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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
9
Ethylene gas can ripen unripe fruit in hours, matching or surpassing sun ripening. Dr. R B Harvey of Minnesota College of Agriculture notes reduced acidity and higher sugar yield, with improved flavor and color and less weather damage. The method appears safe for fruit, though equipment scale is not yet commercial.
Instructions to make whitewash used on the White House and lighthouses, detailing lime, salt, rice glue and pigments with steps and heating. Also a shop ad from M. C. Spivy & Co. Bonham promising new novelties and dress accessories at value prices.
Physicians tout purification as a foundation of health and urge a thorough Calotab course once or twice weekly for several weeks. The ad promotes Calotabs as the greatest system purifier with a family package for 25 cents available at drug stores.
Sherman June 24 A refined afternoon tea hosted by Mrs Floyd Everheart at her South Crockett street home honored Miss Minnie Willis of Whitewright. Guests from Sherman Whitewright Van Alstyne attended as bright pink and green decor featured baskets of gladioli daisies zinnias and sweet peas. The Crusaders Orchestra provided music and readings were given by Mrs D M Hestand. Two hundred ten guests were listed including Mrs Everheart Miss Willis and many Sherman area socialites from Whitewright Celina Dallas and beyond.
A reader notes the persistence of mail order shopping and observes crowds at the post office on Saturday. The writer recalls local charity appeals for a bedridden family and a destitute case, linking commerce and community aid in their territory.
A Southeast Oklahoma town recalls a farmer who lost a barn and smokehouse. Merchants and citizens rallied cash and goods for relief, noting a large mail order house once refused similar help. A local merchant proposed contacting the catalog firm for a donation.
The Antlers American urges readers to favor local merchants over mail order houses. It argues locals fund taxes, schools, churches and charities, while mail order houses refuse credit or donations when families face hardship.
Bonham advertisement from M. C. Spivy & Co. promises unusually helpful service in all store departments to assist customers.
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