Husband Charged With Killing Wife Near Hagerman
G D Ball of near Hagerman was charged with murder after confessing to striking his wife Annie Ball with an iron rod Sunday night as they traveled to church. Coroner ruled death at his hands. Ball testified he feared future poisoning. The couple married Oct 9 1926. Ball remanded without bond after preliminary hearing.
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G. D. Ball
Hagerman
Ball
J. N. Phillips
Frank Reece
Annie Ball
J. Q. Adamson
Sam Wolfe
Frank Ball
Court House
Sherman
Rev
J. H. Baxter
W. C. Caddell
Annie
Sherman couple marks fiftieth wedding anniversary
Monday's Dallas Morning News featured Rev. and Mrs. 8. L. Ball of Sherman celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The Ball couple are the parents of Mrs. Guy Hamilton of the local area. Ball began as a young Methodist preacher and joined the North Texas Methodist Conference. he is now a superannuate and has resided in Sherman since 1902.
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Dallas Morning News
8. L. Ball
Sherman
Ball
Guy Hamilton
Dr Ross R May Visits Dallas on Thursday
Dallas report notes physician Dr Ross R May planned a Thursday visit to the city. Details on purpose or events remain unclear in the brief text.
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Ross R. May
Dallas
Texas 1925 deaths from group diseases and infectious causes
The Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics reports 1925 deaths totaling 7,495 from epidemic and infectious diseases. Respiratory deaths reached 4,531, circulatory 4,257, nervous 3,814, digestive 4,955, with external causes 2,913 and non specified 2,863. Pulmonary tuberculosis led respiratory deaths at 3,613, while diarrhea caused 2,457 infectious deaths, 1,958 of them in children under two.
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Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
Texas
Mellon Warns Stock Of Medical Liquor Runs Low
Secretary Mellon said immediate steps are needed to replenish the medical liquor stock and urged domestic production under a plan by Assistant Secretary Andrews. He cited a five year aging requirement and a current supply he called insufficient. He rejected importing whisky and favored home production to ensure purity and prevent diversions.
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Washington
Mellon
Andrews
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Capitol blaze creator kept on as a porter in 1879
Henry McBride a long time porter in the Attorney General's Department is expected to retain his job under Attorney General elect Claude Pollard. McBride says he accidentally started the blaze that destroyed the old Capitol in 1879 when he emptied a wastebasket into a stove. Pollard will announce all his appointments this week and already named D A Simmons of Houston as his ranking assistant.
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Austin
Henry McBride
Attorney General’s Department
Claude Pollard
McBride
Capitol
Texas
Henry
Porter
Statehouse
Judge Pollard
D. A. Simmons
Houston
Boy Scouts Win Banner Number One
The local Boy Scouts troop receives banner number one from the county for submitting the best report with registration fees. Troop two of Sherman earned banner number two. The boys celebrate the honor and aim for more wins.
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Boy Scouts
Sherman
Thanksgiving Day closures in Whitewright and Texas games
Whitewright observes Thanksgiving with post office banks and most businesses closed. Residents attend football games across the state, including Austin College vs Southwestern University in Sherman and SMU vs TCU in Dallas. Teachers join the State Teachers' Association meeting in El Paso over the weekend.
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Whitewright
Sherman
Austin College
Southwestern University of Georgetown
Dallas
State Teachers’ Association
el Paso
Hoo-Hoo Club meeting and banquet at Sherman
Emmet Penn and Rham Pennington attended a Hoo-Hoo Club meeting in Sherman on Tuesday evening. After the business session a banquet followed in the Chamber of Commerce banquet room.
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Emmet Penn
Rham Pennington
Sherman
Chamber of Commerce
Fire Hits Van Alstyne Businesses Causing $25000 Loss
Fire of undetermined origin early Sunday morning damaged or destroyed several Van Alstyne buildings including Chapman sandwich shop Murphy barber shop domino parlor and a millinery shop on Main Street. House & House grocery suffered water damage. insurers covered part of the loss.
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van Alstyne
Jefferson Street
Chapman
Murphy
Verne Walker
Main Street
House & House
Year and a Month For Drunken Driver
San Antonio reports a youth received a combined sentence for negligent collision and driving while intoxicated. He faced $400 in fines, $200 on each charge, which he could not pay, leading the judge to order jail time of about a year and a month to work off the fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Governor Pardons Two Grayson Men
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson grants clemency to 51. Among them two Grayson County men receive pardons. Bill Alexander gets one year for liquor with eight months credit. John Chapman receives two years for bigamy and false swearing with over one year credit.
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Miriam A. Ferguson
Grayson County
Bill Alexander
Grayson
Citizens and Pardon Board
John Chapman
County and Pardon Board
Rangers Lose to Commerce Teachers
The Rangers traveled to Commerce to face Northeast Texas Teachers College. After a close first half 6 to 7, the larger Commerce team pulled away, finishing 32 to 6. The Rangers played well given the size difference and were accompanied by several high school students.
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Rangers
Commerce
Texas Teachers’ College
Have Big Season In Sorghum Mill
R E L Binion and son from Pilot Grove southeast county completed a nine thousand gallon sorghum syrup season. The plant uses Japanese seeded ribbon cane and is among the largest in the area. A Binion stripper reduces labor at the mill while steam grounds, cooks, and cans syrup in quarts half gallons and gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. L. Binion
Binion
Sherman Democrat
Yeager Farm Sells For 200 An Acre
John Yeager sold his farm about one mile south of town to W F McDowell of the Desert community. The price was 200 dollars per acre, closing Monday. McDowell will move to the new home around year end, Yeager to Whitewright, with plans to buy a town place. This marks the first Whitewright area farm sale at 200 per acre since the postwar peak, when values ranged from 200 to 275 per acre.
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John Yeager
W. F. McDowell
McDowell
Yeager
Whitewright
Pat Mayse Speaks To Local Rotarians About Santa Claus
Pat Mayse editor of the Sherman Democrat addressed the Whitewright Rotary Club on Santa Claus prompting boyhood reminiscences. The talk lasted about twenty minutes and was followed by songs led by Lloyd Moore. New member B B Hall was introduced and Sherman visitor C C Stevens attended.
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Pat Mayse
Sherman Democrat
Santa Claus
Rotary Club
Pat
Rotarians
Santa
Mr. Mayse
Whitewright Rotary Club
Horace Gordon
Mayse
Lloyd Moore
B. B. Hall
C. C. Stevens
Sherman
Will Decide District Championship Friday
The District 5 Class B grid final will be played Friday at 2 pm when Highland Park meets Farmersville on Farmersville’s field. Farmersville defeated Cooper 33 to 0 and Highland Park beat Kaufman 19 to 0 to reach the final with a recent win over McKinney High Lions, Class A champions.
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Highland Park
Farmersville High Eleven
Farmersville
Cooper
Kaufman
McKinney High Lions
McKinney
Sherman man Oscar Pierce visits on business
Oscar Pierce of Sherman spent Saturday in town on business. He was seen meeting with local merchants and discussing potential opportunities.
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Oscar Pierce
Sherman
Bonham Firm Advertises Dry Goods Bargains
A Bonham Texas firm M. C. Spivy & Co. promotes underpriced dry goods after a wholesale lot sale from a Market trip.
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C. Spivy & Co
Bonham, Texas
Fall-Doheney Oil Fraud Trial Opens in DC
The jury for the Fall and Doheny oil fraud case is sworn in in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. Albert Fall and Edward Doheny face charges over the Elk Hills lease and a $100 payment during Fall's Cabinet tenure, with jurors guarded after reports of tampering attempts.
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Washington, Navy
Naval Oil Reserve
Albert B. Fall
Edward L. Doheny
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Doheny
Fall
Elk Hills
Adolph A. Hoehling
Prolific Prohibition Speaker to Visit Central Christian
Miss Norma C. Brown of Bloomington Illinois nationally known speaker will speak at Central Christian Church Friday at 7 o clock. She is a member of the Flying Squadron Foundation which works to promote prohibition and her talk will focus on law enforcement. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Norma C. Brown
Bloomington, Ill
Central Christian Church
Kantagree Bridge Club Thanksgiving Bridge Night
Miss Lola Mirick hosted the Kantagree Bridge Club and guests Monday evening at her home assisted by Miss Lucile Myrick. Tables in the living room featured chrysanthemums and pot plants with Thanksgiving motif tally cards and plate favors. Bon-bon dishes held chocolate almonds. after a bridge series a two course collation was served. Guests included Dorothy Chambless and others.
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Kantagree Bridge Club
Lola Myrick
Lucile Myrick
Dorothy Chambless
Joel Bulliner
Mae Reed
Dorothy Porter
Roberta Sloan
Emma Davidson
Martha Bow
Whitesboro Ends Winless Run By Beating Rangers 20 to 7
Whitesboro finally defeated Whitewright after five years in a Tuesday game, winning 20 to 7. Through three quarters each side had one touchdown, then Whitesboro added two more after Whitewright stars were injured. Jack Barbee recovered a fumble on the Ranger two yard line and sprinted 98 yards for a TD.
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Whitesboro
Whitewright
Jack Barbee
Ranger
Revival Held by Two Pastors in Tom Bean
Rev. J. F. Fender and Rev. Joe Everheart conducted a revival at the Presbyterian Church in Tom Bean last week. The meeting closed Sunday evening with good attendance and favorable results amid a busy season.
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J. F. Fender
The
Presbyterian Church
Joe Everheart
Tom Bean
May couple travels to Austin for UT visit and game
Mr and Mrs Gomer May travel to Austin to visit Miss Maurine May at the University of Texas and attend the Thanksgiving football clash between A and M College and UT.
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Gomer May
Austin
Maurine May
University of Texas
A. & M. College
Kimbell Elevator Nearing Completion in Fort Worth
The Kimbell Milling Company plans a corn shelter and completes an elevator and warehouse on the former Kimbell Mills site in Fort Worth. Two intact bins near 75 000 bushels rise storage to over 100 000, with Gomer Graves moving his office and flour stock to the new plant. The facility will serve as an M K T line concentration point for car corn earmarked for shelling.
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Kimbell Milling Company
Fort Worth
Kimbell Mills
Kimbell
Denison
Dallas
Gomer Graves
Woosley
Union Thanksgiving Service at Methodist Church Today
A union Thanksgiving service is held this morning at the Methodist Church from 10 to 11. Rev. J. H. Hawkins of First Baptist will deliver the sermon. Music is organized by a city choir committee. The yearly union service rotates among churches.
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Methodist
J. H. Hawkins
First Baptist Church
Governor Brando n and nine held on liquor charges after raid
Bay Minette Alabama November 23 Governor Brandon and nine others posted bonds of 300 each to appear December 6 on liquor charges following a raid by deputy sheriffs on a fishing camp near the town. Deputies claimed to find more than a dozen quarts of liquor in a room used by the governor. The governor denied knowledge of the liquor and said the raid was aimed at embarrassment. he pledged to support any paroles if convicted.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Brandon
Alabama
Here
Ramsey Stewart
Woman Sells Liquor to Square Account in Dallas
A Houston woman arrested in Dallas on liquor charges after saying she sold alcohol to compensate for government underpayment for cattle slaughtered due to hoof and mouth disease. She claimed dairy losses compelled her to act. The case will return to Houston for complaints.
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Square Account
Dallas
Houston
Dallas Teachers Attend State Meeting in El Paso
Miss Gladys Ray of North Dallas High School returns home for the weekend as Dallas schools close Wednesday noon for Thanksgiving. Teachers will attend the State Teachers Association meeting in El Paso beginning Friday.
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Gladys Ray
North Dallas
Dallas
State
Dallas Welcomes Santa Claus on Friday Night
Mr and Mrs D G Coley and children traveled to Dallas Friday to see Santa who arrived at 7 p m Santa stays in Dallas until Christmas Eve then visits homes in Whitewright and nearby areas. It is said 100000 people lined the streets to greet him Friday night in Dallas.
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D. G. Coley
Dallas
Santa Claus
Santa
Whitewright and
Section
Dress Woolens Half Price Display at M C Spivy Co
Bonham Texas retailer M C Spivy Co advertises a large display of ladies dress woolens at half price. The promotion highlights significant discounts likely aimed at clearing stock. Local shoppers are urged to visit the Bonham store to take advantage of the sale.
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M. C. Spivy & Co
Bonham, Texas
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