Negro Slayer Wagner killed by Dallas police in jail
Houston Wagner, who confessed and was convicted of killing nurse Zada Cramer, was shot to death in the Dallas county jail by Officers Parsons and Parton after overpowering Jailer Wright. The standoff ended when Wagner, trapped in the jail bathroom, fired ineffectively as the officers returned fire.
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Dallas
Houston Wagner
Zada Cramer
Parsons and
Parton
Wagner
Jeff Wright
Wright
Murray Fisher
Reynolds
Parsons
Local Paper Offers Discount Subscriptions
Good Club Offers promote lower prices for Holland's Magazine and Farm and Ranch with Whitewright Sun combos. Rates show two year and one year terms totaling 2.50 for certain bundles, but rising costs threaten availability. Readers are urged to send orders to the Sun in Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland’s Magazine
Whitewright Sun
Arm and Ranch
The
Farm and Ranch
Sun
Whitewright
Press Day at Red River Valley Fair Highlights Edits and Banquets
Editors from Texas and Oklahoma attended Press Day at the Red River Valley Fair in Sherman. Canning Club girls served a noon country dinner and local manufacturers hosted a 6 pm banquet. A Bible was presented to Editor Ellis of the Denison Herald, with speeches by Dr. T A Wharton and others as the day ended with lively discussion and good cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River Valley Fair
Sherman
Canning Club
Frank GC. Vaden
Manufacturers
Jovkers
Great Red River Valley
Texas
Oklahomaa
Viden
Ellis
Denison Herald
Red River Valley
World’s Greatest Wizards of the Air at 1916 State Fair of Texas
The Poor Casters, famed aerial acrobats, are billed as the best of their kind and will perform at the 1916 State Fair of Texas in Dallas. The fair is scheduled for October 14 to 2 at Pair Park in Dallas, promising renowned acts and extensive exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Pair Park
Various For Sale Notices From Texan Advertisements
A slate of for sale items lists hogs around 100 pounds each, brick in bulk at 7.50 per thousand, Indian Runner ducks at 50 cents each, and property including lots 11 and 12 in Spearman addition. Also offered are a seven room dwelling with outbuildings on two acres, farming gear, and a Deering binder. Additional notices seek nursing students for Denison City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lyons
J. A. Childress
McMurry-Duggan Wedding in Ector Community
A wedding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W J McMurry in Ector joined Miss Mamie Lou McMurry to Mr. William Rollie Duggan of Myra. Rev J F Pender officiated as soprano and quartet performed before the ceremony. The bride, from a storied Ketor family, and the groom will reside in Myra.
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W.J. McMurry
Ector
Mamie Lou
William Rollie Duggan
Myra
Lafayette Garner
Minta Jones
Mendelssohn
Lillian
Myrtie Ross
Sherman
Austin
Tom Barbee
George and
Whitewright
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Buster Brown
Armstrong’s Cash Store
the Sun
Popular Science Monthly
Fourth Ave. N.Y
Mies Eis
Bibs
A. M
R. M
E. W. Grove
R. R. V. Fair
Tom Bean
W. M Isabell
Tex
Rt. 4
Marks Brothers
Joe McKinsey
W. H. Stedham
Spearman
Emil Friedericks
Nordheim
W. H. Pierce
Denison City Hospital
Denison
Ord
Ford
Bob Sears
Buick
Jas. D. Buster
Sherman, Texas Commercial Bank Building
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