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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
11
Health guidance from Dr. Manton M. Carrick emphasizes calm living, regular outdoor activity, and moderate exercise as key disease preventers. The piece urges support for community nursing, predicting every town will value such service within ten years.
Geo W Squires a longtime Savoy resident and prominent local citizen died yesterday at his home. He was born in Tennessee in 1844 and would have turned 77 in December. Funeral held today at Savoy Church of Christ with Eld Warren E Starnes officiating. He leaves a wife and three daughters Mrs W A Lively Durant Mrs H H Atterbury Savoy and Mrs R W Gallaher Whitewright, plus a brother in Ft Worth and a sister in Greenville.
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or prolapsed piles. Relieves itching promptly and helps sleep after first application. Price 60c.
Poke Eazley’s mule sick and propped by a tree awaiting a doctor. Town talk swirls about a Tickville drugstore selling soup beans in place of pills. Cricket Hicks notes crowds on Main Street and plans for a slimmer date as heat bears down. Grass hopper seen perched quietly on a rail. Raz Barlow serenades friends with jokes after finding an almanac. A local store in Calf Ribs prepares to quit as weeds encroach. Slim Pickens health improves after a singing at Gander Creek. Hostetter Hocks delivers a solo at Hog Ford church. not a showstopper but the stove-pipe shook. Dog Hill closes Sunday sermon with lingering mood.
Jefferson Potlocks and wife hitch their team for a visit to Calf Ribs, but Jeff detours to Bounding Billows. After overhearing husbands boasting at the store, Jeff plans to reform by talking back, yet his wife locks him in the smokehouse to force a behavioral reset.
Monroe Aug 11 Dr George T Harding 76 father of President Harding married Miss Alice Severns 52 nurse in his Marion Ohio office. Ceremony performed by Rev Frank T Knowles at Monroe Presbyterian Church after license. The couple traveled by automobile to Monroe for the ceremony.
In Dripping Springs Texas on August 11 a newlywed woman died in a sudden crash. The accident occurred shortly after the couple’s wedding when the bride was returning from a celebratory event. The incident occurred near the couple’s home as emergency responders attended the scene. Local authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.
Tonic claims to purify blood and enrich energy by iron and quinine. It touts color in the cheeks and appetite improvement and is described as pleasant for children. Price listed as 60c.
Tuesday evening at 5 o clock Alma Hanks Nelson was killed when a wagon broke loose after the front of the wagon fractured when the horses frightened, throwing her and her husband from the wagon. She was caught on the trace chains and died instantly. The couple, married July 28, 1921 in Denison, had moved to the area for a cottage life, leaving a community in gloom.
The fragment references Ed and the father Mr Hanks and sister Miss Ruby along with other near relatives in Denison, indicating a notice about a family connection or inheritance matters within the Denison area.
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