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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
12
Friday's aerial acts and crowd noises were interrupted by a gusty wind over Denison during the circus parade. Sherman and Denison plan to install brighter street lighting while Whitewright is urged to improve main street illumination as a smart investment.
County Commissioner Jack Mathis plans a 13009 dollar resurfacing in the Denison precinct to improve roads with broad county support. Denison marks the 140th anniversary of the Stars and Stripes while Brown Medicine Co entertains crowds seeking relief. Bells hosts a June 22 to 23 picnic with free airship flights as the Elks Red Cross Humbug Circus and a wind storm stage a street exhibition.
Visiting fraternity members were hosted to a lunch by the local team and appeared to value the warm reception.
Mrs Marshall suffered a painful accident last Friday when she slipped on the porch steps. The attending physician diagnosed a fracture of one or more ribs and noted the injury would cause considerable pain and healing would be slow.
The article argues true patriotism is shown by Liberty bond purchases not draft numbers or displays. Proceeds fund the army with provisions and weapons, aiming for effective fighting and reduced danger. Home supporters are urged to invest as a prudent financial move.
A Saturday turnout in Whitewright packed the town for Woodmen of the World events with Denison Trenton and Edhube uniform rank teams performing on streets and at the lodge hall. Sam Harris of Farmersville headlined as the jovial attraction with a reported weight near 635 pounds before weighing cautions.
Feodor Ivanov, a Kharkov steppe peasant, witnesses hospital life in Petrograd with woman doctors and clerks. He writes a essay praising women’s struggle for freedom and urges educated town women to educate village women to bridge the gulf between urban and rural female rights.
A Patras currant packer has devised a machine that cleans and packs over 150 cases per hour without human contact. Currants flow from a hopper into a cleaning chamber then into barrels where a piston compresses each layer, filling a standard barrel in about twenty five seconds, per the New York Times.
Vance McCormick, leader of the Wilson campaign, offered a blunt metaphor in Harrisburg during a political debate. He compared an opponent to a recruit examined by a surgeon, highlighting a claim about hidden evidence.
An advertisement touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as a tonic and laxative with improved head calmness and no nervousness. It claims better effect than ordinary quinine and notes instruction for the signature of EK W GROVE and a 25 cent price.
Mrs. Clara Caudill of Durant sold to L. LaRoe & Co the east 800 feet of the north half of the block housing LaRoe lumber sheds and the White Produce Co brick warehouse for 6000 dollars. LaRoe plans to floor the brick house with concrete and roof repairs to store cement lime and other materials. LaRoe Lumber Co also owns the south half of the block with sheds and recently expanded by acquiring the Ector yard and adding an auto truck.
A druggist promises a refund if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles within 6 to 14 days. The first application provides ease and rest. Package price is 50 cents.
A Tuesday night gathering in a vacant building near Y. B. Reed & Co's hardware, chaired by Dr. J. A. Thompson, spurred about 40 to 50 residents to back building gravelled roads around Trenton. Committees were formed to survey public opinion and report at the next Tuesday meeting.
A railroad fireman from Kittrel Mississippi credits three bottles of Foley’s Kidney Pills with curing his constant backache sluggish kidneys dull headaches and persistent sleepiness. He says he could hardly stay on the engine before taking the medicine and that the pills restored his health. Sold everywhere.
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine to stop coughs headaches and colds with a money back guarantee by E. W. Grove. Boxes priced at 25 cents and marked with Grove’s signature.
John May of West Whitewright recently bought a new automobile but failed to operate it properly. While struggling with the car’s many controls he encountered a post in the path, causing a smash and a broken windshield. His grandson Bruce May sustained a serious head cut from the impact or shattered glass.
A cosmetic pitch promotes lemon juice mixed with orchard white to create a facial lotion. It claims to remove freckles tan sallowness redness and roughness while cooling and smoothing the skin. The ad asserts the preparation is harmless and inexpensive with a quarter pint yield.
An advertisement from Cincinnati touts Freezone as a painless method to lift corns and calluses. A few drops on tender skin dissolve the corn or callus, enabling removal without pain, with a small bottle costing little at drug stores and no irritation to surrounding skin.
The article notes Britain’s wartime wealth at 85 billion dollars and three loans totaling 10 billion, with 5.28 million subscribers in thirty days and average 950 dollars. It contrasts Germany’s wealth at 380 billion and five loans totaling 11.75 billion, with one in thirteen subscribers and varying average amounts.
In the Honey Grove Signal opinion, the United States debt and loan scale appears small relative to national wealth and population. The piece argues America’s liberty loan is under half of Britain’s borrowings, under half Germany’s, and far below domestic bank deposits, asserting borrowing norms.
A doctor asks to see the tongue to detect sluggish bowels and warns of headaches indigestion and serious illness. The remedy urged is Dr Kings New Life Pills, sugar coated and highly effective.
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