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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1926
Page
3
Local society column lists numerous weekend visits and arrivals including Mrs. R. B. Anderson in Denton and Miss Bertha Cox in Denton visiting family. It notes guests from Cooper Arkadelphia Sherman and others plus shop promotions at Pierce's Cafe and Johnson's Saturday watch giveaway.
Mrs Lester Haile and her daughter Miss Aline spent Thursday visiting friends in Sherman.
Miss Ruth Montgomery attends summer school at Northeast Texas Teachers College in Commerce. Mrs. Morris Hughes and Mrs. Pascal Binion of Van Alstyne visit relatives here. Mrs. J. G. Camp and son return to Durant Oklahoma after staying with the Humphries. Miss Addie Williams returns home from Commerce. Oscar Ross and wife visit his parents W. T. and Mrs. Ross. Maud Giles of Anna and Mildred Caraway leave for Los Angeles to spend the summer and attend school.
An advertisement from Gordon Bros. grocers promotes a large Shepp's Cake for an unusually low price. The copy invites customers to wonder how the cakes are made so well and sold so cheaply, mentioning the store phone number 29.
Mr and Mrs Leon Harp and daughter of San Antonio visit Rev and Mrs W A Kirkpatrick. A wrist watch to be given away at Johnsons on Saturday June 26 with free chances for ladies and one guess per 25 cents for all attendees.
Austin reports constitutional inhibitions stop Texas state county and municipal officers from also serving as federal prohibition officers under President Coolidge's order. Assistant General Lee Sutton conveyed the ruling to H. N. White, Oklahoma Texas city administrator at Fort Worth after a request to the attorney general.
An ad touts Borozone as the greatest flesh healing discovery in liquid and powder forms. It claims rapid wound purification and quick healing, with prices for liquid and powder products and listing J. L. Kirkpatrick as the druggist seller.
Sutton objects to Dent’s plan to deputize state officers as it clashes with the Texas constitution. He points to two provisions, sections 12 and 40, article 16, as limitations.
Sam Pollock a 43 year old Black resident of Tanktown described to a local doctor how he carried on with his normal activities for nearly a day in a segregated neighborhood.
A man reported being shot in his sleep leaving a bullet in his skull just above the right ear. The doctor removed the lead projectile near the brain without impairing function. The man recalls no when or where he was shot and suffered no lasting ill effects.
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