Miss Gertrude Whitney Sits on Bench and Finds Love
Miss Gertrude Whitney lives a quiet life alone in the city when a shy meeting on a park bench leads to a confrontation with a loafer and a bold rescue by Fred Fayram. The pair exchange fateful words and later marry after a long pursuit. Copyright 1917 McClure Syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Whitney
Gertrude
Therk
Hemilingly
Chance
Fred Fayram
Fayram
McClure
Kathleen Weare and the Bellingham wager
Kathleen Weare runs a retail venture funded by Old John Bellingham with three wagons to cover three routes. Charley Brayton enters offering capital, but Kathleen rejects impropriety and insists on earning her way without using Old John’s money, while Brayton’s advances strain their fragile bond. Kathleen remains single, and Old John clings to a hopeful fantasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Lawton
Bellinghams
Kathleen Weare
Bellingham
Kathleen
Tom
Jerry
Lower
Lawton
Old John
Charley Brayton
John
Brayton
John Bellingham
Getting It Over With
A humorous dialogue shows a man seeking courage to propose to his beloved. She suggests waiting until summer while a friend hints at asking via a hammock test. He finally deflects with a playful, hopeful reply about both of them sharing the hammock.
The Only Doubtful Citizen in Campaign Exchange
A staged exchange shows a voter pressing a candidate on plans if elected. The reply is evasive with the line I don't know yet. The dialogue captures public doubt during a political moment.
Local notices and community updates in The Herald
District Judge John Watson is holding court in Bryan this week. Miss Neppie Newton is visiting relatives and friends in Austin. Mrs. Stanley Bowles left to join her husband in San Angelo. Mrs. Geo A. Thomas and family went to Franklin. Walter, George Thomas and Ralph Head spent Sunday in Franklin. Thos W Adams of Buckholts was in the city on legal business. Mrs. Guy Tidwell of Gause attended the Chautauqua. Jessie Mecrumkin of Dallas guests of Mary Lake Henderson. Allen Collins of Waco spent the week in Cameron. Mr. Pollard court reporter visiting. Ruth Henderson went to Waco for Baylor summer school. Miss Minnie Wolf returns from El Paso where she taught. Waco training camp plans noted. Mrs. Engelbrecht and children visiting Brenham. Chamberlains Tablets praised for digestion and constipation relief.
Local social and theater notes from June
Misses Cora and Zada Weathersbee visit Buckholts relatives and Mrs. B. M. Williams of Alexandria, La. stays with sister Mrs. R. L. Batte. Lawrence Parks and John Rasberry of Rosebud attend Chautauqua. The Wonderland Theatre crowd enjoys Cinderella featuring Mary Pickford. An advertisement cites McGees Baby Elixir for sour stomach and colic, sold by Pace Marshall Drug Store. June
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Lawrence Parks
John Rasberry
Rosebud
McGee’s
Pace-Marshall Drug Store
Lemon Skin Whitener Recipe Claims Harmless Beauty Results
A vintage advertisement promotes a DIY lemon juice and orchard white lotion to remove freckles tan sallowness and rough skin. It instructs mixing juice from two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint of skin beautifier for daily facial use promising smoother clearer skin.
Catarrhal Deafness Adverts Hall's Catarrh Medicine
Advertisement claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It asserts inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes deafness, promises blood-borne relief, offers a $100 cure offer, circulars free, and lists Hall's Catarrh Medicine from J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Fishing Party Forms At Medina Lake This Week
Dr. Rischar and his sister Miss Rose Rischar join Miss Lorens and others on a Medina Lake fishing outing this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Rischar
Rose Rischar
Lorens
Medina Lake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alonzo Thomas
Susan Sherrill
Garrett
Tennessee
California
Dobbins
The
Herald
the Herald
John Watson
Bryan
Neppie Newton
Austin
Stanley Bowles
San Angelo
Geo. A. Thomas
Franklin
Walter and
George Thomas
Ralph Head
Thos. W. Adams
Buckholts
Guy Tidwell
Gause
Jessie Mecrumkin
Dallas
Mary Lake Henderson
Allen Collins
Waco
Cameron
Grove
Ruth Henderson
Baylor University
Frank Feleman
Minnie Wolf
el Paso
Chas. Pollard
Pollard
Mary Stewart Butler
San Marcos
R. L. Batte
Albert Green
Little Sister
Emily and
Jane Nicholson
Hoyte
Wm. Engelbrecht
Ben Arnold
Otto Arndlt
Brenham
Chamberlain
F. B. Tressey
Richmond
TEXAS
AAAS
Denison
Marshall Chambers
Santa Fe
Connection
Otto Forke, Jr
Henne & Meyer Co
City Undertakers
Cora
Zada Weathersbee
B. M. Williams
Alexandria, la
Cinderilla
Mary Pickford
Wonderland Theatre
Louella Nevia
Brother Edward
Buri
Jim Neinast Fand
Aily
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