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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
7
Denison July 6. Guy Stuckey 24 is shot and killed by Sam Driggars 88 on Gordonville road near Flowing Wells. Driggars was arrested and bonded for 2500 dollars after the single shot ended Stuckey's life. The killing followed a picnic incident involving Driggars' daughter.
An advertisement claims children with worms show pale color and stomach issues. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is pitched to enrich blood and improve digestion over two to three weeks, while Rub-My-Tism is offered as a pain killer for rheumatism neuralgia sprains and soreness.
Neighbors John Heston and Robert Burns traded gunfire with shotguns Sunday morning. Heston was wounded in the stomach chest and face but not fatally. Officers Hill and Deputy Sheriff Bart Shipp detained them and filed assault to murder charges in Justice McCrary's court.
Lax-Fos with pepsin syrup laxative promises relief in 14 to 21 days for habitual constipation. It is described as stimulating and regulating with a pleasant taste. Sold at 60 cents per bottle.
At a largely attended Denison Chamber of Commerce gathering on July 8 the Roads and Ronds Committee and Grayson County citizens endorsed submitting three road bond proposals. The plan aims to build new gravel roads where none exist, repair existing roads, and construct concrete roads spanning north south east and west across the county.
Precinct Chairmen reported requests for about four hundred miles of new gravel roads in the county. Three independent bond propositions will be offered so voters may support any one or two without approving the entire package. A Roads and Bonds Committee meeting will decide its recommendation to the county General Road Committee.
An old advertisement touts Laxa Tive Brom Quin ine as a superior tonic with laxative effect. It claims no head nervousness or ringing, urging readers to note the full name and seek the signature of EK W GROVE.
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