Morris-for-Governor Club Organized in Whitewright
Seventeen years ago in Whitewright a Morris-for-Governor club formed with about 120 members. Local announcements note moves of Drs May to Kirkpatrick Bryant drug store and sewer tile deliveries for a new sewerage system. The piece lists several local deaths and movements including Miss Irene Dickson and Prof Tom Montgomery, plus national politics with Hughes nominated by the Republican Party opposing Wilson.
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the Sun
Sherman
Jim Sears
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Eastman College
Ott Lackey
Waynette
Okla
J. F. Lackey
Irene Dickson
Corsicana
Odd Fellows Orphan’s
Tom Montgomery
Waco
B. S. Montgomery
D. A. Hollingsworth
South Whitewright
Pleasant Walker
Charles Evans Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
Whitewright approves bond for Gray son College high school
In a June 21 vote, Whitewright residents approved a 35000 bond by four to one to modernize the old Grayson College building for a high school and also voter approved a 25 cent extra tax for school purposes. Edwin Badgett and Ralph Phillips were injured in a buggy motorcycle collision on the Kentuckytown road Tuesday night. Mrs. G W Pope and Mrs. C P McGinnis underwent surgical operations in Sherman sanitariums and hospitals.
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Whitewright
Grayson College
Edwin Badgett
Ralph Phillips
Kentuckytown Road
Badgett
Phillips
G. W. Pope
Sherman
C. P. McGinnis
Passing Veterans Reach Deep into Civil War Afterlife
Adjutant-general data show 2 128 948 Union soldiers served in the Civil War while Confederate estimates hover around 800 000 to 900 000. Pension rolls list 27 672 Union veterans, and surveys place living Confederates at about 10 406, reflecting near parity in survivors despite the 68 year gap since Lee's surrender.
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Adjutant-General’s Office
Washington
Lee
Delaware pedestrians on highways must carry light at night
A recently enacted law requires pedestrians on all hard surfaced highways in Delaware to carry some form of light after dark.
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Delaware
Jokes and Banter on Butter and Time
A humorous exchange features a clock joke about time and a wife planning to churn fresh butter by expecting regular butter milk deliveries. The light domestic quip contrasts with the husband’s puzzled reply about managing time and supplies.
Bickering Boarder and Quick Quips at Farmhouse
A sarcastic boarder jokes about a chicken offspring while a hot landlady grills him. A neighbor asks about his wife chasing him from Owl Club night. He recalls refusing to come out of the closet and declares he’s boss. Jimmie names twins Thunder and Lightning per his father. A tramp outside is dismissed with a sharp order to “Clear out.”
Grammar Lessons From a Wayfarer to a Winter Conversation
A wayfarer offers a grammar lesson amid a domestic chat with a stern joke about Latin and language. The dialogue features a collection request from Dunn and Grabbit, a quip about a permanent job, and a father son exchange on truth and propriety.
Tire cover refund dispute over premature wear
A customer seeks a refund after a tire cover wore out within ten miles of use. Clerk questions the return while a humorously mishmashed dialogue about love and facial clarity appears. A manager jokes about advance board payment and emotionally moved luggage in a separate exchange.
Fifty-Fifty stand on a goods box to face a wasp
A man with a pained look sits on a box. When asked if he is ill or has lost something, he says no and explains he is hurt by a wasp sting. He contemplates quitting but decides to fight the wasp to a finish rather than worsen its pain.
Humorous World of Odd Answers and Small Thefts
A North Texas judge reports missing hams from his smoke house and jokes about secrecy with a neighbor. A string of quick quips follows: a bill collector, a used car buyer, a birthday cake critique, a scrap-iron merchant, and a burglary suspect rationalizing stocking feet.
Elocution Lessons and Rural Wit in Classic Dialogues
A collection of short humor exchanges featuring a pupil named Julie and a clowning lecturer. The rustic storekeeper jokes about tires as funeral wreaths and doughnuts. A catechism scene ends with a boy declaring he will not be born a girl.
Emir of Katsina Refuses Modern Ways After London Visit
The Emir of Katsina, 75, with twenty wives, keeps traditional duties in Nigeria. He toured London, praised roads and buildings but rejects giving up native customs or home, and notes his wives cook for him and cannot sit beside him at meals. He contrasts mud homes with English city life and laments Western peace rhetoric.
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Emir
Katsina
London
Nigeria
Melika
Whitehall
Buckingham Palace
Aldershot
Portsmouth
Hendon
Allah
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Albert T. Reid
Owl Club
Peck
Jimmie
Pop
Wayfarer
Johnny
Populi
Darling
North Texas
Holder
Gov’nar
David
Whitewright Lumber Co
Julie
Tommy
Paul Stephens Office
Tam
Morocco
Agades
Sahara
The
Sun
Typewriter
S. H. Montgomery Agency
L. LaRoe & Company
Whitewright, Texas
W. E. LaRoe
Mgr
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