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The history of the newspaper dates to A. Foote and his brother, Dr. Stephen A. Foote, early relatives of Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Horton Foote. They began publishing the Wharton Spectator on Nov. 2, 1889, beginning one branch of the modern-day Journal-Spectator family tree. The Shannon family — brothers F.W., Hal and Emmett ...
Wharton is a city in and the county seat of Wharton County, Texas, United States. [4] This city is 60 mi (97 km) southwest of Houston. Its population was 8,832 at the 2010 census and 8,627 at the 2020 census. Wharton is located on the Colorado River of Texas. U.S. Highway 59 passes west of it.
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The Daily Advance is an American, English-language daily newspaper based in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.The newspaper is owned by Cooke Communications. [3] [4]Cooke Communications, a private company led by the son of Jack Kent Cooke, bought The Daily Advance in 2009 from Cox Newspapers as part of a 13-paper sale, along with other North Carolina papers The Daily Reflector and Rocky Mount ...
Veterans Memorial with eternal flame (not visible in photo) at Wharton County Courthouse Memorial to Sheriff Hamilton B. Dickson of Wharton County who served during the 1880s and was killed in an ambush in the line of duty. Wharton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 41,570. [1]
Location of Wharton County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wharton County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wharton County, Texas. There are three districts and 29 individual properties listed on the ...
Elm Grove is located approximately 16 miles (25.7 km) northwest of Wharton. A 1936 county roadmap noted that there were several homes in the area. By the 1980s there were still two commercial establishments, a few houses, a cemetery, and a church. [2]
Elizabeth Schmitz, 86, Dutch politician, secretary of state for justice (1994–1998), mayor of Haarlem (1985–1994). [ 875 ] Thomas J. Schriber , 89, American academic.