Whitewright News Roundup Sees Trains Troop Movement and Local Notices
Beginning last Friday, troop trains pass through Katy route nightly carrying National Guard troops to the border. Miss Annie Dickson of Whitewright and Mr. Julian Montgomery of Sherman wed on January 2. Birth announced June 29 for the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walker Layman. Howard Hedgpeth recovers after mumps confinement. Whitewright Band plays for Tom Bean picnic. Wheat up to $1.00 per bushel and oats at 39 1/2 cents. Jessie Sue Smith and Paul Hancock wed at Sue Stephens home. Mrs. W F Holland hosts a gathering for her sister Mrs. Walter Holland of San Antonio. Jo Hesland hosts a party for friends.
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Katy
National Guard
Annie Dickson
Whitewright
Julian Montgomery
Sherman
Walker Layman
Howard Hedgpeth
Whitewright City
Jessie Sue Smith
Paul Hancock
Sue Stephens
W. F. Holland
West Main Street
Walter Holland
San Antonio
Jo Hesland
Hot spell grips nation as 1880 records fall
From The Sun July 8 1921 reports the worst heat wave since 1880. L LaRoe and Company buy six vacant lots west of J H Reeves residence to build a bungalow. Inez and Gladys Ray depart for six weeks in Chautauqua New York for study in landscape painting public speaking and physical training. First National Bank on June 30 shows loans and discounts 428792 19 deposits 553420 56 and cash 233094 15.
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L. LaRoe & Company
W. F. Holland
J. H. Reeves
Inez
Gladys Ray
Chautauqua
N. Y
Gladys
First National Bank
Building on the Rock and Letting Your Light Shine
A sermon stresses hearing and doing Jesus teachings from the Sermon on the Mount. It compares Christian influence to salt and light, warns against fading faith, urges repentance, and urges Christians to build on the rock amid coming storms.
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Jesus
The Dollar You Spend Poem by Agnes C Wilson
A poem urging charitable spending as aid to friends and the needy. It links consumer dollars to employment, food, clothing, and hope, portraying financial support as internal reward and courage for those helped, with attribution to Agnes C Wilson of Sonoma California.
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Agnes C. Wilson
Sonoma
Calif
Limburger Cheese From Limbourg To Modern Tables
Limburger cheese derives its name from Limbourg in Belgium but is widely made in Germany and northern Europe plus parts of the United States. It uses fresh warm cow’s milk heated to about 94 to 96 degrees F and curdled with rennet. The curd is formed, drained, salted, and aged at 58 to 64 degrees F with repeated washing in salt water. It has a smooth butterlike texture and a strong odor, is very digestible, and its main drawback is halitosis.
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Limburger
Belgium
Germany
United States
White Lies Death Case Raises Moral Question
In New Jersey, Mrs. Minna Preiskel died at 72 after a lifetime of supposed falsehoods kept from her. Her son Robert was killed in France on March 26, 1918, and doctors said telling her would kill her. A letter scheme mailed from the U.S. to France relayed imagined news for 520 letters. The piece ponders whether such lies can be justified.
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Minna Preiskel
New Jersey
France
United States
Penny Promise in a Nickel Sized Cry
A playful exchange between Uncle and Nephew centers on stopping tears with a penny offered by the uncle and the child countering that he has already cried a nickel’s worth. The vignette captures a lighthearted family moment with simplicity and charm.
Human nature defined as people before society
Teacher asks Albert about human nature and Robert answers that it is people before they enter society, framing the idea as an informal definition. The exchange captures a child’s view of innate humanity prior to social influence.
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Albert
Robert
Kentucky addresses and oddities in public notices
The Civil Service Commission received an application from a Kentucky resident with odd answers including a residence length of forty two feet nine inches. The item threads through a string of jokes and light anecdotes about daily life and public affairs.
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Civil Service Commission
Kentucky
Cardui Helps Huntsville Woman Rebound From Weakness
Mrs. R. L. West of Huntsville Alabama says she felt weak nervous and lost weight with side pain. After taking Cardui she improved quickly and her side stopped hurting and she regained strength. She finished three or four bottles and notes Cardui is sold at local drug stores.
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R. L. West
Huntsville
Ala
Muriel and Suzanne debate marriage to a widower
The dialogue features Muriel asking why not marry a widower and Suzanne replying she seeks the fun of taming her husband. A visitor notes the son’s violin progress as the host quips about getting wives together for an evening. A joke about leaving wives with a lion tamer and a car crash prompt replies from mother and son.
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Muriel
Suzanne
Nonsense Verse and Rhymes From the Local Pages
A collection of light verse and humorous quips referencing humor, shampoo as a joke, practical corkscrew furniture, and flirtatious lines about girls and men. Includes lines about a young man seeking a heart a maid seeking a diamond and a sexton altering fate in a Brown Jug context.
Traveling Painters Have Smooth Racket
Weatherford Democrats reports a group calling themselves mechanics and painters who bid low on local jobs then disappear with down payments. The men hired local workers, collected payment, and fled before completion. Some have secured credit using a contract from a noted citizen.
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Weatherford
Weatherford Democrat
Mistaken Identity at Music Shop Gaffe
A pretty young woman enters a city music shop and asks the clerk for Kissed Me in the Moonlight. The new clerk replies he has only been there a week and must be confusing another counter.
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S. L. Ball
Goof
Lincoln
Whitewright Lumber Co. ‘‘Neighborly Service
F. B. Jelke
New York
the Sun
Paul Stephens Office
Mitch
Adams
Elsa
Tony
Hilda
Cutajar
Bill
Joe
Bascom
Josh
Chicago
Bozo
Rufus
Danny Scot
Cardus
O. K
Spain
Frank D. Layman
Whitewright, Texas
W. E. LaRoe
Mgr
P. S
S. H. Montgomery Agency
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