Poultry Show Planned in Whitewright This Saturday
Local poultry raisers prepare entries for a community show organized by Whitewright High School agricultural department and the Chamber of Commerce. The brick Main Street building east of Hudson, Davis & Company will host the display with free admission for townspeople and country visitors. Exhibitors may bring fowls to view industry progress, with no outside competition and instructions available via circulars.
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Whitewright
Agricultural Department
Whitewright High School
Chamber of Commerce
Claud Willis
Agricultural Department of the High School
Main Street
Hudson, Davis & Company
Denison
Y. B. Reed
Willis
R L Caruthers Dies After Pistol Wound in Sherman
R L Caruthers, 48, prominent Sherman resident, died at 8:15 this morning at 302 South Walnut from a pistol wound. He was found after a chamber exploded while he carried a revolver up stairs. Survived by wife Amy Ellis Caruthers and five children Frank Elizabeth Robert Mary Roy, plus sister Edna Vowell of El Paso. Relatives from Whitesboro visited, with Bulah Bell Bennett and Coralee Echols also mentioned.
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Sherman
R. L. Caruthers
South Walnut
Mr. Caruthers
S. R. Caruthers
Grayson County
Amy Ellis Caruthers
Frank
Elizabeth
Robert
Mary
Roy
Edna Vowell
el Paso
Town Pests Fire Fans Parade on New Red Auto Truck
The Fire Fan loves rides to fires on the New Red Auto Truck as crowds block Volunteer Firemen from responding. Tales say in old days hose carts dragged by hand and the Fire Fan seldom appeared.
Whitewright Partners With Farmers For Farm Advancements
Whitewright pledges backing for farm improvement work as its agricultural program expands. A new high school course, led by Claud Willis with federal support, will teach modern farming methods, with students aiding local farmers and visiting the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show in March. The Chamber emphasizes town farm ties and shared prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Whitewright High School
H. L. Durham
Board of Education
Claud Willis
Texas A. & M. College
Willis
Whitesboro
Fort Worth
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Texas paid 52.3 million in federal taxes in 1922
Washington reports Texas remitted 52,347,675.73 dollars to the Federal treasury for the year ending June 30, 1922. Of this total 34,987,009.92 dollars came from income and profit taxes and 17,869,665.81 dollars from miscellaneous taxes.
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Washington
Texas
Federal Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Whitewright High Beats Sherman in Football Fight
Whitewright High School defeated Sherman High School’s second team 32 to 6 last Friday afternoon. Whitewright outplayed Sherman early, scoring two first-half touchdowns and threatening more before the whistle. The game was clean and fast, with Whitewright aiming to carry momentum into a Thanksgiving clash at Leonard.
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Whitewright
Sherman High School
Sherman
Leonard High School
Leonard
Boy Emperor of China to Marry Princess Kau Chin Li
Pekin dispatch reports 17 year old Hsuan Tung, the deposed boy emperor, will wed a Chinese princess one year younger next Friday under Manchu rites. She has ridden a bicycle, studied English, sewn, and will be unveiled at ceremonies starting at 4 p.m. The emperor will receive a yearly allowance and a royal court but must stay clear of politics. He hopes to tour America on his honeymoon.
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Pekin
Hsuan Tung
China
Kau Chin-Li
Tung
America
Former Whitewright Girl Entertains for Bridge Luncheon
Mrs John Livingston hosted a bridge luncheon at her new E Lamar Street home for a group of friends including Emma Gordon, with yellow and white decor and autumn leaves. Thirty guests played four courses of bridge, prizes went to Mrs George Livingston for high score and Mrs Richard Slaughter for an engagement book.
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Sherman Democrat
John Livingston
Emma Gordon
E. Lamar Street
Livingston
George Livingston
Richard Slaughter
Joe Martin Admits Guilt as Bigamist in Sherman
In Sherman on November 27 Joe Martin 25 alias John Collins pleaded guilty to bigamy after police questioned him. He discussed two marriages including one to a Dallas student and a recent Sherman wedding officiated by Rev Baxter. His first wife, aware of the second union, prompted her father to confront Martin, resulting in his jail admission.
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Sherman
Joe Martin
John Collins
Frank Reece
St. Louis
Nocona
Texas
Mr. Baxter
Martin
Grayson County Rural Schools to Be Inspected
Sherman Nov 28 County Superintendent George W Acton reports Mrs Kate Wakefield will visit Grayson County from the State division of rural education to inspect State aid schools She will arrive in Sherman to begin inspections Dec 5 covering five or six schools daily Trustees are to meet her at each stop Wakefield will discuss matters of vital interest tied to meeting state scholarship requirements for eligibility for aid
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Sherman
George W. Acton
Division of Rural Education
Kate Wakefield
Grayson County
State Division of Rural Education
Wakefield
Acton
Box Supper At Canaan School House Friday Night
Old fashioned box supper at the Canaan school house Friday night December 1. Proceeds will aid the school. All welcome to attend.
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Canaan
Police detain two Whitewright men after Trenton trip
Officers Montgomery and Powell arrested two Whitewright men Wednesday night of last week as they were returning from Trenton. Trenton officers telephoned for their arrest.
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Montgomery
Powell
Trenton
Whitewright Lyceum Series Announces Three-Event Course
Supt H L Durham contracts a three part lyceum course for Whitewright with two numbers at Austin College Sherman. W Powell Hale impersonations December 5 along with the Clifford Foote Trio in March and Miss Emma Dee Randle in April. Season tickets 1 dollar adults, school children sixty cents. single admissions cheaper. Seating plan and reserved seats managed by Dyer Jones ushers ensure permanent seats.
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Whitewright
H. L. Durham
Austin College
Sherman
W. Powell Hale
Artemus Ward
Mark Twain
Hood
Poe
Field
Riley
Lew Wallace
Tennyson
Clifford Foote
Marcella Franks
Gerald S. Pell
Sherman Hall
Emma Dee Randle
Miss Randle
Grayson College
Randle
Denison
Dyer & Jones
Boy 16 Shot Brakeman on a Dare in Texas Town
Clyde Morrison, 16, is jailed in Sherman charged with shooting G. C. Ramsey, a Texas and Pacific brakeman, at Smith's siding between Denison and Bells as the train moved. Ramsey was hit in the left arm by a .22 rifle but not fatally. Witnesses say a group of boys dared the shooter, who fired from the caboose cupola. Morrison will be turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Smith's Siding
Dallas Dentist Named Imperial Wizard of Ku Klux Klan
Dr. H. W. Evans of Dallas Texas was elected imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan by the imperial klanokation in Atlanta on November 28 to succeed Colonel William J. Simmons founder of the organization. E. Y. Clarke who served as imperial wizard pro tem during Simmons illness was named imperial giant.
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Atlanta
H. W. Evans
Dallas
Texas
Ku Klux Klan
Imperial Klanokation
William J. Simmons
Evans
Colonel Simmons
E. Y. Clarke
Whitewright Chamber Directors Meet For Finance Report
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce directors met Tuesday night to hear the finance committee report pledges totaling about 850 for six months. They will interview mayor F. M. Echols and former secretary for publicity and secretarial work, and named Claud Willis as assistant secretary without compensation. A community banquet is planned for mid December with details to be announced.
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Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Wilson
J. L. Dyer
Guy Hamilton
F. M. Echols
Comercial Club
Claud Willis
Whitewright High School
Willis
Chamber of Commerce
F. E. Douglas
H. L. Gordon
Lloyd Moore
Union Thanksgiving Service Tonight at Methodist Church
A联合 Thanksgiving service is set for Thursday at 6:30 pm at the Methodist Church. Pastors from multiple churches expect a large turnout. Program includes song America by congregation, readings, prayers, sermons by Rev A Major Rev J Fender Rev G McNeilly Rev J Dickey and final benediction.
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Methodist Church
America
A. E. Major
Central Christian Church
J. F. Fender
The
Presbyterian Church
G. M. McNeilly
Baptist Church
J. A. Dickey
Church of Christ
Native-born Texas woman, 90, dies in Sherman
Sherman Nov 27 Mrs Julia King 90 died at her Sherman home this morning. A Texas native who as a young woman helped entertain Sam Houston in her parents home in Sherman. She was prominent in the Methodist church Chesley Rutledge was a Dallas visitor Tuesday.
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Texas
Sherman
Julia King
Sam Houston
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Frank Thomas
Bulah Bell Bennett
Coralee Echols
Chaples Sughre
Whitewright High
Bigamist
BOX Supper
Imperial Wizard
UNION
Chesley Rutledge
Hambone
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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