Ringling Circus Announces World’s Greatest Show in Sherman
Ringling Brothers circus brings two performances to Sherman on Wednesday October 27 featuring the spectacle Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. A 1200 cast, 300 dancers, 735 horses, and a vast production caravan headline the show with a diverse program of both foreign and American acts. The menagerie includes 1003 wild animals and 41 elephants, transported on 89 double length cars with railroad arrangements to handle crowds.
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Solomon
Queen of of Sheba
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Sherman
Queen of Sheba
Foley's Honey and Tar Offer Trial Package Insert
A postal offer invites readers to write to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets, with five cents enclosed. The note is signed by Kirkpatrick & Bryant.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
Kirkpatrick & Bryant
Sabbath Law Enforcement Resolution by Grayson County Missionary Baptist Association
The Grayson County Missionary Baptist Association, representing over six thousand citizens, adopted a resolution at its Whitesboro meeting urging county officers to enforce the Sabbath law banning the sale of cold drinks tobacco and other merchandise on Sundays. Rev. W. J. Epting.
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Grayson County Missionary Baptist Association
Whitesboro
W. J. Epting
Home Made Goods to Headline Grayson County Fair Display
Grayson county plans a major showcase of locally made goods at the R R V Fair in Sherman and nearby towns. Factories produce candy cigars ice cream soap baking staples and more, totaling 29.875 million annually to highlight county industry and spur local demand.
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Sherman
Tex
Grayson County
Denison
van Alstyne
Whitewright
Whitesboro
Best Paint What is it Devoe
Dyer and Jones describe Devoe as a long established finish praised for longevity and low cost per job and per year. They emphasize development through use and study and approval by experience spanning many years.
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Dyer & Jones
Miss Hellen Parker Visits Grandmother in Trenton
Miss Hellen May Parker from Trenton stayed with her grandmother Mrs. J. I. Dillon from Saturday to Monday while Clint McMillin was in Trenton on Sunday.
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Hellen May Parker
Trenton
J. I. Dillon
Clint McMillin
The Memory of a Child
A reflective essay on child impressions and moral responsibility. It recalls a boy’s first fishing trip and a generous act by a town official that scarred the child’s memory for decades, urging adults to nurture right thinking in youth and consider long lasting effects of small deeds.
Katy Bridge Wrecked By Red River Flood Damage
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway suffered its greatest loss since 1908 when about 160 feet of a bridge on the Red River was washed away Sunday morning around 9 40. A twelve foot rise triggered by Saturday rain caused the collapse while the north spans were under reconstruction by Wisconsin Bridge Company with falsework and drifting debris complicating efforts to clear the site.
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Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
Red River
Wisconsin Bridge Company
Denison Gazette
Local visits suggest cordial family ties across cities
Mrs Ada Hall of Ector visited her parents Mr and Mrs A J Cates the latter part of last week. Mrs Ernest Ownby of Trenton was in the city Sunday.
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Ada Hall of
Ector
A. J. Cates
Ernest Ownby
Trenton
City
Good Roads Bonds Sold At Small Expense
J H Biggerstaff precinct commissioner provides a detailed itemized cost report for the recent good roads election. Total cost to Grayson county taxpayers was 1291.62, including bond expense and trips to Austin, delivering bonds, telegrams, and auto hire. County handling was cheaper than Denison road district at 1179.45 and Sherman district at 2879.31.
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J.H. Biggerstaff
Sun
Good Roads
MORON
Deis
Gafford
Austin
Chicago
Grayson County
Denison Road
Sherman Good Roads District
Old Home Town Memories of Abe and Bill McAdoo
In Salem a lank clerk who split rails and poled flat boats became president of the United States. Thousands visit his tomb in Springfield. Bill McAdoo, once the town joke, built a Hudson River tunnel and rose to secretary of the treasury, with hopes he might yet stumble.
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Salem
Abe
United States
Springfield
Bill McAdoo
Bill
Hudson River
Orville Wright Joked About by Old Hometown
A quotation notes that Orville Wright was a regular joke in his hometown, and that the town itself is the joke. The remark captures local humor about the aviation pioneer and his ties to his place of origin.
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Orville Wright
Bonham Return Among Local Visits This Sunday
Mr and Mrs Raymond Carter and their daughter returned to Bonham Sunday after visiting Mr and Mrs Jim Carter. Mrs J S Dillon came back Saturday from Trenton where she had been called to attend the bedside of her sister Mrs R M McCollum.
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Raymond Carter
Bonham
Jim Carter
Quarterly Conference at Pilot Grove
Pastor Arthur T. Bridges announces services for the fourth quarterly conference with preaching at Pilot Grove on Saturday October 30 at 11 am and 7 30 pm. A business session is set for 2 20 pm. Sunday October 31 preachings at Gray Hill 11 am and Blackmon's Chapel at night.
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Brotherhood
Pilot Grove
Grayhill
Blackmon’s Chapel
Arthur T. Bridges
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First National Bank
Ringling Circus
Devoe
S. R. Glidewell’s
R. Glidewell
Katy
Wall Street
the Planters National Bank
Roberts Garage
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