Fisherman Catches Seventeen Pound Cat at Red River
Pilot Grove notes a local fisherman F M Sloan caught a seventeen pound catfish at Red River last week using a common old hook. The report also lists visits and travel among residents, including Miss Mollie Neathery and family, Morris Stewart from Smackover, and several Dallas guests visiting local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Sloan
Red River
Mollie Neathery
Sherman
J. O. Neathery
Morris Stewart
Smackover
Ark
D. M. Taylor
Z. W. Binion
J. L. Taylor
Callie Taylor
Dallas
Paschal Binion
W. A. Ownby
Marian Barbee
Whitewright
Pauline Sears
McKinney
Roberta Sloan
Byron Birt
Herbert Neathery
Baby
Roy Wilson
Denison
Agents Wanted for Hosiery Work in Whitewright Territory
Help wanted advertisement from Better Knit Textile Co offering $75 weekly or $1.50 hourly for spare time. Introduces Finest Guaranteed Hosiery with 96 styles. Auto furnished, no capital or experience needed. Desk 2711 Greenfield, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Betterknit Textile Co
Greenfield
Ohio
Lem Tittsworth Embraces Electric Motor Air Brush Painting
Bonham News notes Lem Tittsworth installs a large electric motor air brush machine and a spray man to varnish old furniture and other items. The ad invites visitors to see the operation.
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Lem Tittsworth
Community Notes From Local Churches and Visitors
Mrs Annie Wilson and Aunt Frank Ferguson visited. Miss Virginia Benson stayed with cousins Lorene and Lois Deberry in Whitewright. Arthur Conner and E F Benson plan fresh paintwork. Charley Kaiser and family visited Trenton. W L Evans received preaching license at McKinney District Conference. Large turnout for B Y P U at Rev J A Henderson’s home. Lois Chism and Cordelia Russell from Whitewright visited. Heavy rain reduced Sunday school and church attendance. Rev M C Sooter from Anna preached to a full house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Wilson
Frank Ferguson
Nobility
A. H. St. John
Virginia Benson
Lorene
Lois Deberry
Whitewright
Arthur Conner
E. FE. Benson
Charley Kaiser
Trenton
W. L. Evans
McKinney
J. A. Henderson
Lois Chism
Cordelia Russell
M. C. Sooter
Anna
Old Negro Keeps Plowing Despite Oil Drilling
Jacksonville May 18. In East Texas about fifteen miles southeast of Jacksonville the Kirby Petroleum Company locates an oil well on Comer Sessions farm. The elderly black farmer refuses to be disturbed by the prospect of wealth and continues to plow with his 12 year old son.
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Jacksonville
East
Texas
Kirby Petroleum Company
Comer Sessions
Black farmer sits out oil boom on his land prospects
Sessions, a lifelong resident of the area, owns a 146 acre tract now tied to an oil development. He notes he will not engage directly, has a white friend to handle drilling and royalties, and plans to finish this year’s crop before deciding on wealth.
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Sessions
Drilling Halted on Odell Farm Test Near Denison
Denison May 18. By orders of E. E. Peter and associates and the drilling contractors the engine was shut down Saturday and further drilling halted at the Odell farm test southeast of Denison after eighty feet of lime and twenty five feet of slate with a broken formation. No sand was found and the surface formations remain true to geology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
E. E. Peter and Associates
Odell Farm
Oil Tests Near Odell Farm After Deep Drill Stop
Drill reached 2008 feet before shut down orders. A core test will be made south of the Odell farm on the McGregor farm to check for different formations. If indications appear, a rig will be set on that farm and another test started. otherwise further tests may be limited in the district. Hendrick Camp and the Mc Carty Oil Co as holders of drilling contracts praised the recent work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ical
Odell Farm
McGregor Farm
Hendrick and Camp
McCarty Oil Company
Peter
Johnson
Typewriter Supplies For Sale At Sun Office
Typewriter carbon paper and typewriter ribbons are offered for sale at Sun office. The listing highlights basic office supplies and includes prices for select packs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright Sun
Typewriter
Sun Office
Not Applicable Dialogue Between Grandson and Elderly Gentleman
The exchange compares past and present courtship with a playful joke about danger and a family sofa surviving a crash. The old man recalls safer times while noting a parlor sofa would not crash into a tree as it might today.
Bond Typewriter Paper at Sun Office 75 Sheets
Sun office advertises 75 sheets of bond typewriter paper for 25 cents per package. The note emphasizes they do not break 25 cent packages.
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Sun Office
Paris Divorce Costs for Americans Reach Thousands
A Paris made divorce for an American averages about $3,000 with top fees sometimes hitting $10,000. Paris law firms handle many such cases for U.S. clients seeking dissolution abroad.
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Pilot Grove News
G. M. Oliver
Queens
O. H. Crowell
Bud Pierce
Planters Gin Company
Porto Rico
George Hansard
P. Janway
J. W. McMurry Grocery
P. A. Short
Jimmie Lee Yates
Buell Spindle
Hirs
C. Lindsey
E. D. Barrow, Florist
Greenville
Love Monument Company of
Mark Montgomery
Tommie Chenoweth
Ode Crowell
VIA
Galveston
Bathing Girl
KATY
AMOS
Dee
Assap
R. B. Nall
Commercial Bank Bldg
Sherman, Texas
Lloyd Moore
Whitewright, Texas
Auto Tops
Sherman’s Greatest Department Store
Carload
Simon Daniels & Co
Corsicana
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