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Titus County prohibition history: The Wet and Dry Battles of the 1930s

Titus County prohibition history: The Wet and Dry Battles of the 1930s

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Titus County prohibition history: Prohibition Politics in Titus County In the late 1930s, the fight over alcohol in Mount Pleasant...
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Ron Barker’s photos bring home the bacon

Ron Barker’s photos bring home the bacon

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Above Photo: I’ve had two photo teachers, one is Jim Cammack, a gypsy photojournalist. The other is Ron Barker, a...
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Ben Carr

Ben Carr

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Special to the Journal Synopsis by Donna K. White from an interview with Ben Carr 1979. I had two visits...
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Eagles earn passage to best two out of three series to advance to NJCAA World Series

Eagles earn passage to best two out of three series to advance to NJCAA World Series

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Above Photo: Veterans of the NTCC team that in 1996 won the NJCAA World Series Championship under Coach Ty Harrington...
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Hot links, global warming link considered

Hot links, global warming link considered

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Above Photo: Hot links are available throughout the Geezerplex. Check your yellow pages or just ask at the gas station....
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Roots of cultural ties splinter into Pittsburg Community

Roots of cultural ties splinter into Pittsburg Community

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Above Photo: Robert Mitchell and Roosevelt Fleming are in-laws who have lived together since Robert’s daughter married Rose 66 years...
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Dallas attorney buys ’80 acres of Prozac’ of Franklin County land

Dallas attorney buys ’80 acres of Prozac’ of Franklin County land

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Above Photo: Since buying a tract of Franklin County land with an old farmhouse, David Weatherbie's research has introduced him...
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Line-up changes fuel team’s climb to 1966 conference crown

Line-up changes fuel team’s climb to 1966 conference crown

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Ernie McAnally named to Paris Hall of Fame Above Photo: Ernie McAnally, center, is congratulated after driving in the winning...
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Wells-Lamont glove factory made metro news in 1951

Wells-Lamont glove factory made metro news in 1951

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MT. VERNON, TEXAS-The construction of an industrial building so big it would stretch “from Lowry’s building to the variety store...
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Hee Haw plays to packed house

Hee Haw plays to packed house

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By Hudson Old East Texas Journal Publisher PITTSBURG, TEXAS – This wasn’t just another Saturday night, but showtime for a...
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Patriarch tells of gambling and bootlegging on Jodie King’s Hill

Patriarch tells of gambling and bootlegging on Jodie King’s Hill

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Above photo, at left is new development that’s surged during the administration of Mayor Tracy Craig in the old “Sunrise”...
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Gypsy follows navy family’s Texas voyage

Gypsy follows navy family’s Texas voyage

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Above photo, once upon a Dallas city bus, when Samantha and Jordan finish it’ll be a two bedroom bath and...
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10 MPG Boondock bus connects ‘divine appointments’

10 MPG Boondock bus connects ‘divine appointments’

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Above photo, the rough cedar siding covers the insulation Michael Bannister installed during the year he worked retrofitting a school...
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‘61 tornado ripped through Texas

‘61 tornado ripped through Texas

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Above photo: Dorothy Doss stands at the door of a home the American Red Cross built for her family after...
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Pittsburg’s Hee-Haw books April Show

Pittsburg’s Hee-Haw books April Show

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Hee-Haw A Camp-county Rendition of Hee-Haw one-night show will open at 7 p.m. April 11 at the Pittsburg High School...
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