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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
8
An ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant vegetable liquid that replaces calomel known for causing salivation and sickness. It claims the product avoids toxicity, improves biliousness and digestion, and is suitable for all ages with drugstore backing and testimonials from U.S. figures.
Letters from leaders such as Champ Clark O M Dickerson and Oswald West praise practical business college training. They emphasize its impact on general education and practical law, business entrance, and preparation of youth for the modern business world. Representative T C Pickett also contributes.
Ad copy states a school with over 2000 annual enrollments from many states and a national reputation. Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas invites readers to fill in and mail for a catalogue with name and address.
Sherman County officers brought Willard Searcy from Tom Bean yesterday morning on a charge of failing to register dated June 5. Searcy claims he is not old enough, but officers believe they have proof he is of age. He has been farming.
Mrs John Bourneville of Brussels Wis says Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has kept her family free of lingering coughs for years and she would never be without it. The medicine is sold everywhere and praised for soothing irritated hacking coughs.
An advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary quinine, claiming it does not affect the heart, nerves, or head tingling. It urges readers to remember the full name and seek EK. W. GROVE’s signature, priced at 25 cents.
The state of Texas issues a writ to Grayson County Sheriff to publish a notice seeking heirs’ appearance for Minnie Cheek who filed for letters of administration on the estate of John W. Cheek, deceased. The hearing is at the County Court in Sherman on the first Monday in September 1917. The clerk is N A Cox with deputy L Sale Owohuadro.
An old standard tonic called Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claims to drive out malaria enrich the blood and strengthen the system for adults and children. The advertisement lists a 50 cent price.
The article traces cabbage from Europe where wild cabbage lacked a head and became collards after cultivation. It notes the word caput meaning head and dates cabbage as an ancient culinary vegetable alongside asparagus. Pliny and Cato valued cabbage for rheumatic gout, while modern growers claim to far surpass past quality. It mentions asparagus beans used as a coffee substitute in lower Europe.
A vintage ad touts a lemon juice and orchard white mix as a cheap skin whitening lotion. It instructs squeezing two lemons into a bottle, adding three ounces of orchard white, shaking, and applying daily to face neck arms and hands to remove freckles tan sallowness redness and roughness.
A historical survey notes capitals named for rulers and founders such as Washington Petrograd and Constantinople, and explains how many major cities honor English and French figures. It highlights American towns named for presidents plus missions and priests, and Australian capitals memorializing Lord Melbourne and Queen Adelaide.
A murder case from Lamar County will be tried at the next term of the Fannin County District Court, convening the third Monday in August. Pauline Walton, of Paris, was killed at her parents’ home two years ago, and her father T. L. Walton was arrested the next day. Walton’s hand hung jury in Paris led to a venue change to Fannin County, and the case draws wide attention as one of North Texas’ cruel crimes.
Denison Herald reports a plume of burning sulphur along the Katy tracks near Caney Oklahoma caused widespread destruction of vegetation for nearly a mile on each side of the line. Travelers from Oklahoma say the wind source can be traced by the scorched crops and trees.
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