Weather, road work, and community notes from Pilot Grove
The Pilot Grove column reports persistent cold slowed vegetation, crop damage limited to gardens from rabbits and sparrows, and farmers awaiting warmer days. Rock haulers resumed work to finish a road east of town. A cream station at F M Sloan is expanding, with growing customer interest and mixed profits from cream versus butter. Local visits, church services, school events, and social guest updates are also noted.
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Edwin Tate
Sherman Hospital
A. B. St. John
Sherman
Arthur Conner
Dee St. John
Bill Dixon
Fort Worth
Edgar
Fay Bow
Commerce
F. M. Sloan
M. C. Sooter
Anna
Methodist Church
Christian Church
Greenville
Houston Jobs Promised for Unemployed Citizens
Mayor Holcombe announced on Saturday that Houston’s jobless would receive $1.50 per day for beautification work along Buffalo Bayou, Hermann and Miller Memorial Parks. The pledge followed a City Council petition by many unemployed residents.
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Houston
Holcombe
Buffalo Bayou
Hermann and
Miller Memorial Parks
One Dead Two Charged After House Burns
In Denton Jim Kelman died from severe burns after a Sunday night fire that partially destroyed a house owned by J F Franks and occupied by the P H Francis family. Leslie Briggs is hospitalized in critical condition charged with arson and burglary, with J F Franks later charged as an accomplice to arson. A five gallon gasoline can linked Briggs and Kelman to the blaze, and Franks claimed no knowledge while noting $2,000 in insurance on the property.
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Denton
Jim Kelman
Leslie Briggs
J. F. Franks
Franks
P. H. Francis
Kelman
Briggs
Lindbergh Receives Woodrow Wilson Award in New York
Col Charles A Lindbergh was awarded the Woodrow Wilson medal and $25,000 during a Woodrow Wilson Memorial Foundation dinner in New York while on his goodwill flight to Central and South America. John W. Davis praised Lindbergh as an individual whose efforts further world peace.
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New York
Charles A Lindbergh
Central
South America
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Foundation
Lindbergh
Viscount Cecil of
Chelwood
League of Nations
Elihu Root
Permanent Court of International Justice
World Court
John W. Davis
Great Britain
Davis
Resignations Asked By Hull
Representative Cordell Hull of Tennessee urged the resignation of all Republicans in high positions who contributed to suppressing facts about Sinclair bond transactions. He called for removal from Coolidge administration or the national committee to meet standards of political honor.
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Washington
Sinclair
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
Tennesseean
Coolidge
National Committee
Baze and Two Prisoners Escape Midland Jail
C C Baze along with Teague Lawler and C A Duncan escaped from the Midland jail at 9 p m Sunday night after overpowering Deputy Sheriff D E Covington who was bringing them sandwiches They bound Covington then fled taking him with them but left him bound and gagged on a farm two miles away Covington later freed himself and reported the escape The trio were held in connection with the slaying of two Mexicans in an alleged bank robbery frame up at Stanton and Lawler faced a ninety nine year sentence for robbery with firearms while Duncan was charged with forgery
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Midland
C. C. Baze
Stanton
Teague Lawler
C. A. Duncan
D. E. Covington
Covington
Whitewright City to Elect Mayor in April 1928
In pursuance of an order of the City Commission of Whitewright Grayson County Texas an election will be held at the city fire station on the first Tuesday in April 1928 the third day of the month for the purpose of electing a mayor for a two year term G W Adams is presiding judge J N Powell and C M Dillon and P J Roberts are clerks F M Echols mayor March 5 1928
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City of
Whitewright
Grayson County
Texas
G. W. Adams
J. N. Powell
C. M. Dillon
P. J. Roberts
F. M. Echols
Favorite Prescription Heroic Family Endorsement
Mrs Emma Allen of 313 Hogan St Houston testifies that Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription aided a daughter with a serious case of weakness. She credits the remedy with lasting relief and urges others to try a trial package sent for 10 cents to Dr Pierce's Invalids' Hotel Buffalo NY.
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Houston
Texas
Emma Allen
Hogan St
Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy Ad Promises Guaranteed Satisfaction
Bow-Wright Drug Co advertises Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy for sore bleeding gums and pyorrhea with a money back guarantee. The copy claims unique effectiveness and certainty of results, inviting customers to purchase the bottle.
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Leto
Bow-Wright Drug Co
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S. H. Montgomery & Son
the Insurance Men
Sherwin-Williams
Dyer © Jones
Drug Store No
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Baze
Miss Allen
Sun
Gordon’s Cash Grocery
BUICK
F. O. B. Flint
Mich
G.M.A.C
Pearce Motor CO
Sherman, Texas
Young Griffo
Griffo
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