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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1919
Page
2
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In Texas the cotton conference leads Judge Ramsay to form committees in producing counties to urge farmers to cut acreage by one third. Pledge cards will be distributed to all farmers to curb over production and support farm prices, as experts project a ten million bale crop could yield more money than fifteen million with lower prices.
Sunday school at 9 45 with H L Webster as superintendent. Choir practice Thursday evening and prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 730. Sunday preaching by the pastor morning subject The Individual and his Place and evening Jesus Knocking at the Hearts Door. All welcomed.
Miss Doris Ayres returns home from Dallas after completing a telegraphy course. Telegrapher salaries now rank with other occupations and many young women are qualifying for this line of work.
Whitewright city schools stage a all day program featuring spelling and declamation contests by room, track events, junior and senior basketball games, a 7 30 p m inter society debate on Universal Military Training in the Swiss Army, with 36 premiums for winners and no admission charges.
A brief consumer notice promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion and promises relief after taking the recommended doses. The ad emphasizes trying the product to forget stomach troubles and follow directions on the label.
The Womans Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church meets at Mrs. J. H. Waggoner’s home next Monday at 2 30 PM. Devotional by Mrs. Willis and a program on membership campaign ideas and ideal officers and members with an impromptu debate led by Mrs. Webster and Mrs. Hamilton.
An advertising note claims children with worms show poor color and stomach issues. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is promoted as a two to three week treatment to enrich blood improve digestion and strengthen the whole system while expelling worms.
The State Highway Department appropriated 100000 to aid the Dallas branch of State Highway No. 5 leaving at Bonham and connecting Dallas via Whitewright Blue Ridge Farmersville Wylie and Garland. Collin county districts will vote on bonds Saturday with reports predicting safe majorities. Division Engineer Julian Montgomery prepared estimates during Christmas visit.
An advertisement claims Sanol benefits the liver kidneys and bladder for backache and offers a trial to convince buyers. Available at the drug store.
The piece cautions Liberty Bond owners about surrendering bonds for flashy stock certificates. It warns that small investors are most at risk and urges keeping bonds as a sound investment rather than trading them for speculation. It contrasts oil field promoters with prudent long range investments and emphasizes caution for those who rely on sales pitches.
Attendance rose in the primary department to 54 and the senior department to 57 last Sunday. The devotional hour drew a larger congregation and the morning service added five new members to the church.
A. H. Davis and partners restart oil exploration near Ballwell on the Ball farm southwest of Whitewright. They plan deeper tests and land leasing with John Bailey and others organizing the venture, aiming to renew activity two years after a prior drill.
The company will be named and a charter applied for as Mr. Davis notes. About $4500 in interest in the movement has already been pledged.
An old ad notes a single Bromo Quinine laxative tablet product branded with E. W. Grove’s signature on the box. The claim states it cures colds grip and influenza, offered at 30 cents per box.
The 1919 blue War Savings Stamp features Benjamin Franklin and promotes saving early. It argues the thrift habit is easy and sensible, urging purchases at post offices or bank locations. Stamps pay 4 percent interest, compounded quarterly, and demonstrate how wealth can grow through regular savings.
A 19th century account describes the Christmas box nuisance as shops and streets fill with boys journeymen and apprentices begging coins for their boxes. The crowds create disturbance and authorities tally the public outcry against the tradition.
An aphorism from the Florida Times Union notes luck as a greater boon than wealth, suggesting a fortunate birth grants access to balance and opportunity.
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and misstates that Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures by acting through the blood. It promises one hundred dollars for any cure that cannot be achieved and lists Circulates free with druggists in Toledo, Ohio.
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