Cotton Belt East and West Bound Time Tables
Railroad time table fragment lists Cotton Belt and Eastbound times 11 20 a m 5 25 p m and Westbound times 9 30 a m No 208 with blurred entries showing schedule blocks and codes.
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
8
Railroad time table fragment lists Cotton Belt and Eastbound times 11 20 a m 5 25 p m and Westbound times 9 30 a m No 208 with blurred entries showing schedule blocks and codes.
Local train numbers and times listed for southbound and local services with flags noted. FOR SALE A scholarship in Tyler Business College offered by J. H. Waggoner.
An old line touts LAXA Tiv eee QUININE as a tonic laxative that does not affect the head nor cause nervousness. It asserts better performance than ordinary quinine and urges remember the full name for the signature of BR. W. GROVE. 25c.
A listed program of songs dances and performers including Valse Star of Hope Gavotte Royale Cypress Waltz and Sailors Hornpipe performed by a group led by Garner Slagle Ryon and Alverson with many Misses Murphy Stalcup Murphy and others named among the cast in a prominent school or community music event.
A motivational recruitment notice from Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas urges young readers to prepare for opportunity by Dig and Determine and Deliver. It promotes courses in bookkeeping shorthand business administration and finance with a promise of cash earnings and a free catalogue.
The article notes recent rains benefiting crops and optimism for prospects. It records Rev. Smith's Sunday services to good crowds, visits by A I Bowles and F E Alverson families, and guests including John Webster and Marshall Everheart. Numerous local families in Kentuckytown and Russellville visits are listed, with gravel shipments and good roads work resuming.
An old newspaper ad touts Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims benefits for the liver malaria defense blood enrichment and overall system strengthening and lists a price of 50 cents.
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rutledge were joined by Mrs. Bishop Lamb who visited her mother Mrs. T. F. Coffman. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lankford hosted Friday evening with music and refreshments as the entertainment.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Discovery syrup for coughs and colds. It touts proven medicines, a money back guarantee, and the option to keep leftover bottle for future illness as a form of cough and cold insurance.
An advertisement claims the tonic strengthens the elderly and the young to endure summer heat. It asserts the product purifies and enriches the blood and builds up the whole system. It price is 50 cents.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a remedy to end cold lingering. It claims to heal inflammation, soothe coughs, loosen phlegm, and ease breathing with pine tar balm. The laxative syrup is said to prevent bronchial irritation and is sold at druggists.
The Ladies Civic League petitions the city council to require owners of vacant lots to cut weeds and remove rubbish. They also ask removal of hitch racks along the east side of Mr Lilley’s store.
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