Frisco Fire Levelled Sixteen Businesses in 3-Hour Blaze
McKinney Texas September 7 Fire destroyed sixteen business buildings in Frisco Collin County starting in a rooming house. Firefighters from McKinney Colina and Benton contained the blaze after three hours. Loss estimated at about $100000 with about one third uninsured.
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Frisco
McKinney
Texas
Collin County
Colina
Bentor
Freeman & Moody
Triplett’s
Grand Theatre
Hollingsworth Grocery
Neal’s
Roger’s
Roger’s Drug Store
Gordon & Son, Barbers
Standifer’s Meat Market
Cooper’s Shoe
Robertson’s
Frisco Produce Company
Burnham’s
T. M. Brown
Mistrot Brothers
Frisco Journal
Six Per Cent Money Loan Offer by Texas Bank
The First Texas Joint Stock Land Bank offers land loans at six percent interest with 1 percent principal paid annually, fully amortizing in 33 years. Loans up to half the land value, with liberal valuations. call or write L. C. Fuller, Bonham, Texas, Representative Northeast Texas, 3813. Also advertising auto batteries in guaranteed service and prices by R. S. Morehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
Texas Joint Stock Land Bank
L. C. Fuller
Bonham
Texas
Nimon cites flouted laws in Grayson County
Denison reports Colonel Chas Nimon martial law commander told Chamber of Commerce executives that laws were daily flouted. He noted 263 cases dismissed by the county attorney between Aug 16, 1921, and Aug 16, 1922, with 187 lacking sufficient evidence, and 78 more dismissed afterward before Judge Hare for undisclosed reasons.
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Denison
Chas. Nimon
Chamber of Commerce
Grayson County
Nimon
Hare
Atlas Peck Upside Down Quiet Life with Flour Barrel
Atlas Peck read his paper upside down while pondering. He nearly tipped over returning home with a flour barrel. Tobe Moseley notes Mondays follow Sundays closely. Tickville marshal on vacation asks locals to behave until return. The train nearly collided with something.
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Atlas Peck
Tickville
Local Tales and Whims From Tickville District
Last Tuesday at Tickville depot a curve in the track kept a mishap from forming. Raz Barlow notes oddities while Washington Hocks muses on the world going to the dogs if it has run for millennia. Columbus Allsop encounters a man named Dewey near Thunderation. age not asked. A windstorm blows through Thursday as Clair Hancock’s mule nearly vanishes. Poke Eazley imagines a peaceful world with tall fences to avert chicken disputes. Fletcher Henstep and Luke Matthewson contest Musketridge championship. Luke wins a whittling knife, but says checkers players are too busy to whittle. Tobe Moseley’s wife fears visitors. Jefferson Potlocks arrives with family and three dogs for a visit. Sile Kilden’s yard hosts a bench-legged dog.
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Fletcher Henstep
Luke Mathewson
Musketridge
Luke
Man with a big racket fears a kitten in the open
Poke Eazley compares a loud troublemaker to a man who always makes noise yet trembles when faced with a small kitten. The passage depicts a character described as raucous behind a fence but cowardly when exposed.
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Poke Eazley
Blue Star Foot Aid Promoted for Corns and Sores
An advertisement touts Blue Star as a remedy for foot troubles including corns bunions callouses and various skin diseases such as eczema ringworm poison oak and sores. It claims the product will not stain clothing and offers pleasant odor.
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Dyer & Jones
Idle Brain Devils Workshop at Sherman Telegraph School
Help that boy and girl learn a good trade Telegraphy pays well short hours sure employment Fall Term opens Sept 10th Enroll now and save money Write for reservation Sherman Telegraph School 3813 Sherman Texas
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Western Union
Sherman Telegraph School
Sherman, Texas
Why He Left Texas
A traveling Texan explains he moved from Texas after a severe dry spell. He notes the drought forced him to leave because his children suffered while waiting for rain.
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Texas
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R. S. Morehead
Wilbur Carter
Kelly
Sherman
R. C. Hoyle
Lloyd Moore
Whitewright, Texas
W. Grove
Ironized Yeast Co
Atlanta, Ga
Hogwallow News
Tobe Moseley
Dr. Price
Vinces
Price Baking Powder Factory
Independence Boulevard
Chicago
Raz Barlow
Washington Hocks
Columbus Allsop
Dewey
Clair Hancock
Jefferson Potlocks
Sile Kilden
Mangrum Brothers
Poland
China
J. A. Cherry
Wolfe City, Texas
Autonic
Grove
Bow-Wright Drug CO
J. W. Davidson Quality Groceries
United States Rubber Company
U. S
U.S
United States
Powe
Royal Cord Tires
United Hit Rubber Company
Sears Auto Coo
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