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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
4
The Whitewright Sun informs readers postal handling and subscription status. Subscriptions expire on the first of each month and readers are asked to notify the paper if delivery is missed.
A collage of short items from Grayson and Fannin counties includes subscription rates, flirtations with July 1st, local travel talk, jokes about tires and luck, city image critiques, upcoming Fourth of July picnics in Bonham Whitewright Van Alstyne Honey Grove natatorium plans, wartime smoking stats, and cautious stock advertising notes.
The 36th and 90th divisions, largely Texans and Oklahomans, return home to cheers and relief as families greet their sons. The piece urges support for local merchants over distant shops and notes demand for rental housing in Whitesboro and Whitewright, urging more homes to be built.
An extended, opinion style fragment explores belief and credibility across social roles in a domestic and political context. It muses on truth, fortune telling, democratic virtue, parental pride, and gendered expectations with a hint of satire. The text ends with a line about Tillie Clinger.
Advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap bottle that removes corns and calluses from the bottom of feet using a few drops. It claims the underlying skin stays pink and healthy, never sore or irritated, after treatment.
A Dallas News item notes a tenant plans to leave her current boarding house because the bathroom is so near the ice box she nearly freezes in the tub.
A New York recruit describes transport to Texas with harsh red khaki, a number replacing his name, a shifting sleeping porch, and a tent that collapses nightly. He endures drill with a pick, trenches, and a chaplain sermon on number four seventy four, leading to ten days in the guard house for singing out.
Wm. B. Wisler of Douglassville Pa reports relief after using Chamberlain's Tablets during a 1909 indigestion attack. He states he bought a package and has had no similar attack since asserting they helped him greatly.
A collection of aphorisms contrasts daily kindness, housing duties, love, and pride in wealth. It notes that rent motivates some, women may fear missing housecleaning, and a bachelor’s view of love as pestilence is offered. It wittily mocks horse sense tied to livery stables.
Readers praise Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for restoring health after pain and weakness. Women report clearer skin, brighter eyes, and plumper cheeks, with Druggists selling tablets or liquid. Whistler Alabama resident notes renewed energy for daily tasks after use.
A quip filled comment on marriage and social receptions. The speaker notes that people overestimate others sentiments and that a day may bring surprises. The text warns that persistent bachelorhood hinges on finding a woman neither curious nor talkative.
Mrs Warren Dyer of Arkport New York reports using Foley Kidney Pills for weak kidneys and back pain and says they gave relief making her feel younger and stronger. The advertisement claims the pills are sold everywhere.
A local shop promotes the cigars and cigarettes customers prefer with a Pierce and Son's branding, signaling a focused catalog of tobacco products and shop identity.
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