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1885

Retirement of C.P. Shands and Marriage of E.M. Turner and Julia Williams

1886

Forney Local Notes

A Singular Case

Personating a Policeman

1887

Prohibition Meeting

Rain and Local Progress at Forney

1888

1889

Surprise Party at Voiers Home

Occupants of the County Jail

Annual Grange-Alliance Meeting

Stockholders' Meeting

Lilley Lodge Election Meeting

Railroad Meeting

Forney Has Politest Railroad Officials

Forney-Kaufman Rail Road 1

Forney-Kaufman Rail Road 2

Freight's Shipments

Forney as a Hay Town

Forney Construction Boom

Public Artesian Well

Peaches from Natt Stevens

A Peculiar Criticism

G.W. Lee's Child Scalded

Tom Reed Hurt While Hunting

Jessie Moore & Wife in Buggy Wreck

Passenger Train Wrecked

Whitecaps, Pt 1

Whitecaps, Pt 2

National Bank Expected

1890

J.P. Yates Accident

Sheriff's Report - Forney Co-op Store Robbed

Forney Notes

The NEWS the Favorite

Hay Making

Bail Refused Him - Sheriff Dying

1891

Literary Society Formed

Case of Spotted Fever

1892

Wind and Water Damage

Highway Robbery (J.K. Brooks)

Forney Robbery (J.K. Brooks)

One Thousand Dollars Reward (J.K. Brooks)

Brooks Robbery (J.K. Brooks)

1893

Forney Notes

Shooting Near Kaufman

Called on His Relatives for Aid

1897

Burglary at Forney Mercantile 1

Burglary at Forney Mercantile 2

A Small Collision

Little Ora McReynolds Attacked

1898

Baptist Church Blown Down

1899

First Automobile Trip in Texas

1901

Stores Burned at Forney

1904

Forney Banks

1906

Dr. William Garrett's Home Burglarized

1907

Farmer Saves Her Life (J.B. Yates)

1909

Walker Harvest Party

1910

Store Robbed of Clothing

Judges from A&M

Forney Messenger Sold

Mike Erwin Returns

Forney City Election

1911

Rev. George F. Robertson Conducts Church Meetings

1914

Veterans Meeting at Forney

1919

Convalescents Arrive at Corpus Christie

Prohibition Inspections

1920

Train Crash at Forney

Forney Citizens to Help on Terrell Interurban

1921

Texas Postmasters are Nominated by President (Walter S. Yates)

1922

Forney to Have $50,000 High School

1923

Texhoma Company Annual Meeting (W.A. Yates)

1926

Open New Church at Forney (First Presbyterian Church)

1931

Home Town and State Unite to Honor Forney Druggist (Walter Adams)

1938

Forney Resident Heads Mesquite Soil Board

Forney Clubwoman Views Scrapbook

Woman Named Editor of Forney Herald

Forney Girl Composes College Campus Song (Lois Pinson)

1939

Farmers National to Observe 50th Anniversary

Bank President a Church Builder

Mrs. Susie Ballard Honored with Dinner on Birthday

Deer Trail (About the Train Depot in 1877)

Bank Building Saved in Big Fire of 1910

Easter Party Given for Daughter (Mrs. Otto Lanham, Lady Ann Lanham)

Mrs. Ghormley Gives Easter Party

Checks Go Hollywood (REALLY Cool!!)

Shipley Reunion

Griffin Reunion

Sixth Reader Class 50 Years Old

1940

Forney Garden Club Names Its Officers

1949

Lithographs of Miss Spellman in National Exhibits

1950

Ole U 'Tellem Says

1965

Fabric Shop Newest Forney Business

1966

High School Band Plays at Bob Hope Performance

1971

Mrs. Yates has 98th Birthday

1972

Restaurant Destroyed by Fire

1973

Whole Hog Now - Owens Sausage Began as Sideline

1974

"Irish Ridge" (Talty) to Celebrate 100th Year

Cleo Remembers When...

1976

Woman Bitten, Looks for Dog (Coreen Spellman)

1989

Fire Destroys Talty Landmark

Bessie C. Grissom Honored on 91st Birthday

2005

Christmas Candlelight Tour of Historic Homes

Unknown Date

Forney Post Office Began in 1875

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