Sun Subscribers Rally as The Sun Expands Reader Base
Sun subscribers report rapid subscription figure increases over several days. The paper sends hundreds of sample copies, invites renewals, and offers a December 24 prize car as incentive while listing recent honor roll names.
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Sun
the Sun
The
Mary McGaughey
W. C. Fain
J. W. Blakey
Mary Perkinson
C. S. Thompson
C. J. Deven
A. B. Webster
Jesse Mclver
W. S. Roddy Jr
F. E. Bellows
Albert Melugin
Claud Stephens
Willie Pearl Edwards
W. H. Coggins
R. H. Jay
Edwin Badgett
T. G. Worden
Major General Quits Legion Over Bonus Cause
Maj. Gen. George B. Duncan retired U S Army officer who led the Eighty second Division and First Division units in World War I resigns from the American Legion over advocacy of immediate veterans bonus payment. He condemns the bonus march as cowardly and politically driven, saying veterans were misled.
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Lexington
George B. Duncan
American Legion
Cloudy Week With Rain Affects Gleaning In Orangeville
The latter part of last week was cloudy with a light shower Sunday morning hindering cotton and corn gathering. Cotton crops are weak while most corn is fair. Several local farmers fear many bells will not open. Community illnesses include Paul Hutcherson with typhoid fever and Grandpa Woods seriously ill southeast of Whitewright.
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Paul Hutcherson
Methodist Church
Union
Mary Ella Holt
Lonnie Holt
English
Jim Mayes
Leonard
Otis Wilder
Mary Anna Garner
Meddlintown
Lillian
Elizabeth Stroud
Jim Ownby
Edna Earl
Gladys Taylor
Mamie Howard
Whitewright
Sam Donihoe
Bonham
Mabel Cawthrone
Trenton
Sam Brown
Howard West
Woodrow Bowen
Watt
Rodeo Livestock Arrives for 16 Day State Fair Event
Dallas hosts the Hoot Gibson Rodeo as part of the State Fair of Texas with ninety bucking horses arriving from Gibson's Golden State Ranch in California. Skeeter Bill Robbins leads arena preparations while more than 500 head of cattle, steers and calves will be used. Gibson plans record prize money including 1600 for bronc riding and 1000 for steer bulldogging as he arrives by air with his Blackhawk plane on display.
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America
Gibson
Golden State Ranch
California
Moving Picture Actor
Texas Ranges
Robbins
Southwestern Aviation
Texas
Three Sailors Named in Naval Exam Anecdote
An admiral conducting Navy exams asks a candidate to name the three greatest sailors in British history. The student names Nelson and Drake, then jokes that the third is George Washington because a rooster by that name had died earlier, reflecting a humorous exchange.
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Nelson
Drake
George Washington
Sherman People and Visitors Highlight Local Notes
Desert News reports Mrs. D B Tate visiting sister Mrs Will Eubank in Westminster. Sherman guests include Uncle Bill Clark and family, Gypsy Smith sermon attendees, Laura Damron and Juanita Lewis with Mamie Matthews, and the Martins visiting Tina Mae Martin in Anna after her appendectomy. Several Sherman residents and visitors, plus Rev Markham of Africa, schedule a free lecture at the Presbyterian Church.
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D. B. Tate
Will Eubank
Westminster
Bill Clark
Sherman
W. A. Fletcher
Wilton
Carter Fletcher
Gypsy Smith
Laura Damron
Juanita Lewis
Mamie Matthews
S. B. Martin
Tina Mae Martin
Anna
Wallace Caraway
Maurice Hughes
Andrew Brooks
Kilgore
Jimmie Akridge
Amanda Donihoe
W. D. Brooks
Joe Tate
Richard Matthews
Maurice
Rev
Markham
Africa
Presbyterian Church
Bullington Addresses Sherman Crowd on Courthouse Lawn
Orville Bullington of Wichita Falls Republican gubernatorial nominee spoke to a sizable Sherman crowd on the courthouse lawn. He praised past Texas reforms, promised tax relief and county home rule, and pledged to end pardon and parole peddling if elected. The Rev. S A Barnes introduced him.
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Sherman
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
Jim Hogg
S. A. Barnes
Sherman Methodist
Bullington
Dont's For Football Fans From The Gridiron Rules
A humorous list explains new football rules for fans. It notes changes to substitutions, penalties, kickoff formations, and equipment with lines about officials, centers, and the flying wedge. The piece ends with a courtroom joke about jurors and suppers.
Bob's new job at the Casino praised for piano and hair care
The exchange notes Bob taking a role at the Casino involving both piano playing and shampoo services. He is described as tickling the ivories and giving shampoos in a humorous career update.
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Bob
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