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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
5
J P Ford, a farmer near town, reports about fifty acres of cotton ruined by a storm last Saturday night. Leaves were crisp and scorched as if torched. Ford says the crop had been chopped and plowed once, with planters at work this week replanting in the damaged area.
The Bells Picnic committee promotes a two day event on June 22 and June 23 with free airplane flights and a ball game each day. A variety of amusements will entertain visitors at Bells renowned picnic grounds in this region.
A reader reports rapid relief from backache rheumatism dropsy and kidney congestion after using Anurec from Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York. He urges others with similar symptoms to try it and notes the offer of a trial package for 10 cents and a 50 cent drugstore option.
Lemolac is advertised as a guaranteed substitute for calomel not a cure all patent medicine. It claims not to salivate or sicken and weakens the liver gently yet surely. A refund if not pleasing offered by Dyer & Jones with a tip to spell calomel backward if forgotten.
This fragment quotes historical figures like Winfield Scott and Andrew Jackson on peace and war. It presents a sequence of maxims about war as a means to peace, compromise, and the necessity of bloodshed for lasting terms.
A tense note describes a man disappearing for two days and seeking entry into a poker game while hoping his wife will calm matters. The message suggests strained domestic tension and distrust of written communication.
In a lively tale the Button Bush and Poison Ivy boast of traits, while Black-eyed Susan, Steeple Bush, Mullen, Chicory, and Swamp Rose explain why flowers favor happiness over selfishness. The group concludes the nicest family are those that make people happy, not hurtful. The Chilean government has postponed conversion of its paper currency to gold until January, 1919.
The article contrasts Khartum and Omdurman with dual religious calendars and a rising Muslim influence. It notes Gordon College and Moham medan schools spur education while imports of books and printed material, mainly Muslim literature, grew from 30,000 in 1914 to 38,000 in 1915, with Bible and mission books a small share.
The piece argues bread and milk prices rise with the cost of living while pie portions shrink or expand. It cites the New York World on pie sizes from four to seven slices and ten cent prices, urging a state pie commission to halt perceived profiteering.
A Front letter by Lord Northcliffe recalls a minor army task handling dead soldiers belongings. A parcel opened at the field contained a few pence a pipe a photo a trench ring a diary and a pouch, the man’s single remaining possessions.
Dr J Blomfield of St George's London argues in the Lancet that complete tonsillectomy demands a deep anesthesia using a preliminary atropine dose followed by chloroform and ether, sometimes with a brief open ether, reapplying chloroform if needed.
An evocative note speaks of the season ending and a morning star reappearing below the horizon, signaling the approaching finale and a new beginning in the same breath.
Frank A. Lord urged new police recruits to remain calm and courteous in police court trials. He said never show anger, even when insulted by lawyers or citizens, and to reply with courtesy rather than snapping back.
A historical method describes placing a zinc chloride solution in a plating vessel, boiling, and redis solving precipitates with hydrochloric acid. Powdered zinc coats the surface, nickel salt is added until green liquid, then items are plated for 15 minutes before washing and chalk cleaning.
A Dakota college professor recounts a running fight between a hawk and a jack rabbit. The rabbit fled from a cornfield into the snow and, after the hawk swooped, leaped high to strike with hind legs, tumbling the bird repeatedly until the rabbit reached its burrow.
The dialogue presents advice on fame, defining it as the outcome of doing work a touch better than others can. It urges the listener to strive to deserve fame through quality effort and commitment.
The note proclaims readiness to serve customers at the soda fountain with signature L. C. Long.
Pacific coast canners seek larger western supplies of tuna bonita and dolphin as demand for canned fish rises. Hawaii fisheries rely on Japanese operatives with motors and ice chambers, but profit prospected remains uncertain without a formal feasibility survey.
An apartment-house owner was ordered to pay 65 for a maple he cut down not knowing it was city property. Expert testimony valued replacing the tree while noting standing trees in cities resist easy valuation and serve to protect the street scene. Detroit News.
George Lackey of Dallas spent Sunday with relatives in the area, sharing time with family and catching up on local news.
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