Former County Treasurer Turner Dies in San Antonio
E A Turner, longtime Sher man County official and grain businessman, died last Friday in San Antonio at age 55. Born in Tennessee, he moved to Texas as a boy and lived in Gray son County most of his life. Survived by wife Lula, son Herbert, daughter Zelma, three brothers and a sister, he served three terms as Grayson County treasurer and retired in 1916 due to ill health. His funeral was in Van Alstyne, with interment there. He was a noted local figure respected for courage despite disability. He was brother-in-law to F M Echols of Whitewright.
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E. A. Turner
Sherman
San Antonio
FE. B. Turner
A. E. Turner
Fort Worth
Tom Turner
Terrell
J. H. Riley
Trenton
Mr. Turner
Tennessee
Texas
Waco
Grayson County
van Alstyne
Turner
Sherman Courier
F. M. Echols
Whitewright
Will You Spend 65c On Rat-Snap To Save $100
A 65c Rat-Snap package claims to kill rats efficiently, with a claim that one package can kill 50 rodents. The ad warns rats cause yearly losses of about $10 per rat through feed theft and property damage, and notes the product cremates after killing with no lingering odor. Sold by Dyer & Jones and Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Company in three sizes: 35c, 65c, and $1.25.
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Dyer & Jones and Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Company
Million to hear tribute of president at Arlington
Washington October 12 President Harding will address the unknown dead at Arlington Cemetery on Armistice Day with sound carried by long distance wires and mammoth amplifiers. The broadcast will reach audiences probably totaling a million in New York Chicago and San Francisco as installation of apparatus proceeds. The president will be surrounded by multiple transmitters feeding a vacuum tube amplifier for the broadcast.
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Washington
Harding
America
Arlington Cemetery
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Amplified Sound Reaches Distant Cities Through Megaphone
A plan describes multiplying sound energy by millions of degrees and passing it through successive amplifiers until it is loud enough to be released through a megaphone in distant cities.
Ownership statement for Whitewright Sun 1921
J H Waggoner sworn owner and publisher of the Whitewright Sun Whitewright Texas states ownership management and bondholders of 1 percent or more per the 1912 act. The document lists publisher editor managing editor and business manager as J H Waggoner and notes a bondholder Mer- as of October 1921.
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Congress
Whitewright
Texas
J. H. Waggoner
Whitewright Sun
Mer
Men's Suits Savings Ad From Spivy & Co Bonham
Sworn statement dated October 10 1921 witnessed by Claud R. Truett. Genthaler Linotype Company New York J H Waggoner owner. Ad noting $5.00 to $10.00 saving on men's suits from M C Spivy & Co Bonham.
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Genthaler Linotype Company
New York
N. Y
M. C. Spivy & Co
Bonham
Rat-Snap Claim Highlights Grain Guarding Success
Fred Lamb touts RAT-SNAP as a solution to rat problems in feed stores. He reports rats died after exposure and, with repeated use, his grain stayed uneaten. The ad lists three sizes priced 35c 65c and 1.25 and notes distribution by Dyer Jones and Wilson Montgomery Hardware Company and M C Spivy Co Bonham offering dry goods and shoes during tight times.
Removal Notice From May Building Office
Dr Roy Hoyle announces relocation and office readiness in the May building with patient access hours 9 to 12 and 1 to 6. Additional times by appointment.
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May
DR. R. ©. Hoyle
Rats Cause Plumbing Bill of 125 Dollars, Says James Stucky
James Stucky reports costly plumbing problems after rats clogged drains and nests were found in the basement. A plumber charged 125 dollars, and RAT-SNAP claims to remove rodents. Sold and guaranteed by Dyer and Jones and Wilson Montgomery Hardware Company.
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James Stucky
Dyer & Jones and
Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Company
Dry goods ad urges cross country buying bonham card offer
An advertisement urges readers to travel across the country to purchase dry goods from M. C. Spivy & Co. of Bonham. It notes printed calling cards priced at 1.50 per 100.
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M. C. Spivy & Co
Bonham
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TRADL
Mark
Littell
James F. Ballard
St. Losis
State of Texas
County of Gray
Fred Lamb
Jefferies Ideal Shoe Shop
W. Houston St. Sherman
EK. W. Grove
B. 3. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N.C
Superior
Emerson
Wilson-Montgomery Hwd. Co
Whitewright, Texas
F. O. B. Detroit
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Sears Auto Company
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