Sherman Troops May Be Sent to Galveston
Sherman, Sept. 6 Captain R F Pool Jr commanding Troop K Fifth Texas Cavalry was instructed to tally men able to report for guard duty at Galveston Sept 15. He has received volunteer applications. Officers closed a lease for barn property on West Lamar Street to stable 32 cavalry horses expected to be received here.
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Sherman
R. F. Pool Jr
Fifth Texas Cavalry
Galveston
Pool
West
Lamar Street
Cotton Sack Gear Ad By Wilson Montgomery Hardware
Local hardware store Wilson Montgomery Hardware promotes cotton sacks scales and knee pads for pickers urging shoppers to visit for farming supplies and equipment needs.
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Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Company
Denison Boy Dies In Hunting Accident
Denison Sept 6 Charlie Rencher sixteen was shot and killed accidentally while three companions hunted west of the city. He tried to take a sixteen gauge gun from his car when it discharged, the shot striking him in the left side of the head. He leaves his mother and three brothers in Denison.
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Denison
Charlie Rencher
Rencher
Central Christian church ladies to start monthly exchange
Beginning next Saturday September 11 the Central Christian church ladies will open their monthly exchange on the second Saturday of each month with lots of good items for Sunday dinner. Next Saturday at Kirkpatrick's drug store.
Katy Engineer Killed by Jump From Engine
E G Evans a Katy locomotive engineer from Denison killed after jumping from his southbound No 9 locomotive north of Durant when the home signal showed danger at a derailer. Fireman L A Dye remained aboard the still-moving engine. Evans lived at 315 West Hall with his wife and five children.
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Denison
E. G. Evans
Katy
Durant
Evans
L. A. Dye
West Hall Street
Galveston Tops Exports Rank In 1920
Washington report states Galveston port ranked second among U S ports in export value for year ended June 30 1920 totaling $598 239 227. The rise from 9th in 1918 to 7th in 1919 to 2nd in 1920 shows rapid growth, with New York the only port ahead.
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Washington
Galveston
United States
Department of Commerce
New York
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Detroit
Baltimore
Seattle
Bandits Rob Guests in Hotel in Dallas
Three masked armed bandits robbed a hotel poker room late Sunday afternoon seizing 15,000 dollars in cash and 20,000 dollars in diamonds and jewelry. They restrained eight players, cut wires, locked them in, escaped, and a later hotel report questioned the total loss while police called it the boldest holdup in years.
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Dallas
SPECIAL SESSION IS NOT IMPROBABLE
Austin reports the Attorney General is to answer Governor Hobby about suffrage. A decision on a possible special legislative session hinges on that reply. Assistant Attorney General E. F. Smith and First Assistant Walter A. Keeling review the matter while Cureton is in Washington, with a focus on suffrage and the Galveston situation if called.
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Austin
Hobby
E. F. Smith
Walter A. Keeling
Cureton
Washington
Galveston
Big Tire Sale At Sears Auto Company Now On
A big tire sale is underway with a 15 percent price cut on fabric and card casings while supplies last at Sears Auto Company. The offer highlights reduced prices on tire materials and shop-wide discounts to attract buyers.
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Sears Auto Company
Death of Dr. Jesse B. Hall at Whitewright
Dr Jesse B Hall a respected Whitewright resident died at home Saturday evening after a brief illness during a trip to visit relatives He was born June five eighteen fifty five in Macon Georgia and married twice First to a Louisiana wife daughter Mae Hall Then to Ella Logan with four children two surviving Mae Hall and Mrs Grover B Smith Funeral held at Central Christian church with Masonic burial at Oak Hill cemetery Attendees included out of town relatives from Homer La and Dallas.
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Jesse B. Hall
Dr. Hall
Waco
Comanche
Macon
Louisiana
J. M. Bass
Texas
Ella Logan
Mae Hall
Grover B. Smith
Hall
Whitewright
Celeste
Central Christian Church
1.C.C.F
K. of P
J. S. Meason
Masonic Fraternity
Oak Hill Cemetery
Right of Way and Other Features at Odeon Friday
Odeon Theatre offers a September lineup starting Friday with Bert Lytell in The Right of Way, a suspenseful tale of an unhappy marriage and faith. Includes Saturday The Heart of a Woman, Monday The Lost City, and a Tuesday Corinne Griffith feature The Garter Girl with fashion notes and gossip about Miss Griffith. Also planned are The Silent Avenger episodes, two Westerns with Neal Hart and Hoot Gibson, and Thursday Crooked Streets with Ethel Clayton in a Shanghai tale, plus Jack Holt as hero.
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Bert Lytell
Sir Gilbert Parker
Corinne Griffith
Rosalie Ray
Miss Griffith
Neal Hart
Hoot Gibson
Ethel Clayton
Orient
Shanghai
Paris
Jack Holt
Predicted Cotton Crop Nearing Failure in McLennan County
Waco Texas September 7 prominent McLennan county cotton farmers warn the crop may be nearly a total loss without several weeks of hot dry weather. Rainfall last night and today totals 1.8 inches bringing the month to 2.38 inches. John Gorham former Texas Farmers Congress president and large cotton planter says boll rot has appeared and recent rains have increased boll weevil numbers.
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Waco
McLennan County
John Gorham
Texas Farmers’ Congress
Free Express Delivery In Business District
The Commercial Club wins free express delivery in the business district saving merchants about $100 monthly. Two daily deliveries will occur with outgoing express collected. The express company will supply wagon and harness if no contract is made with the draymen.
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Commercial Club
Express Company
Damage to cotton crop sparks sharp price advance
New Orleans reports of cotton crop damage and stronger spot demand sent all futures up the daily limit of 200 points. October led gains, rising to 26.76 during the session as buyers moved prices higher across trading months.
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New Orleans
Cotton Exchange
Jefferson Highway Memberships Considered by Sherman Officials
At a Thursday Chamber of Commerce luncheon the directors endorsed the committee report on adding forty three local Jefferson Highway memberships for Sherman. The panel, led by H F E Pearce, told Jefferson Highway general manager J D Clarkson they would not commit until routing is finalized. Current Denison to Bonham path via Sherman might not be the best through route, suggesting a Whitewright to Greenville path. Clarkson visited Whitewright to discuss realigning the highway with the Sherman Commercial Club.
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Chamber of Commerce
Association
Sherman
H. F E. Pearce
J. D. Clarkson
Denison
Bonham
Whitewright
Greenville
Sherman Democrat
Clarkson
Jefferson Highway
Commercial Club
Conductor Stabbed on Train Near Honey Grove
Honey Grove reported conductor J M Porterfield of Santa Fe stabbed in the abdomen by a passenger as the train neared the city. Wound deemed not serious. Bert Simpson of Detroit area arrested in connection with the incident.
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Honey Grove
J. M. Porterfield
Santa Fe
Bert Simpson
Detroit
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C. B. Bryant
R. A. Gillett
Mangrum Brothers
J. B. Hall
Odeon Theatre
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