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Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1916

Page

2

Whitewright News Notes and Civic Items

Whitewright brief items cover local notices, editor changes, and upcoming events. Editor J H Waggoner reports subscriptions and postage terms, J L Wilson appointed Celina postmaster, price concerns with paper, and a warning on speeding by drivers. Senatorial race ahead with emphasis on a high turnout and market-ready crops. W Z Spearman sells the Ryan Leader to J A Kennedy, plans undisclosed. Charles Evans Hughes aims to stump broadly, with a long tour noted.

G.O.P. Presidential Aspirant Campaign Tour Shrinks Local Trade

A Tom Bean Times editorial laments out-of-town shopping as harming Howe and similar towns. It argues that residents travel to Sherman for dry goods due to local store closures, raising prices and hurting the community. The piece urges buying locally to keep towns prospering and endorses support for home merchants.

Howe Sherman Tom Bean Bro Curtis

Sloan's Liniment Relief Claim From Patient Letter

A Philadelphia reader James S Ferguson testifies that Sloan's Liniment gave wonderful knee relief after years of pain. The ad urges readers to apply the remedy where it hurts, noting it penetrates without rubbing and is available at drug stores for 25 cents.

James S. Ferguson Phila Sloan

Dry spell grips Porter Church area crops

In Porter Church the region remains very dry with only two light showers recently as cotton blooms on top and trees show stress. G. D. Bennett and family, Mrs. S. M. Owens, and L. Owens face personal woes and health issues while Mrs. G. R. Davis of Orangeville stays ill. Medley family returns from visiting relatives in Hunt county after two weeks away. Aunt Sallie Williams and Miss

G. D. Bennett G. R. Davis Orangeville Medley Twinpond Hunt County

Community Notes From Clarksville and Vernon Visits

Vida Williams returned Saturday after a week’s visit with her son S. G. Williams near Clarksville. F. P. Pace and family moved back from Oklahoma. Aunt Sallie Williams left on the 6th to visit Mrs G M Lyons in Vernon Texas. G D Bennett Floyd Williams Jim Robinson 8S B Williams Charlie Wilson and Fletcher Williams were all in Whiteswright Saturday. Pate Hicks suffered foot pain after a thorn injury but is improving after a doctor lanced the wound twice with no remaining discovery.

Sallie Williams G.M. Lyons Vernon Tex G. D. Bennett Floyd Williams Jim Robinson B. Williams Charlie Wilson Fletcher Williams Whitewright Pate Hicks

Dr Kings New Discovery Promotes Cold Relief

Advice to treat colds with care and diet, urging regular use of Dr. King's New Discovery. The remedy contains pine tar antiseptic oils and balsams, acts as a mild laxative, and aims to ease cough throat and bronchial tubes while clearing the head. Sold by druggists as a standard household cold insurance.

Dr. King

Mrs W M Cox Family Visits Nobility Relatives

Mrs W M Cox and daughters Ruth and Edna returned from Nobility community where they spent a week with Mrs Cox's parents Mr and Mrs Wm Ingram.

Cracks At The Crowd by Claude Callan

A column shares observational humor on family life and social norms. It reflects on parenting, marriage, and the pull of home, noting how expectations clash with realities as people move between towns and urban centers. Subtle jokes contrast idealized and real conduct.

Sleep Restored by Foley Kidney Pills Testimony

In Gainesville Georgia Mr T Strange claims Foley Kidney Pills cured his long standing nocturnal waking after ten years of sleepless nights. He states after a bottle he sleeps soundly through the night and attributes his cure to the pills. Dyer Jones Drugists advertise the remedy.

Foley H. T. Strange Gainesville R. R. No Mr. T. Strange

Also Mentioned on This Page

J. H. Waggoner Nous J. L. Wilson The Celina W. Z. Spearman Ryan Okla J. A. Kennedy Spearman Leader Charles Evans Hughes Scott Scott & Bowne Bloomfield, N. J G.O. P White House Sloans Liniment Vida Williams S. G. Williams Clarksville F. P. Pace Oklahoma Luther Smith & Son J. J. Lilley Whitewright Texas Sss Store Orf McCarty-Davis Company Claude Callan Star-Telegram Martha Dyer & Jones Ford Buick Bob Sears Buick and Ford Automobiles State Department of Education and College Section State Teachers’ Association Austin College Sherman, Texas Auto Garage Fleming
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