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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1924
Page
8
A child named Dorothy plays in the yard with her dog when her mother calls. A passing neighbor asks if she hears her mother, and Dorothy replies she only answers after she calls three times.
A child Charles bursts in claiming 200 dogs in the yard. His mother asks for proof and he concedes there are two dogs at least, his own and another. The exchange captures a humorous family moment.
A mother tells her child that it is bedtime and the family of chickens has gone to bed. Alice confirms with a reply that matches the domestic, gentle tone.
A bedridden Delia and her sister Ruth face long years of care in a quiet village home. Ruth balances teaching and devotion while Ed Black quietly plans a future with Ruth, even as Delia resists change and clings to independence, amid chilly, snowbound days.
London reportage notes a fashion shift toward snuff among Mayfair women with cigaret use falling. Tobacconists report fewer cigarets and more snuff sales, aided by Harley Street warnings about cigaret risks. Jewelers profit from jeweled snuff boxes as social opinion splits on the trend.
A poem by Walt Mason follows Pete Teeter who fears worst outcomes as storms threaten his farm. The verse catalogs misfortunes from hail to livestock loss, pestilence, and failing crops while moralizing on pessimism and joy.
Want ads call for a practical nurse via telephone 104 for Mrs Belle Pyron. Mrs S C Chambers seeks sewing services. F R McFatridge lists furniture and undertak ing goods for trade against land in Grayson or Collin County. Sun office offers adding machine paper and typewriter carbon paper.
An offer promises a homemade insect killer recipe that can wipe out mosquitoes flies fleas bedbugs moths cockroaches and ants. The ad asks readers to mail 25 cents to Florida Chemical Co in Jacksonville for the “stainless insectide” formula.
The gag notes a groom inviting only married guests to his wedding to simplify gift accounting. It highlights frugal planning and a cheeky mindset about gifts and costs.
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