm
Holt, a Shady Grove farmer, reports a heifer aged a year and a half giving 1% gallons daily for three months. The dam began milking similarly before a calf. They are said to be Mississippi Black Jerseys, introduced into Lamar County by Albion Ames, deceased, who farmed near Brookston about twenty years ago.
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Mart Holt
Shady Grove
Lamar County
Albion Ames
Brookston
Paris News
Got Real Mad When I Lost My Setting Hen
A farmer Mrs Hannan recalls losing her setting hen and using RAT-SNAP to exterminate rats after her poultry trusted gear failed. The ad notes three sizes 25c 50c and 1 00 and that it is sold by Wilson Montgomery Hardware Co and Dyer Jones.
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Mrs. Hannan
Wilson-Montgomery Hdw. Co
Dyer & Jones
Moonlit bar tale ends with rural wit
A barroom scene unfolds with a farm laborer as the butt of humor about marriage. He admits he has wed once to a woman, then explains his sister married a man. The advertisement for P. J. Pierce & Sons boasts a large stock of cigars and cigarettes in Whitewright with fresh, moist products.
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Whitewright
P. J. Pierce & Sons
Notice of Letters of Testamentary by Publication
Texas notice directs sheriff or constable to publish for ten days in Grayson County to summon heirs and interested parties regarding J A Hughes estate probate of will in Grayson County Court at Sherman on the fourth Monday in July 1920. Writ and affidavit of publication to be returned, signed by Clerk N A Cox with deputy, dated June 5 1920. Also a real estate ad for German and Roberts in May building.
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State OF
Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
James Hayes Hughes
J.a.hughes
Court House
City of
Sherman
N. A. Cox
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