65 Schools Pay Entry Fees For County Tourney
Denison Texas 65 Grayson County schools paid entry fees for the Interscholastic League county tournament to be held at Austin College in Sherman on March 31. The event draws 400 to 500 students plus hundreds of witnesses and serves as a step toward district and final state meets.
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Austin
Grayson County
Denison
Sherman
Whitewright
Whitesboro
van Alstyne
City
First New Ford Delivered Tuesday
The Adams Motor Company, local Ford dealers, delivered the first new Ford in Whitewright on Tuesday. W. L. O Connell, Western Union operator, held the first order listed. Adams said deliveries will increase as time goes by and production rises toward June.
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Adams Motor Company
Ford
W. L. O’connell
Western Union
Whitewright
A. A. Adams
Dallas
Beautiful wedding unites Nell Montgomery and Robert Giles
Nell Montgomery of Whitewright and Robert L. Giles of Houston wed in a four thirty ceremony at the Montgomery home. Dr. J. F. Fender officiated. the service featured fern and carnation decor and a candlelit altar. Honeymoon follows in New Orleans with home awaiting at Houston’s Lamar Hotel. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. King and families from Anson Dallas Commerce Houston Purcell and San Marcos.
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H. Montgomery
Nell Montgomery
Robert L. Giles
Houston
J. F. Fender
Presbyterian Church
John Philip Barbee
H. G. Webster
Billie Jean Montgomery
Blanche Montgomery
Giles
New Orleans
Lamar Hotel
Whitewright
King
Cecil Hunter
W. H. Giles
Anson
J. B. King
Mayfair Macauley
Dallas
Walter Deeth
Mary Rena Penn
Commerce
Bailey Mack
San Marcos
J. H. Perry
John Jr
Purcell
Okla
Brother Dies Saving Sisters in Eagle Pass Fire
W B Gates 15 son of Dr and Mrs Ellis Gates Eagle Pass died from burns while attempting to rescue his sisters who slept upstairs in a home destroyed by fire early Sunday. Dr Gates lowered his daughter and baby to safety by climbing down a nearby tree.
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Eagle Pass
W. B. Gates
Ellis Gates
Dr. Gates
Missionary Laura Major Recalls China Crisis at Central Church
The Sherman address recounts Major daughter of Rev A E Major speaking on conditions in China during the uprising. She details a perilous escape with fellow missionaries to Shanghai, aided by a Chinese warning and a ruse to outlast soldiers, ending with a boy’s playful moment disarming a hostile official.
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Laura Lynne Major
A. E. Major
Central Christian Church
Sherman
Sherman Democrat
China
United States
Carr-Burdette College
Miss Major
U. S
Shanghai
Sailors Help Missionaries Escape in Shanghai Tension
Miss Major recalls twelve days of peril as American missionaries, aided by a stern Chinese commander who softened and helped their escape. Blue clad sailors from Shanghai guided them to safety, none expecting to see home again.
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Miss Major
Shanghai
Evacuated Families Endure Hardships During Escape
Readable fragments describe a cautious escape with all evacuees unharmed after long privations and hardships endured to reach safety. The report emphasizes the peril faced and the resilience of those involved as they secured safe departure.
Wife's Letter Causes Pardon Revocation
A conditional pardon granted July 27, 1925, to Belton Harris in Henderson County for murder life term was revoked by Gov. Dan Moody after Harris' wife wrote to claim he is a threat to her and their four children and has made threats against her.
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Austin
Belton Harris
Henderson County
Dan Moody
Harris
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Davis
Parisienne
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