Rain delays cotton picking in Pilot Grove as fair prizes listed
The Sunday night rain slowed cotton picking in Pilot Grove for a day or two while turnips fared better. A long list of prize winners from the community fair is given with numerous firsts for chickens hogs cows mules corn fruit and crafts alongside names such as A F Russell M O Miller Earl Fields H A Bow W R Cato and George Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. T. McSpedden
Lloyd MceSpedden
Slaton
Wichita Falls
Emmett St. John
Dallas
J. C. Henderson
Miss Faye
Sherman
Morton Ashinhurst
W.,d. Ownby
A. F. Russell
M. O. Miller
Earl Fields
H. A. Bow
Herbert Taylor
Rudolph Russell
F. M. Sloan
Martha Hunnicut
Sam_ Grisson
Bruce Dixon
W. R. Cato
Age and Weight Winners in Local Baby Pageant
The event lists 2 month old Frank Carter and Bonnie May among infants with Hicks and Benson households also represented. The results name 1st and 2nd place for various babies in the age and weight category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Simpson
Frank Carter
Bonnie May Scott
Hicks
Hal Benson
Vital Statistics On Wedding Anniversaries
A humorous survey of traditional anniversaries from year one to seventy fifth. It links each milestone with comical gifts and life events, noting cotton, paper, leather, tin, crystal, china, silver, pearl, ruby, gold, and diamond themes across decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Father
Lizzie
China
Mother
Pearl
Sad Eggs Inspire Thrill Seekers and Social Narrowmindedness
The piece contrasts thrill seeking girls with conventional peers calling them sad eggs. It argues psychologists warn thrill pursuit harms capacity for thrills, while freedom means choosing a higher path, not indulgence. It notes danger of extreme conformity and social withdrawal despite safety.
Children of the Twilight and the Road to Life
A Tulsa Express item reflecting on two types of people the “sad egg” avoiders and the “thrill-chasers.” It argues neither fuels real progress and suggests a middle path toward meaningful ideals, emotions, purpose, and active citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa Express
Fuzzless peach evolved by grafting work in Illinois
A fuzzless peach has been developed by E. L. Endicott of Villa Ridge near Carbondale, Illinois, through tree grafting experiments. The story notes Luther Burbank’s earlier impact on plant science and questions his role in this discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Burbank
E. L. Endicott
Villa Ridge
Carbondale
Ill
Burbank
Miami Herald
Social stationery offered by The Sun
The Sun notes a broad print service for social stationery including wedding invitations announcements calling cards and appreciation cards.
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Pilot Grove News
John Garland
George Spencer
J. L. Taylor
G. E. Scott
D. M. Taylor
Jess Bow
R. E. L. Binion
Arthur Lewis
Kershaw
McCarley
O. G. Bow
W. F. Caraway
W. L. Evans
Scott Bros
S. W. Grissom
Billy Bow
Betus Scott
F. Lovell
Callie Taylor
Dan Andrews
E. E. Tomlinson
A. Neathery
J. C. Waldrop
Garland and Conner
Pauline Binion
Pearl Simpson
Grandma Binion
Betty Currin
Minnie Dixon
Ola Scott
Fancy Jowels
A. B. Barnes
Martha Hun
Children’s
Cornell Andrews
Jewel Andrews
Patta Jean Hulet
Sears
Onita Dixon
Alma Jo Dixon
Thelma Jo Scott
W. H. Montgomery
R. L. Johnson
C. A. Wilson
T. K. McMillin
Whitewright
van Alstyne
Grover Gillett
P. Janway
J. W. McMurry Grocery
J. Lee Yates
P. A. Short
W. F. Brown
Dyer & Jones’ Drug Store
Love Monument Company of
Mark Montgomery
Atwater Kent
Manning, Clark & Meador
Earth
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Ruby
Honolulu
Whitewright Sun
Grayson
Fannin County
Farm News
The
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Fannin Counties
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Oklahoma
New Mexico
Plac
Celina
Jacksonville
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