Whitewright to Hold Tax Increase Election in 1917
City of Whitewright Texas schedules election for April 14 1917 to decide if the ad valorem school maintenance tax shall be raised ten cents per hundred dollars. Voters must be property taxpayers and ballots will read For the increase or Against the increase. Election managers named J N Powell presiding judge J M Carter assistant judge Jim Sturdivant and Claude Phillips clerks.
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Whitewright
Texas
Board of Education
Whitewright Independent School District
Grayson County
City of
J. N. Powell
J. M. Carter
Jim Sturdivant
Claude Phillips
I. M. Echols
S. H. Montgomery
Spring Cold Cures Promote Dr King’s New Discovery
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for spring colds with feverish symptoms and stuffed head. It urges continued use until fully cured, claiming antiseptic balsams clear nasal passages and soothe irritated membranes.
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Dr. King
Junior League Program Congregational Meeting
Sunday program on March 12 features Apostles Creed in concert prayer and scripture. Story by Maud Mangrum reading by Iva Williams Bible drill led by Supt. Roll Call minutes and reports led by Evelyn Wilson.
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Osear
Maud Mangrum
Iva Williams
Fat Stock Show Set To Open March 10 At Coluseum
Fat stock exhibitors ready as show opens Saturday March 10. Bluebloods of exhibit arenas housed in barns near the coluseum back area, with crowds expected to view prize animals and judging.
National Feeders and Breeders Show Opens in Fort Worth
Preparations are complete for the twenty first National Feeders and Breeders Show opening in Fort Worth March 10 with a pageant and festival. Crowds are expected to be record breaking as railroads report heavy advance sales and widespread attendance from the Southwest.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Mississippi
Prairie
Southwest
Agricultural Colleges
Fort
For Sale and Lost Notices From South Bend Street Listings
A compact classified page lists items for sale including prairie and alfalfa hay, a cheap home sale on South Bend Street, and a Moon Bros rubber tire phaeton with a family horse. Also note a lost pair of nose glasses in a black case and several farm and wood sale items with contact details.
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KOR
South Bend Street
J. I. Dixon
Sun Office
Moon Bros
Nice Safe Family
J. M. Carter
For Sale Fifty Acre Farm Near Town
For sale a half acre farm with good mixed land and modern improvements three miles east of town. Price is cheap. Contact Mrs J S Kershner at her home in Whitewright.
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J. 8S Kershner
Whitewright
Eggs for Hatching from Light Brahma Chickens
Advertisement lists hatching eggs and live birds with pricing. 12 lb cocks 104 lb cockerels and hens pullets offered at various bundle rates. 5 eggs for $1.50, 80 for 82.75, 50 for $4.25, 100 for $7.50. Satisfaction guaranteed by W. R. Lord.
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W. R. Lord
For Sale Notices from Early 1900s North Texas Area
Three classified notes advertise oat straw and cotton seed from Frank Alverson and W R Wilson, a used car listing for 1910s style with price eight thousand five hundred, and a team of horses with breed details from CC i Miles near Katy Station. includes contact info in Sherman Texas.
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Frank Alverson
W. R. Wilson
P. O
Sherman, Tex
CC. i. Miles
Quinine Tonic Laxa Tive Bromine Quinine Ad Promotes Head Comfort
An advertisement touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as a tonic and laxative with no head nervousness from ringing. It claims superiority over ordinary Quinine and urges seeking the signature EF W Grove on the product label, priced at 25 cents.
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EF. W. Grove
Railroad Time Tables Cotton Belt East No 204
Schedule notes for Cotton Belt East bound trains listing times around 11 20 am and 2 25 pm with west bound service omitted or unclear. No clear station names or full timetable details provided.
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Bocasaris
A. m. Igs
Ioces
Np. m
Train Schedule Fragments for M K and T Northbound Southbound
Schedule snippets list local train times for northbound and southbound routes with multiple numbered lines and local trains. Times include morning and afternoon slots such as 10 35 A M 10 50 p M and 4 11 A M 5 24 A M plus mentions of Local and Flyer services.
Pine Tar Honey Cure for Sudden Spring Colds
Advertises Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as treatment for new or lingering colds and hoarseness. Claims soothe sore throat and irritated tissues with balsams, urging purchase at the druggist for 25 cents per bottle.
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Spinsters’ Convention
History Club
Evelyn Wilson
Rogramme
Edith Storey
Antonio Moreno
Ina
Emily Stevens
Metro
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bain
Leah Baird
Walter McGrail
New York
Dorothy Bernard
George Soule
Gladys Hanson
Geo. Louie Spencer
Nazimova
Herbert Lrennon
Marion C. Wentworth
Vernon Castle
America
Patria
The
Odeon
Odeon Theatre
Railroads
Dallas
Farm News
Whitewright Sun
Woman's World
McCall's Magazine
Farm and Home
McCall Pattern
Holland’s Magazine
Farm & Ranch
Holland’s
Tno Whitewright Sun
Today's Magazine
Home Life
Better Destudiedd
Charley Truett
Dr. Johnson
Jess Graves
J.A. Burris
S. C
Wade Robbins
W. R. Ford
Katy Station
Cotton Belt
East
Vicaveeersncke
A. C. Mcgaughey
Lilley
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