Seventeen Rural Schools Granted State Aid
Grayson county rural schools receive state aid totaling 6005 dollars with funds to be used immediately. Inspector Belew and County Superintendent Acton visited the schools three weeks prior to approval, the first visit by a woman inspector.
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Grayson County
George W. Acton
D. O. Belew
Department of Education
Belew
Acton
Bells
Bethel
Pink Hill
Hebron
Viral Chapel
Sadler
Plainview
Ambrose
Gordonville
Rock
Sergeant Steel Cantrell Leaves for California
Sergeant Steel Cantrell departed Monday for California after a sixty days visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Cantrell. He has served in the armed forces for six years with time spent in France and has two years remaining in his enlistment.
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Steel Cantrell
California
J. L. Cantrell
Steel
Uncle Sam
France
County Meet Held at Sherman Saturday
The Grayson County Interscholastic League meet was held in Sherman with over 100 contestants from county schools. Winners included Lois Leeper and Billy Ball in declamation, Corinne Lilley and Frank Ashburn, with scholarships to Austin College. interscholastic debate featured Denison pairs winning affirmative. The district meet is set for April 13 in Sherman.
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Sherman
Grayson County Interscholastic League
Austin College
Luckett Hall
Lois Leeper
Denison
Billy Ball
Whitewright
Corinne Lilley
Frank Ashburn
United States
Lillian Lawrence
Gene Sproule
Reuben Kennedy
Hazel Barnett
Whitesboro
Dorothy Scarborough
Louise Cramer
Vera Hayes
Katherine Wharton
One-Fifth of World Shipping Now American
The Shipping Board announces that American merchant marine represents about one fifth of world seagoing tonnage. American vessels now ply the seven seas carrying U S products to distant ports, up from 9.7 percent of ships leaving U S ports before the war to 46 percent today. The U S merchant fleet totals 351 freighters 84 freight and passenger ships 71 oil tankers 230 sailing vessels and 16 miscellaneous ships.
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Shipping Board
Kidney Pills Claim Aid For Kidney Pain Sufferers
Daisy Bell of Savannah Georgia says eight years of back pain and weakness stopped after taking Foley Kidney Pills. The advertisement asserts the remedy strengthens kidneys and restores ability to work, with claims of wide availability.
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Daisy Bell
Box
Savannah
Adv
Texas Industrial Congress to Meet in Dallas
The eleventh annual Texas Industrial Congress gathers Saturday March 29 in Dallas Chamber of Commerce auditorium. Speakers include Judge Wm F Ramsey of the Federal Reserve Bank addressing profitable cotton crops, Prof P G Holden on vitalized agriculture, Prof J Pridmore on farm profits, and Hon C O Laney promoting the 75 million dollar Texas good roads bond issue. The program targets bankers merchants educators and farmers alike.
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Texas Industrial Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Wm. F. Ramsey
Federal Reserve Bank For
Eleventh
P. G. Holden
Chicago
Iowa
J. ©. Pridmore
Shreveport
C. O. Laney
Texas
Less Cotton and More Food Demand Shifts in Postwar Markets
The author argues that a large cotton crop this year plus a remaining surplus will flood the market, pressuring prices. He cites wartime shifts in food and textile industries, urges reduced cotton acreage, and notes government price guarantees for wheat and likely steady food demand as peace returns.
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France
Belgium
Germany
United States
Turnover Key to Delmonico and Childs Delineation
Delmonico’s and Childs Delmonico’s on Fifth Avenue fell to receivers as profits dissolved despite serving over fifty million in 1917 and profits above $375,000. The difference rests on turnover with Childs achieving high volume and rapid sales while Delmonico’s failed to maintain brisk turnover.
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Delmonico
Fifth Avenue
Child’s Company
The
Food Administration
Child’s
Delmonico’s
True tt Moore Furniture and Undertaking Ad
Profitable growth has funded many retail ventures. We invite you to visit and be persuaded by our offerings. Truett and Moore operate a furniture and undertaking business.
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Truett & Moore, Furniture & Undertaking
Major Dough Seeks Tobacco on Quiet Country Morning
On a calm Sunday Major Dough, once rich, wanders the country porch in silence. A distant buggy approaches. unarmed and troubled, he steps into the road, asking the driver for a small share of tobacco before any confrontation. Claud Callan.
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Major Dough
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Mangram Bros
Chase & Sanborn Seal Brand Coffee
Stone’s Fruit Cakes
Planters National Bank
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