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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1921
Page
3
A fragmentary humorous column from the Hogwallow area recounts quirky local happenings. Denton readers note: Duck Botts and Raz Barlow chase a rabbit, Jefferson Potlocks nears death, Yam Sims courts Miss Flutie Belcher, and a mail carrier loses mail on a runaway horse. Local figures gossip about medicine, weather, thrifty shops, and quirky town life.
A foreman named Pat is instructed to search workers for stolen items. As he directs the men to remove their coats, the proprietor passes by and asks what is missing. Pat replies simply that a wheelbarrow has vanished, revealing the scope of petty theft at the shop.
If your head is dizzy on stooping or using suddenly and everything turns lack before the eyes you have a tor vid liver. Take Herbine a powerful liver regulator priced 60c sold by Dyer Jones druggists.
An old advertisement notes that colds cause grip and influenza and promotes Laxo Bromo Quinine tablets. It states only one product name Bromo Quinine with W. Grove’s signature on the box and prices the item at 30 cents.
New York February 8 The Rockefeller Foundation general education board reports a $70 million increase in resources from John D Rockefeller in the past year. A $50 million fund aids colleges and universities to raise teacher salaries and a $20 million grant targets medical education.
Borozone described as an efficient healing remedy for human or animal flesh mending severe wounds cuts sores or scratches in the shortest possible time. Prices listed as 30c 60c and 1.20.
A farmer south of town sold twenty bales at 13 cents instead of 47 cents and a second batch of thirty eight bales at 7 cents instead of 40 cents. The low grade cotton loss totaled 6 270 dollars, and the full fifty two bale list lost 9 620 dollars overall compared with optimal prices, per Paris News.
In an attack of acute rheumatism in which there is much pain Ballard's Snow Liniment is a necessary part of the treatment. It is a powerful pain relief. Three sizes 30c 60c and $1.20 per bottle. Sold by Dyer Jones druggists.
Fort Worth on Feb 4 the First Methodist Episcopal Church South announced a new building project costing about 175000 dollars. The six story structure will adjoin the church at 311 West Seventh Street with a basement gymnasium and six floors for Sunday school use. A roof garden will crown the building for church social activities.
A midweek social event hosted by Mrs. R. M. Womack featured a bridge party for Paducah visitor Miss Dow Gilson, with Inez and Gladys Ray of Whitewright as co-hosts. Four tables competed, with Mrs. Gilmore Webster winning first prize and Miss Alice Downing taking the booby prize. chocolate gifts and a tea luncheon followed. Out-of-town guests included Miss Gilson, the Ray sisters, Mrs. Webster, and Mrs. Max Pope of Whitewright.
The attorney general's department holds that a 10 percent penalty on 1920 taxes remains in effect until adjournment due to failure to approve tax relief. The bill failed to reach a two-thirds Senate vote for immediate effect, pending Governor signature, with final enactment delayed ninety days after adjournment. Comptroller Lon A. Smith reported many statewide inquiries on applicability.
A sequence follows two people who meet at 7 15 and share a quick courtship and kiss, ending with a somber farewell at 10 00 as one walks away and records another notch in his tally. The fragment hints at a developing relationship through brief encounters and lingering glances.
Austin reports the Legislature and Governor Neff signed a bill postponing delinquent tax list publication until October 1921 and reducing penalties for failure to pay 1920 taxes. The measure aims to ease taxpayers' immediate burdens though critics say relief is limited.
Take aspirin only as directed on genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. Physicians established safe dosage over 21 years for colds headache neuralgia rheumatism toothache lumbago and other pains. Bayer Cross on tablets assures authenticity. small tins of twelve cost a few cents. larger packages sold by druggists.
In Houston Texas Mrs Ger Trude Sell reports severe health decline after a siege of stomach poisoning and influenza. She credits Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery with rapid strength return after the second bottle. Claims over twenty four million bottles sold and recommends to all druggists in liquid or tablet form.
A fragmentary scene shows a man boasting of being handsome while a woman, seated at a dressing table, yawns and reflects on his fall. She begins to inscribe his name in a keepsake book started at age sixteen.
A man declines a friend's invitation for a trip to the zoo expressing a preference to stay home. He quips about his family with humorous, exaggerated comparisons, noting his eldest daughter dances, daughter imitates a parrot, son laughs like a hyena, wife bears a grudge, and mother-in-law calls him an old gorilla. He adds a desire for change when he goes anywhere.
A playful exchange contrasts past and present dining habits during Prohibition era. Crimsonbeak quips that people once wine and dined, while now they merely dine and whine. The dialog captures social mood and humor about liquor bans.
The ad claims deafness results from inflamed mucous surfaces and a blocked Eustachian tube. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is promoted as a blood-borne remedy that can restore the tube and cure catarrhal deafness, with a promise of one hundred dollars for uncured cases and free circulars from J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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