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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1918
Page
7
A set of financial figures appears as fragmented numbers including 5,418 19 1,488.92 100,000.00 26 382,74 4.47 and 1,059,209.05. The OCR text shows inconsistent punctuation and spacing, suggesting a mixed ledger or report snippet with totals, rates, and balances. No clear person or organization is identifiable.
Belief in success comes from doing what you can do well, with focus and effort rather than seeking fame. The quote attributes achievement to consistent capability applied across tasks, not to external recognition.
The article offers stain removal methods for various substances including cream fat grease ink fruit stains and dye marks. It advises boiling in soap solution and sun drying for tough stains uses turpentine or kerosene to soften fat and warns hot water fixes fat making stain harder to remove. It covers sulphur fumes peroxide fresh stains ammonia lemon juice vinegar and boiling water techniques for fruit and acid or alkali stains.
A Browning era quip is recounted in which a guest recalls his thrift in marriage. He jokes that he once had only half a shirt, and that the other half was in front. The anecdote highlights humorous social wit from the period.
A brief exhortation to do at least one good deed each day and keep a cheerful face. It notes that a smiling demeanor uplifts weary souls and a kind word or action wins hearts.
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, pleasant substitute for calomel. It claims calomel causes cramps nausea and salivation while Liver Tone heals the liver, improves appetite, and suits children.
Three men died and several were injured when Katy Flyer No. 5 crashed into a rear sleeper after the lead section stopped for water near Granger last Thursday. Constable Floyd Simmons resigns and a vacancy will be filled at the next Commissioners' court meeting. John Cornell found guilty in Sherman Federal Court of liquor trafficking in Oklahoma, with more than 150 gallons in possession.
J H Garner offers night and day automobile service with a residence number 96 and office 39. Murry Bryant traveled to Leonard Saturday to visit relatives for a day or two. Mrs Bryant and son James visited Leonard for several days to aid the boy's health as he has been ill since Christmas.
Unclear advertisement urges readers to send 5 cents with a slip to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package of Foley remedies including Honey and Tar Compound and Kidney Pills and Cathartic Tablets. Sold by Dyer & Jones.
An advertisement touts Laxa Tive Brom Quininh as a superior quinine product with tonic and laxative effects that avoid nervousness or head ringing. It urges readers to note the full name and seek the signature of E. W. Grove.
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