Proxy Grooming Creates Unusual Wedding Ceremony
In Lubbock George H. Spencer of Brazil could not attend his wedding, so his proxy Wylie Briscoe of the same cotton company stood in as groom while Mrs. Willie R. Robinson married in county court. Mrs. Spencer plans to sail from New York April 6 and reunite with her husband in Recife around April 21 for a church ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
George H. Spencer
Brazil
Cotton Company
Willie R. Robinson
EB. L. Pitts
Spencer
Briscoe
Pitts
Wylie Briscoe
Recife
Pernambuco
Mrs. Spencer
Whisky as Anesthetic for Baby in Kansas City Op
A 23 day old infant unable to digest food underwent stomach obstruction surgery. The anesthetic was a tiny bag of sugar soaked in whisky placed in the mouth, rendering the infant insensible during the operation with no after effects. A physician cited the method as painless for infants and without harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Woodrow Walker
Presbyterian Church Announces Schedule of Services and Week Events
Dr. B Wrenn Webb leads services with Sunday school at 10 a m and sermons including The Borrowing Christ at 11 a m Following the Gleam at 7 30 p m Youth meeting at 6 30 p m A congregational dinner on April 3 with department reports Holy communion on April 7 Official board meeting April 4 Passion Week observances April 14 21 with normal services except April 20 Saturday night work sessions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
B. Wrenn Webb
Social visits and family gatherings in Pilot Grove area
Residents and relatives from Sherman Dallas Howe Trenton and Desert gathered for weekend and Sunday visits. Several families entertained and hosted kin including the Huletts Thrift Judds Parishes Conners Garlands Binions and Sloans with trips to Dallas Van Alstyne and near Trenton.
How to Become a Scout Instructions for Texas Boys
A notice invites boys 12 and older to join as Scouts and younger boys as Cubs. It provides a blank form and directions to mail for complete information to the Lone Scout program at the Boy Scout Office in Denison or to The Sun in Whitewright Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Office
Security Building
Denison
Texas
the Sun
Whitewright
Dust Warning of Stockmen Fifty Years Ago Recalled
In Lamar Colorado fifty years ago cattlemen warned against plowing buffalo grass as dust storms devastated land. County agent A J Hammond urges a two to three year rest cure for dry farms and plans to move 50 000 cattle to pasture while overgrazing is blamed for soil loss. He warns some land should revert to buffalo grass to restore stability. Exoduses are exaggerated as winds resume with a yellowed sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Hammond
Prowers County
Colorado Mountains
Plains
Kansas
Hammond
Colorado
Visiting relatives and home demonstration club meeting
Mrs. Carrie Meeks of Sherman visits relatives Miss Mamie Hines the home demonstration agent will attend the April 12 meeting of the Pilot Grove Home Demonstration Club led by cake demonstrator Mrs. Hubert Taylor. Mrs. T. W. Cato and her children of Farmersville visited Mrs. D. M. Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Meeks
Sherman
Lee Hulett
F. M. Sloan
Pilot Grove
Bill Dixon
Hubert Taylor
Mamie Hines
T. W. Cato
Children
Farmersville
D. M. Taylor
Leonard Area Replants After Freeze Hits Onion Field
About four thousand acres in Fan nin County were planted with onions yesterday, farmers from Trenton and Leonard report. A late freeze ruined roughly six hundred acres, but soil remains good and planting continues, with daily plant arrivals set to boost overall onion acreage.
April Secrets Opens A Month Of Beginnings
The text highlights April as a month of openings from historical milestones to births and foundations. It notes April origins for events such as a fish day in colleges, presidents born in April, the oldest American school founded April 23, 1635, and milestones like the News Letter debut April 24, 1704 and the 1789 US Congress start.
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Eve
Thomas Jefferson
James Buchanan
Ulysses S. Grant
James Monroe
William Shakespeare
William Wordsworth
Washington Irving
Hans Christian Anderson
Robert E. Perry
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
United States Bank
United States Mint
Cotton totals listed for five Texas counties
Five North Texas counties report cotton bale totals for 1934 via the Census Bureau preliminary report. Grayson Denton Collin Fannin Cooke show varied gains while the total for all five counties reaches 116 435 bales, half-bale counted, versus 206 047 in 1933, with a note on a time switch invention to cut current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Bureau of the Census
Grayson
Fannin
Denton
Expert condemns goldfish bowl as fire hazard
Washington reports Harold F. Enlows of the Red Cross warns that a sunlit goldfish bowl near a window can focus heat and ignite fires on waxed floors. He notes spring as a peak period for home accidents and cites nationwide injury statistics of 30,000 deaths, 130,000 cripplings, and 400,000 injuries per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold F. Enlows
The
Red Cross
Enlows
America
Popcorn Eaters Face Possible Famine in 1935
Washington reports that popcorn eaters may receive less for their nickel in 1935 or even face a famine of this delicacy during the next baseball season as supply shortages threaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crop price crisis and wartime crop damage noted in Nebraska and Kansas
The Department of Agriculture warns of historic lows as corn prices drop to 5 to 8 cents a pound, far below last year. Crouth wrecked Nebraska and Kansas crops, cutting Iowa’s by 9 percent, with these states normally growing about 75 percent of the U.S. total. A German parachute jumper carried a microphone and radio gear, describing his descent and surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Crouth
Nebraska
Kansas
United States
Exceptional real estate bargains by Tom Bar bee
Card of thanks from Mr and Mrs O J Mears and family thank those who helped in their bereavement expressing heartfelt gratitude for kindness from Mr and Mrs Bud Wilson and Mr and Mrs C C Mullican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Barbee
O. J. Mears
Bud Wilson
C. C. Mullican
Family thanks for kindness after J N Carter death
The Carter family expresses sincere appreciation for the kindness shown after the death of husband and father J N Carter. Special thanks are given to those who prepared lunch for the family. Mrs J N Carter and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Carter
Whitewright to Elect Two City Commissioners in April 1935
Notice of election in Whitewright Texas for two 2 year terms. Election set for the first Tuesday in April 1935 at the city hall election room. J W Henry presiding judge W H Horton assistant judge A M Bryant and Bob Sears serve as clerks. Mayor F M Echols signs. Attest Jesse Wallace city secretary.
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State of
Texas
Grayson
Whitewright
J. W. Henry
W. H. Horton
A. M. Bryant
Bob Sears
F. M. Echols
Jesse Wallace
Thrifty farmer hoards barley for seed on rocky hills
An Eastern State farmer proudly explains barley production on stony hill land. He says all barley is kept for seed rather than sold or fed, defying the idea that nothing can be grown there. The scene captures rural ingenuity and government inquiry.
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Jack
Pilot Grove News
George Miller
Lb. B. Hulett
Curtis Moats
Desert
G. E. Thrift
J. D. Judd
Howard
George Parish
W. W. Judd
Dallas
Joe Smith
Orangeville
S. F. Garland
Donovan Conner
Commerce
A. L. Conner
F. B. Doggett
van Alstyne
John Hopper
Howe
Billy Hopper
Fred Henninger
R. E. L. Binion
Sarah
Pauline Binion
Etta Caraway
Tom Binion
Near
Trenton
Roberta Sloan
Miss Sloan
Louise Sloan
Ralph Judd
Corder Judd
Sarah Binion
P. H. Binion
W. Binion
Kid
Fabr
T. W. Ayres & Son
Lamar, Colo
Mrs
Kathryn Roddy
Stephens & Bryant
First National Bank
W. Fain
Whitewright Hatchery
R. D. Ford
J. H. Hollingsworth
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
MGR
S. Travis Sr
Alice R. Hansard
Clay Hansard
J. A. Pumphrey
Typewriter
Sun Office
Nicholson
Nicholson’s
Hope’s Lice
Hope
Rollie R. Waldo
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