Three More Moonshine Stills Seized in Grayson County Raids
In Sherman on Friday sheriff deputies captured three illicit whiskey stills across Grayson County. Two 50 gallon stills near Denison were concealed in creek banks with mash and a half gallon of whiskey found. A third 80 gallon still was seized at Ed Sharff’s near Gunter with liquor and equipment. Sharff and Tommy Daniels were jailed on manufacturing and possession charges with bonds set at 750 dollars.
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Sherman
Floyd Everheart
Grayson County
Denison
Bob McCoy
C. Taylor
Dripping Springs
L. B. Shipp
George Brinkley
W. L. Evans
Will May
Ed Sharff
Gunter
Sharff
Tommy Daniels
Justice of the Eace R. A. McCrary
Still Raids in Grayson County Target Whiskey Operations
As officers raid whiskey stills near AR rivals, Daniels is charged as operator. Sugar use in illicit stills is linked to rising liquor prices. three stills destroyed Friday bring weekly total to five, with additional raids recovering large quantities of choc beer.
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Grayson County
Pilot Grove Baptist Church 65th Anniversary Service
The Pilot Grove Baptist Church celebrates its 65th anniversary at Pilot Grove five miles southwest of Whitewright with a daylong program. Readings from church records, sermons by Dr. J. W. Crowder and Rev. G. W. McCraw, and talks by S. G. Hopkins mark the event. An invitation extends to former members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Grove
J. W. Crowder
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
J. A. Henderson
W.D. McDonald
George Airhart
John Gentry
G. W. McCraw
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
Local Happenings and Curious Tales from Tickville
Tobe Moseley jokes about granting credit before fooling others while Frisby Hancock returns from post office work. Depuy Constable claims full control of frogs on Gander Creek. Tickville Opera House features Ten Nights in a Bar Room as the Town Marshal raids the bar. Columbus Allsop’s wife is seriously ill but likely to recover. Miss Hostetter Hocks contemplates hat work. Sidney Hocks blushes when Miss Flutie Belcher calls her pig, causing embarrassment as he nears his mule.
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Depuy
Gander Creek
Tickville Opera House
Sidney Hocks
Miss Flutie Belcher
Sidney
Pig makes a scene as Raz Barlow cites collar button savings
Raz Barlow jokes the biggest saving from one clothing item is a collar button worn nine years. The pig appears on stage while a singing school teacher attends Hog Ford preaching last Sunday to help lead the choir and promote his voice.
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Raz Barlow
Hog Ford
Pioneer Ambrose resident C N Bible 69 dies after long illness
C N Bible C Nealy Bible 69 died at his Ambrose home last Thursday morning after a heart condition. A Tennessee-born pioneer of 35 years, he is survived by his wife and three children Dennis Bible of Denison and John and Gladys Bible of Ambrose. Rev W A Fleming conducted the Friday funeral at 3 from the home. Burial followed at Virginia Point cemetery.
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C. Nealy Bible
Ambrose
Tennessee
Mr. Bible
Dennis Bible
Denison
John
Gladys Bible
W. A. Fleming
Virginia Point
Sheriff Sale Notice from Grayson County Texas 1923
The State of Texas Grayson County sheriff sale notice issued by the 15th Judicial District Court on April 30 1923 in the case J H Berry versus T F Rodgers No 30535. The sheriff will sell to the highest bidder for cash under an order of sale.
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State of
Texas
Grayson
15Th Judicial District Court
Grayson County
J. H. Berry
T. F. Rodgers
Grayson County Sheriff's Sale Notices On June First 1923
Within the hours set by law for Sheriff’s Sales on the first Tuesday in June 1923 the sale at the Court House door in Grayson County Texas describes two tracts. The first tract is the east half of the southwest quarter of section 3 in University League Nos. 1 11 15 and 16 to Charles Self. The second tract is the west half of the southwest quarter of section 3 in the J J Smith patent area.
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Court House
Grayson County
Texas
University League
Charles Self
J. J. Smith
LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE Endorsed for tonic and laxative use
The advertisement promotes LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary Quinine with tonic and laxative effects and no nervousness or head ringing. It instructs readers to remember the full name and seek the signature of E. W. GROVE and lists a 30c price.
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E. W. Grove
Property levy on Blakey holdings from 1923 sheriff sale
Abstract No 1117 describes locating parcels starting at the SW corner of Section 3 along a branch, with measurements 950 and 475 varas to stake or post, securing the properties of Mrs J M Blakey T F Rodgers Gunby and W J Maroney. Judgment totals include 665 to Form, 4254 with 8 percent interest from April 9 1923 and costs. Sheriff BE Everheart signed May 8 1923.
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J. J. Smith
Charles Self Garver
Charles Self
J. M. Blakey
T. F. Rodgers
W J. Maroney
BE. F. Everheart
B. D. Dye
Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets to stop cough and headache in one day. Each box bears E W Grove signature. Price 30 cents.
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E.W. Grove
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DRS. May & May Physicians and Surgeons Office
Res
Wilbur Carter
Kelly
R. C. Hoyle
Lloyd Moore
Whitewright, Texas
Littell
Bottis
James F. Ballard
SEARS
St. Louis
United States
Daniels
J. P. Autrey
S. S
S. G. Hopkins
Central Baptist Church
Dallas
E. J. Antoni Paperhanger
May
Whitewright
Atonic
Grove
Cardui
Silvie Estes
Jennings, Okla
Cardus
Jennings
Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Tobe Moseley
Frisby Hancock
Columbus Allsop
Hostetter Hocks
C. N. Bible
Sheriff's Sale
Mangrum Brothers
Kansas City
Katy
Dray and Truck Line
Crowell & Riddle
Foster Produce Company
P. A. Short
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