Oil Developments in Grayson County
Grayson County sees continued oil exploration with Fitzhugh Bryant leasing 7000 acres north of Bells and planning a 3500 foot test well within ninety days. Detroit capital backs the leases as Denison fields attract new companies, tests, and rising acre prices from five to fifty dollars an acre.
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Grayson County
Fitzhugh Bryant
Bells
Detroit Capital
Fitz
Dallas News
Denison
Viola Petroleum
Westover
Cambria
Wyo
Wichita Falls
Emery Wiley
Detroit
New York
Wiley
Sun Ads Highlight Food and Furniture Deals
A local notice notes popular chili and hamburgers offerings from Nick and credits Will Looney with making things interesting. It promotes first class furniture at slightly lower prices and invites readers to try a Sun wanted ad with a payoff.
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Will Looney
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Blood Purity and Vitality
The advertisement claims the tonic purifies and enriches the blood with iron and quinine to boost energy, appetite, and color in the cheeks. It emphasizes safety, child appeal, and a long history of use, noting the price as 60 cents per bottle and availability at any drug store.
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GROVE
Hero of World War Returns With Medals
Otro Sloan son of Mr and Mrs G P Sloan of Bethel community arrived home after two years overseas service. He took part in five major drives against the Germans and earned several medals. He was wounded dozens of times, hospitalised thrice, gassed and shot in the breast, still holding the machine gun bullet removed from his body. He served through occupation duties and marched with Pershing, later partaking in parades in New York Philadelphia and Washington. The piece ends with a note about a band of I W W protesters and a local ad for retreading tires by G W Parker.
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Otro Sloan
G. P. Sloan
Bethel
Army of Occupation
Pershing
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Bayer Aspirin Brand Declared Genuine by Bayer
Bayer insists on the label Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Bayer packages with directions for colds pain headache neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. The Bayer name signifies genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years. Handy tins of 12 tablets cost a few cents. Aspirin is a Bayer trademark for monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid.
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Bayer
Consider Probable End in Life’s Conduct
Probable end versus beginning guides prudent conduct. The quote suggests assessing final outcomes, noting that initial promises may fail while early disadvantages can yield later gains, highlighting a cautionary view on optimism and risk.
Cotton receipts and seed sale yield modest year for W D Martin
W D Martin reports two 1894 cotton tickets with October 16 dates. One bale at 550 pounds sold for 465 and 25.52 total. the other at 545 pounds net 26.47 after 478. Seed sold for 36 per ton. He paid 45 cents per 100 pounds to harvest quickly, leaving less than 50 dollars after debts. Red Cross rolls call for 1920 runs November 2 to 11 seeking citizen support.
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W. D. Martin
Times
Martin
Detroit Times
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Nick
I. W. Ws
Virginia
Honey Grove
G. W. Parker
Lee Bros
Cardus
Cardui
Mark
Littels
Loa
Littell
James F. Ballard
Prep
St. Louis
R. May, M.D. Ross
R. May
B.s.md
Kirkpatrick’s
Res
Drs. D. M. Durham
J. B. Hall
G. J. Hornbuckle
Office
R. B. Nall
Commercial Bank Building
Sherman, Texas
Wilbur Carter
Kelly Building
Edwin
Kirkpatrick's
Hubert Bookout
Henry Wilson
Bookout & Wilson
Linz Annex
Red Cross
Amer
Ican Red Cross
America
The
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N. C
Amel
Wee Soc
Wilson-Montgomery Hdw. Co
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