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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
5
Local notices report visitors in Bowie and Greenville including Mrs Gilliam Lindsey and Miss Louise LaRee. Businesses advertise at P J Pierce and Sons Cafe tires and Chambers Motor Co services. Health updates note illnesses of Pace infant and Sears child. Gordon Bros. buy eggs and pay cash for hens. May family visits Corsicana guests.
The column records visits illnesses and travels including Mrs J F Spindle returning from Denison to see Cecil Spindle and family. It notes flu cases among mail carriers and various local business updates plus a missionary society meeting at 2 30 p m with Mrs H C Willis.
Printed notices promote a Friday night dance from 9 to 2 in the former Taylor dry goods store building in Whitewright with music by the Whitewright orchestra. Mrs E W Savage, 83, is gravely ill northwest of town and may not recover. A fire alarm at T G Lively’s home led to firefighters arriving as Mr Lively, cranking his car, put out a hat extinguished blaze.
The Sun’s subscribers face a year end house cleaning with dues due. Lovell Wrenn of Wesley College debaters is on the college team. The College of Industrial Arts Glee Club, including Elizabeth May, will broadcast on WBAP Friday night January 23.
A small local cafe emphasizes good old home cooking with steady, friendly service and a commitment to quality. Regulars value consistency and quick, attentive staff in a cozy dining room atmosphere.
Mr and Mrs S E Jones relocate to a West Grand Avenue brick home at the start of the week. Friends planned a house dance to honor them but were refused consent. T H Sears and W P Vaughn led interest, but Jones invited them to a larger Austin event next Tuesday night.
Mrs Charles Greenberg and Mrs Abe Greenberg with two children arrived from New York City last Thursday. Their husbands, Greenberg Bros., own the Famous Dry Goods Store. They shipped household goods but have not rented a dwelling yet and hope to find one by the time the goods arrive.
The Gordon-Kelly Quartet of Whitewright and Van Alstyne will perform tonight on WFAA Dallas News and Dallas Journal stations from 8:30 to 9:30. The group has given radio concerts and received hundreds of complimentary letters and telegrams from listeners. Pierce's Cafe advertises magazines and novels. Rev. Robert Hedrich of Ardmore Okla and Miss Lalla Childress of Bridgeport wed last Saturday at the bride’s parents home.
Short promotional line from a local filling station praising patronage and promising the best of everything with quick service.
A North Texas Medical Society speaker in Dallas warns against stuffing a cold and urges isolation for severe cases. He promotes year round undergarments, fresh air, cold baths, outdoor exercise, and doctor prescribed treatment, noting colds cost the U.S. over 100 million dollars yearly in lost duty time.
Colloquial note on illness and vitality cites H G Wells opposing many social norms. The passage suggests prudence in health and references a critique from Punch via The Sun seeking personal news items.
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