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Whitewright Sun

Location

Whitewright, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1927

Page

6

Local Residents Visit, Travel Notes Across Towns

Tocals W L Robbins of Greenville visited Thursday. J F Lilley spent Friday in Denison on business. W W Dossey weekend in Gainesville on business. Miss Roberta Sloan weekend in Greenville with friends. Mrs R B Gordon visiting relatives in Sherman. Joe Tate visited Dallas friends last weekend. Maurice Holland of Dallas visited relatives here last weekend. Mrs Joe Erwin of Bonham visiting daughter in Greenville. A A Adams of Adams Motor Co spent weekend in Waco with family. Mr and Mrs Robert Sears and son visited relatives in Bonham Sunday.

Roberta Sloan Greenville Robert Sears Robert Emerson Bonham Sunday

Hayes Healing Honey and Grove Pen-Trate Salve Combo

Quick cough relief by Hayes Healing Honey with Grove Pen-Trate Salve for chest and throat. The salve eases cold and croup symptoms while honey soothes irritated throat tissues. Packaged together for 35 cents, asks your druggist for Hayes Healing Honey.

Hayes Grove

Want Dan Moody For Vice President

Austin February 2 Dan Moody likely to be endorsed for vice president on the National Democratic ticket by the League of Young Democrats of Oklahoma. W R New secretary says the group invited Moody to Ardmore February 22 for the convention while Moody offered no definite reply.

Moody Dan Moody

Claud Bond Given Twenty Years for Killing in Field

A jury in Fifteenth District Court at Sherman sentenced Claud Bond to 20 years for the 1925 killing of W. M. Claybrook. Both men were farmers and the event occurred in a cotton field north of Denison on November 17, 1925.

Claud Bond Fifteenth District Sherman W. M. Claybrook Denison

Moody Grants First Pardon to Friend Who Took Overcoat

Governor Dan Moody issues his first pardon to Judge Walter G. Weaver of Donna Hidalgo County. Weaver, a lunch guest of O. O. Norwood of Austin, mistakenly took Moody's overcoat. Norwood interceded for his friend and Moody pardoned him in the private office after Weaver offered apology.

Moody Dan Moody Walter G. Weaver Donna Hidalgo County Weaver O. O. Norwood Austin Magic Valley Capitol Norwood

Bill plans limit on student fees

Texas senator Thomas Pollard of Tyler proposes a bill to cap state college fees. Residents would pay no more than 30 dollars matriculation and 4 dollars per lab course with nonresidents possibly charged up to 150 dollars yearly. Fees would go to the State Treasurer and be spendable only by legislative appropriation.

Austin Thomas Pollard Tyler

Bill aims to halt prescription whiskey transport

Austin reports Representative J. F. Wallace of Teague introduced a bill to impose a penitentiary term of one to five years for transporting a flask obtained on medical prescription ten days after receipt. The House Liquor Traffic Committee backed the bill, targeting use of prescription bottles for illegal liquor and hoarding.

Austin J. F. Wallace Teague House Committee On Wallace

Brief Notebook of Curiosities and Facts

A collection of short items mentioning ancient eel worship and Greek cuisine, New Zealand horse racing rise, cloves as dried buds from evergreen trees, Welsh Sunday school longevity, a microscope magnifying to 12 million, early Chinese fingerprint use, God We Trust on coins since 1864, shrapnel toys in England, laughter as appetite aid, chocolate iodine pills in Plainfield public schools, Bible printing since early times, long leases on west London property, and New Utrecht High School publishing seven papers in multiple languages.

Justice Prevails In Surprise New York Court Verdict

A gang of bank robbers faced a second, balanced jury after a sentimental juror cried for mercy. The second jury convicted all eight defendants, with prison terms from 17 to 35 years. The judge rejected sentimentality, declaring strict punishment the only language the underworld understands.

New York

Silence and a Punchline About a Mareyed Choice

A terse exchange centers on two men with a blunt remark about engagement and a surprising reveal that one man married the Smith girl, leaving the other to remark on the outcome and move on. The dialogue captures a dry, midcentury rural wit.

Sunday Theaters Legalized in New Measure

A proposed bill by Corey Sheats Franklin M C Parrish Austin and George Kemble Fort Worth would amend the Sunday closing law to permit theaters and other amusements to open after 2 p m on Sundays if enacted.

Austin Moving Pictures Corey Sheats Franklin M. C. Parrish George Kemble Fort Worth

J. L. Wilhite Dies in Austin Doctor Led Pasteur Institute

Dr J T Wilhite director of the State Pasteur Institute at Austin died Thursday from pneumonia after a short hospital stay. He served over twenty years guiding the institute and treated about 12 000 patients in hydrophobia prevention with only about sixteen losses.

J. T. Wilhite State Pasteur Institute Austin Wilhite

Printer in counterfeit ring receives $325 for $290000 in bogus bills

St Louis February 2 a black printer confessed member of a counterfeit ring received only 325 for printing 290000 in bogus twenty dollar bills Five other alleged ring members are under arrest as Secret Service agents halt the flow of counterfeit currency into Midwestern cities

St. Louis

Groves Family Weekend Guests At Jamison Home

Roy Harold Groves who teaches at Jamison and Pennington Groves of Trenton were weekend guests of their mother Mrs A L Groves at her home.

Roy Harold Groves Jamison Pennington Groves Trenton A. L. Groves

Burial of Mrs Warren Badgett at Colbert Oklahoma

Mrs Floyd Badgett, Mrs EK Lilley, and Miss May Badgett attended the funeral of Mrs Warren Badgett in Colbert Oklahoma last Friday afternoon.

Floyd Badgett EK. J. Lilley May Badgett Warren Badgett Colbert, Okla

Dry Goods Offer From M C Spivy & Co

A letter from M C Spivy & Co promoting a speedy meeting to discuss a broad range of dry goods and supply needs, indicating readiness to satisfy customer requirements.

C. Spivy & Co Bonham, Texas

Train Injuries Fatal to Denison Fireman

Paul B. Glover a 35 year old Denison fireman for the M K T Railroad died in a Denison hospital from injuries after a car side swiped him and threw him under a moving train in the Atoka Oklahoma yard Friday midnight His legs were badly mangled and he passed away Saturday

Denison Paul B. Glover M-K-T Atoka Okla

No Worms in a Healthy Child tonic claim

Advertisement asserts SROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC heals worms in children by improving blood and digestion. It claims two to three weeks of use strengthens the whole system and Nature will dispel worms. Pleasant to take and priced at 60c per bottle.

Burglar’s Bride Warns Quiet Entrance in Crime Tale

A comic line from Legion Monthly features a burglar and his wife bantering about a quiet entry. The wife jokes she fears mother’s complaint to father at the penitentiary, hinting at amateurish crime and family dynamics.

Steven Legion Monthly

Also Mentioned on This Page

Tocals W. L. Robbins J. F. Lilley W. W. Dossey Gainesville Mrs. R. B. Gordon Pierce Joe Tate Dallas Maurice Holland Joe Erwin Bonham Edward Clark A. A. Adams The Adams Motor Company Waco Ray Manning David Ray H. T. Atterberry D. S. McMillin Martha Bow Austin College Betty Lou McLean Burleson College Margaret Lester Wichita Falls George Hicks Alt C. Spivy & Co S. E. Gist G. L. Baugher R. T. Pennington Royse City J. D. Hoard J. E. Payne Jr Allie Randle H. C. Sears Kathleen Phillips Telephone Employees’ Association M. C. Spivy & Co van Claborn Carlsbad Ruth Byers Ida Celeste Lucile Pritchett W. T. Pritchett Ella Warren Princeton FE. Barnes L. C. Gee Fred W. Smith Dorothy Freeman College of Industrial Arts Denton J. P. Montgomery Floyd Caylor Hugo, Okla C. B. Ball New Zealand Island United States England Plainfield Wisconsin West End London New Utrecht High School New York City J. L. Wilhite Huffines Whitewright Lumber Co McAlester Coal Henryetta Condie Bray E. W. Grove Beasley & Mangrum Ode Crowell DeMeridor Vanishing Cream Bow - Wright Drug Co L. LaRoe & Company McAlester
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