Grayson County Singing Convention Set for November 1916
The Grayson County Singing Convention announces its annual meeting at Sherman Hall Austin College on Sunday November 5 1916 and the preceding Saturday night. All are urged to attend and contribute to the program by offering special music by contacting secretary R B Aston. S H Dodson president.
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Grayson County
Sherman Hall
Austin College
R. B. Aston
Coie
S. H. Dodson
Bringing The Money In a cold drink stand tale of cotton seed payment
A humorous column narrates a man buying a drink and paying with cotton seed, receiving fifteen cents in change, noting that cotton seed are bringing the money. The Palestine Herald reports a pillory for wife beaters being erected in Kansas City.
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Palestine Herald
Kansas City
Coal Heaters Sell at Wilson Vaughn Hardware Co
Coal heats efficiently with Cole's Hot Blast Heaters advertised as fuel savers sold by Wilson-Vaughn Hardware Co.
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Cole
Wilson-Vaughn
Cole Manufacturing CO
Not Inc
Wilson-Vaughn Hardware Co
Tyler Commercial College Promotes Practical Business Training
The Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas markets a Byrne Simplified Shorthand and Steno typewriting, offering hands on bookkeeping and business training. It claims high placement rates and invites readers to request a free catalogue with figures supporting its cash producing education.
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Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Texas
America
Local Notes From Whitewright and Surroundings
Rev Henry Grady May preached at the Methodist church Sunday as farmers enjoy fair weather for sowing wheat harvesting corn and gathering cotton. Many local residents visited relatives and attended events including a district singing convention at Ida and a piano party at Gorge Garner’s. Our school opened Monday with Miss Anne Francis of Tom Bean as teacher.
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Henry Grady May
Whitewright
J. W. Webster
Edna Cowens
Edgar Montgomery
F. E. Alverson
Irene
Isabell
Austin Bowles
Marion Jefferies
Dallas
J. D. Garner
Lafayette
Lester Ferguson
Ivanhoe
C. D. Alverson
Lorene McMillin
Ida
Homer Sears
J. D. McMillin
Sherman
Gorge Garner
Willie, Josie
Rennie Graves
Ely
Beatrice Beasley
Tommie Bell Garner
Orangeville
Charley Bronaugh
Near Town
Mabel Fae White
Mr. Garner
Monroe Bryant
Floyd Everheart
Kaline Wakefield
Nobility
Dr. Sears
Anne Francis
Tom Bean
Do You Feel 100 Per Cent To-Day
A vintage health note touts Do You Feel 100 Per Cent To-Day as a remedy for torpid liver and Bilious symptoms. It claims Po- Do-Lax stimulates bile flow and liver action, promising quicker energy and a livelier demeanor. The ad urges readers to buy a bottle from their druggist for 50c.
Dr Kings New Discovery Praises Cough Remedy
A vintage ad extols Dr Kings New Discovery as a helpful cough and cold remedy. It highlights soothing antiseptic balsams and claims long lasting relief for all ages. The pitch urges readers to buy a bottle from druggists for 50 cents.
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Dr. King
Ivy Business College Promises Path to Success in Sherman
For twenty years Ivy Business College in Sherman Texas has served a demanding business public and grown in favor while many schools opened and closed. The catalog urges belief that Ivy is the man to put you on the high road to success, claiming help in obtaining a job. Elsewhere parties lease a large area near Tom Bean and Luella to bore for oil and gas. A well started there earlier was abandoned.
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Amelia Wilson
Alma, Ark
Cardus
Ivy Business College
Sherman
Texas
Ivy
Acty
Tom Bean
Luella
Man Recovers Missing Terrier After License Tag Riot
A man in a Los Angeles restaurant bit into a dog license tag numbered 4413 while eating a Wienerwurst. He learned it belonged to Miss Anna Bell's Scotch terrier missing for three weeks, prompting a cleaning spree that led to police intervention to quell the ensuing riot.
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Los Angeles
Anna Lbell
Calomel warned against. Liv-Ver-Lax offered as substitute
Health notice extols Liv-Ver-Lax as a harmless liver cleanse replacing calomel, claiming calomel causes sickness and weakness. It promotes the product as a safe vegetable compound with a money back guarantee, sold by Dyer & Jones for 50 cents or 1 dollar.
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L. K. Grigsby
Dyer & Jones
Foley Co Advertisement for Honey and Tar Cough Remedy
A 1900s style classified ad invites readers to mail five cents and a slip to Foley Co in Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar compound for coughs colds and croup plus Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Sold Everywhere.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Drives Malaria and Builds Up
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic drives out malaria enriches the blood and builds up the system. A true tonic for adults and children.
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Grove
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Willams Hotel
W. Houston ST
J. Maurice McMillin
First National Bank
Ben Savage
R. May, M.D
Joss R. May, B.S
M.D
Otce
Nickpattick & Bryant's
Jas. D. Buster
Texas Commercial Bank
Whitewright, Texas
Canaan
Everheart
Nature
A. Y. Creager & Co
A. Y. Creager
F. W. Creager
R.L. Hayter
McKinney
Sherman Denison
Harry A. Jones & Son
Denison
Lone Star
Memphis
John F. Lehane
Tyler, Texas
Nieces Hotel
Joe J, Nix
Christ
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