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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1921
Page
3
Dunk Botts reports a first moving picture show for Tobe Moseley’s wife at Tickville with magic lanterns praised for calm scenes. A parade of tiny anecdotes follows including wind noise at Hog Ford Church, a wild animal sighting, a sleepy door rattle, and neighborhood quirks about grooming, manners, and post office debates.
The passage notes public awareness of a leaky post office roof despite officials showing new attire. Washington Hocks spoke recently, puffing a pipe, while Dock Hocks covers the left side of his head to conceal a recent injury from a male.
Poem praising the great brave and wise men who toil for their families and the nation. It honors quiet, patient workers who bear burdens for children and loved ones, emphasizing humility, duty, and simple joys as the source of happiness.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram notes the Vogue woman editor declares women's styles will revert to sane simplicity this Spring. If simplicity implies one fold, the trend gains belief.
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. Relief comes quickly with itching easing and restful sleep after the first application. Price 60 cents.
A cryptic appeal asks residents to identify the local grocery merchant praised as a top up-and-coming dealer. TheSmith Coffee Company of Smith Arkansas offers a free pound of Gold Plume Coffee to any woman who names the chosen merchant before the local announcement.
In Waco Governor Pat Neff signed a bill suspending delinquent tax penalties from February 1 to October 15, 1921. He also named Judge Hawkins of Waxahachie to the Court of Criminal Appeals and Will Hancock to succeed Hawkins if he accepts. The act became effective immediately.
Intestinal worms harm children's health and vitality and must be expelled early. White's Cream Vermifuge is presented as a thoroughly successful remedy. Price 35c. Sold by Dyer & Jones druggists.
Denison January 31 eight locomotives recently overhauled in the local Katy shops left on a special train at 9 this morning bound for Mexico. The engines were leased to the National lines of Mexico for freight and passenger service with orders to prepare for the trip issued Saturday and arrangements completed to ship them today.
President Wilson denies clemency for Eugene V. Debs despite Attorney General Palmer recommendation to release him on February 12. Palmer urged clemency after Debs was sentenced under the espionage act. The decision arrived swiftly after Palmer’s Saturday night submission.
Papers show the President rejected the Attorney General's recommendation and returned the petition to the Department of Justice. The consideration appears brief as papers arrived this forenoon. Ballard's Snow Liniment advertised as a pain reliever in three sizes. Also ad for adding machine paper at 20c per roll. The Sun promotes 666 for cold remedy.
A historical ad claims catarrhal deafness is caused by inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured locally. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional treatment affecting the blood, offering one hundred dollars for any cure not achieved, with druggists selling it for five cents and circulars free from J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
A grocery service pledges strict accuracy in fulfilling customer orders and prompt delivery. It emphasizes that orders are not swapped with others and that its service remains free from such mistakes.
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