Weather, crops, and community notes from Pilot Grove
Cold weather slows crops and rabbits eat garden produce while fruit seems unscathed. Rock haulers resume road work east of town. Local residents visit Sherman and Denton, attend Fort Worth Fat Stock Show, and host visitors from Commerce and Sag inaw. A Mission United Methodist service, Sunday school offerings for an orphanage, and a growing cream station business are 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
Houston Promises Jobs for Unemployed on Bayou Beautification
Mayor Holcombe said Houston’s unemployed would receive 1.50 per day for beautification work along Buffalo Bayou and Hermann and Miller Memorial Parks. The pledge followed a petition from many jobless men to the City Council.
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Houston
Holcombe
Buffalo Bayou
Hermann and
Miller Memorial Parks
One Dead Two Charged After House Burns
Denton authorities report Jim Kelman died from injuries after a Sunday night fire at a house owned by J F Franks and occupied by the P H Francis family. Leslie Briggs, found nearby, is hospitalized in critical condition. Briggs faces arson charges and J F Franks is charged as an accomplice to arson. A five gallon gasoline can tied to Briggs and Kelman was traced to a nearby filling station. Franks claimed innocence and said he carried $2,000 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 at a Woodrow Wilson Memorial Foundation dinner in New York for his services to international friendship during his goodwill flight to Central and South America. John W. Davis praised Lindbergh as an individual whose actions advance peace, not as a diplomat or soldier.
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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 Demanded From Sinclair Bond Scandals Figures
Representative Cordell Hull calls for all Republicans in high positions who contributed to suppressing the facts about Sinclair bond transactions to resign. He urged removal from Coolidge administration and national committee, labeling it a matter of political honor. An ad in the Want Column offers results.
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Washington
Sinclair
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
Tennesseean
Coolidge
National Committee
Baze Escapes from Midland Jail During Prison Break
C C Baze awaiting trial for slaying of two Mexicans in an alleged Stanton bank robbery frame up and two other prisoners Teague Lawler and C A Duncan escaped from the Midland jail at 9 p m Sunday night They overpowered Deputy Sheriff D E Covington who was hand ing them sandwiches and bound him before taking him along Covington freed himself and reported the escape.
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Midland
C. C. Baze
Stanton
Teague Lawler
C. A. Duncan
D. E. Covington
Covington
Whitewright to Elect Mayor in April 1928
City election notice states voting will occur at the Fire Station on the first Tuesday in April 1928 for a two year mayoral term. G. W. Adams named presiding judge with J. N. Powell as assistant and C. M. Dillon and P. J. Roberts as clerks. mayor F. M. Echols signs the notice dated 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 Praised By Texas Family
Mrs Emma Allen of Houston Texas credits Dr Pierces Favorite Prescription with aiding her daughter who faced serious weakness. She reports the remedy helped her daughter recover and they have since relied on it for similar ailments. A trial package can be sent by sending 10cc to Dr Pierces Invalids Hotel Buffalo New York.
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Houston
Texas
Emma Allen
Hogan St
Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy Promises Guaranteed Relief
An advertisement by Bow-Wright Drug Co promotes Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy for sore or bleeding gums and loose teeth. It guarantees satisfaction or money back, claiming the product is unlike anything used before and delivers certain results.
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Leto
Bow-Wright Drug Co
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Pilot Grove News
Atna-Ize
S. H. Montgomery & Son
the Insurance Men
Sherwin-Williams
Dyer © Jones
Drug Store No
Hull
Baze
Miss Allen
Sun
Gordon’s Cash Grocery
Buick
Pearce Motor CO
Sherman, Texas
Young Griffo
Griffo
The
First National Bank
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