Local Store Announces Entire Stock Going On Sale
The advertisement promises the entire stock now available with no items held back. Extra salespeople are hired to serve customers promptly, urging readers to make plans and come to the sale.
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
6
Notice of Administration Application in Grayson County
The state of Texas requires publication of an estate notice in Grayson County for B F Gafford. Lizzie Gafford filed in the County Court for letters of administration. hearing set at the Sherman courthouse on the first Monday in March 1918, inviting interested parties to appear and contest.
Writ Return and Affidavit Filed in Grayson County Court
The document notes the writ return together with the publisher affidavit attached, detailing execution. Witness N A Cox Clerk of the County Court of Grayson County Texas. Dated February 15 1918 at Sherman with Deputy Omohundro providing the seal and signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Cox
Grayson County
Texas
City of
Sherman
L. Sale Omohundro
Improvised Italian Cigar Lighters Outside Shops
A Popular Science Monthly note describes Italian tobacconists using long rope lighters made from cheap hemp rope waste or rags twisted and bound with twine hung outside shops as substitutes for the American cigar lighter. The store keeper creates these improvised devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Popular Science Monthly
Guardianship Application For Minor Gafford Estate
Mrs. Lizzie Gafford filed in Gray County Court a guardianship petition for Frank Newman and Lurline Ruth Gafford minors. The matter set for hearing at Sherman Court House on the first Monday in March 1918 for civil and probate business. All interested parties may appear and contest the application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
Newman
Frank, Lurline
Ruth Gafford
Lizzie Gafford
Court House
City of
Sherman
Writ by L Sale Omohundro Deputy
Writ issued by L Sale Omohundro, Deputy, detailing legal action and authority.
Classified Ads Offerings From Texas Area Farmers and Businesses
Many small ads list livestock sales including oats and hay from W R Wilson and K D Kidd, Jersey cows for sale, eggs by setting, and barrowed items like a John Deere riding cultivator. Additional notices include land bargains in Lubbock County, nursery offerings, seed oats, and farm surveying services from E M Burns. Lost purse item seeks finder with contact for Mrs. W H Lewis.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Drugstore Promise
Advertisement claims PAZO OINTMENT cures itching burning bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee. First application provides relief.
Shark steaks proposed as emergency meat by Atlantic City chamber leader
Harry Goubler writes Pres ident Leeds that Hoover era messaging may create a market for shark steaks as a meat substitute. He cites small codfish sharks eight to ten pounds and claims the ocean is full of this meat and could be sold for four to six cents a pound. Fishermen reportedly caught 6 000 to 7 000 pounds daily during cod season but lacked a market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Goubler
Leeds
Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce
Hoover
America
Goukler
Federal Bureau of Fisheries
Measuring Snow Density by Water Equivalents
The article explains snow density varies with moisture and uses water equivalence to gauge it. It cites M Mongin noting a range from 200 to 1.3 millimeters of snow per millimeter of water and describes methods like a 1 meter square board and a zinc tank to melt and measure meltwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heigh
M. Mongin
Would Not Stay Dead
A child recounts a game of war with a friend who played as a German and was "killed" but would not stay dead, prompting the boy to vow never to play with him again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Mother
Billy
Safety in the Forests Says Couple Spar Over Policy
Mrs Flatbush asks if her husband supports forest protection while Mrs Bensonhurst jokes that in another war he would head to the forests first, reflecting local opinion on conservation as cited by Yonkers Statesman.
Imitation Luxuries War Pie Exchange
A framed dialogue hints at wartime food strains as a speaker from a pie-loving region reacts to talk of war bread. The exchange contrasts comfort foods with rationing, reflecting social attitudes during shortages.
Derivation of Hellespont Reference in Classical Texts
The term Hellespontus means the sea of Helle and is the ancient Latin name for the Dardanelles Strait connecting the Aegean and Marmara. The English form is Hellespontus, rendered as Hellespont. The name derives from the tale of Helle who is said to have drowned in this strait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hellespont
Hellespontus
Sea of
Helle
Dardanelles
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean
Marmara
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peoples Store of
I. H. H. Morrison
Dallas
H. H. Morrison
E Peoples
B. F. Gafford
A. D
Interurban
Denison, Sherman, Dallas, Hillsboro, Waco, Ennis and
Corsicana
Texas Anale Clvaz
Saalee
W. R. Wilson
K. D Kidd
Bells, Texas
Sears & Graves
Graves
Jersey
Grady Stepp
Grady Ryan
Lubbock County
Lubbock
J. R. Pennington
Whitewright
Plymouth Rock
H. R. Williams
Tyler Business College
J. H. Waggoner
P. A. Short
Telephone No
Mary Hestand
John Deere
H. M. Deberry
E.M. Burns
Bonham, Texas
Rhode Island
A. G. Freeman
J. R. Shurtleff
Mt. Vernon
W. T. Browning
W. H. Lewis
T. H. Lively
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