Whitewright Items Highlight Local Elections and Events
A petition with about 150 voters asks four townsmen to run for aldermen in the upcoming city election. The issue notes births, deaths, school happenings, bank figures, and civic changes including Sherman adopting a commission form of government and a new bridge near Denison opening to traffic.
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the Sun
G. D. McCarty
D. W. Davis
Knox City
W. P. Cameron & Sons
R. L. Holcomb
L. P. Sears
Jennie Lee Kirkpatrick
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Wade Robbins
Oak Hill Cemetery
Gilmore Webster
San Antonio
West Point Military Academy
Walter Hestand
Dallas
Whitewright
W. H. Horton
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
B. B. Hall
Sherman
Red River
Denison
Whitewright News in March 1920 Item Highlights
The Sun recalls events from March 12 1920 noting T J Chenoweth 80 dies at home March 7 an extreme cold snap harms oats and fruit Mrs H M Ryan builds a 12000 home near town Sam Armstrong moves to Haskell selling his dry goods business to Hudson Davis Co T B Moore runs for Whitewright mayor wind and dust storm damages property near town Cantrells home unroofed windmill damaged farm losses Rumsey Oliver sustains cuts after being blown into a wire fence hull conveyors at the
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T. J. Chenoweth
H. M. Ryan
Sam Armstrong
Haskell
Hudson, Davis & Co
T. B. Moore
Whitewright
J. L. Cantrell
Rumsey Oliver
Hull Conveyors
Kruschen Fat Reduction Claim From Norwich Woman
Mrs Ethel Smith of Norwich Connecticut says she lost 16 pounds with one Kruschen Salts bottle while on night duty she slept better and ate normally. The ad promises a four week supply for a few cents and offers money back if not convinced the product is safe for fat loss.
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Ethel Smith
Norwich
Conn
America
Chinese Army Now Largest in World At Nearly Two Million
Washington dispatch reports China maintains the world’s largest standing army, totaling about 1.9 million across the National, Szechwan, Shansi, Kwantung, and provincial units. Most troops are armed with modern rifles and machine guns. air force and chemical gear are limited. German officers influence training. soldiers rank low in Chinese society behind scholars and farmers.
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Washington
Chinese National Army
Szechwan
Kwantung Army
China
Chang Tso Lin
Where Editors Go and a Two-Cent Postage Bill
An elderly man visits the editor to repay a two-cent stamp. He demands a receipt, explaining he wants proof of paid bills when he reaches Heaven. The editor agrees reluctantly. The note ends with a teaser about Japan presenting China a reparations bill.
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Heaven
Hell
New Diphtheria Immunization Tested On Dallas Children
Dallas will test a new diphtheria immunization method using a salve applied to the body in three doses. Dr J W Bass will oversee free applications for a group of children, aiming to immunize about sixty days after treatment. The method, praised for being painless, contrasts with injections and follows reports of success in Austria Germany New York and Chicago.
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Texas
E. Loewenstein
Vienna
Dallas
J. W. Bass
European
Austria
Germany
United States
New York
Chicago
Bass
City Health Department
Dallas News
LaGrange Editor Declares Run for Congressman-at-Large
Ben F Harigel editor of the LaGrange Journal and well known Texas small town journalist announces his candidacy for Congressman at Large as a true blue Democrat. native Texan and reform advocate says he has many friends eager to support his campaign though he has never held public office.
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Ben F. Harigel
LaGrange
LaGrange Journal
Texas
Harigel
Time is Discontinued as Texas Post Offices List
The Postal Guide shows Time in Sabine County discontinued. Thirteen Texas post offices have fallen by the wayside, with six established and two renamed. Joinerville is listed as a new Texas Post Office, while Toyahvale is re established and several name changes occur.
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United States Postal Department
Time
Sabine County
Texas
Blox
Citrusgrove
Dinkins
Evansville
Hud
Lakeland
Maxey
Pinckney
Smith Ferry
Steepcreek
Stewart
Tosca
Town Bluff
Joinerville
East Texas
del Mar
Dies
Etter
Hamilton Dam
Kerrick
Samfordyce
la Joya
Galenapark
Galena Park
Toyahvale
Community Work Day Beautifies Cross Roads Cemetery
On Monday morning February 29 a group of men and boys joined numerous women for a cemetery beautification day at Cross Roads cemetery. The event featured a noon lunch and songs by visiting singers from Moreland and Westminster. Local residents and visitors including Joe Tate Doyle Matthews Merritt Caraway Lee Hampton and Mildred Caraway are noted, with road work on highway 160 moving toward completion.
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Cross Roads
Joe Tate
Leonard
George Miller
Sherman
Albert Gentry
Moreland
Westminster
Patsy Jean Petty
Martha Grissom
Muskogee
Okla
W. A. Bates
Doyle Matthews
J. R. Fogle
Whitewright
Mesdames Rube Frazier
Maurice Hughes
Lota Frazier
Farmersville
Clarence Evans
Near Leonard
Charley Clark
Dallas
Mildred Caraway
Merritt Caraway
Highway No. 160
Collin County
Lee Hampton
S. E. Magers
Homer Sanderson
S. B. Martin
S. A. Goldin
Mesdames Doyle
Jim Matthews
Bill Webster
Valdasta
Bells Dry Goods Ad Drives Sun Promotion in Bells
W S Roddy Jr owner of Bells Dry Goods, in business over twenty years, advertises in The Sun to reach Bells subscribers. He notes customers read Sun ads and values a local paper. Roddy Sr was a pioneer merchant, and the Roddy family long supported local journalism.
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the Sun
Bells Dry Goods Company
Bells
W. S. Roddy Jr
Sun
Roddy
W. S. Roddy Sr
Towns Miss News Paper When Local Paper Vanishes
The piece notes the rising cost of producing newspapers over fifteen years has driven many small towns to lose their papers, including Bells. It argues that a town only misses its paper after it disappears, not before.
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Bells
Banker predicts women will own all wealth by 2035
The Weston Leader notes a banker forecast that women will control all national wealth by 2035, adding a pointed quip that by then they will be welcome to ours, highlighting sharper social attitudes of the period.
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Weston
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