Whitewright fair and Texas State Fair dates set
The Red River Valley Fair opens September 23 and the Great State Fair of Texas runs from October 5. Texas Democrats held a tame state convention in San Antonio, with politics anticipated to loom again in two years. UT data show July job gains of 1.5 percent and payroll growth of 2.7 percent with manufacturing employment around 308 300.
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Texas
San Antonio
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Two Seas by Bruce Barton in McCall's Magazine
A meditation contrasts the Sea of Galilee with a parched inland sea. The Jordan feeds both, but one sea hoards water while the other prints generosity into the landscape. The piece uses biblical imagery to discuss values and sharing.
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Sea of Galilee
Palestine
Bruce Barton
McCall's Magazine
Jordan
the Sun
The
Sun
The BB Rifle Boy at Paris and public safety notes
A. W. Neville recalls the long campaign to curb sale of BB and air rifles to children. He cites Jerry Harris, an elderly Black man harmed by a BB rifle while hauling wagon, as an example of the dangers. He recalls 1907 city court warnings and a judge's suspension of judgment as enforcement began.
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McKinney Examiner
A. W. Neville
The
Paris News
Examiner
Neville
Butch Atkinson
Jerry Harris
Jerry
Corporation Court
Daily Advocate
Paris Ice Company
Jack Carter
Advocate
Juvenile Delinquency warned over rifle use in city
A local writer urges parental and municipal action as boys discharge target rifles within corporate limits. He notes damages have occurred from firearm use and bluntly assigns blame to parental guidance, laments fading paternal authority, and predicts little drop in juvenile delinquency without reform.
Engineers Draw Final Plans For Bonham Hospital
Surveys for location of a 350 bed veterans domiciliary in Bonham are done. Final plans are prepared in Tulsa for ultimate Veterans Administration approval. The facility will cost about 2 million dollars with 900 thousand already allotted. It will house 300 convalescent and 50 hospital beds. Construction starts around January 1 with a new street linking to Highway 82.
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Bonham
Tulsa
U. S. Engineers
Veterans Administration
Lipscomb
Congress
Paris
Sherman
Pre-School Party Ends In Tragedy
Patricia Doyle, 11, died after a .22 rifle discharged at a Denton area pre-school party. Police said her 8-year-old guest and her brother Teddy Joe had hunted earlier and the weapon misfired while being handled. Patricia died on the way to a Denton hospital.
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Denton
Patricia Doyle
Mary Jane Doyle
Ponder
H. B. Oliver
Teddy Joe
Oliver
The Sun Honor Roll Adds Local Subscriptions Names
The Sun lists recent additions to its honor roll including J. L. Pointer Ed Martin David Johnson Claud Birdwell Mrs S T Pearce Joe W Jenkins Leslie Holland Miss Foy Reeves Lucian Andrews Mrs Burl Sanders T M Hasty Ford Moore W C Wood J E Coggins Horace Below Miss Carrie Hamilton Mrs Lee Hampton R P Montgomery P M Helms P H Connelly J Frank Roberts Mrs J W Henry Mrs Ott Lackey B R Nicholson Roy Hamilton and Katie Kincaid. The paper urges renewals ahead of upcoming rate increases and notes May aim to keep local rates if possible.
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The
Sun
J. L. Pointer
Ed Martin
David Johnson
Claud Birdwell
S. T. Pearce
Joe W. Jenkins
Leslie Holland
Miss Foy Reeves Lucian Andrews
Burl Sanders
T. M. Hasty Ford Moore
W.C. Wood
J. E. Coggins
Horace
Carrie Hamilton
Lee Hampton
R. P. Montgomery
P. M. Helms
Hippie Busting Kiss Not Stop Him at 93
Cissna Park Illinois observes a 70th wedding anniversary for John Bishop 93 and Carrie May 89. Bishop a 40 year justice of the peace recalls breaking his hip 22 years earlier when he slipped while running around chairs at a party in a kissing game and still keeps active.
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Cissna Park
Ill
John Bishop
Carrie May
Bishop
Freshman-Who Was the First Inventor
A junior remark leads to a quip about the first inventor, credited with supplying parts for the first loud speaker. The note ends with an advertising line urging printing services in Whitewright.
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Adam
Negro Held in Slaying at Plano
Dallas police detained a 40 year old Negro on suspicion in the slaying of Ernest Teichmann at Plano a veteran railroad telegrapher. Teichmann believed shot after a robbery of the railway station with about 40 dollars taken. Investigators linked the suspect to a Celina murder charge and recent Dallas liquor store robberies.
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Dallas
Ernest Teichmann
Plano
Teichmann
Betwee
Celina
Paralee Bryan
O. T.) Mitchell
Mitchell
Slayer’s entry ends tenure as office opens
Mrs. Teichmann, visiting Itasca, was advised of her husband’s death as the slayer entered the office, marking a grim moment in local affairs.
Attention Mr Stork A Southern Mammy Names Children
A peculiarly phrased note recalls a Southern mammy who named her children Eenie Meenie Minie and George to avoid any Moe. The remark highlights dialect humor and a playful naming choice from a bygone era.
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Eenie
Meenie
Minie
George
Moe
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South Bond Street
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Truman Tomlinson
Hi-Way Cafe
Hi-Way Grocery
James H. Gosnell
James Robnett
Mr. Stork
Wallace
Lester Haile
Vaughan Davis
Houston
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