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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1926
Page
3
Denison locals host relatives and travelers from Pittsburg Sherman Fort Worth and Dallas. Galveston trips include D G Coley B H Thomson and A R Badgett and families. Stores boast service and stock with P J Pierce & Sons cafe and Gordon Bros groceries promoting value.
Mrs. C C Bailey returns to Greenville from visit with Mr and Mrs Joe May. Mrs G W Pope visits Greenville to see daughter Mrs J W Pender. Mrs C A McLean and daughters visit Sherman. Miss Mabel Fae White at school in Commerce spends weekend with parents. Mrs Louise Rowley in Dallas for grandson with typhoid fever. Mrs Frank Phillips in El Paso for son Raymond post appendicitis. Mr and Mrs W R Hooper and son return from two weeks in Galveston San Antonio Houston and Austin. Mr and Mrs Joe Bailey Hamilton and Roy Hamilton of Oklahoma City visit relatives. Eye testing offer by R L Johnson Jeweler and Optometrist. Miss Nell Montgomery of Houston visits parents. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Wright of Mt. Pleasant visit. Mr and Mrs Joe Vernon of Porter Okla and Mrs W S Vernon of Coweta Okla visit Mrs J L German. Furniture sale promise by W J Looney. Miss Marian Barbee at Denton school spends weekend with parents.
An advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets to stop cough and headache and treat a cold in one day. It notes EW Rove’s signature on each box and lists a 30 cent price.
The piece calls for public cooperation in street maintenance noting that dead yard grass clogging drainage ditches causes costly damage. It urges residents to ensure yard cleanings are not raked into drainways to prevent debris in gutters.
Uncle Dave Alverson of Canaan presented The Sun with a white Bermuda onion weighing about one and a half pounds. He called it a sample of the rich land in Canaan when properly worked, noting the onion came from Mrs. Alverson's garden and reflecting the payoff of cultivation.
The North Texas Baptist Encampment at Woodlake runs July 9 to 18 with Dr George W Truett of Dallas delivering the keynote address Friday night at 8 o clock. B B McKinney of Fort Worth leads song service and praise. The encampment covers over twenty counties and seeks large Grayson County turnout aiming for five thousand Baptists and five thousand other friends.
The planned Grayson County summer assembly aims to draw a large attendance in the South. The program includes music, chalk talks, addresses, eight classes, socials, supervised play, swimming and boating with activity every hour.
The Sun lists candidates for offices in the 1926 Democratic primary including SAM RAYBURN for Congress in the 4th District and Floyd Everheart seeking reelection for sheriff along with J A Vaughan Frank Reece. Also named are Roy M Finley for county attorney Vernon Earnest Dr K Roberts for tax collector G T McDonough and R M Carter for county judge Hugh M Boren for commissioner Precinct 2 S B Cowell Ed Westbrook for state senator Ed Lankford Burn Everheart for constable Precinct 3 J H Pennell Robt B Caraway for justice of the peace and Mark Montgomery R C Vestal for public weigher Precinct 3.
A newspaper snippet promotes "LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" as a syrup laxative for habitual constipation. It claims prompt relief and regular action within 14 to 21 days and notes a price of 60 cents per bottle. Includes unrelated quotes about energy and ladders.
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