Whitewright 1894 City Election Returns Publish Vote Totals
The Sun releases official returns and poll list for Whitewright Texas city officers from the April 3 1894 election with a total of 308 votes. Mayoral candidates C L Jordan and E E Wallace led. marshal and attorney races show narrow margins. long poll list recalls many residents and local names.
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Whitewright
F. M. Echols
Texas
C. L. Jordan
E. E. Wallace
W. C. Everheart
H. Chowning
J. N. Biggers
S. M. Ross
G. D. Miller
H. Durham
C. T. Edwards
J. W. Davidson
Wm. Payne
C. W. Bryant
R. K. Smith
Charley Kent
A. A. Morehead
A. L. Mc Campbell
C. L. Umberger
W. T. Ross
C. M. McKinney
Kaldi and Hadji Omer linked to coffee discovery
Arabian goat herder Kaldi is credited with discovering coffee as a beverage in the Ninth Century. Some sources attribute the first preparation for drinking to Hadji Omer, a Devish driven out of Mocha in 1285.
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Kaldi
Hadji Omer
Mocha
Commencement Exercises End Whitewright School Year
Commencement exercises Tuesday closed the Whitewright schools with certificates awarded to a list of graduates including Doris Ayres Sara Lee Holland Sallye Hamilton Milderd Cantrell Mina McMurry Mary Bell Savage Marjorie Moore Eva Stillwell Kathleen Phillips Edna Cox Emma Davidson Coralee Echols Helen Thomas King Montgomery Richard Browning and Robert Gallagher. City Council sets driving and parking rules. Ben Childress bought the T J Liggett drag line. J F Lilley and J L Cantrell traveled to Galveston where Lilley holds hundreds of bales of cotton for potential sale. Whitewright banks report deposits of $482 323 05 and loans and discounts of $693 889 59 as of May 1.
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Whitewright
Doris Ayres
Sara Lee Holland
Sallye Hamilton
Mildred Cantrell
Mina McMurry
Mary Bell Savage
Marjorie Moore
Eva Stillwell
Kathleen Phillips
Edna Cox
Emma Davidson
Coralee Echols
Helen Thomas
King Montgomery
Richard Browning
Robert Gallaher
Ben Childress
T. J. Liggett Drag Line
J. F. Lilley
J. L. Cantrell
Galveston
Mr. Lilley
May Queen winner named at Whitewright High School
Miss Margaret McMurry, freshman, won the May Queen contest at the Whitewright high school May Day festival. Other candidates included Miss Elizabeth May, Miss Alma Ruth Chumbley, and Miss Versa Tate. A Jersey cattle sale at Denison's Platter farm drew 50 head for $17,090. top cow sold for $1,100. Roy H Neathery and Vera Ball received a marriage license.
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Margaret McMurry
Elizabeth May
Alma Ruth Chumbley
Versa Tate
Jersey
Platter Farm
Denison
Roy H. Neathery
Vera Ball
Jones dies at home after seven years
S E Jones died at his home here Tuesday night seven years after the event noted in this May 12 1927 Sun column. John Reeves bought the R P Gordon residence south of the Church of Christ. A benefit ball game between the American Legion and business men's teams netted 112.51 sent to Red Cross for flood relief work.
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S. E. Jones
John Reeves
R. P. Gordon
Church of Christ
American Legion
Red Cross
Greatest Building Job The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China, tied to the Manchurian invasion, is hailed as the greatest building feat by human hands. Erected about 300 years before Christ, it measures 17 feet wide 16 feet high with 25 000 watch towers and stretches 2 500 miles. Building it today would cost more than all world armies and fortifications combined. It stands large yet useless, a paradox of preparedness.
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China
Manchuria
Visitors to Library of Congress reach nearly one million
About 947000 people visited the Library of Congress in Washington during the last year. A separate note describes hivelike homes forming a village in the North Syrian plain.
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Colonial Village
Chicago
Library of Congress
Washington
North Syrian Plain
Proofs of Ancient Records and Beavers in Need of Protection
The article argues ancient inscriptions prove written records existed in Moses era and cites discoveries like Lachish. It urges not dismissing old truths and defends protecting beavers, noting Pennsylvania allowed trapping harming flood control dams. It also critiques regimentation and cabinet functioning, proposing a unified executive building and warning against liberalism mislabels.
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Arabian Desert
Queen of Sheba
Solomon
Red Sea
Lachish
Joshua
Ajalon
Most Popular Hymns Revealed by 32000 Voters
The Etude magazine reports the results of a poll of 32 000 readers selecting their favorite hymns. The article outlines the top choices and notable rankings from the vote count.
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