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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1916
Page
3
A humorous column on a woman’s vanity and self doubt as she worries over clothes hair and footwear while to town with the husband blamed for fashion mishaps. The piece ends noting shared responsibility and long-ago independence.
A reflective piece contrasts marrying class expectations with changing times. It notes that happiness could hinge on simple comforts like a soda cracker and that friendships and loyalties shift after visitors, trunks, and quarrels. It ends with an observation on how women read meaning into small signs.
A Hogwallow community column notes a local death, a horse medicine mishap, fashion choices, a runaway horse, and a coffee pot aftermath. The Hogwallow Improvement Association defers mud problem to nature while neighbors serenade a deaf resident. A deputy lookalike arrest, a violin band event, rain quip, snake season joke, and church ladies fund raising spark lighthearted chatter about a pastor’s hen house and self sufficiency.
A promotional pill claim states Dr Kings New Life Pills aid liver function and digestion with a bitter coating masking taste. It promises no gripe or nausea and urges trying a bottle sold by druggists for 25 cents.
Subject to action of the Democratic primary on July 22 1916 the slate lists candidates for CONGRESS SAM RAYBURN for Juper 16TH District Court SILAS HARE for District Clerk R B ASTON DAVE ARNSPIGER B D DYKE for SHERIFF TOM L TENNISON T W Tom ROBERTS TOM ROWLAND JOHN BOWEN JOHN RAMSEY for County ATTORNEY H H CUMMINS J H LAWSON CHAS R CRENSHAW for Tax ASSESSOR GEO JENKINS W C Bill HATFIELD for County Clerk NATH A COX E A TURNER F KE Frank McKINNEY H B DENTON for Country Supt Pas Instr F L STAMPS W N HOLLY J A GILES for Representative Place No 1 District No 42 H T DUNAWAY
Cold remedy promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey syrup to stop coughing ease throat irritation and fight colds. Claiming benefits for young to aged, the ad markets the formula on every bottle and lists a 25 cent price at druggists alongside the Sun and Dallas News at 1.50.
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