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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1926
Page
2
W. A. Williamson of Bexar County says Texas headlight law, pushed in 1925, has fallen into disrepute and is not being enforced. He notes some good from its application but asserts it would require a state police force on salary to enforce the statute.
The Grayson County council training and leadership committee of the Boy Scouts of America met to recruit men for a scoutmasters training conference to be held under the Grayson County Boy Scout Council in September. Barney Smith of Denison presided. speaker was George W. Angell of Dallas. About fifty organization representatives attended.
Washington reports a 4 point drop to 135 percent of prewar levels for farm prices from June 15 to July 15, while purchasing power falls to an estimated 85 in July. The Agriculture Department notes farmers lose purchasing power and may struggle this lean season as farm prices lag behind nonagricultural goods.
Washington reports that over 10 000 letters to and from Abraham Lincoln will pass to the U S Government but remain sealed for 21 years after the death of Robert Todd Lincoln in Manchester Vermont Heirs entrusted the Library of Congress with the collection five years ago and the papers include state papers drafts pamphlets and related material.
Copies of most letters exist though many were not preserved. The material is important but less valuable to historians than other parts of the collection, and it recalls that many significant Lincoln letters had already been printed.
Randall County News reports on sharpers in Northwest Texas exploiting ad cards and menus. The scheme promises value but delivers little, with most profits going to middlemen who sell nothing to customers.
An 19th century advertisement urges parents to treat intestinal worms in children with White's Cream Vermifuge. It promises safe cure, destroying worms without harming health, priced at 35 cents and sold by J. L. Kirkpatrick, a local druggist.
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