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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1919
Page
7
A lengthy text outlines House Joint Resolution No. 1 proposing to amend Article 16 Section 20 of the Texas Constitution to prohibit manufacture and sale of intoxicants and to empower courts to issue injunctions. sets conditions for medicinal use, penalties, and election timing on May 24, 1919 with governor proclamation and funding.
Texas voters would decide on May 24 1919 whether to empower the Legislature to use state credit to assist heads of families in acquiring or improving homes. The measure requires precise ballot wording for for and against options and appropriates up to 5000 dollars for publication and election costs.
Rail time entries show south bound schedules and east bound connections with early morning and late afternoon departures. A cotton belt west bound timetable appears with a 4 41 p m listing. An aged quip by Uncle Eben compares some men to buzzing tops that never reach a goal.
An old advertisement offers a 5 cent return for a cutout slip to Foley & Co at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago Illinois. Readers mail name and address to receive a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup along with Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets sold by Dyer and Jones.
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