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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1925
Page
3
Miriam A. Ferguson, native Texas woman and governor elect, writes to the Ladies of the Round Table in Fort Worth. She stresses the value of women in politics, vows to honor home life, and seeks support from Texas women and men to move the state toward its destiny.
An advertisement urges use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to prevent pleurisy and pneumonia from flu. It claims relief for bronchial coughs and night coughs and notes the word easy relates to payments in connection with the ad.
Fire in Royse City Rockwall County Texas started at 11 p m Saturday and burned three brick buildings on the town square. The loss totaled 100000 with insured items including Hendrix dry goods stock 20000 building 6000, Dougly dry goods stock 18000, Doughty and Jackson building 10000, City drug store stock 10000, building 15000, Stinson Miller office 1000, Dr Groves 1000, Dr Collins 1000.
At 4 AM on Sunday a lamp exploded in a second story room killing four Taylor children George 12 Fred 10 Allen and Allene six twins in their east of Caddo farm home. Father asleep downstairs and mother away in Sherman could not reach them as flames spread and the house burned. Neighbors tried rescues but were blocked by fire.
Mrs. Maud Basham, wife of a Davis County farmer, is fined 10 and costs for saying Owensboro police were fifty-fifty with bootleggers under Kentucky’s anti slander law passed last spring. The statute requires truth checks before repeating statements and names of information sources.
Miss Pina Murphy left Monday for Denton to attend the winter and spring terms at the State Teachers' College.
Washington expects the new year to bring prosperity unseen since before World War I. Hoover cites widespread stabilization across American business and solid expansion, with government agencies noting agriculture improved in 1924 and farm production rising in value. The Federal Reserve reports farm crop values up about 9 percent, though corn and tobacco fall.
Grayson County Baptist Workers conference will meet January 6 at First Baptist Church Denison guests include Dr A A Duncan of Greenville and Dr T L Holcomb of Sherman. The program features devotional addresses, field report on the 1925 budget, and outlook talks for Sunday School and B Y P U in Grayson County.
Mrs A J Seale outlines the outlook for mission work in Grayson County in 1925 with A J Seale presenting the 1925 program. Bible lessons by Dr T L Holcomb are noted from Sherman.
The Andrew Freedman home on the Grand Concourse at 161st Street is a four story French style gray limestone mansion built by a rich benefactor. It sits on a city block with wide lawns and red tile porches, designed to resemble the homes the residents once owned. Inside the building, ample amenities reflect its intended purpose as a poorhouse for former millionaires with sympathy for wealth lost.
The article outlines a luxurious residence for ex millionaires with telephones, radio, phonograph, servants, private baths, billiard and card rooms, a library, and an opulent living room. It suggests readers aspire to the millionaire class and be cared for in such a grand home even if wealth is later lost.
A lively snippet shows players trading bets and lines in a street card game with boasts of aces nines and a razor. The brief exchanges capture bravado and luck as two competitors duel amid a casual crowd. The note ends with a contact request for personal news and an old cold remedy pitch.
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