Antiques

Georgia Caraway

A continuation of “DAYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY” and Antiques and Collectibles that correspond to those dates:

SEPTEMBER 7 1888 Jesse James staged his last hold-up, striking a westbound Chicago & Alton train at Blue Cut, Missouri. There is a connection between Jesse and Frank James and McKinney in Collin County. The “Tuck” (Capt. F. M.) Hill house at 616 W. Virginia Street in McKinney’s Historic District is known for being the hideout of his cousins, the outlaws Frank and Jesse James, who reportedly created a sanctuary in the attic whenever federal posse’s chased them into McKinney from their crime scenes in the Midwest. Tuck Hill was a celebrated Civil War hero who moved to McKinney and married the daughter of one of early McKinney’s founders, Albert G. Graves. He built the house for her more than 140 years ago. Two years ago, when the house was sold, I attended an estate sale and you could just feel the history of the outlaws swirling around you! SEPTEMBER 8 1565 The first European settlement in North America is founded at St. Augustine, Florida. The Medieval Torture Museum, located on St. George Street in downtown St. Augustine, showcases the truly terrible history of medieval torture devices. Not for the faint of heart, this museum of more than 100 pieces was created by historians, curators, sculptors, and scientists. Displays depict a variety of torturous scenes from the perspective of both the tormentor and the tormented. I don’t know any folks who collect torture devices but I am sure their collections must be distressing. The Lightner Museum in St. Augustine is home to one of the finest collections of fine & decorative 19th-century art in the country. What a contrast of museums for the tourist to this lovely old town.

SEPTEMBER 9 1850 California is admitted to the United States as the 31st state. Several California pottery manufacturers produced Mid-Century Modern style pieces, including Vernon Kilns, J.A. Bauer Pottery, Metlox Potteries, Pacific Clay Products, and Gladding, McBean & Co., Heidi Schoop, Howard Pierce, Franciscan, Florence Ceramics, Kay Finch, Catalina, Robert Maxwell, Wallace, and Sascha Brastoff. Although not as wellknown as the potteries of Ohio, California pottery is desirable to young folks decorating their midcentury-style homes. sewing machine. Several books and a plethora of online sites featuring sewing collectibles are available to those who love this handicraft. I used to collect buttons and now my collection is at Howe Mercantile in the thousands. I also collect needlebooks from the 1930s and 1940s. Most references dated the first needlebook back to the late 1800's with their popularity waning in the 1950's. It seems that most books are dated by the subject matter on the cover, either the business or building or the style of dress. Sometimes you might be lucky enough to have a price tag on the needlebook and that can give you a clue as well. One source said the popular needlebooks sold for 19 cents in the 1950's. They were issued by companies such as insurance, grocery stores, dry goods stores, and fabric shops. Most were made in Japan.

SEPTEMBER 11 1850 The Swedish soprano, Jenny Lind, makes her American debut at Castle Gardens in New York City. Her American manager was PT Barnum. Buttons featuring Jenny Lind are highly sought after by button aficionados. They show her face in profile and are usually made of gutta percha material.

SEPTEMBER 12. 1944. The US Army crosses the border entering Germany for the first time in World War II. I have a large collection of military tie clips, pins, officer badges and lapel stars, medals, coins, and even one for a woman who served in WWII that will be put online through eBay in the next couple of months. There is even a Congressional Medal of Honor Commemorative Challenge Coin dated October 31, 1972 honoring Vietnam veteran Michael Edwin Thornton. In October 1972, with U.S. combat involvement in Vietnam almost at an end, Petty Officer Michael Thornton heroically rescued a fellow Navy Seal. In doing so he became the first recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.

SEPTEMBER 13. 1845. The Knickerbocker Baseball club is founded in NY, the first to play by formal rules. Baseball jerseys, ballcaps, baseballs, bats, photographs, helmets, and trading cards (all especially if they are autographed by their former owners) still bring high prices to sporting goods collectors.

Come see us at Howe Mercantile, located in beautiful downtown Howe, Texas. We have two great restaurants right across the street, Abby’s and Gabrielas’, famous for homecooked meals. And the newest addition to our eating establishments, a Chinese restaurant, Hana’s Café and Market, located right behind them. Make a day of it, eating and shopping. Let Us Show You Howe.

The Howe Ex-Students Association met on Saturday morning to discuss the upcoming Howe All-School Reunion which takes place every five years. Due to the pandemic and the uncertainty of availability of school property use, the group decided to cancel the event and move it to homecoming 2021.

Howe receiver Ryan Hough (15) scored on an 85-yard touchdown pass from Ethan

Lopez in the fourth quarter Friday in Bells. Photo by Michelle Carney.

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Drake Stephens also took down Haley for two sacks. It was the play of Stephens that disrupted Howe’s offense for most of the night as his presence also accounted for several rushed snaps that were too high to be handled which ended in either sacks or turnovers.

Meanwhile, the ground game of Bells chewed up the Dog defense to a tune of 359 rushing yards and one 49-yard touchdown pass. It is the fourth game in a row going back to last season in which the Bulldogs have allowed over 400 yards of offense in a game. That has coincidingly has resulted in a 4-game losing streak stretching over the same period.

Bells won the coin-toss and elected to defer which gave Howe the first shot on offense, however, it resulted in the first of five first half punts for the Dogs. The Panthers pulled out the curveball on the first drive when on the fifth play, quarterback Blake Rolen tossed a 49-yard touchdown pass to Tanner Carter to begin the scoring. After an unsuccessful PAT, Bells led 6-0 with 8:39 left in the first.

Howe’s next possession was a sustaining one that went 13 plays and down to the Panther 19 yard line before stalling out after a Matt Hayes run. Bells took no time in capitalizing on their next possession which took five plays when fullback Brock Baker scored from the one yard line to extend the Bells lead to 13-0 with 59 seconds remaining in the first.

Another Howe punt gave the ball back to Bells, but Hayes intercepted Rolen’s second and final pass attempt on the night to open the second quarter. But Howe was forced to punt again after only three plays.

The Panthers next possession was a 6-play, 48-yard drive the resulted in a 15-yard Bo Baker score to give Bells a 20-0 lead with 6:57 left in the second. sion when freshman Cooper Jones dribbled a punt from Howe’s 25 yard line that rolled only 10 yards and picked up by Cooper Smith who returned it to the 10. Two plays later, Grady Waldrip scored from the one yard line to up the Bells lead to 26-0 with 4:13 left in the second quarter.

Howe’s next possession ended in a Haley fumble on a mishandle of a snap at the Howe 19 yard line. That resulted in a 1-yard quarterback keeper for a touchdown by Rolen to give Bells a 33-0 lead with 3:07 left in the second.

Howe’s next possession ended with Haley exiting the game after a high snap saw him crushed by Smith who came untouched off the edge. Bells added one more score after the punt on a 46-yard run by Bo Baker to make the halftime score 40-0.

Bells opened with the ball to start the second half with their starters removed. Howe recovered two fumbles to start the half and scored their first touchdown of the night when Lopez rushed 5yards for the score with 4:47 left in the third to make it 40-8 after a Jordan Jones 2-point conversion.

Bells was forced to punt on their next possession which led to another Lopez 5-yard score. He also ran in the 2-point conversion to make it 40-16 with 11:54 remaining in the game.

Bells first team offense raced into the game again, but a fumble at the goal line turned the Panthers away. Four plays later, Lopez hit Ryan Hough for an 85-yard score. That made it 40-24 with 4:43 left in the game. Bells added one more score for good measure as Bo Baker ended a 5-play, 61-yard drive with his second 46-yard touchdown run of the night. That gave Bells the final score of 4724.

Howe will host Sanger for the first home game of the season Friday night. The Indians are 2-0 and Howe will host its annual homecoming game that night. Get your tickets early in the week.