New Buildings Rise From Melissa Ruins After Cyclone
McKinney May 3 The Melissa cyclone's two week aftermath shows a rebuild with modest structures replacing ruins. Planned are a two story brick for the Masonic lodge and for the Texas Electric Railway interurban station, a brick drug store for C R Osburn, a new J E Gibson store, and a large two story frame building by A J Cline and the Odd Fellows lodge. Billie Boatwright son of W W Boatwright of Van Buren Ark dies April 21. his mother formerly Nell Penn of Melissa.
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Billie
W. W. Boatwright
van Buren, Ark
Miss Ray Concert Closes Service With Choir
The program includes Miss Ray performing Just As I Am with a male quartet and obligato, followed by God Be With You by the congregation. Benediction given by Rev. W. N. Carter. Yes the Sun can print that job.
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Miss Ray
W. N. Carter
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President Harding to maintain directing power in foreign policy
Washington May 3 President Harding will keep directing power over American foreign policy amid congressional moves to bound him. Cabinet says executive branch should chart foreign affairs. Senate riders and reparations talks test authority between Harding and the Senate.
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Rhine
Allied Council
Borah
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England
Japan
United States
Senate
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Allied Supreme Council
Wilson
Europe
Hughes
Ruhr
Anniversary of Our Linotype Birth in The Sun Plant
One year after installing a Model 8 Mergenthaler Linotype in The Sun plant, staff recounts initial mystery and rapid mastery. The piece explains operation, from 94-key keyboard to matrix to slug casting, and notes improved production, no machinist calls, and easy re-use of metal.
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Mergenthaler Linotype
the Sun
Linotype
a_ Linotype
Methodist Sunday School Opens Promptly at 9 45
The Sunday school begins next Sunday at 9 45 a m with a note that no one will be counted after the bells and an invite to all church mothers. The primary children will render special music for Mothers Day and Carl Caperton signs as superintendent.
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Carl Caperton
They Make Stocking Material So Sheer
A fragment notes material for stockings described as exceptionally sheer and delicate, suggesting a focus on fabric quality and production methods.
Sherman to Host Inaugural Texas-Oklahoma Game at Kidd-Key Park
Sherman prepares for a premier ball game against Bonham club on Monday afternoon at Kidd-Key park. Businesses close early and a brass band will play as the anticipated largest crowd in Sherman baseball history gathers for a 4 pm start.
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Sherman
Kidd-Key Park
Bonham Club
Whitewright School Board Seeks More Space and Teachers
The Whitewright Texas Board of Education asks the City Commission to approve expanded facilities and staff. Census data show growth from 451 students in 1918-19 to at least 783 for the coming term, with 89 transfers previously and more than 220 expected. Eleven teachers handled 451 pupils, now thirteen face nearly double enrollment, prompting a push for better classrooms and staffing to ensure quality instruction and civic duty through schooling.
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Whitewright
Texas
Board of Education
Whitewright Inde
Public School Commencement Schedule and Ballot Measure
Public School commencement events listed from May 6 to May 27 include piano and vocal recitals, senior and grammar school graduations, class plays, and final examinations. A district request asks voters to approve an additional school maintenance tax of 25 cents and issuance of 35000 dollars in bonds to renovate Grayson College for a high school.
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Grmamar
Pendent School District
Grayson College
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