Local families note sons in France and new regional hires
Mr and Mrs A T Phillips report their son Trent safely arrived in France after being among the first drafted to Camp Travis for training. Six local boys have reached France, with others possibly en route. Gilliam Lindsey leaves J H Woosley Phillips to join Wilson Montgomery Hardware. Graves travels East Texas and ships three carloads of cattle and hogs to the Ft Worth market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Phillips
Trent
France
Camp
Travis
Gilliam Lindsey
Wilson Montgomery Hardware Company
Gilliam
J. B. Woosley & Phillips Hardware and Implement House
J. H. Graves
East Texas
Ft. Worth
Red Cross February report notes rising classes and aid totals
The Red Cross Auxiliary in Sherman held daily surgical dressings classes at 2:30 with leaders listed for each weekday. They shipped 67 hospital garments and 690 bandages in two boxes, plus 66 knitted items, bringing totals to 2249 garments and 249 knitted pieces. Donations and support from local firms are acknowledged as important for continued war relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Craycroft
Tom Moose
John Pittman
Sherman
Will Simmons
Joe Hamilton
John Hoard
Frank Roberts
Washington
Red Cross
Entertainment and Finance Committee
F. M. Echols
Whitewright Lumber Company
L. LaRoe Lumber Company
Frank Sims
F. E. Alverson
Emma Lacy
Sec’y. Red Cross Auxiliary
Frisco Shopmen in Sherman Endure 80 Hour Week
Frisco workers in Sherman are toiling eighty hours per week for the Government. The schedule splits to nine and a half hours for four days, fourteen and a half hours for two days, and thirteen and a half hours on Sunday with all overtime paid at time and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Texas
Frisco
Laxa Tive Brom Quin ine Adverts Quinine Claim
Vintage medicine ad promotes Laxa Tive Brom quinine claiming tonic and laxative effects without nervousness or head ringing. Urges readers to look for the signature of E. W. Grove as validation. Sold in 30c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
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Canton Ill
TIP Top P. & O. Canton
Canton
P. & O. Canton
Wilson-Montgomery Hdw. Co
Wilson-Vaughn Hardware Company
Scott's
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
Ilalley
Lalley
Lalley-Light
W. C. Huffines
Manning & Clark
Holcomb
W. T. Truett
McKinsey & Sears
Messrs
L Wolfe
Sherman, Texas
Offece Commercial Bank
J. F. Lille
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