Chamber Banquet Aims to Unite Whitewright Business Community
The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce held its fourth dinner drawing 30 visiting rural carriers and local officials. Postmaster John W. Philp of Dallas urged co operation with chambers to aid harmony between business and farmers and warned against foreign propaganda. H. E. Ellis of the Denson Herald stressed public support for chamber-led community work and overcoming anti business sentiment.
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Chamber of Commerce
Denison Herald
Grayson County
Mr. Philp
Chambers of Commerce
Philp
Texas
Sherman
E. N. Mulkey
Ellis
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Farm Labor Union threatens 5 percent oil tax push
Austin message from R L Robinson, head of the Texas Farm Labor Union, warns the Senate to pass tax measures to fund rural and common schools. He says the union may mobilize 100 000 farmers to back a 5 percent gross production tax on crude oil if House Bill No 1 is not approved and urges action before the 1924 campaign.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Farm Labor Union of America
Senate
R. L. Robinson
Axe murder mystery darkens Birmingham crime wave
Birmingham police sought to solve Charley Graffeo's axe murder at his store the latest in a 42 month spree that has killed nineteen and injured seventeen. Graffeo found with skull crushed and throat cut. a bloodied axe recovered.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charley Graffeo
Graffeo
Lightning Strikes Grayson County Farm Building
Sherman Texas May 29 lightning struck the main building of the county farm four miles northwest of Sherman. Brick chimney damaged minor and superintendent Ab Sparks reported no further damage. Heavy rain fell northwest of the city with more downpours south of Sherman at 6 am. A hailstorm was reported at Anna. Clergymen Rev J F Fender and Rev W A Kirkpatrick attended a Paris Presbytery session at Bonham.
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Sherman
Texas
Ab Sparks
Here
Anna
van Alstyne
J. F. Fender
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Paris
Bonham
Civic betterment efforts praised in Whitewright paper
The piece highlights ongoing civic improvements as the most effective path, with Mr. Dixon of the Herald reporting the event for Whitewright readers, reflecting the paper's valued afternoon edition readership.
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Dixon
The
Herald
Memorial Service For World War Heroes At Presbyterian Church
A memorial service will be held at the Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon under the Preston Everheart Post American Legion for World War II fallen heroes. Rev Jap Manton of Sherman will deliver the elegy. Legion members urge ex servicemen and others to attend and honor the dead with a moment of reflection. Flowers for grave decoration may be sent to the Legion hall before noon Sunday.
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Presbyterian Church
Preston Everheart Post
American Legion
Jap Manton
Sherman
Legion
Legion Hall
Special June offer on Sun and Farm News subscriptions
The Sun and the Semi Weekly Farm News union offer seven months for 1.00 through June only. Three papers a week from now until January 1, 1924 for one dollar. New subscribers and lapsed subscribers eligible. Send subscriptions to The Sun Whitewright Texas or visit the office.
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The
Sun
Farm News
Whitewright
Texas
Five Men Die in Hercules Powder Plant Blast
Fayville Illinois May 29 five workers killed and three injured in an explosion at the Hercules Powder Company gelatin packing plant. The blast destroyed the packing plant with total damage around eight thousand dollars. The plant is a Du Pont Powder Company branch. No injuries were reported in a previous March blast and the last major blast in 1919 killed four people.
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Fayville
Ill
Hercules Powder Company
du Pont Powder Company
Autoist slaps at bee crash four injured
New York May 29. Michael H Jacobs swatted at a bee while driving and lost control. His car struck a pillar of the Long Island railway trestle injuring Jacobs and three women who were rushed to hospitals with cuts and bruises.
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New York
Michael H. Jacobs
Jacobs
Mr. Bee
Long Island Railway
Largest Crowd of Year At Chamber Bargains Show
Last Saturday marked the final day of three Saturdays of special bargains and a free afternoon show promoted by the Chamber of Commerce. About one thousand people attended the free show and merchants reported strong business. crowd was mainly women and children.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mioe
Fouth
Brodhead
Shipping Board Opens Bid for Entire Fleet
The Shipping Board will study a bid exceeding one billion dollars for the entire government merchant fleet. John W. Slack of the Columbia Postal Supply Co. proposed to pay 1 051 000 000 for all ships and property with an initial 51 000 000 payment on Oct. 1, 1923 and 50 000 000 annually thereafter.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Lasker
John W. Slack
Columbia Postal Supply Company
Silvercreek
N. Y
United States Shipping Board
Ex Governor Folk of Missouri Dies
Former Missouri governor Joseph W. Folk dies in New York at age. Renowned for prosecuting graft in St. Louis in 1903 and guiding reform laws as governor from 1905. Folk also served in international affairs including Egypt at the Paris peace conference.
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New York
St. Louis
Egypt
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Champ Clark
Folk
Roosevelt
Sherman Municipal Band Prepares First Public Concert
The new Municipal Band of Sherman led by A. E. Lightfoot will perform its first public concert Friday at 8:15 PM in Sherman City Park. The band has 55 members.
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Municipal Band of
Sherman
A. E. Lightfoot
Oil promoters on trial at Fort Worth
In Fort Worth on May 29, two witnesses testified in the General Lee oil fraud cases about investing in the Lee interests. Miss Alice Kane of Roxbury and N. J. Cary of Utica described faith in a descendant of the Lee family and losses from securities and stock. The defense intends to prove the defendant Lee is related to the Lee lineage.
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General Lee Development Interests
Lee
Cary
W. P. McLean
Bonham Banker Dies by Gunshot Suicide
Bonham Texas May 30 C L Bradford 57 vice president of the Fannin County Bank was found dead in his garage with a shotgun after failing to appear at the bank. He was a prominent local businessman and church member survived by his wife and three children.
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Bonham
Texas
C. L. Bradford
Lee Anderson
Bradford
First Baptist Church
Earthquake in Turbati Haidari devastates Khorassan towns
A Theran sourced report says 1,000 killed and many villages destroyed after a major quake lasting about 50 hours. Turbat i Haidari, a town in Khorassan central Province, lies near the regional capital with widespread ruin and high casualties.
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Pex
Allahabad
British India
Theran
Turbat-i-Haidari
Khorassan
Reductions Planned for Appropriations in Texas Senate
The Texas Senate Finance Committee agreed to about 5.31 million dollars in cuts across five bills carried from the second called session. Public school allotments drop from 6 to 4 million, rural schools from 3 to 2 million for two years, with an 11.92 million education bill set to a 10 percent cut except for specified restorations. A 6.68 million departmental bill is to be reduced by at least 10 percent, via a subcommittee.
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Austin
Texas
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Darwin, Burkett
Lewis
Kingsville Normal
Commerce Normal
Wood, Ridgeway and Holbrook
Sunday School Baseball Teams Face Off Thursday
The Baptist and Methodist Sunday school baseball teams will play this Thursday afternoon on the local diamond. Plans are under way to organize a local Sunday school baseball league, similar to last year, with two more teams hoped to join.
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Baptist
Methodist
Baptists
Methodists
Egg laying tops marathon fad in Cleburne
Cleburne May 29 Mrs Dora Anderson 614 West Wardville St reports a Rhode Island Red hen began a marathon laying contest last Thursday by laying an egg with two yolks. She improved Friday with a three yolk egg and Saturday produced another with two yolks as she watches for a potential golden egg.
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Cleburne
Dora Anderson
West Wardville St
Rhode Island
Ben Roberts and Litt Les Spend Week With Mother
Ben Roberts and Litt Les spent the past week with their mother, Mrs. A. M. R., according to family notices in local society columns.
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Ben Roberts
Littles
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Farm Labor Union
FT. Worth
Bonham Banker
Self
Ethel Gordon
Honey, Cve
Pearl Baker
Ouhicxe
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