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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1916
Page
6
A Viennese engineer L Zeiner creates a land motor boat with a high body and rear propeller. The motor can swap between wheels and propeller, enabling crossing rivers and climbing banks. It handles swamps and mud, with 16 horsepower four cylinder engine and speeds of 45 mph on land and about 12 mph on water.
Cartoons Magazine notes L Sabattier, longtime Le Figaro artist, among leading French creators who show war in progress. His drawing Les Matinales depicts Paris’s early morning women, veiled and pale, some tending wounded, others heading to Red Cross hospitals, contrasted with prewar nightlife.
Consul General Samuel S. Knabenshue notes Chinese prefer pork to beef, making American beef scarce in China. He points out that shipping barreled pork to China is unlikely to compete with native pork, which sells cheaper locally. South China pork is praised as a good article, rivaling American pork.
A pocket atomizer shaped like a watch uses a small top orifice and flexible metal sides to spray when pressed. A miniature funnel fills the unit by unscrewing the head. Another device is a cork mounted cylindrical pump that fits into bottles to transfer perfume without handling. The plunger creates spray from a side aperture, and a telescoping tube reaches the liquid bottom to take in all contents.
In a 1510 chimney carving at Cawdor Castle Scotland a fox is shown with a tobacco pipe, challenging the belief that tobacco arrived in the mother country only after 1585. The stone shows the fox holding the pipe as humans do, a vivid depiction still familiar to pipe enthusiasts.
Lutsk, a historic fortress city captured by Austrian troops, is described as decayed after a long history from its founding about 600. The piece notes Lutsk as a fortress apex near Dubno and Rovno, on the Styr River, with 17 000 residents largely Jewish and a trade based on forwarding goods.
Reverend Fuller Mills recalls a boxer named Dick Stevens who used gunpowder mixed into gravy to blunt impact and speed healing. Mills, a retired Baptist minister from Carmarthen, notes Stevens’ appetite for the powder while training for a fight in the 1860s at Abertillery.
The piece explains two Bairams in Islam, Little or Sugar Bairam closing Ramadan and Great Bairam celebrating Ibrahim-Ismail. It notes the sultan’s gift of Koran copies to Gallipoli troops and outlines the lamb sacrifice, its distribution to the poor, widows, and family, with a note on a lamb becoming a family pet.
Winfield Scott, manager of the San Fernando hotel in the town of San Fernando, shot a ground squirrel after a field grain raid. A guest had left a loaded shotgun at the house recently. Scott began a still hunt, fired, and the marauder fell. The guest later asked for the gun and confessed the barrel held a $10 bill for safekeeping.
The Kansas City Star quotes Dr Frank Gunsaulus arguing Americans think in blobs. He asserts disagreement on war, politics, religion, and weather signals a gulf in thought. The Old Colger supports him, calling others similarly limited.
The new republic prescribes Western salutes by regulation. Men must remove hats when meeting friends and follow formal dress codes. The regime, aligning with Manchu traditions, is formalizing hat removal, handshakes, and bows as official customs.
The STATE OF TEXAS commands the sheriff to publish this citation in a Grayson county newspaper for at least twenty days. It notifies all interested in the estate of S. M. Lester deceased that administratrix M. hi Lester filed a final report with Grayson County Court, to be heard at the next civil term at Sherman Court House on the first Monday in March 1916. Interested parties may appear to contest the report. Witness W. S. Reeves, Clerk, with date January 24 1916.
A reflective vow to not be swayed by envy but to acknowledge a rival’s strength and prove one’s own merit. It embraces seeing beauty in all conditions and shifting focus from preaching others’ duties to pursuing personal growth.
Instructions describe making fondant from sugar and water with cream of tartar, including boiling to hardball stage, cooling on marble, and ripening. It then covers Bonbons with fondant, dipping fruit, pecan, and chocolate coated drops. Raspberry bonbons suggested with jam, confectioners sugar, molding, and dipping in raspberry flavored fondant.
Rawlinson, a hack writer in New York, lands a magazine assignment for a wholesome love story. He meets Julia Arthur, the mystery girl below, who secretly helps him by signing a letter as the editor’s request. She reveals the truth and hints at mutual affection, ending with a hopeful note.
An old reliable remedy promises to cure the worst cases of long standing sores with Dr Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves pain and heals at the same time and is offered in 25c 50c and a dollar price point.
The United Steel Company earned 51232788 in the last quarter of 1915 with total dividend distributions of 12658701. Company holds 105000000 on bank deposits. Also notes local society visits and a court case in Sherman involving Anderson St John by next best friend versus Cotton Belt Railroad over a leg injury on a freight train at Whitewright.
An old medication ad extols Laxa tive Bromoiquine, claiming its tonic and laxative effects avoid nervousness and head ringing. It urges readers to remember the full name and seek the signature of E. W. Grove, priced at 25 cents.
Advertises Dr Kings New Life Pills to improve digestion relieve constipation and energize the entire system. Claims eye clarity and healthier skin with use. Priced at 25 cents from your local druggist.
A Roman Catholic priest cites saints and martyrs to rebuke a grouchy parishioner named Cassidy. Cassidy retorts that martyrdom was their hobby, while rheumatism remains simply his own pain and not a pastime.
A small 18 by 13 inch canvas from Egypt’s eleventh dynasty sold in New York for 1700. The scene shows Hathor as a cow on a richly decorated bark with a deified king and seven worshippers, hieroglyphs above. The artifact, found 1895 in Deir el Bahari, survived in dry conditions. A seated clay sculpture, about 7000 years old, sold for under 100.
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