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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1924
Page
2
Sheriff and deputies raided a farm six miles southwest of McKinney searching for a still. Dogs attacked as a woman with a six shooter opened fire but surrendered after a deputy shot. Officers found over a gallon of corn whisky and more than 100 gallons of mash. One man was arrested at the home of Jess Furl, imprisoned for transporting liquor.
Senator Morris Sheppard announced will open his campaign for reelection at Marlin on July 4. He plans frequent speeches before the primaries and expects to visit every congressional district, while remaining in Washington through June to wrap up official matters.
Elderly readers urged to avoid constipation as aging weakens resistance to its poisons. Chamberlain's Tablets claimed to overcome constipation improve appetite digestion liver activity and regular movement without griping or nausea. Small cost 25 cents ad.
Five people drowned during a Port Arthur bathing party at McFadden Beach on Thursday night. The victims include Mr and Mrs R Barnette Ted Carson R Sonnier and Miss Odell MonTier all residents of Port Arthur. A touring car was found abandoned on the beach signaling the tragedy. The Barnettes were parents to four children left at home.
The National Guard of Texas will encamp at Fort Crockett Galveston from August 5 to 19 with Major General John A Hulen in command. About 6000 to 8000 men are expected to attend the camp announced by the adjutant general's department in Austin.
Constable Gus England lent his new car to a prosperous looking stranger and the man took off toward the oil field. He did not stop there and officers across counties are being asked to help locate the vehicle and return it.
A brief poem by Edgar A. Guest celebrating fishing as a doorway to dream and contemplation. The speaker finds joy whether fish bite or not, preferring solitude, sunlit banks, and the muse of nature to glimpse the Creator’s scheme.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for cramps diar rhoea and vitals pain with a claim of immediate relief. It stresses keeping the medicine on hand for children or adults and promotes its usefulness.
President Coolidge vetoed the postal salary increase bill stating government extravagance must stop. He returned it to the Senate objecting that the measure provides no means to raise about 68 million dollars in postal revenues and did not seek rapid re passage before adjournment. He did sign the campaign expenditure regulation provision separately.
An advertisement claims Laxa Tive Bromo Quinine is superior to ordinary Quinine due to tonic and laxative effects. It asserts no nervousness or head ringing and prompts readers to seek the signature of E. W. Grove on the product label.
Dallas Texas was selected by the United Confederate Veterans as the 1925 reunion city. Dallas won over Birmingham Alabama and Norfolk Virginia, the only other cities in the nomination.
Sickly children show signs such as pallor restless pale skin dark circles and bad breath indicating intestinal worms. The ad promotes White's Cream Vermifuge as a safe effective remedy costing 35 cents sold by Dyer & Jones.
Washington announced the apportionment of 75 million dollars for Federal aid highway construction for the year starting July 1. Texas gets 4,410,169 dollars and Oklahoma 1,753,188. The program aims to surface 110,000 miles of the 170,000 mile system by 1954 with an annual effort of 11,000 miles.
The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot notes that anti prohibitionists argue speeches by Dr. Butler risk transforming places of learning into seats of yearning, implying a drift from informed debate to emotional appeal.
Congress has sent a constitutional amendment to states to empower federal action limiting child labor. If ratified by three fourths, the federal government would regulate or prohibit the work of anyone under 18 with states having no further say.
An advertisement touts Borozone as a fast healing wound treatment in liquid and powder forms. It claims germ purification and rapid flesh healing, with liquid prices 30c 60c and 1 20 and powder 30c 60c, sold by Dyer & Jones.
The Honey Grove Signal argues laws against child overwork exist, opposes federal prohibition of under 18 work, and questions Congress ratifying such a measure while insisting states are better suited to regulate child labor.
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