District Governor Visits Rotary Club in Whitewright
Rotary Club hosts Charles Ashcroft of Sulphur Springs for an annual address and international service discussion. The visit includes lunch with members and praise for community work, with noting of Ashcroft’s role over eastern Texas clubs and his Rotary ties.
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Rotary Club
Charles Ashcroft
Sulphur Springs
Whitewright
Raleigh Hooper
Rotary
Whitewright Club
Body of Child Found in Coffin on Milwaukee Street
Police search to identify a year old child found dead over a year ago, placed in a gray white plush coffin on West Appleton Avenue between Holy Cross and Wanderer's Rest Cemeteries. Norbert Reuter discovered it. deputies moved the coffin to the county morgue. The nickel name plate read Our Darling. Rain fell but coffin stayed dry. deputies will inspect both cemeteries for disturbed graves.
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Milwaukee
Norbert Reuter
the Holy Cross
Wanderer’s
Appleton Avenue
Sheriff's
State Senator Announcement From Grayson County
Voters are urged to support a candidate for State Senate from the Ninth Senatorial District. The speaker seeks election on a platform of government simplification, strict economy, and protecting citizens, noting past candidacy and vote counts in Cooke County.
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Grayson County
State Senate
Cooke County
Seventh Grade Halloween Party and Plays At School
The seventh grade held a Halloween party in the basement with 22 attendees. Games, fortune telling, a treasure hunt, and costumes followed by refreshments in a black and orange dining area. A Halloween play directed by Sara Belle Gillet and a future colonial Halloween chapel production were announced.
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Litha Sue Hollingsworth
Jack
Sara Belle Gillet
Chapel
Dorothy Hagard
Temptation and temptation avoidance guidance in a column
A Houston Chronicle style column discusses resisting temptation, noting how attempts at moderation fail for many who feel powerless when desire arises. It argues to replace weak will with action, warning that even good intentions fall short under pressure. The piece also juxtaposes a joke about aging and a stray Bible reference and cites Tampa cigar production data.
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Houston Chronicle
Cotton crops short in Orangeville area prompt community reflections
Local notes show a lean cotton harvest with worries about surviving another year. Social visits abound from Whitewright to Kerr community as families gather, celebrate, and mourn in a close knit Orangeville scene.
Local Social Roundup in Pilot Grove and Nearby Towns
Mrs Zeph Binion and Mrs Robert Taylor visited Mrs D B Tate Friday. Prof R T Newell and wife were Bonham visitors Saturday. Mary Lee Phillips daughter of Mrs Arthur Caraway died at her home Monday night funeral at Westminster Baptist Church Tuesday burial Elm Grove. Vonne Phillips and Estelle Wilson of Celina were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Wallace Caraway Sunday. Roy Magers Hugo Okla Otto Martin and family Anna visited Mrs S E Magers Sunday. Byron Caraway Prosper weekend visitors. Tom Newell and son Ector Sunday with R T Newell. A J Hughes Trenton visited M C Hughes Sunday. Pascal Binion and children Dallas and Cley Horton and daughter Whitewright Sunday guests of D B Tate. Harold Pace Whitewright visited grandparents Akridge weekend. Mrs Clyde Fogle Dallas weekend with relatives here. Buck Adams left for Oklahoma seeking work. Clyde Sutherland and Sherman man with John Adams family Sunday. Do C White precinct commissioner did business here Monday. William Clark moved to Sherman Monday for dairy work. We hope Texas flag will bear a red wagon with Jim Ferguson as passenger.
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Zeph Binion
Robert Taylor
Pilot Grove
D. B. Tate
R. T. Newell
Bonham
Mary Lee Phillips
Arthur Caraway
Westminster Baptist Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Vonne Phillips
Estelle Wilson
Celina
Wallace Caraway
Roy Magers
Hugo, Okla
Otto Martin
Anna
S. E. Magers
Byron Caraway
Prosper
Tom Newell
Ector
A. J. Hughes
Trenton
M. C. Hughes
Pascal Binion
Dallas
Cley Horton
Whitewright
Harold Pace
Willie Akridge
Clyde Fogle
Buck Adams
Oklahoma
Clyde Sutherland
Sherman
John Adams
Do. C. White
William Clark
Fort Worth Star Telegram backs Jim Ferguson in Texas politics
A Dallas News summary notes the Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial titled The Devil a Monk Is He endorses Democratic Jim Ferguson’s bolting history. The piece traces Ferguson’s political shifts from 1916 to 1922 and cites campaign expenditures, framing him as a monk loyal to party lines.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Jim
United States
Republican State Executive Committee of
Peddy
Ferguson
Friar Ferguson
Dallas News
Pension Costs Of The Spanish American War Bitterly Criticized
Rear Admiral Sims calls the pension system a theft and an outrage to taxpayers. He notes the war lasted 114 days with under 400 killed and under 5 000 dying of wounds or disease. About 227 000 of 280 000 U S forces receive pensions this year totaling 119 million dollars. Brisbane in Ft Worth Star Telegram cites the bill and costs of the war. Steno Your wife wants to kiss you over the phone sir. Boss you take the message I’ll get it later.
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Sims
United States
Arthur Brisbane
Ft. Worth
Star- Telegram
Steno
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South Whitewright
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Planters Gin Company
E. P. MeIver
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The
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E. D. Barlow
Greenville
Byrne Commercial College
Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Sun Office
R. L. Johnson
Lee
Aymour & Company
North Texas Seed Company
Manning, Clark & Meadorle
Auto Finance Company OF Sherman F. W. Creager
MGR
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