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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1924
Page
3
The Whitewright column urges residents to combat mosquitoes weeds and flies, promoting June events and a third Monday trades day. It jokes that Whitewright’s street drag can trigger rain and praises city efforts on parks schools and infrastructure.
The Star recounts Miss Maxine Wick a 22 year old invalid from birth who never walked and faced a life lacking ordinary childhood joys. Orphaned at age two she found steadfast care from her aunt Mrs Luella W Jager whose devotion shaped Maxine despite her challenges.
The Kansas City Star notes Maxine Wick’s passing and extends thoughts on suffering and fortune. It emphasizes gratitude for health and comfort, while reflecting on life’s unequal somber trials and the loss endured by a family including Mrs. Jager.
A collage of sharp quips from the Nashville Banner to the Marion Star offers satire on politics, foreign policy, neighborly virtue, and national identity. The snippets lampoon Congress, parties, and platforms with dry humor and social commentary.
A compilation of quips and brief notes from several papers criticizing politics and law. Items touch on party loyalty and platform fidelity, rural and urban attitudes, foreign entanglements, economics of salaries, and a Pittsburgh justice ruling gum as a drug.
A Bonham firm led by M. C. Spivy & Co. promotes a national trial buying trip, arguing extensive preparations and unbeatable store service and values justify patrons from the outskirts to visit Bonham for dry goods and clothing needs.
A nineteenth century sounding poem recalls Uncle Hiram predicting death for one of thirteen at table. The narrator describes fear, superstition, and a choking dinner with a groaning board and loaves and fishes, while Uncle Hiram’s punk omens keep the group hungry. The thirteen remain alive, continuing labor in a crowded hive as cab bage heads anchor the tale.
Bonham merchant M. C. Spivy & Co. urges long distance customers to visit Bonham for a trial shopping trip. The firm claims to meet or surpass offerings from larger Texas towns in dry goods, shoes, and clothing and promises service equal to the best in North Texas.
On his death bed Mr Mulligan asks for roast pork as his wife Margaret consoles him. He jokes about smelling the roast and needing a bite, while she explains they are saving it for the wake. The exchange blends humor with a somber moment in a rural setting.
Local store runs a sale note announcing new goods arriving over the past two days following last week’s buying trip by M. C. Spivy & Co. in Bonham.
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