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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1919
Page
2
Washington reports say President Wilson plans to lift the wartime prohibition on October 1 for three months before constitutional prohibition takes full effect. Banks press for revenue and sugar shifts. dis tillers and broker loans strain finances as the Army demobilizes.
Burkburnett townsite may stage a comeback as stockholders and operators hope for repayment if the 4000 foot cable test of Burkburnett Deep Well Oil Co proves a deeper richer sand in Block 20. The test, first deep cable test for the district, could be spadded with a 22 inch hole on Sept. 1 per Cell Q. Thorpe, president and manager.
Dallas reports that the Bailey wing of the Democratic party will hold an executive committee meeting next Saturday to plan a vigorous state campaign. Former Senator Bailey is expected in Washington and the group aims to contest all state offices, opposing national prohibition and other current policies.
A comic squib riffs on the famous first kiss and its supposed tastelessness. The piece mocks the editor’s color blindness and praises exaggerated flavors described by poets of romantic memory. It lampoons the old notion that the first kiss has no taste and boasts overblown comparisons.
Ad touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets with the claim to remove the cause. It specifies there is only one Bromo Quinine and features E. W. GROVE'S signature on the box priced at 30 cents.
Two important property transactions occurred in the community in recent days. W W Farris sold his 106 acre farm just west of town to David Cowart of Bethel for 235 dollars per acre. The property includes a fine residence and improvements. Farris had purchased it about a year earlier for 180 dollars per acre, realizing a solid profit along with this year’s crop.
Two stills were raided in the basement of Birmingham's new million dollar post office during construction. One still was still warm from recent operation, and authorities said the find marks a significant bootlegging discovery at the site.
General John J. Pershing, commander in chief of American forces in France, told reporters in Paris he expects to sail for America around September and then visit his Missouri home before proceeding to Cheyenne, Wyoming, with a possible monument proposal mentioned.
War dispatch notes the fiercest combat faced by American forces in the Meuse Argonne campaign at Romagne. An urging message appeals to soldiers to keep Government life insurance active, stating reinstatement is worthwhile.
An Adv note warns that the 666 chill and fever tonic faces many imitations, but consumers avoid fakes as dangerous to medicine use.
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