Rangers Rout Sherman Kittens in 1924 Season Start
In Whitewright the Rangers opened the 1924 football season with a 45 to 0 win over Sherman Kittens. Coffman led with four touchdowns while Caylor Bradley Bailey Miller and McMurry starred. The team later overwhelmed Wolfe City 64 to 0 and Highland Park 32 to 0 despite being outweighed.
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Rangers
Sherman Kittens
Coffman
Caylor
Bradley
Bailey
Miller
McMurry
Wolfe City
Wolves
Smith
Blanton
Lackey
Keeling
Capt. McMurry
Montgomery
Highland Park
Rose
Fincher
Ford
Murry
Alexander
Farmersville
Spindle
Bennett
Bonham
Crouch
Nicholson
Benneton
McPrayer
Crouch Bonham
Whitesboro
Cross
Blanstars
Cats
Hollingsworth
B. Allen
Remedy Claim for Colds and Grippe to Speedy Cure
An old advertisement touts 666 as a speedy remedy for colds grippe dengue constipation headaches biliousness. It presents 666 as the fastest cure and highlights its broad supposed benefits.
Hoover's Improved Asthma Remedy Sold in Whitewright
Advertisement notes a $1 bottle of Hoover's Improved Asthma Remedy promising quick and permanent relief. Money refunded if not absolutely satisfied after using half the medicine. Sold by Dyer & Jones in Whitewright dated 1-1-26.
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Hoover
Whitewright
Dyer & Jones
Creosone Claims Pain Relief for Gums in 12 Hours
A new liquid medicated with tissue healing and germ destroying ingredients is marketed for home use. It penetrates to tooth roots to relieve pain, tighten loose teeth, heal pus pockets, and kill germs causing pyorrhoea, praised by Dyer & Jones of Whitewright, Texas.
Champion Turkey Cleaner in Brady Texas
Governor Neff praised a Brady Texas resident as the world’s champion turkey killer and picker. The Brady expert reportedly kills and cleans a full grown gobbler in twenty seconds and can earn up to fifty dollars a day at five cents per turkey. Neff observed twenty thousand turkeys in one flock during a Brady visit.
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Austin
Brady
Texas
Governo Neff
Stop That Itching Remedy Ad From Dyer and Jones
An advertisement offering Blue Star Remedy for skin conditions including itch eczema tetter ringworm poison oak and old sores. It promises a stain free jar and includes the seller names Dyer and Jones.
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Dyer & Jones
How to Manage Him A Marriage Advice Poem
A short verse advises wives to love and study their husbands after marriage. It suggests praising honesty generosity and nobility while cheerfully handling quarrels and faults. It ends with a warning to let him think you understand him but not that you manage him.
Not Worth the Difference Marriage License Tale
A colored man sought to swap names on a marriage license and was told a new license would cost an extra dollar and a half. He insisted the old license would do, noting there was no real difference between the two names.
Ben Savage Returns to Whitewright Amid Oil Hopes
Ben Savage leaves Whitesboro after practicing law during the oil discovery period and returns to Whitewright. He states he will not resume residence in Whitesboro unless an oil field is developed.
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Ben Savage
Whitesboro
Whitewright
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
An advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets for curing a cold in one day. It claims to stop cough and headache and notes E W Grove’s signature on each box and a price of 30 cents.
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E W. Grove
E.W. Grove
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Mr. Smith
Whitewright Rangers
Whitesboro Cats
F. W. Smith
Tuti
Grove
Creosone
Whitewright, Texas
Cardus
Lillie B Olton
Lake Providence
Gardan
Turkey
Hall
RP. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Houston
Piers
Buffalo
N. Y
St. George Hotel
Dallas
Chas. Hodges
ODE Crowell Dray
Planters National Bank
J. W. Davidson
J. H. Biggerstaff
Davidson's
the Farmer’s Store
Nicholson's Cash
LaRoe Lumber Yard
Woodstock
Woodstock Typewriter Co
W. Munroe St
Chicago, U.S. A
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