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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1924
Page
8
The article explains bollworm or corn earworm damage in corn fields with white tops from burnt leaves. It notes lifecycle stages, eggs, and larvae, wintering in the ground, and emphasizes early spring control with dusts like calcium arsenate or Paris Green, and oil-based sprays, plus timing when ears harden.
The ad promotes two films with sensational plots and an all star cast. The Unknown Purple features suspense from start to finish while Alimony promises risqué jazz era intrigue and a dramatic indictment of modern loose living with Grace Darmond Warner Baxter Jackie Saunders and Vola Vale among others.
A Florida company advertises a formula for a stainless insecticide that kills mosquitoes flies fleas bedbugs moths cockroaches and ants. Send 25 cents to Florida Chemical Co Jacksonville for the recipe promising it will be the best quarter invested. The notice ends with a church dinner invitation from P. J. Pierce & Sons.
Forest Mangrum spent the week visiting his brothers uncles aunts and cousins. He has been working in West Texas for the Texas Life Insurance Company since leaving Whitewright a few years ago and stands six feet four inches tall.
Reverend W. J. Epting of the First Baptist Church of Whitesboro concluded a successful revival in Sherman assisted by Reverend John Skaggs.
Morning worship centers on The Birth of Our Lord with an evening theme Simeon and Herod Contrasted. Sunday school begins at 10 a m Unions at 6 and 7 p m Public invitation extended by pastor G M McNeilly.
Sickly children show crossness and unhealthiness from intestinal worms. Pale skin dark circles under eyes bad breath and loss of interest in play signal worm burden. The text notes worms erode vitality and cites White's as the remedy.
Wartime era style notice states Cream Vermifuge is effective against worms and harmless to the child. It is priced at 35 cents and sold by Dyer and Jones.
A Cotton Belt Railway special agent investigated the removal of a signal lamp from the yards Saturday night. The lamp was recovered, and the agent was on the scene Tuesday night.
John Cantrell and his father traveled to Clay County to fetch kinman Jeff Steele. Steele recently broke a leg while repairing a gun at Charlie Texas and will visit the Cantrell family in Sherman after a brief recovery.
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