Sherman Women Win Attendance Banner at W M U Meeting
The Baptist Woman's Missionary Union of the Grayson County Association held a Friday meeting in Sherman. First Baptist Church, Sherman led with 30 attendees, the largest delegation. The event featured devotions, addresses, reports from multiple churches, and a $25 donation to rebuild Rocksprings Church after a cyclone.
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Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union
Grayson County Association
First Baptist Church
Sherman
W. C. Cook
Clyde Witt
L. D. Thayer
Oscar Jones
Claude Johnston
Baptist Church
Rocksprings
Whitewright
County Association
Flood Bonds and Human Toll From Mississippi Valley Crisis
A letter to Miss Mida Mc Gillicuddy from her cousin in Vicksburg, Miss., describes flood chaos across the Mississippi Valley. The seawall fears, refugee camps, and vast rescues by boats show thousands displaced, disease risk, and witnesses to loss. the sadness centers on a four year old girl with twin infant sisters among the bereaved.
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Mississippi Valley
Mida McGillicuddy
Cole Avenue
Bart la Hatte
Vicksburg
Barth
National Park
Red Cross
Doctor Pierce’s Herbal Remedies Gain Wide Praise
Dr. R. V. Pierce is celebrated for his herbal medicines that endured as top sellers. His Golden Medical Discovery is sold as a stomach alterative to improve blood, skin, and complexion, with liquid or tablet forms widely available and a 10 cent trial offer.
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R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Black Sheep Jerry Leads Lambs to Slaughter at Armour Plant
In Chicago on May 4 a figure named Jerry at the Armour & Co. plant is described as a bellwether for slaughter, guiding lambs through yards to pens where they are killed. The piece portrays him as treacherous, accepting chewing tobacco and reveling in the role.
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Chicago
Jerry
Armour & Co
Grayson County Reports 18646 Scholastics for 1927
Census figures filed by County Superintendent George W. Acton show 18 646 scholastics enrolled in Grayson County for 1927. Golden Rule Whitesboro Whitewright and Van Alstyne lead districts outside Sherman and Denison. Independent districts list Whitewright Common School District merged with Whitewright Independent District.
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George W. Acton
Grayson County
Golden Rule
Whitesboro
Whitewright
van Alstyne
Sherman
Denison
Whitewright Common
Ida
Cannon Eseuweose
Rose Hill
Kentuckytown
Tom Bean Canaan
Betheleo
Pilot Grove
TELLING THE COOK Customer Chicken Croquettes Please
A playful restaurant exchange turns on a pun as a customer requests chicken croquettes and the waiter replies with a joke about fowl. The moment captures a light dining-room interaction.
Rescue Amid Floods Tale From Dallas News
A survivor recounts a girl clinging to her babies during floods, begging not to be touched as she searches for her parents. Residents describe people hanging from trees and rooftops, rescued by boats near the levees where crumbling banks threatened to cave in.
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Dallas News
Gas Taxes in U.S. Raise 187 Million in 1926
Revenue from gasoline taxes totaled 187,603,231 dollars in 1926 across states with rates from 1 to 5 cents per gallon averaging 2.38 cents. About eight billion gallons were taxed where imposed and nearly two billion gallons were used in untaxed states. Funds supported state highways, county and local roads, road bond payments, and miscellaneous purposes.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmlands Sold in 1926 Under Default and Voluntary Transfers
The USDA reports about 123000 farms changed hands by default in the year ending March 15 1926 at a rate of 21 per thousand after South plantation adjustment. Voluntary sales or trades affected about 170000 farms or 30 per thousand, including contracts for deed. An estimated 41000 properties or 7 per thousand passed by inheritance or gift, and 13000 or about 2 per thousand through miscellaneous methods. The note ends with a Jefferson quote about governance and a reference to the Arkansas Gazette.
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United States Department of Agriculture
South
Special Anti Typhoid Campaign Closes
Dr J C Anderson state health officer urges typhoid prevention methods as a special campaign ends. Recommendations include vaccination, boiling questionable water, fly-proofing homes, food protection on trips, adopting standard milk ordinances, upgrading rural privies, full sewerage in cities, and state provision for certified oysters.
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J. C. Anderson
B Y P U Program Highlights Mothers in Sacred Series
Group Captain Myra Nell Vestal and Mary Saint Augustine’s Mother lead a program explaining motherhood in a religious series. Poems include When Mother Prays by Woodrow Belew and The Unknown Mother by J P Haliburton. Other listed mothers include Samuel’s, James Lindsey, and Billie Ma gar.
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Myra Nell Vestal
Mary
Mother of
Jesus
Guy Hamilton Jr
Samuel
James Lindsey
Calvin Mateer
Mervin Gould
John Wesley
Billie Ma
Deceptive Whoop Delays Foreman at House Visit
A road foreman confronts a householder about singing in the morning. The woman admits to singing, but the foreman explains his workers misheard the dinner whistle twice and warns her not to linger on the top note.
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R. F
Grove's Laxative Brom Quinine Ad Claim
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." EW. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c.
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Grove
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W.M.U
H. G. Webster
Whitewright, Texas
Chesley Rutledge Confectionery
U. S
Thomas Jefferson
Arkansas Gazette
Beasley & Mangrum
Clarence Pace
Paul Graves
Mr. Pace
Brownie
McSpedden
Pace & Graves
W. C. Huffines Filling Station
Pace
Graves
Dyer
Jones Drug Store
Rexall
B. Y. P. U. Program
Hawk Brand
Texas
Hudson & Davis Company
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Supreme Service
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