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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
7
The notice promotes printing personal messages on Christmas cards at a reasonable price, urging early orders due to limited supply this year. It also lists local people and businesses, including Horace Gordon in Waco, J C Robinson in Dallas, and various shops, with brief community updates and small ads.
W J Looney promotes attractive prices on all furniture with a goal to clear stock by year’s start and reduce tax exposure. The notice emphasizes quick sale without extra details on items or locations.
Two young men from Camp Travis were arrested last Saturday night by night officer J N Powell for theft of a pistol in a negro house south of town. Further investigation revealed desertion and theft of an automobile from San Antonio. They were held for investigation and later turned over to military authorities, then returned to San Antonio on Wednesday.
Senator D S McMillin attends the annual meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas in Waco. He is a past grand master of the Grand Lodge and participates in the session.
Mrs R H Jay advertises watch repairs at Dyer Jones drug store. Lloyd Moore proves an auctioneer at Canaan box supper raising 94.60 for the school. Hayden Hamilton and Sallie Hamilton teach Canaan school. Mrs Joe May hosts a surprise 64th birthday dinner by her children. T H Lively buys goods in wholesale markets for a Santa Claus sale with a four page Sun ad.
Advertisement notes a cold remedy with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets by E W Grove. claims to stop cough and headache and cure the cold with a 30 cent box. Includes the signature on each box.
Whitewright public school enrollment has reached 697, far exceeding previous levels. Airing chapel crowding leads to chairs used as desks in several rooms while teachers contend with more pupils than they can adequately teach.
Mrs. Howard Brodhead hosted the Friday Club and husbands at her Main street home with autumn leaves and carnations. A five course dinner followed by games, high score by Lucian LaRoe, and guests including Dr and Mrs C P Johnson, Mr and Mrs LaRoe, Mr and Mrs Kirkpatrick, Mr and Mrs Montgomery, Mr and Mrs Hestand, and Mr and Mrs W E LaRoe. Reed and Dee Badgett visited their ill mother Mrs J S Badgett earlier this week.
If you have something you do not want, or want something you do not have, see German and Roberts, real estate and land dealers, for exchanges or listings.
Five large plate glass windows were installed on Wednesday after months of shortage. Each pane cost about 135 dollars as factories catch up with orders. A glass break occurred during placement. Miss Chenowth will host a recital by her music pupils at the school auditorium December 16 at 7:45 with Miss Ray's expression class assisting. no admission charged.
The dialogue features Joe claiming time cannot be arrested by a policeman and Pete retorting that he saw a policeman enter a store this morning and stop a few minutes, implying time can be slowed by daily acts. The exchange undercuts the idea of time’s inviolability with a humorously mundane anecdote.
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