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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
3
Dr Manton M Carrick urges calm living and moderate outdoor exercise as essential to health. Anger and worry shorten life while happy, contented living, family ties, and a caring nurse program strengthen communities. Public health nursing will be vital in the next decade.
Geo W Spuires a veteran Savoy resident and former farmer died yesterday at his home. The funeral held at Savoy cemetery was led by Eld Warren E Starnes with a large attendance. Survived by 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 Greenville sister.
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. Instantly relieves itching and helps restful sleep after the first application. Price 60 cents.
Poke Eazley tends a sick mule while Tickville rumors spread that the drug store pills are soup beans. Cricket Hicks notes crowds on Main Street and aims to find a slim partner for hot weather. Grass hopper observation prompts quiet praise. Raz Barlow shares old almanac jokes from Luke Mathesla’s attic. Calf Ribs store owner plans to quit as weeds close in. Slim Pickens improves after three days of declining health. Hostetter Hocks sings at Hog Ford church. Dog Hill ends Sunday on a quiet note.
A preacher smiles at exit to gauge sermon reception. Jefferson Potlocks and wife hitch their team for a Calf Ribs neighborhood visit but Jeff swerves to Bounding Billows. After hearing husbands boast at the store, Potlocks plans to imitate them, but his wife locks him in the smokehouse to enforce a change of mind.
Monroe Mich Aug 11 Dr George T Harding aged 76 father of President Harding married Alice Severns 52 a nurse in his Marion Ohio office. The ceremony was performed by Rev Frank T Knowles at the Monroe Presbyterian Church after the couple obtained a license and traveled there by automobile.
Dripping Springs Texas August 11 a newlywed woman died in a terrible accident near town officials said the bride had been married only a few days prior and details of the crash were not immediately released.
An ad extols Grove's Tasteless Tonic as a blood purifying and enriching iron and quinine syrup that strengthens and livens the body. It claims to improve color, appetite, and is palatable to children, noting 60c price and malarial and grip germ-fighting effects.
Tuesday evening at 5 o clock Mrs Alma Hanks Nelson died after falling from a hay load while riding with her husband when the wagon front broke as the team frightened. The couple, married July 28 1921 in Denison, had moved here.
The text recalls a man and wife sharing a small cottage once full of happiness, now shadowed by strain as the husband lies prostrate and their relationship falters. The mood hints at loss, hurt, and looming separation within a private, intimate scene.
The obituary fragment lists the deceased and nearby relatives, including the father Mr. Hanks and sister Miss Ruby, among other kin in Denison.
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