Whitewright News Bits and Squirrel Auction Fair
Local notes from Whitewright and surrounding towns share a Red Cross charity squirrel auction that netted about 238 dollars, banker visits with editor J H Waggoner, and remarks on insurance rate cuts in Whitewright. Also mentions Norway gas experiments with acetylene and March US Canada food shipments to allies totaling around 1.1 million tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Allies
The
Food Administration
Red Cross
Joe Elliott
Ffair
van Alstyne
Van
Whitewright
Fore
Leader
Brother Fore
Tom Bean
Stores Of Men Refusing To Buy Bonds Painted Yellow
Yellow paint was used on two Denison stores with black lettering “If you are not with us you are against us.” Large placards accused a man of not supporting the government and not buying a bond. The acts occurred in the business district and a suburban storefront.
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Denison
Texas
Grove's Tonic Ad Highlights Health Claims
Grove's Tasteless chill tonic advertised as a general tonic with quinine and iron claims to improve liver function malaria relief blood enrichment and overall strength. The notice mentions Mrs. Frank Carter visiting from San Antonio and her husband recently earning a captaincy after officer training in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carter
San Antonio
Billie Binkley
Good Citizen's Resolution From Honey Grove Signal
A historical Honey Grove Signal item lists ten civic commandments urging residents to honor laws protect children and provide safe homes and clean air. The moral code calls for public cleanliness community welfare opposition to cruelty and accountability for rubbish heaps and air quality.
Women Recruited for Home War Work at Sherman College
Uncle Sam calls women to join the home front by taking office positions and business roles to support the war effort. The Sherman Business College promotes urgent training for women to become part of the nation’s industrial workforce and help supply munitions and production.
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Army of Business
The
Business College
Sherman
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J. H. Waggoner
America
Norway
Tom Wells
Bells
Sherman Courier
Whitewright Sun
Brother Waggoner
Binkly
Leslie M. Shaw
Waggoner
Shaw
C. B. Bryant
Guy Hamilton
Roy E. Fox
Payne Cottage Hotel
Paris
ST. Elmo
Matinee
Lena Rivers
Grove’s
United States Food ‘Administration
Armstrong
Women’s Athletic Unions
Good Citizen
Honey Grove
Uncle Sam
James BC
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